Apparatus and method for viewing prospective manufactured rug patterns and the like in three dimensions

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR VIEWING PROSPECTIVE RUG COLOR PATTERNS, DESIGNS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW RECTANGULAR CONTAINER INCLUDING A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL BOTTOM MEMBER, SAID BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING OPPOSED FRONT AND BACK ENDS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDES, SAID BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING A RECESS FORMED THEREIN, TWO SIDE MEMBERS WITH EACH FIXEDLY CONNECTED, RESPECTIVELY, TO ONE OF SAID OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID BOTTOM MEMBER AND PROJECTING UPRIGHT THEREFROM, A BACK MEMBER FIXEDLY CONNECTED TO SAID BOTTOM MEMBER AT THE BACK THEREOF AND PROJECTING UPRIGHT THEREFROM, SAID BACK MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDS AND AN ELONGATED SLOT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH INTERMEDIATE ITS SAID OPPOSED ENDS AND OPENING INTO SAID RECESS, SAID SLOT BEING DISPOSED IMMEDIATELY PROXIMATE SAID BOTTOM MEMBER, SAID BACK MEMBER HAVING A PORTION THEREOF OVERHANGING SAID BOTTOM MEMBER IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION RELATIVE THERETO, MEANS CONNECTING SAID OPPOSED ENDS OF SAID BACK MEMBER WITH, RESPECTIVELY, THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS, A TOP MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID BOTTOM MEMBER IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION RELATIVE THERETO, SAID TOP MEMBERS SPANNING THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND HAVING A PORTION THEREOF SUPERIMPOSED ON SAID EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID BACK MEMBER, SAID TOP MEMBER HAVING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CUTOUT PORTION FORMED THEREIN OPPOSED OPPOSITE ITS SAID SUPERIMPOSED PORTION, MEANS FIXEDLY CONNECTING SAID TOP MEMBER ON SAID SIDE MEMBERS; SAID VIEWING APPARATUS FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT CONFRONTING MIRROR MEANS EACH HAVING AN UPPER EDGE AND OPPOSED PAIRS OF ADJACENT ENDS; A FIRST FLEXIBLE HINGED MEANS CONNECTING TOGETHER ONE PAIR OF ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID MIRRORS;