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US 9,873,284 B2Granted
Device with slidable retractable stand
AssigneeACCO Brands Corporation
InventorMichael D. Rowe
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Abstract
A device with a retractable stand including a device body and a stand panel slidably coupled to the device body. The stand panel is slidably movable between a retracted configuration, wherein the stand panel is generally flat and planar, and an extended configuration wherein the stand panel is not generally flat and planar. When said stand panel is in the extended configuration the stand panel forms a stand to support the device body in an upright position.
Claims17
A device with a retractable stand for propping the device upon a surface, the device comprising:
- a device body having a pair of outer panels that are substantially parallel with respect to one another, wherein the panels are connected each other by a bottom panel, each panel including a pair of slots formed therein;
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- a pair of stand panels that are each slidably coupled to the device body at one of said pair of outer panels to position said device into an upright position that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the surface, wherein each slot of each of said pair of outer panels of said device body receives at least part of the corresponding stand panel therethrough to slidably couple said corresponding stand panel to said device body, wherein the corresponding stand panel is constructed of a single, unitary piece of material that is a separate component from the device body and is slidably movable between a retracted configuration, wherein said corresponding stand panel is generally flat and planar, and an extended configuration wherein said corresponding stand panel is not generally flat and planar, wherein when said corresponding stand panel is in said extended configuration said corresponding stand panel positions said device into the upright position, and at least one of said device body or said corresponding stand panel includes a slit or opening, wherein at least part of the other one of said device body or said corresponding stand panel is received through said slit or opening to slidably couple said corresponding stand panel to said device body.
A device with a retractable stand for propping the device upon a surface, the device comprising:
- a device body having a pair of outer panels that are substantially parallel with respect to one another, wherein the panels are connected each other by a bottom panel, each panel including a pair of slots formed therein;
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- a pair of stand panels that are each slidably coupled to the device body at one of said pair of outer panels to position said device into an upright position that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the surface, wherein each slot of each of said pair of outer panels of said device body receives at least part of said corresponding stand panel therethrough to slidably couple the corresponding stand panel to said device body, wherein the corresponding stand panel is constructed of a single, unitary piece of material that is a separate component from the device body and is slidably movable between a retracted configuration, wherein said corresponding stand panel is generally flat and planar, and an extended configuration wherein said corresponding stand panel is not generally flat and planar, wherein when said corresponding stand panel is in said extended configuration said corresponding stand panel forms a stand to support said device body in an upright position, wherein at least one of said device body or said corresponding stand panel includes a slit or opening formed therein, and wherein the other one of said device body or said corresponding stand panel includes a protrusion received in said slit or opening, and wherein device is configured such that as said corresponding stand panel is slidably moved in a predetermined direction from said retracted configuration said slit or opening and said protrusion cooperate to cause said corresponding stand panel to move to said extended configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.