US 8,136,778 B2Granted

Device for displaying objects such as photos and sheets on laptop and video monitor surfaces

OwnerJohn Wagenhoffer, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A display device and method for displaying objects in association with a front or rear face of a screen display or screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop or other framed structure is in one embodiment a flexible, lengthwise deformable band with at least two, usually four, spaced-apart corner-engaging loops. In a second embodiment, the device has at least first, second and third flexible lengthwise deformable bands that each wrap around a screen display or screen display frame. The at least three bands optionally are joined together at portions that overlap one another, or an integral band assembly is formed that has corner-engaging loops between points of overlap or cross-over of said bands. In another embodiment, one or more flexible bands are joined at each end to the screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop, leaving a central portion of each flexible band movably deformable with relation to the front surface or rear surface of the frame. In yet another embodiment, deformable resilient material is embedded within a slot behind the front surface of the screen display frame.

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Dependent claims

A device for removably mounting objects to a front face or a rear face or both front and rear faces of a display screen or frame, comprising:

a band assembly having a first series of four lengthwise deformable sections that meet at respective ends to form corners, and having a second series of four lengthwise deformable sections that meet at respective ends to form corners, wherein each of said sections have a length and a width and a thickness, and
a plurality of joining portions to join the first series of lengthwise deformable sections to the second series of lengthwise deformable sections, wherein a first corner-engaging gap is formed between at least one pair of joining portions to receive a corner of the display screen or frame, and through said gap at least a portion of the corner is exposed, and a second corner-engaging gap is formed between at least one other pair of joining portions to receive a second corner of the display screen or frame, and through said second gap at least a portion of the second corner is exposed, and wherein said joining portions each have a display screen- or frame-contacting surface and an outer surface opposite the display screen- or frame-contacting surface and a length and a width and a thickness, with said joining portion length being longer than the width of the section at a respective corner and with said joining portion width being longer than the width of the section at the respective corner and with the thickness of said joining portion greater than the thickness of the sections at the respective corner.

A method for removably attaching at least one object to a front or rear surface of a screen display or frame, comprising:

installing a band assembly onto a screen display or frame by extending a first corner-engaging gap over a first corner of said screen display or frame and by extending a second corner-engaging gap over a second corner of said screen display or frame so that the first and second corners are received within the corner-engaging gaps with at least a portion of each of the first and second corners exposed through the respective corner-engaging gaps, wherein said corner-engaging gaps are formed between joining portions that join together lengthwise deformable sections forming the band assembly, wherein said joining portions each have a display screen- or frame-contacting surface and an outer surface opposite the display screen- or frame-contacting surface and a length and a width and a thickness, with said joining portion length being longer than the width of a lengthwise deformable section at a respective corner and with said joining portion width being longer than the width of the section at the respective corner and with the thickness of said joining portion greater than the thickness of the section at the respective corner;
deforming at least one of the lengthwise deformable sections of said band assembly to create a space between a portion of said lengthwise deformable section and a portion of said front or rear face of said screen display or frame;
inserting a first object in said space;
and
releasing said lengthwise deformable section to frictionally engage said object so as to hold the first object against the portion of the face of said screen display or frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/510,330Filed 28 Jul 2009 · continuation in part
Priority: 23 Dec 2008
Published: US 2010/0155554 A124 Jun 2010
Granted: 20 Mar 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G06F 1/1607
Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays: arrangements to support accessories…
B43K 23/001
Holders or connectors for writing implements; Means for protecting the writing-points: supporting means
G09F 1/12
Supports or holders for show-cards: frames therefor
G09F 7/18
Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols ; Panels or boards: means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a…