Framework connection system

A portable dissassembleable display comprising a tubular framework and a graphic display portion supported by the tubular framework, the display being self-standing upon a floor surface, the display comprising:

• a plurality of tubular segments, said plurality of tubular segments being at least two and one/half inches in diameter and including a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment, each of said first and second tubular segments having two end portions, the tubular end portions removably conjoined with a hub connecting plate sandwiched therebetween, the hub connecting plate having at least one outwardly extending connecting branch having a recess,
• a hub having a contoured side for engagement with the substantially cylindrical outer periphery of the conjoined tubular end portions, the hub further having a slot for receiving the at least one connecting branch and a securing member for engagement with the recess of the at least one connecting branch;
• at least one end portion of the first tubular segment having a first flange portion and at least one end portion of the second tubular segment having a second flange portion, each of said flange portions having a radially extending securing aperture and a set screw and at least one axially extending pin recess, each of the set screws adjustable radially into and out of the respective securing apertures;
• wherein the first tubular end portion and the first flange portion are in axial alignment and a confronting relationship with the second tubular end portion and the second flange portion, and the axially extending pin recess in the first flange portion is in alignment with the second axially extending pin recess in the second flange portion;
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• at least one connecting pin having an axis and extending between and into the aligned first and second axially extending pin recesses, the connecting pin having two set screw receiving regions engagable with respective set screws whereby the first and second tubular segments are secured together forming axially conjoined tubular end portions.

A display constructed from a framework connecting system, the framework connection system comprising:

• a first tubular frame member having two first member end portions having end portion apertures, and at least one first member flange secured within at least one of the first member end portions, the first member flange having at least one axially traversing connection aperture and a radially traversing securing aperture in communication with the respective end portion aperture;
• a second tubular frame member having two second member end portions having end portion apertures, and at least one second member flange secured within at least one of the second member end portions, the second member flange having at least one axially traversing connection aperture and a radially traversing securing aperture in communication with the respective end portion aperture;
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• a connector pin having two pin end portions, wherein one of the pin end portions extends into the axially traversing connection aperture of the first member flange and the other of the pin end portions extends into the axially traversing connection aperture of the second member flange, and wherein the first and second tubular frame members are abuttably conjoined at the respective end portions and the connector pin end portions are secured in place by securing members inserted through the radially traversing securing apertures of the first and second member flanges.

A display constructed from a framework connection system, the framework connection system comprising:

• at least a first tubular frame member and a second tubular frame member, each of the tubular frame members having a first end portion and a second end portion, and an end portion aperture radially traversing into at least one of the first and second end portions, the first and second tubular frame members further having a flange securely attached and axially aligned within at least one of the first and second end portions, the flange having at least one axially traversing aperture, and a radially traversing aperture in communication with the at least one end portion aperture;
• at least one hub plate having a central portion, at least one connecting branch extending out from the central portion, and a pin receiving aperture extending through the central portion;
• at least one connector pin extending through the central portion of the hub plate such that a first end and a second end of the connector pin are extending out from and transverse to the plane of the central portion and the at least one connecting branch;
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• wherein the first tubular frame member and the second tubular frame member are axially conjoined at respective end portions with the hub plate interposed therebetween and the first end of the connector pin extending into the axially traversing aperture of the flange of the first tubular frame member and the second end of the connector pin extending into the axially traversing aperture of the flange of the second tubular frame member, the ends of the connector pin being securely engaged through the respective tubular frame member end portion aperture.

A system for constructing and assembling and disassembling a floor display according to a selectively modular configuration, the system comprising:

• a plurality of tubular frame segments, each with two end portions having a bore extending axially therein and an outer circumferential surface;
• a plurality of connecting flanges, each adapted for axial alignable securement within the end portions of the tubular frame segments within the axial bore;
• a plurality of connecting plates, each adapted to confrontingly secure between the connecting flanges of axial aligned tubular frame segments and having at least one outwardly extending connecting branch;
• a plurality of hubs, each adapted to slidably engage the at least one connecting branch of the connecting plates and to engage the connecting flanges to provide for tubular frame segment connectivity;
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• wherein the plurality of tubular frame segments, the plurality of connecting flanges, the plurality of connecting plates, and the plurality of hubs create an assembleable framework of the floor display for supporting graphical displays and appurtenances.

A method of constructing a display from a tubular framework connection system, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first tubular frame segment having at least one first end portion including a radially extending securing aperture and an axially connected flange having at least one axial connector aperture;
• providing a second tubular frame segment having at least one second end portion including a radially extending securing aperture and an axially connected flange having at least one axial connector aperture;
• providing a connector pin having distal engagement grooves, the connector pin being disposed to extend between and into the axial connector apertures of the flanges of the first and second tubular frame segments such that one of the engagement grooves is aligned with the radially extending securing aperture of the first tubular frame segment and the other of the engagement grooves is aligned with the radially extending securing aperture of the second tubular frame segment;
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• engaging a securing member through each of the radially extending securing apertures of the first and second frame segments for engagement with the respective engagement grooves of the connector pin to confrontingly axially conjoin the first and second frame segments.

A method of constructing a display from a tubular framework connection system, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first tubular frame segment having at least one first end portion including a radially extending securing aperture and an axially connected flange having at least one axial connector aperture;
• providing a second tubular frame segment having at least one second end portion including a radially extending securing aperture and an axially connected flange having at least one axial connector aperture, the second tubular frame segment being axially aligned with the first tubular frame segment;
• providing a third tubular frame segment having at least one third end portion including a radially extending securing aperture and an axially connected flange having at least one axial connector aperture;
• disposing a connector plate having at least one connecting aperture and at least one outwardly extending connecting branch between the axially aligned first and second tubular frame segments;
• providing a connector pin having distal engagement grooves, the connector pin being disposed to extend between and into the axial connector apertures of the flanges of the first and second tubular frame segments and through the at least one connecting aperture of the connector plate such that one of the engagement grooves is aligned with the radially extending securing aperture of the first tubular frame segment and the other of the engagement grooves is aligned with the radially extending securing aperture of the second tubular frame segment;
• engaging a securing member through each of the radially extending securing apertures of the first and second frame segments for engagement with the respective engagement grooves of the connector pin to confrontingly axially conjoin the first and second frame segments;
• slidably engaging a receiving slot of a hub onto the at least one connecting branch of the connector plate;
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• coupling the flange of the third tubular frame segment to the hub by securing one end of a hub connector pin through a receiving aperture of the hub and the other end of the hub connector pin through the axial connector aperture of the flange of the third tubular frame segment such that the third tubular frame segment extends transverse to the axially conjoined first and second frame segments.

An appurtenance connection system for connecting appurtenances to a tubular display framework, comprising:

• at least one tubular frame segment having a circumferential outer surface and two end portions;
• a first c-shaped clamp portion and a second c-shaped clamp portion joinable to form a cylindrical clamping device, each of the c-shaped clamp portions having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer diametrical surface, and an inner diametrical surface, wherein at least one of the surfaces of at least one of the c-shaped clamp portions includes a plurality of attachment apertures therein for connecting appurtenances to the cylindrical clamping device;
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• wherein the inner diametrical surfaces of the first and second c-shaped clamp portions are shroudably alignably engaged around the circumferential outer surface of the at least one tubular frame segment intermediate the two end portions and joined to form the cylindrical clamping device.

A display constructed from a framework connecting system, the framework connection system composing:

• a first tubular frame member having two first member end portions having end portion apertures, and a first flange insertably axially secured within at least one of the first member end portions;
• a second tubular frame member having two second member end portions having end portion apertures, and a second flange insertably axially secured within at least one of the second member end portions;
• means for conjoining the first flange and the second flange such that the respective first member and second member end portions are axially conjoined;
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• means for lockably securing the means for conjoining the first flange and the second flange through the respective end portion apertures of the first member and second member end portions.