US 5,626,232 A · Item having pivoting three-dimensional display

Abstract

Sheet material items are fabricated which have an intermediate structure in the form of one or more sheets sandwiched between front and rear covers. One such intermediate panel functions as a facade panel behind which a display panel is located. When the covers are opened, the facade panel forms the front of a box-like structure while the display panel emerges into an attention-attracting orientation from an at least a partially hidden position behind the facade panel. Actuation is achieved through a subpanel that is hinged to the display panel along an angularly oriented line of weakness, causing the display panel to move into its exposed position by sliding along an edge or interior surface of one of the major walls of the box-like structure. Alternatively, in another embodiment, an intermediate structure having two halves is affixed via subpanels in each half to the interior surface of both cover panels at locations near the hinge line, and display panels connected to such subpanels by hinge lines oriented at angles of about 45.degree. to the cover hinge line assume a three-dimensional orientation as a result of strategically located interconnections between the halves.

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Dependent claims

A sheet material item which comprises

front and rear cover panels which are interconnected so as to be hinged together along a straight hinge line,
intermediate sheet material disposed between said cover panels and affixed thereto so as to form a tubular structure in combination with said cover panels when said cover panels are opened by pivoting along said straight hinge line,
said structure having a major front wall, a pair of minor side walls, and a major rear wall, and
a display panel being located in at least partially hidden orientation behind said major front wall,
said display panel having a hinged subpanel which is affixed to an interior surface of said structure in the region of one of said side walls so that said display panel moves in a plane generally along one of said major walls which constitute said structure in pivoting from its location at least partially within said structure to a prominent attention-attracting position exterior thereof.

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A sheet material item which comprises

first and second cover panels which are interconnected so as to be hinged together along a first straight hinge line,
intermediate sheet material disposed between said cover panels and affixed thereto so as to form a front facade panel which is oriented generally parallel to said first cover panel when said cover panels are opened by pivoting along said straight hinge line,
said front facade panel being hinged along a second hinge line to a minor side wall which is interconnected to said second cover panel, and said front facade panel also being hingedly connected with said first cover panel by a minor panel at a location spaced from said straight hinge line and
a display panel being located in at least partially hidden orientation behind said front facade panel,
said display panel including a subpanel which is hinged to the remainder of said display panel along a line of weakness oriented at an angle of between about 15.degree. and about 70.degree. with said straight hinge line, said subpanel also being interconnected with said second cover panel so that said display panel moves in a plane generally along one of said front facade panel and said first cover panel in pivoting to a prominent attention-attracting position exterior of its orientation behind said front facade panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Item having pivoting three-dimensional display

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Item having pivoting three-dimensional display

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Abstract

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