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US 5,195,839 AGranted
Interconnected frame assembly
AssigneeSkyline Displays, Inc.
InventorsEric Wicklund, Sue Oleson, Bryan J. Beaulieu
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Abstract
A frame assembly for a display structure formed of a plurality of tubular support members joined end to end. An elastic cord is permanently connected in and winds its way through the tubular support members so that the support members are joinable in only one predefined arrangement to facilitate set up of the frame assembly. Some of the end-to-end connections include key and keyhole connections with apertured keys through which the elastic cord extends.
Claims13
A frame assembly for a display structure, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of tubular support members having adjacent ends which are joinable to form the frame assembly, each of the adjacent ends of the tubular support members being interlockable by a male and female connection having male and female portions;
- (b) at least two of the tubular support members being joinable to each other at an angle to define a pair of angular tubular support members;
- (c) the male and female connection of the angular tubular support members further comprising a cord between its respective male portion and the female portion to match such portions to each other to facilitate set up of the frame assembly;
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- (d) at least some of the male and female connections comprising key and keyhole connections, the key of at least some of the key and keyhole connections including an aperture, the cord extending through the aperture to and through the keyhole cooperating with the key to match the key to its respective keyhole to further facilitate set up of the frame assembly.
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A frame assembly for a display structure, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of tubular support members having adjacent ends which are joinable to form the frame assembly, each of the adjacent ends of the tubular support members being interlockable by a male and female connection having male and female portions;
- (b) at least some of the male and female connections comprising key and keyhole connections, the key of at least some of the key and keyhole connections including an aperture;
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- (c) a cord extending between at least some of the key and keyhole connections and to and through the apertures and keyholes of such key and keyhole connections to match the respective key to its respective keyhole to facilitate set up of the frame assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.