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US 6,283,433 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for mounting articles
OwnerJonathan Lloyd-Hindinventor
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Abstract
The invention is an apparatus and method of fixing relatively loose multipage articles such as magazines to a back board. A band (16) is passed between pages of the article (10) and the ends (26) are secured to the front or back of a back board (12) or to themselves so as to sandwich one or more pages of the article (10) to the back board (12). The band (16) is preferably transparent so as to be unobtrusive.
Claims20
A method of securing a multipage article having a front cover to be permanently displayed and a spine to a front surface of a back board, comprising the steps of:
- a) placing at least one flexible band underneath the front cover and substantially along and to one side of the spine of the article whereby a portion of the band extending underneath the front cover is hidden;
- and
- (b) securing free ends of the at least one band to sandwich at least one page of the article between the band and a front surface of the back board and allowing the front cover to be displayed free from obstructions;
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- (c) securing at least one corner of at least one page of the article to the back board with a respective corner support means.
2 more elements
A display unit comprising:
- a) a multipage article having a front cover and a spine;
- b) a back board;
- c) at least one flexible, elongate band;
- wherein said at least one band is placed substantially along and to one side of the spine of the multipage article;
- wherein said at least one band has respective free ends to securely sandwich at least one page of the multipage article between itself and a front surface of the back board;
- and wherein at least the front cover of the multipage article is free of the at least one band;
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- d) at least one corner support unit sandwiching at least one corner of at least one page between the respective corner support unit and the back board, wherein at least part of the at least one corner support unit is attached to a rear surface of the back board.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.