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US 8,667,721 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for displaying an item
AssigneeMemory Box UK Limited
InventorAndrew N. Heeps
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for displaying an item such as a vinyl record album on a wall. The apparatus includes first and second parts (6, 4) pivotably mounted to one another, one part including a window through which the item to be displayed may be viewed, one part including a catch element (18) for limiting relative rotation of the two parts, and one part including a hook or screw for mounting the apparatus on a wall.
Claims16
An apparatus for displaying an item, the apparatus comprising:
- a first part and a second part, said first part defining a window through which an item positioned between said first and second parts can be seen and said second part including means for mounting on a wall;
- pivot means for pivotally connecting said first and second parts to one another;
- a catch element for limiting relative pivotal rotation of the first and second parts away from each other about said pivot means, said catch element extending from one of said first and second parts through an aperture in another one of said first and second parts and includes a hooked or curved end for contacting a back side of said another one of said first and second parts, and
- wherein one of the first part and the second part comprises a pressing means for pressing an item located between the first and second parts against the other one of said first and second parts.
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A record sleeve display apparatus for displaying an item, the apparatus comprising a first part and a second part pivotally mounted to one another;
- wherein the first part comprises a window through which an item to be displayed may be viewed and the second part comprises means for mounting the apparatus to a wall, wherein the first part comprises a catch element for limiting relative rotation of the first and second parts, and wherein one of said first and second parts comprises a pressing means for pressing an item, located between the first and second parts, against the other one of said first and second parts, wherein the second part comprises a backboard, and wherein the catch element abuts against the rear of the backboard in use, the catch element being curved or hooked in an appropriate fashion so as to loop about the rear of the backboard and thereby abut the rear of the backboard when the backboard and the window are rotated to a predetermined extent away from each other and wherein the catch element comprises a sloping surface for looping about the rear surface of the backboard, wherein the sloping surface is arranged at an acute angle to the window which is equal to the acute angle between the window and the backboard when the apparatus is in an open configuration, the catch element being arranged to prevent the first and second parts from rotating more than 45° relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.