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US 5,628,396 AGranted
Foldable combined receptacle and advertisement display
AssigneePyram-Ad Corporation
InventorDouglas S. Weiner
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Abstract
A combined waste receptacle and advertising display is formed in a pyramidal shape from a single piece of folded material which to provide an enclosed waste receiving cavity and a three display surfaces. Openings in the pyramid walls provide access to a substantially enclosed waste receiving cavity. Advertising information and/or articles may be applied or attached to the remaining surface area of the walls.
Claims3
A foldable advertising display stand and receptacle in the shape of a pyramid, comprising,
- a first triangular pyramid wall,
- a second triangular pyramid wall attached along a fold line to a first edge of the first pyramid wall,
- a third triangular pyramid wall attached along a fold line to a second edge of the first pyramid wall, and
- a triangular pyramid base attached along a fold line to a third edge of the first pyramid wall,
- each of said triangular walls foldable along respective fold lines and relative to an attached wall to form a pyramid, each of said triangular walls and base having three linear edges,
- edges of walls abutting and not connected by a fold line lockingly engageable in a pyramidal configuration,
- peripheral flaps which extend from linear edges of the second and third triangular walls,
- locking tabs which extend from a linear edge of the third triangular wall and from two linear edges of the triangular pyramid base,
- locking tab insertion slots in the second and third triangular walls adjacent peripheral flaps which extend from linear edges of the second and third triangular walls,
- the locking tabs dimensioned for insertion into and locking engagement with corresponding locking tab insertion slots in the second and third triangular pyramid walls,
- an unobstructed opening in at least one of the pyramid walls, the opening having boundaries which are within the linear edges of the wall, and
- an article attached to at least one of the pyramid walls, the article being in the form of a tablet of adhesively attached papers.
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