EP1281332A1 - Vorrichtung zur Anordnung und Editierung von Schreibmaterial - Google Patents

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EP1281332A1
EP1281332A1 EP01306537A EP01306537A EP1281332A1 EP 1281332 A1 EP1281332 A1 EP 1281332A1 EP 01306537 A EP01306537 A EP 01306537A EP 01306537 A EP01306537 A EP 01306537A EP 1281332 A1 EP1281332 A1 EP 1281332A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C7/00—Collapsible or extensible purses, luggage, bags or the like
    • A45C7/0018—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
    • A45C7/0054—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage comprising a plurality of hinged panels to be unfolded in one plane for access purposes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00—Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/36—Cases for drawing or like instruments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C3/00—Flexible luggage; Handbags
    • A45C3/02—Briefcases or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage
    • A45C5/06—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage with outside compartments
    • A45C5/065—Rigid or semi-rigid luggage with outside compartments with drawers

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  • This invention relates to apparatus for aiding the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material, particularly, (but not exclusively) such sheet material bearing indicia, e.g. wording and/or pictures (drawings, paintings, prints or photographs).
  • indicia e.g. wording and/or pictures (drawings, paintings, prints or photographs).
  • one aspect of the present invention provides apparatus for aiding the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material, wherein said apparatus comprises a portable case composed of a plurality of panel units hingedly coupled to one another such as to form a closed container when folded together, said case, when closed, containing a plurality of tabular elements, at least one of said tabular elements being co-operable with a said panel unit such as to be erectable into an easel-like state when the said case is open with said panel unit providing support for said tabular element in an inclined position.
  • the angle of inclination of said tabular element is adjustable.
  • one of said tabular elements is provided with a repeatably adherent adhesive substance of low adhesion to permit peeling off from the one tabular element of items of sheet material temporarily mounted thereon. This permits mounting of the items in a variety of trial positions before a suitable positional relationship or montage is decided upon and finally selected.
  • one (preferably another) of said tabular elements is provided with a plurality of ledges to support loose items of sheet material to be sorted (and/or applied to the repeatedly adherent adhesive substance).
  • the ledges may be provided by the lower limbs of generally L-section elements protruding from one face of the said tabular element.
  • one (with advantage, a further tabular element) supports, when the case is open (i.e. the panels are unfolded), a cutting device for trimming said items of sheet material to desired sizes.
  • the illustrated apparatus 10 for use as a portable composition aid, i.e. for aiding a user in the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material.
  • a particular, (but not exclusive) use for the portable composition aid 10 is with sheet material bearing indicia, e.g. wording and/or pictures - including drawings, paintings, prints or photographs.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a case 12 having a plurality of main panel units 14,15 and 16 molded of plastics material with each panel unit of somewhat tray-like recessed form, the recesses facing inwardly of the closed case 12.
  • the panel unit 15 is generally frusto-triangular outline with its two inclined edge portions pivotally connected by hinges 17,18 to two opposite end panel units 14,16.
  • the latter are shaped and dimensioned such that they can be folded over the intermediate panel unit 15 and fastened to one another and/or to panel unit 15 to provide a closed condition for the case 12.
  • Such fastening may be by detent devices molded integrally with the panel units 14-16 to provide snap-fitting inter-engagement due to the inherent resiliency of parts of the detent devices.
  • the edge portions of the end panel unit 14 and/or of the end panel 16 may be provided with a semi-oval indent 19 (two opposed such indents are shown in Fig 1) to permit gripping insertion of the user's fingers to open the case 12 by pulling and overcoming the locking action of the detent devices.
  • panel unit 15 The outer face of panel unit 15 is provided with four protrusions 13 (Fig 3) so that when in the case-open condition shown in Fig 4, the panel units 14,15,16 can lie in a generally horizontal plane. In this open condition, internal tabular elements 24,25,26 are revealed that are either provided by or are contained within the interior of the panels 14,15,16 respectively.
  • Tabular element 24 is selectively movable between a stowed, out of use condition within the tray-like form of unit 14 and an erected in use condition in which it is elevated and inclined to the generally horizontal plane of units 14-16.
  • Erected element 24 comprises a pair of rack units 41,42, disposed one above the other in a generally common inclined plane, the lower edge of bottom rack unit 41a being pivotally connected at 43 to a forward part of the recess of panel unit 14, and the upper edge of bottom rack unit 41 being pivotally connected at 44 to the lower edge of the upper rack unit 42. This allows the two rack units 41,42 to be folded over one another and stowed within the tray-like recess of the end panel unit 14 (and occupy an out-of-use condition).
  • Each of the rack units 41,42 is integrally molded with a plurality of elongate L-section support strips 46 for use in supporting a plurality of items of sheet material (that are to be edited or subjected to layout composition) in rows and therealong in easily viewable positions.
  • the forward part of panel unit 14 is provided with a plurality of grooves 45 any one of which can accommodate additional or reserve items of sheet material prior to their being supported and temporarily arranged in rows upon the elongate L-section support strips 46.
  • a flat stay (not shown) is pivotally attached by its upper end to the rear face of lower rack unit 41, and the lower end of this stay (when pivoted away from that rear face) is engageable with a protrusion upstanding from the base of the tray-like recess of each panel unit 14 to hold rack units 41,42 in their erect inclined condition.
  • Tabular element 25 may be likewise movable pivotally from out of the tray-like recess of intermediate panel unit 15.
  • tabular element 25 may have a bottom edge that is to be located in a groove (or in a selected one of a plurality of grooves) to adopt a particular inclined position.
  • the tabular element 25 may be hinged at 52 directly to the panel unit 15 and a pivoted stay (not shown) extending between the panel unit 15 and the underside of tabular element 25 serves to hold tabular element 25 in its elevated (i.e. inclined) in-use condition.
  • the tabular element 25 supports a pad of sheets 54 each provided with a repeatably adherent adhesive substance of low adhesion to permit peeling off from the uppermost sheet 54 items of sheet material temporarily mounted thereon.
  • the sheets 54 of said pad may be provided with markings corresponding to or indicative of a grid or like array.
  • the pad 54 is omitted and the front face of tabular element 25 is itself provided with said repeatably adherent adhesive substance.
  • Tabular element 26 is a cutting board that is pivoted to the front edge portion 61 of the tray-like recess of end panel unit 16 and, when unfolded forwardly to its opened in-use condition, lies horizontally to permit access to its cutter device 62.
  • the cutting board is provided by two parts 63,64, hinged to one another to pivot about their mutually adjacent longitudinal edges in the manner of a book and, when opened out, provide a common horizontal support surface for an item to be trimmed or cut by device 62.
  • the latter comprises a ruler 66 which has a lateral extension 67 at each end pivoted to the outer cutting board part 64 whereby the ruler 66 can be pivotally raised off from the horizontal support surface provided by the cutting board's parts 63,64.
  • the cutter device's ruler 66 has a longitudinal slot therein and a block 69 mounted slidably within this slot.
  • a small cutting wheel or blade protrudes downwards from the underside of block 69 and extends into an elongate groove provided therebeneath in cutting board part 64.
  • the cutting wheel or blade can run along the elongate groove.
  • the two parts 63,64 are provided with a rib or ridge 65 extending along a common line at right angles to the groove and path of the cutting wheel or blade. This rib or ridge 65 provides an abutment for one edge of an item of sheet material that is to be cut by the cutter device 62 (after being inserted beneath the ruler 66).

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  • Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)
  • Sheet Holders (AREA)
  • Mechanical Pencils And Projecting And Retracting Systems Therefor, And Multi-System Writing Instruments (AREA)
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ES01306537T ES2228759T3 (es) 2001-07-31 2001-07-31 Aparato para ayudar a la colocacion y modificacion de elementos de material de lamina.
EP01306537A EP1281332B1 (de) 2001-07-31 2001-07-31 Vorrichtung zur Anordnung und Editierung von Schreibmaterial
DE60105589T DE60105589T2 (de) 2001-07-31 2001-07-31 Vorrichtung zur Anordnung und Editierung von Schreibmaterial
AT01306537T ATE275840T1 (de) 2001-07-31 2001-07-31 Vorrichtung zur anordnung und editierung von schreibmaterial

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US1343778A (en) * 1919-02-12 1920-06-15 Caswell V Hays Tablet
US1719840A (en) * 1927-04-11 1929-07-09 Horix Carl Holder for articles of stationery
US3678589A (en) * 1970-12-18 1972-07-25 Robert J Baier Apparatus for drawing in perspective
US5833201A (en) * 1995-12-22 1998-11-10 Graybill; David M. Collapsible easel for artists
US5971171A (en) * 1998-06-03 1999-10-26 Haworth, Inc. Document storage and display unit

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1343778A (en) * 1919-02-12 1920-06-15 Caswell V Hays Tablet
US1719840A (en) * 1927-04-11 1929-07-09 Horix Carl Holder for articles of stationery
US3678589A (en) * 1970-12-18 1972-07-25 Robert J Baier Apparatus for drawing in perspective
US5833201A (en) * 1995-12-22 1998-11-10 Graybill; David M. Collapsible easel for artists
US5971171A (en) * 1998-06-03 1999-10-26 Haworth, Inc. Document storage and display unit

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DE60105589T2 (de) 2005-10-13
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DE60105589D1 (de) 2004-10-21
ATE275840T1 (de) 2004-10-15

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