US4229892A
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Display device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-01-24
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Granted: 1980-10-28
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Expires: 1999-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A display device, such as a photo mount, having a frame holder and a support member is disclosed. The frame holder includes an open front frame, a complementary shaped back panel, a spacer element therebetween to form a pocket for the article to be displayed, and an adapter. The frame holder may be hung along either longitudinal axis using the adapter. The display device may also be supported as a free standing element by engaging the support member to the adapter. The support member is fabricated from a fatigue resistant material and is removably secured to the adapter.
Inventors
- 👤 O. William Hueter
- 👤 Richard A. Gross
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:08
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47G; A47G1/00; A47G1/14; A47G1/142; A47G1/16; A47G1/162
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A display device comprising: a panel having an outer periphery and front and rear planar surfaces; a tab receiving chamber formed along the marginal edge portion of said panel; an adapter element attached to the rear planar surface of said panel and having at least one aperture formed therein for receiving a suitable hook for hanging the panel with one of its axes in generally horizontal position and having at least one slot formed therein; and a support member having an upper tab insertable into the slot in said adapter element and a lower tab insertable into the tab receiving chamber formed along the marginal edge of said panel, said support member including a foot portion attached to the lower tab and extending away from the rear surface of said panel defining a lower planar surface for supporting the panel in a free standing mode on a supporting planar surface, wherein the planar surface of the foot is adapted to be on the plane of the supporting surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A display device comprising: a panel having an outer periphery and front and rear planar surfaces; a tab receiving chamber formed along the marginal edge portion of said panel; an adapter element attached to the rear planar surface of said panel and having at least one aperture formed therein for receiving a suitable hook for hanging the panel with one of its axes in generally horizontal position and having at least one slot formed therein; and a support member having an upper tab insertable into the slot in said adapter element and a lower tab insertable into the tab receiving chamber formed along the marginal edge of said panel, said support member including a foot portion attached to the lower tab and extending away from the rear surface of said panel defining a lower planar surface for supporting the panel in a free standing mode on a supporting planar surface, wherein the planar surface of the foot is adapted to be on the plane of the supporting surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A display device according to claim 1 wherein said tab receiving chamber is formed by said adapter element and the cooperating rear surface of said panel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A display device according to claim 1 wherein said tab receiving chamber is formed in the marginal edge portion of said panel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A display device according to claim 3 wherein said adapter element includes a second aperture formed therein for receiving a suitable hook for hanging the panel with an axis normal to said one axis in a generally horizontal position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
A display device according to claim 3 wherein said adapter element includes a second slot formed therein and said panel includes a second tab receiving chamber formed therein such that the upper tab of said support member is insertable into the second slot of said adapter element and the lower tab of said support member is insertable into the second tab receiving chamber of said panel for supporting the panel in a free standing mode.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
A display device according to claim 1 wherein said panel has a front frame member attached in a spaced relation to said panel and the front frame member includes an interior opening to display an enclosed article and an outer periphery shaped generally to coincide with the outer periphery of said panel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A display device according to claim 6 wherein the spaced relation between said panel and the front frame member is a plurality of ribs extending along three marginal edges of said panel.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A display device according to claim 1 wherein said panel and said adapter element are formed of a thermoplastic material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
A display device according to claim 8 wherein the thermoplastic material is polystyrene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display device according to claim 1 wherein said support member is formed of a fatigue resistant material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A display device according to claim 10 wherein said fatigue resistant material is polypropylene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A display device according to claim 10 wherein said fatigue resistant material is high density polyethylene.
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