Support and attachment brace
OwnerBryan J. Beaulieuinventor
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Abstract
A support and attachment brace for a collapsible display panel structure having hub assemblies with outwardly facing fastening buttons thereon, including an elongated rigid bar or brace with top and bottom ends each being adapted for releasably interconnecting with one of a pair of confronting vertically aligned fastening buttons. A magnetic strip along the length of the brace provides a means for releasably attaching a sheet of material to the brace to cover the panel structure or display a graphic representation. A plurality of vertically aligned slots in the brace are adapted for releasably attaching shelving or other panel structure accessories to the structure.
Claims16
A support and attachment brace for vertically supporting a collapsible display panel structure having hub assemblies for pivotally holding support rod ends which form a skeletal frame for the structure, and for supporting a sheet of material adapted for either covering the panel structure or displaying a graphic representation and for attaching display accessories thereto, comprising
- (a) an elongated rigid bar having top and bottom ends and having a substantially flat elongated surface with a plurality of openings therethrough;
- (b) first means for releasably interlocking the ends of the bar to a pair of vertically aligned hub assemblies to add rigidity and supportive strength to the panel structure;
- (c) second means for releasably attaching a sheet of material to the substantially flat surface of the bar;
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- (d) third means for releasably attaching display accessories to the plurality of openings through the surface of the bar.
A vertically oriented support and attachment brace for attachment to a collapsible structure to add vertical supportive strength to the structure, comprising
- (a) an elongated rigid bar having top and bottom ends;
- (b) a tab extending from the top end having a backwardly turned over portion forming a substantially flat horizontal shoulder, an opening in the turned over portion having a notch at the bottom periphery of the opening, the notch having a width less than the width of the opening;
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- (c) an ear extending from the bottom end first in a backwardly direction forming a substantially flat horizontal portion and then extending in a downwardly direction and having an aperture in the downwardly extending portion of the ear having a width substantially equal to the width of the opening in the tab.
A pair of like interlocking support and attachment braces for vertically supporting a collapsible display panel structure having hub assemblies for pivotally holding support rod ends which form a skeletal frame for the structure, and for supporting a sheet of material vertically attached thereon adapted for either covering the panel structure or displaying a graphic representation and for attaching display accessories thereto, comprising
- (a) first and second elongated rigid bars each having top and bottom ends;
- (b) means for releasably interlocking the ends of the first and second bars to three vertically aligned hub assemblies, comprising an outwardly facing fastening button on each of the three hub assemblies, a tab at the top end of each bar with an opening therethrough and an ear at the bottom end of the bar with an aperture therethrough, the opening and the aperture each being adapted for releasably interlocking with one of the fastening buttons on the aligned hub assemblies in a nesting arrangement to connect the bars to the panel structure in a substantially rigid vertical column of braces to add rigidity and supportive strength to the panel structure;
- (c) a magnetic strip affixed along the length of the bars for releasably attaching a sheet of material to the bars;
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- (d) a plurality of vertically aligned slots in the bars adapted for releasably attaching display accessories thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.