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US3090144A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Display devices and structures

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-07-07
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Granted: 1963-05-21
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Expires: 1980-07-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Malamude Simon

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 18:58
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F1/00; G09F1/04; G09F1/06; B; B42; B42D; B42D15/00; B42D15/02; B42D15/04; B42D15/042; G09F1/08; G09F2001/085

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 275 words
A DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BASE PANEL AND A COVER PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITION, A DISPLAY PANEL, AND AN OPERATING MECHANISM CARRIED UPON SAID BASE PANEL SUPPORTING SAID DISPLAY PANEL FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FOLDED POSITION BETWEEN SAID BASE AND COVER PANELS AND AN ERECT POSITION UPSTANDING FROM SAID BASE PANEL IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER PANEL TO SAID OPEN POSITION, WHEREIN SAID OPERATING MECHANISM COMPRISES A SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW PRISM HAVING TWO PAIRS OF SIDES HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER FOR SELECTED MOVEMENT BETWEEN A COLLAPSED POSITION OF ONE PAIR OF SIDES UPON THE OTHER AND AN ERECT HOLLOW PARALLELOPIPEDON FORM, A SINGLE ONE OF SAID SIDES BEING SECURED UPON SAID BASE PANEL, STOP MEANS LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID SIDES BEYOND SAID ERECT POSITION FROM SAID COLLAPSED POSITION, AND YIELDABLE MEANS ACTING BETWEEN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID PARALLELOPIPEDON FORM YIELDABLY URGING SAID PRISM TOWARD SAID ERECT POSITION, WHEREIN SAID STOP MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF TABS ONE HINGEDLY CARRIED AT ONE EDGE BY ONE END OF A SINGLE SIDE OF ONE PAIR OF SIDES, AND ANOTHER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF TABS BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SIDES, EACH ONE OF SAID TABS HAVING A DIAMETRICAL FOLD LINE DEFINING A PAIR OF TRIANGULAR PORTIONS MOVABLE BETWEEN A COLLAPSED POSITION ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER AND AN AXIALLY ALIGNED POSITION IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PARALLELOPIPEDON BETWEEN SAID COLLAPSED AND ERECT POSITIONS, WHEREBY SAID TRIANGULAR PORTIONS OF TABS IN SAID ALIGNED POSITION PREVENT CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF SAID PRISM BEYOND SAID ERECT POSITION FROM SAID COLLAPSED POSITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 275 words
A DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BASE PANEL AND A COVER PANEL HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITION, A DISPLAY PANEL, AND AN OPERATING MECHANISM CARRIED UPON SAID BASE PANEL SUPPORTING SAID DISPLAY PANEL FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A FOLDED POSITION BETWEEN SAID BASE AND COVER PANELS AND AN ERECT POSITION UPSTANDING FROM SAID BASE PANEL IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID COVER PANEL TO SAID OPEN POSITION, WHEREIN SAID OPERATING MECHANISM COMPRISES A SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW PRISM HAVING TWO PAIRS OF SIDES HINGEDLY CONNECTED TOGETHER FOR SELECTED MOVEMENT BETWEEN A COLLAPSED POSITION OF ONE PAIR OF SIDES UPON THE OTHER AND AN ERECT HOLLOW PARALLELOPIPEDON FORM, A SINGLE ONE OF SAID SIDES BEING SECURED UPON SAID BASE PANEL, STOP MEANS LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID SIDES BEYOND SAID ERECT POSITION FROM SAID COLLAPSED POSITION, AND YIELDABLE MEANS ACTING BETWEEN DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID PARALLELOPIPEDON FORM YIELDABLY URGING SAID PRISM TOWARD SAID ERECT POSITION, WHEREIN SAID STOP MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF TABS ONE HINGEDLY CARRIED AT ONE EDGE BY ONE END OF A SINGLE SIDE OF ONE PAIR OF SIDES, AND ANOTHER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID PAIR OF TABS BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID SIDES, EACH ONE OF SAID TABS HAVING A DIAMETRICAL FOLD LINE DEFINING A PAIR OF TRIANGULAR PORTIONS MOVABLE BETWEEN A COLLAPSED POSITION ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER AND AN AXIALLY ALIGNED POSITION IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PARALLELOPIPEDON BETWEEN SAID COLLAPSED AND ERECT POSITIONS, WHEREBY SAID TRIANGULAR PORTIONS OF TABS IN SAID ALIGNED POSITION PREVENT CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF SAID PRISM BEYOND SAID ERECT POSITION FROM SAID COLLAPSED POSITION.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-05-20 1966-11-19 1967-05-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-05-20 1970-11-19 1971-05-21 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-05-20 1974-11-19 1975-05-21 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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