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US 7,441,358 B1Granted
Magnetic article display frame easel
OwnerChi Lung Nganinventor
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Abstract
A magnetic article display frame easel having five hinged panels in which the panels have a first abutting position, a second easel position and a third open-in-line position and in which the display frame can be magnetically locked in easel position or magnetically positioned on a magnet attracting wall such as a refrigerator or cabinet.
Claims16
A magnetic article display frame easel comprising:
- a) first, second, third, fourth and fifth panels;
- b) said first and second, second and third, third and fourth, fourth and fifth panels, each having an interconnecting hinge;
- c) each of said panels having a front and rear wall and top, bottom and side edges;
- d) said interconnecting hinges parallel to each other and to said panels' top and bottom edges;
- e) at least one of said second and fifth panels having a rear wall article receiving pocket;
- f) at least one of said second and fifth panels having a window;
- g) said article receiving pocket of said at least one of said second and fifth panels encompassing said at least one of said second and fifth panels' windows;
- h) said first panel having at least one magnetic device;
- i) said fifth panel having at least one magnetic device oriented to be positioned in proximity with said first panel's at least one magnetic device when said first panel's rear wall is hingedly positioned on said fifth panels' front wall;
- j) said second and third panels having a first abutting position, a second easel position and a third open-in-line position;
- k) said first abutting position having each of said panels in parallel relation with each other with said first, second and fifth panels overlying each other and said third and fourth panels overlying each other;
- l) said second easel position having said first and fifth panels parallel and overlying each other, said first, second and fifth panels forming an acute angle and said third and fourth panels being in-line with each other and said second, third, fourth and fifth panels forming an acute angle;
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- m) said third open-in-line position having all of said panels lying in the same plane.
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