US 6,543,164 B1Granted

Panel display system

AssigneeSkyline Displays, Inc.

InventorsPaul N. Sperl, Dixon Gimpel, William Funk, Timothy Cota

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Abstract

In a preferred embodiment, a portable display is formed of a plurality of assembleable panels, each of panels having a plurality of edge portions secured together with corner connectors to form a rectangular framework. Panelar sheet material extends over two side of the framework and polyurethane foam in injected into the interior space. Panel connector portions, either of the sliding type, or the peg or plug-in type secure the panels together to form the display. In a preferred embodiment, each panel has four corners each with corner components that engage with the edge portions, preferably by insertion into receiving openings in said edge portions. Said corner components having a receptacle exposed at each corner to permit either connection with plug-in components, for example, panel connectors for vertical stacking of panels or accessory brackets.

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Dependent claims

A display system comprised of a plurality of rectangular display panels joinable together in rows and columns, each display panel having a front side, a back side, four corners, a perimeter with a top horizontal edge, a bottom horizontal edge, a left vertical edge, and a right vertical edge, each panel comprising:

a) a pair of vertical channeled edge portions positioned at the left vertical edge and the right vertical edge, each vertical channeled edge portion having an outwardly facing channel, an inwardly facing channel, and a pair of edge portion ends, each edge portion end having an end surface,
b) a pair of horizontal channeled edge portions positioned at the top horizontal edge and bottom horizontal edge, each channeled edge portion having an outwardly facing channel, an inwardly facing channel, and a pair of edge portion ends, each edge portion end having an end surface,
c) a plurality of T-shaped corner components, each positioned at a corner and having three legs, one leg of each T-shaped corner component inserted into an inwardly facing channel of one of the horizontal channeled edge portions and another leg inserted into an inwardly facing channel of one of the vertical channeled edge portions, whereby the pair of horizontal channeled edge portions, the pair of vertical channeled edge portions, and the T-shaped corner components, form a rectangular framework for the display panel, and
d) a pair of exterior panelar sheets traversing the rectangular framework, and
e) a fill material in the space defined by the rectangular framework and the exterior panelar sheets, said fill material adhering to the rectangular framework and the exterior panelar sheets.

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