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US 5,664,676 AGranted
Book display box
OwnerMichael Levinsinventor
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Abstract
A display book box is disclosed which is useful for carrying a relatively large book and which is constructed in a manner such that when it is opened it can function as a display easel for the book contained therein. The display box also provides punch out supports and an insert piece to support one or more books.
Claims10
A display book box comprising:
- (a) an upper section comprising:
- (i) a pair of opposing side walls each said side wall having a horizontally planar top end, a front end of length x, a back end of length y, wherein x>y, and a bottom end extending angularly downward from the bottom of the back end to the bottom of the front end;
- (ii) a back wall coupled to the back ends of said side walls;
- (iii) a front wall coupled to the front ends of said side walls;
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- (iv) a top wall coupled to the top ends of the side walls, the back wall and the front wall;
- (b) a lower section comprising:
- (i) a pair of opposing side walls each said side wall having a horizontally planar bottom end, a front end of length p, a back end of length q, wherein q>p, and a top end extending angularly downward from the top of the back end to the top of the front end;
- (ii) a back wall coupled to the back ends of said side walls;
- (iii) a front wall coupled to the front ends of said side walls;
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- (iv) a bottom wall coupled to the bottom ends of the side walls, the back wall and the front wall;
- (c) an insert having a length l and a width w, the width w being sufficient to slidably fit within said bottom section, and said length l being greater than p and less than p+x;
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- wherein said upper section and said lower section are hingeably connected along the bottom edge of the back wall of said upper section and the upper edge of the back wall of said lower section, and
- whereby when the box is opened along said hinge a book can be supported and displayed by said bottom section and said insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.