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US5405192A
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Modular booth display assembly
Assignee: PITTSBURGH HOLDINGS Inc
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Filing: 1993-12-07
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Granted: 1995-04-11
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Expires: 2013-12-07
Abstract
Abstract Modular display booth units are made from an upstanding bent sheet body portion located at its top and bottom in respective depending and upstanding lips of counter top and tray portions. Inside the body portions, rails extend from side to side. Hooked ends latch into latching apertures in the side wall and the side wall of any adjacent unit to link them together. Special angled joining units are provided to allow the units to be joined to form elongate assemblies of varying configuration.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen E. McGrath
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 21:32
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F5/00; A47F5/10; A47F5/11; A47B; A47B87/00; A47B87/007; A47F9/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
385 words
A modular display booth assembly comprising: a plurality of adjacent floor standing display units, a first one of said display units comprising a wide unit including an upright portion of rigid plastics sheet material having at least one front panel, side panels and at least one back panel hinged together through coined hinge lines, a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip confining lower margins of said front, side and back panels, and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip confining upper margins of said front, side and back panels; said upstanding lip and said lower margins being latched through lugs projecting inwardly on said upstanding lip and slots in the lower margins and the upstanding lip; said depending lip and said upper margins being latched through lugs projecting inwardly on said depending lip and slots in said depending lip; at least two spacer bars extending between side panels of said first one of said display units, each of said spacer bars having hooked ends, each of said hooked ends engaging in an aperture in a corresponding one of said side panels of said first one of said display units and into an aperture in a corresponding side panel of a second one of said display units to latch said first and second ones of the display units together; said second one of said display units comprises a joining unit having a joining front panel having a front width and joining side panels hinged to the front panel through coined hinge lines, at least one joining back panel flush with a back plane of the unit or the back edge having a back plane width less than the front width, a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip confining lower margins of said joining front and joining side panels, and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip confining upper margins of said joining front and joining side panels, at least one of the joining side panels being located adjacent to a side panel of a first one of said display units and being engaged therewith by a hooked end of at least one of the spacer bars of said first one or said second one of said display units engaging in an aperture in said one of said joining side panels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
385 words
A modular display booth assembly comprising: a plurality of adjacent floor standing display units, a first one of said display units comprising a wide unit including an upright portion of rigid plastics sheet material having at least one front panel, side panels and at least one back panel hinged together through coined hinge lines, a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip confining lower margins of said front, side and back panels, and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip confining upper margins of said front, side and back panels; said upstanding lip and said lower margins being latched through lugs projecting inwardly on said upstanding lip and slots in the lower margins and the upstanding lip; said depending lip and said upper margins being latched through lugs projecting inwardly on said depending lip and slots in said depending lip; at least two spacer bars extending between side panels of said first one of said display units, each of said spacer bars having hooked ends, each of said hooked ends engaging in an aperture in a corresponding one of said side panels of said first one of said display units and into an aperture in a corresponding side panel of a second one of said display units to latch said first and second ones of the display units together; said second one of said display units comprises a joining unit having a joining front panel having a front width and joining side panels hinged to the front panel through coined hinge lines, at least one joining back panel flush with a back plane of the unit or the back edge having a back plane width less than the front width, a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip confining lower margins of said joining front and joining side panels, and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip confining upper margins of said joining front and joining side panels, at least one of the joining side panels being located adjacent to a side panel of a first one of said display units and being engaged therewith by a hooked end of at least one of the spacer bars of said first one or said second one of said display units engaging in an aperture in said one of said joining side panels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which said spacer bars support a shelf within :said first one of said display units.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the wide unit has two back panels, each one of the back panels extending from one of said side panels.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 3 in which an access aperture extending between the depending lip and the upstanding lip is provided between the back panels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which an upright strengthening strut is provided between the lower tray portion and the counter top portion in the access aperture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which the joining side panels of said second one of said display units meet at a vertical corner whereby said second one of said display units has a generally triangular horizontal cross section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 6 in which the angle between joining side panels of said third one of said display units is substantially 90 degrees.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
189 words
A modular display booth assembly as claimed in claim 1 in which said second one of said display units comprises a joining unit having a joining front edge or a front panel having a front width and joining side panels hinged to the front panel through coined hinge lines, at least one joining back panel flush with a back plane of the unit having a back plane width greater than the width of the front panel; a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip confining lower margins of said joining front and side panels, and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip confining upper margins of said joining front and joining side panels, at least one of the joining side panels being located adjacent to a side panel of a first one of said display units and being engaged therewith by a hooked end of at least one of the spacer bars of said first one of said display units engaging in an aperture of one of the joining side panels and in an aperture of said side panel of said first one of said display units.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
389 words
A kit of modular parts for forming a display booth assembly, the kit comprising parts to form wide units comprising: a rigid plastics sheet to form an upright portion, the sheet having coined hinge lines defining at least one front panel, side panels and at least one back panel, a number of slots being located in upper and lower margins of at least the side panels, and at least one engagement aperture being located in each one of the side panels; a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip to confine lower margins of the front, side and back panels, and lugs projecting inwardly of the upstanding lip to engage said slots in the lower margins of at least the side panels; an upper counter top portion having a depending lip to confine upper margins of the front, side and back panels, and lugs projecting inwardly of the depending lip to engage said slots in the upper margins of at least the side panels; at least two spacer bars to extend between said side panels, the spacer bars having hooked ends, each one of the hooked ends to engage in both of the engagement apertures of one of said sidewalls and in one of the engagement apertures of one of said side walls of an adjacent display unit; a shelf to rest on the spacer bars; and the kit including parts to form a joining display unit, the parts comprising; a rigid plastics material sheet to form an upright portion, the sheet having coined hinge lines defining at least a joining front panel and joining side panels, a number of slots being located in upper and lower margins of at least the side panels, and at least one engagement aperture being located in each one of the side panels; a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip to confine lower margins of said joining front and said joining side panels and having lugs projecting inwardly of the upstanding lip to engage said slots in the lower margins of at least the joining side panels; and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip to confine upper margins of said joining front and side panels and having lugs projecting inwardly from the depending lip to engage said slots in the upper margins of at least the joining side panels.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
389 words
A kit of modular parts for forming a display booth assembly, the kit comprising parts to form wide units comprising: a rigid plastics sheet to form an upright portion, the sheet having coined hinge lines defining at least one front panel, side panels and at least one back panel, a number of slots being located in upper and lower margins of at least the side panels, and at least one engagement aperture being located in each one of the side panels; a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip to confine lower margins of the front, side and back panels, and lugs projecting inwardly of the upstanding lip to engage said slots in the lower margins of at least the side panels; an upper counter top portion having a depending lip to confine upper margins of the front, side and back panels, and lugs projecting inwardly of the depending lip to engage said slots in the upper margins of at least the side panels; at least two spacer bars to extend between said side panels, the spacer bars having hooked ends, each one of the hooked ends to engage in both of the engagement apertures of one of said sidewalls and in one of the engagement apertures of one of said side walls of an adjacent display unit; a shelf to rest on the spacer bars; and the kit including parts to form a joining display unit, the parts comprising; a rigid plastics material sheet to form an upright portion, the sheet having coined hinge lines defining at least a joining front panel and joining side panels, a number of slots being located in upper and lower margins of at least the side panels, and at least one engagement aperture being located in each one of the side panels; a lower tray portion having an upstanding lip to confine lower margins of said joining front and said joining side panels and having lugs projecting inwardly of the upstanding lip to engage said slots in the lower margins of at least the joining side panels; and an upper counter top portion having a depending lip to confine upper margins of said joining front and side panels and having lugs projecting inwardly from the depending lip to engage said slots in the upper margins of at least the joining side panels.
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