Scan stand system for image capture

A self-contained and portable scan stand kit for capturing images of documents and other objects, comprising:

• a receiver box defining a storage space and an open top, the receiver box having an attachment structure, and a bottom surface and side walls defining a storage space;
• a removable box lid configured to cover the open top and the storage space with the box lid positioned on the open top of the receiver box;
• a post system;
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• a digital imaging device configured to be supported by the post system above the box in an image scan position, the digital imaging device having a field of view sufficiently large to encompass a document or object positioned on or in the box;
• the post system and attachment structure configured to removably receive a first end of the post system to support the post system in an upright position, the attachment structure configured to permit the post system to be removed from the attachment structure for storage in the box;
• the post system further configured for disassembly to fit with the digital imaging device within the storage space in a storage configuration with the box lid positioned on the open top of the receiver box;
• wherein the attachment structure includes at least one receptacle at or adjacent said one of the side walls, and the first end of the post structure is configured to engage the at least one receptacle;
• wherein the at least one receptacle is configured with the post system to permit the at least one receptacle to receive the first end of the post system with the box disposed in an upright position on a work surface with the bottom surface adjacent the work surface, and with the box disposed in an inverted, upside-down position relative to the work surface with the open top of the box adjacent the work surface;
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• wherein the lid is configured to attach to the box in the inverted, upside-down position in a cantilevered arrangement to extend a scan bed area.

A portable scan stand kit for capturing images of documents and other objects, comprising:

• a receiver box defining a storage space and an open top, the receiver box having a bottom surface and side walls defining a storage space;
• a removable box lid configured to cover the open top and the storage space with the lid positioned on the open top of the receiver box;
• a post system;
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• a digital imaging device configured to be supported by the post system above the box in an image scan position, the digital imaging device having a field of view sufficiently large to encompass a document or object positioned on or in the box;
• the post system and digital imaging device further configured to fit within the storage space in an unassembled condition with the lid positioned on the open top of the receiver box in a storage configuration;
• a light shielding structure arranged to cover the digital imaging device in the image scan position, the post system and the box, the light shielding structure fabricated of a flexible material, and configured to be collapsible to a substantially flattened configuration to fit into the box in the storage configuration;
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• wherein the post system further comprises a lid support post system to removably attach to the lid structure to support the lid in an elevated position above the digital imaging device in the image scan position, the lid structure configured to support the light shielding structure.