System of staging props for simulating staging furniture and method of using same
AssigneeNextstage Furniture, Inc.
InventorsKevin Nielsen, Karen Nielsen, Jeff Waltrip
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Abstract
A method of involving the erection of foldable flat blanks to construct tubes of predetermined configurations for assembly in combination to form respective mannequin devices to, when draped with a selected cover, simulate furniture to stage a property. The device of the present invention includes one or more blanks in the form of flatten tubes, erected into tubular components and assembled together to simulate the shape of furniture pieces and which may be draped with a fitted cover to mock the desired furniture piece.
Claims17
A method for staging furniture pieces of desired configurations, including:
- for each furniture piece, selecting a plurality of flat tubular foldable blanks having fold lines positioned and arranged so the blanks can be folded there along to form open tubes of selected configurations to simulate respective components of the respective furniture pieces;
- selecting at least one end cap for the respective tubes;
- at a staging location, unfolding the blanks along the fold lines to form the respective tubes;
- erecting the tubes;
- placing the caps on selected ends of the respective tubes;
- combining the tubes together to form respective mannequins simulating the profiles of the respective furniture pieces;
- selecting covers to fit over at least some of the mannequins to cooperate in simulating the respective furniture pieces;
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- placing the covers over at least the respective mannequins.
A method of staging furniture pieces of desired configuration including:
- a plurality of foldable tubular blanks having fold lines positioned and arranged so that the blanks can be folded to form vertical tubes of selected configurations to simulate respective components of the respective furniture pieces;
- selecting at least one cap for the respective tubes;
- at a staging location unfolding the blanks along the fold lines to form respective tubes;
- erecting the tubes;
- selecting a plurality of foldable blanks having fold lines to, when unfolded, form caps having end walls and short peripheral walls configured for slidable receipt over one end of the respective tubes;
- inserting the caps over the respective one ends of the respective tubes, and positioning the tubes together to combine in defining a mannequin representative of the piece of furniture;
- draping the mannequin with a cover to cooperate in simulating the piece of furniture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.