US 5,492,476 A · Fold out display

Abstract

A fold out display is particularly adapted to support a wide variety of different types of group work activities, team projects, and the like, and includes a free standing base which fixedly supports a primary panel having an exterior display surface. At least one foldable panel is hingedly supported on the primary panel for movement between a closed folded position overlying the primary panel, and an open unfolded position protruding outwardly coplanar with the primary panel. The foldable panel includes at least an interior display surface which overlies the display surface of the primary panel when in the closed folded position. A one-piece living hinge has opposite side portions connected with the side edges of the primary and foldable panels, and is shaped such that when the foldable panel is shifted into the open unfolded position, the two display surfaces are juxtaposed in a substantially contiguous relationship to collectively provide an enlarged generally continuous and uninterrupted display. A fold out header panel assembly may be provided above the primary panels, and a pair of telescoping outstops help retain the folding panels in their open unfolded position.

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Dependent claims

A fold out display, comprising:

a base configured to support said display in a fleestanding fashion on an associated floor surface;
a primary panel fixedly supported on said base, and including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an exterior side thereof;
at least one foldable panel hingedly supported on said primary panel for movement between a closed folded position wherein said foldable panel generally overlies said primary panel, and an open unfolded position wherein said foldable panel extends generally outwardly of said primary panel in a substantially coplanar relationship therewith;
said foldable panel including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an interior side thereof, which is disposed adjacent to the exterior side of said primary panel when said foldable panel is in the closed folded position;
a panel outstop telescopingly mounted in said base for lateral translation between a retracted storage position, and an extended stop position, wherein said outstop engages said foldable panel in the open unfolded position to resist rearward movement therefrom.

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A fold out display, comprising:

a base configured to support said display in a freestanding fashion on an associated floor surface;
a primary panel fixedly supported on said base, and including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an exterior side thereof;
at least one foldable panel hingedly supported on said primary panel for movement between a closed folded position wherein said foldable panel generally overlies said primary panel, and an open unfolded position wherein said foldable panel extends generally outwardly of said primary panel in a substantially coplanar relationship therewith;
said foldable panel including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an interior side thereof, which is disposed adjacent to the exterior side of said primary panel when said foldable panel is in the closed folded position;
a one-piece living hinge, having opposite side portions thereof connected with adjacently positioned ones of the side edges of said primary panel and said foldable panel, and a flexible center portion disposed therebetween shaped such that when said foldable panel is shifted to the open unfolded position, the display surface on said primary panel and the display surface on said foldable panel are juxtaposed in a substantially contiguous relationship to collectively provide an enlarged generally continuous and uninterrupted display;
and wherein
said primary panel and said foldable panel each has a borderless construction.

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A fold out display, comprising:

a base configured to support said display in a freestanding fashion on an associated floor surface;
a primary panel fixedly supported on said base, and including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an exterior side thereof;
at least one foldable panel hingedly supported on said primary panel for movement between a closed folded position wherein said foldable panel generally overlies said primary panel, and an open unfolded position wherein said foldable panel extends generally outwardly of said primary panel in a substantially coplanar relationship therewith;
said foldable panel including opposite side edges between which a display surface extends on an interior side thereof, which is disposed adjacent to the exterior side of said primary panel when said foldable panel is in the closed folded position;
a one-piece living hinge, having opposite side portions thereof connected with adjacently positioned ones of the side edges of said primary panel and said foldable panel, and a flexible center portion disposed therebetween shaped such that when said foldable panel is shifted to the open unfolded position, the display surface on said primary panel and the display surface on said foldable panel are juxtaposed in a substantially contiguous relationship to collectively provide an enlarged generally continuous and uninterrupted display;
and
a panel outstop telescopingly mounted on said base for lateral translation between a retracted storage position, and an extended stop position, wherein said outstop engages said foldable panel in the open unfolded position to resist rearward movement therefrom.

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