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US 5,315,936 AGranted
Erectable display stand
AssigneeArrow Art Finishers, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Smith
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Abstract
Moving side panels of a display stand toward each other causes shelf supports to automatically move individual shelves from shelf-up to shelf-down positions during erection of the stand from a collapsed to an erect state.
Claims12
A display stand erectable from a collapsed to an erect state, comprising:
- (a) a generally planar rear panel having a top and a bottom spaced apart along a longitudinal direction, and opposite sides spaced apart along a transverse direction generally normal to the longitudinal direction;
- (b) a pair of generally planar side panels pivotably connected to the sides of the rear panel for movement between a first position in which the side panels are generally coplanar with the rear panel in the collapsed state, and a second position in which the side panels lie in mutual parallelism in planes generally normal to the rear panel in the erect state, each side panel having a slit;
- (c) a generally planar shelf extending between opposite shelf ends along the transverse direction and being pivotably connected to the rear panel for movement between a shelf-up position in which the shelf is generally coplanar with the rear panel in the collapsed state, and a shelf-down position in which the shelf lies generally normal to the rear panel in the erect state;
- (d) a pair of shelf supports integral with, and being pivotably connected to, the shelf ends and the side panels, for moving the shelf from the shelf-up to the shelf-down position by moving the side panels from the first to the second position, each shelf support being bounded in part by a respective said slit formed in a respective side panel and being generally coplanar with the respective side panel and the rear panel in the collapsed state;
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- (e) holder means on the stand for holding the shelf in the shelf-down position.
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A shelving structure erectable from a collapsed to an erect state, comprising:
- (a) a pair of generally planar side panels spaced apart along a transverse direction and movable between a first position in which the side panels are mutually coplanar in the collapsed state, and a second position in which the side panels lie in mutually parallel planes in the erect state, each side panel having a slit;
- (b) a generally planar shelf extending between opposite shelf ends along the transverse direction between the side panels and being pivotably connected to the side panels for movement between a shelf-up position in which the shelf is generally coplanar with the side panels in the collapsed state, and a shelf-down position in which the shelf lies generally normal to the side panels in the erect state;
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- (c) a pair of shelf supports integral with, and being pivotably connected to, the shelf ends and the side panels, for moving the shelf from the shelf-up to the shelf-down position by moving the side panels from the first to the second position, each shelf support being bounded in part by a respective said slit formed in a respective side panel and being generally coplanar with the respective side panel and the rear panel in the collapsed state.
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A display stand erectable from a collapsed to an erect state, comprising:
- (A) a shelving structure, including
- i) a pair of generally planar side panels spaced apart along a transverse direction and movable between a first position in which the side panels are mutually coplanar in the collapsed state, and a second position in which the side panels lie in mutually parallel planes in the erect state, each side panel having a slit;
- ii) a generally planar shelf extending between opposite shelf ends along the transverse direction between the side panels, and being pivotably connected to the side panels for movement between a shelf-up position in which the shelf is generally coplanar with the side panels in the collapsed state, and a shelf-down position in which the shelf lies generally normal to the side panels in the erect state;
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- iii) a pair of shelf supports integral with, and being pivotably connected to, the shelf ends and the side panels, for moving the shelf from the shelf-up to the shelf-down position by moving the side panels from the first to the second position, each shelf support being bounded in part by a respective said slit formed in a respective side panel and being generally coplanar with the respective side panel and the rear panel in the collapsed state;
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- (b) holder means for holding the shelf in the shelf-down position, including a container for receiving the shelving structure, said container including a pair of generally planar side wall spaced apart along the transverse direction and engaging the side panels to support the side panels in the second position, a pair of generally planar end walls spaced apart along a longitudinal direction generally normal to the transverse direction and extending between the side walls, and a rear wall integral with the side and end walls and supportably engaging the shelving structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.