Expanding device for collapsible articles
OwnerMartin Zolandinventor
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Abstract
An expanding device for a collapsible article, comprising engaging portions disposed, in use, at respective opposite locations adjacent or at joins of at least one wall of the article and resilient elements which, on release of forces holding the article in a collapsed state, acts on the engaging portions to cause the engaging portions to act on the joins or portions of the article adjacent thereto so as to expand the article for display purposes.
Claims16
An expanding device in combination with a collapsible article, said article having a plurality of walls, each wall having a plurality of edges, such that pairs of edges of adjacent intersecting walls are coupled to each other by a corresponding join, wherein said walls collapse when forces are applied to said walls, said expanding device comprising:
- a) first and second engaging portions, each of said engaging portions touching two of, and only two of, said joins at opposing edges of at least three of said walls;
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- b) first and second resilient means, coupled to said engaging portions, for acting on said engaging portions to expand said article for display purposes when said forces are released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.