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US 6,718,579 B1Granted
Covering with flip panels
AssigneeHomestead Fabrics, Ltd.
InventorDavid Greenstein
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Abstract
A covering, for example, for a wall, a bed or a floor, has a base and at least one flip panel, wherein the flip panel is joined to the base along a flip axis. The flip panel allows a user to select between at least two different surface designs.
Claims22
A covering for a surface, comprising:
- a base having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite of the top surface;
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- plurality of flip panels, each flip panel having a first surface having a first design and a second surface opposite of the first surface having a second design and a flip axis, wherein the flip axis of each of the plurality of flip panels are joined to the top surface of the base and the first surface has a design that is different than the second surface, wherein each of the plurality of flip panels is capable of being positioned such that one of the first design or the second design is displayed and a portion of the top surface of the base is obscured.
A wall covering comprising a base;
- a flip panel;
- and a flip axis, wherein the flip panel is joined to the base of the flip axis and the flip panel has a first surface having a first design and a second surface opposite of the first surface having a different design, and wherein the flip axis of the at least one of the plurality of flip panels comprises a diagonal line such that the diagonal line divides a portion of the base defined as a parallelogram into two triangular parts, and further comprising mounting hardware for mounting the wall covering on a wall, wherein the mounting hardware includes a rigid frame member on at least one edge of the base.
A covering for a surface, comprising a base;
- a flip panel;
- and a flip axis, wherein the flip panel is joined to the base at the flip axis and the flip panel has a first surface having a first design and a second surface opposite of the first surface having a different design, and wherein the flip axis of the at least one of the plurality of flip panels comprises a diagonal line such that the diagonal line divides a portion of the base defined as a parallelogram into two triangular parts.
A covering for a surface, comprising:
- a base having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite of the top surface;
- a plurality of flip panels, each of the plurality of flip panels including a first flip axis, a front surface and a back surface, and the front surface is the opposite side from the back surface, and each of the front surface and back surface has an ornamental design and each of the plurality of flip panels is fixedly attached to one of the bottom surface and the top surface of the base along at least a portion of the first flip axis.
A covering for a surface, comprising:
- a first base comprising a top surface, an opposite bottom surface and a edge between the top surface and the bottom surface of the first base;
- a second base comprising a top surface, an opposite bottom surface and an edge between the top surface and the bottom surface of the second base;
- a living hinge, wherein the living hinge joins an inner portion of the edge of the second base to an inner portion of the edge of the first base, and the living hinge allows the first base both to pivot and to translate relative to the second base;
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- a first flip panel having one design on a first surface and another design on a second surface;
- a first flip axis, wherein the first flip axis joins the first flip panel to the top surface of the second base at the inner portion of the edge of the second base;
- a second flip axis, wherein the second flip axis joins the second flip panel to the top surface of the second base at the inner portion of the edge of the first base.
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