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US 8,136,678 B2Granted
Merchandise display support stand
OwnerGlenn Edward Mossinventor
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Abstract
A merchandise display support stand is formed by a single configuration stamped from a single cardboard. All component parts are formed from the configuration. The stand in the erected condition is formed by folding the configuration along various horizontal and vertical fold lines and it is foldable to a collapsed folded condition. The stand is self-erectable from the folded condition to the erected condition.
Claims15
A merchandise display support stand comprising,
- all component parts formed by a single configuration stamped from a single cardboard, said component parts including
- a generally rectangular main portion panel having two vertical side edges forming two vertical fold lines,
- a generally rectangular pivotable panel located at a lower middle portion of said main panel, said pivotable panel being pivotable along a first horizontal fold line between said pivotable panel and said main panel, said pivotable panel having side edges separated from said main panel by two vertical slots formed between said side edges of said pivotable panel and said main panel,
- a generally rectangular upper panel extending upward from a top edge of said main panel, and said top edge forming a second horizontal fold line, said upper panel being foldable relative to said main panel along said second horizontal fold line,
- two vertical opened slots formed at an upper edge of said upper panel, said opened slots being spaced from one another and located adjacent to side edges of said upper panel,
- a vertically foldable first side panel extending sideway from one vertical side edge of said main panel, and a vertically foldable second side panel extending sideway from the second vertical side edge of said main panel, each of said first side panel and said second side panel having a middle vertical fold line,
- a generally rectangular rear panel extending sideway from a common vertical side edge of one of said first side panel and second side panel,
- a rectangular downwardly extending opened cut-out formed in a middle lower edge of said rear panel.
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A merchandise display support stand comprising,
- all component parts formed by a single configuration stamped from a single cardboard, said component parts including
- a generally rectangular main panel having two vertical side edges forming two vertical fold lines,
- a generally rectangular pivotable brace panel extending downwardly at a lower middle portion of said main panel, said brace panel being foldable along a first horizontal fold line between said brace panel and said main portion, and said brace panel having side edges separated from said main panel by two vertical slots formed between said side edges of said brace panel and said main panel,
- a first rectangular opening located above said main panel, a rectangular first upper pivotable panel located in said first rectangular opening, said first upper pivotable panel being foldable relative to said main panel along a first horizontal fold line located between said main panel and said first rectangular opening,
- a second rectangular opening located above an upper portion of said main panel, a rectangular second upper pivotable panel located in said second rectangular opening, said second upper pivotable panel being foldable relative to said main panel along a third horizontal fold line located between said main panel and said second rectangular opening,
- two downward opened slots formed at two corners of an upper side edge of said first rectangular opening and said second rectangular opening,
- a vertically foldable first side panel extending sideway from one vertical side edge of said main panel, and a vertically foldable second side panel extending sideway from the second vertical side edge of said main panel, said first side panel and said second side panel being foldable vertically along a middle vertical fold line,
- a first outer panel extending sideway from a vertical outer edge of said first side panel, said first outer panel being foldable vertically along said outer edge relative to said first side panel,
- a second outer panel extending sideway from a vertical outer edge of said second side panel, said second out panel being foldable vertically along said outer edge of said second side panel relative to said second side panel,
- a first inverted L-shaped cut out formed in an outer lower corner of said first outer panel, a second inverted L-shaped cut out formed in an outer lower corner of said second outer panel,
- said first outer panel and said second outer panel being attachable to one another to form a rear panel of said stand in an erected condition, and said first inverted L-shaped cut out and said second inverted L-shaped cut out being cooperative with one another to form a downwardly extending cut out opening in said rear panel when said first outer panel and said second outer panel are attached to one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.