GB2445970A - Door display - Google Patents

Abstract

A display device 10 comprises fabric material 12 with a hooped surface capable of receiving objects 18 having a hooked surface. Stiffening elements 13, 14, which may span the width of the material, are provided at the top 13 and bottom 14 edges of the material 12. Hooks 16, 16a fasten the material 12 to the top and bottom of a door 21. A plurality of pads 19 are preferably provided which have, on one side, an adhesive surface, and on the other side a hooked surface, the adhesive to stick to objects to be displayed on the device. The fabric material 12 can be woven material or felt and can have the stiffening rods 13, 14 sewn into it or glued or attached onto it. Hooks 16 may pass through reinforces incisions in the material 12 or may be tied to strips of elasticised material 15a which are in turn attached to the top or bottom edges of the material 12.

Description

Door Display This invention relates to a door display, and

particularly, to one having means for securing items to be displayed thereon.

Photos, messages and pictures etc, can be desired to be displayed in such large volumes that having them all on display at once, without causing damage to walls, is particularly problematic. For such reasons people often turn to attaching notes, memos and photos to doors in order to prevent unsightly blemishes to walls. Alternatively, it may simply be a question of space. Wall putty (Blu-tac ), sticky tape and nails may be used to attach objects to doors. However, wall putty does not provide a permanent fixture of the object to the door and therefore objects may fall down, and nails and sticky tape leave unsightly blemishes that are hard to disguise. Another problem, relat.

particularly to doors, is that many doors are not planar, having small alcoves, or pane1s, therefore making the successful hanging or attachment of flat objects to therrr troublesome.

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Various types of display are known. * * ****

WO-02098677 discloses hanging a picture gallery on a door, by hooking-over a bracket*.: on the top edge of the door, a set of hooks is attached to the bracket and a plastic sheet containing plastic pockets of pictures can be hung on the hooks. However, this is made from transparent plastic.

FR-2723241 discloses a support for a sign to be attached to a (exterior) door. This shows tensioning the arrangement around the whole door.

A multi-pocket closet/bath organiser by Jokari (http://www.jokari.com/42powoorwh.html) discloses a system which has 21 compartments for shoes and 21 compartments for accessories, to store scarves, socks, hosiery, purses, belts etc, in a strong mesh. It includes an over-the-door mounting system, with a reinforced bar across the top of the organiser for added strength and adjustable straps at the bottom keep the organizer in place.

Another Jokari product (http://www.jokari.com/de16pokiorla.htmI), the "kids stuff' organiser, discloses a system which has 16 mesh pockets for holding and organizing toys, shoes, slippers, beanies, etc, with a sturdy mesh construction. It too includes an over the door mounting system with reinforced bar across the top for added strength and adjustable straps at bottom keep the organizer in place.

US-6126021 covers the Jokari products mentioned above and discloses an article storage system capable of being suspended from a door and having two vertical rows of article receiving compartments. It employs lower brackets affixed to flexible strips to allow the article storage system to be hung under tension in conjunction with upper brackets, and uses rods on adjacent sides to rigidize the structure.

US-6067738 discloses a device for securing in place and protecting articles for display on a refrigerator/freezer door relying on adhesive, magnetic or other suitable fastening material to attach materials to be displayed to the door. However, the adhesive fastenip material is preferably "dots" or "squares" of two-sided tape. This method also requires mechanical hinges and permanent fixtures to the door. : S..

Boudoir BelleTM (http://www.fabstuff.netiproducts/218) discloses a Multi Pocket over tbe S **S.S door organizer, consisting of six pockets that can be hung over the door with hooks br ribbon ties. *55.:

However, none of the forgoing provides a complete system for the user as there is no method described for a door display being able to display multiple objects at the same time.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and effective door display panel and parts providing a display device that is free from the disadvantages mentioned above, or at least mitigates their effects.

According to the present invention, there is provided a hanging door display, comprising a fabric material, having a hooped surface and adapted to receive an item to be displayed on the door display that has a hooked surface to engage said hooped surface of the display and retain this item on the display, stiffening elements spanning the width of the material at the top and bottom edges of said material to rigidize the display and hooks which connect to said top and bottom edges and are adapted to fasten over the top and bottom edges of a door. The hooks require no tools or other fasteners for securement.

Preferably the fabric material is woven material or felt.

In a preferred embodiment said hooked surface of said item is provided by a patch of hooked material adhered to a rear surface of said item to be displayed.

The stiffening elements are preferab'y rods. The rods are preferably wooden, metal or plastic. The rods preferably span the width of the fabric. The rods are preferably sewn into the fabric. Alternatively, the rods may be glued to the fabric or secured by any other

suitable means.

Alternatively, the stiffening elements may comprise tensioning elements extending from corners of the material connected to spaced locations at the top and bottom of a door.

The hooks are preferably wooden, metal or plastic. The hooks preferably pass throuh'' reinforced incisions in said material. S..

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Alternatively, the hooks may be tied to strips of material, which in turn are attached to the main section of material at the top and bottom edges. Preferably said strips f. *5**

material tied to the hooks are elasticised.

The invention may be used to display objects of information of importance to the reader, but is ideal for photos, memos and pictures.

Throughout the description and claims of this specification, the words "comprise" and "contain" and variations of the words, for example "comprising" and "comprises", means "including but not limited to", and is not intended to (and does not) exclude other moieties, additives, components, integers or steps.

Throughout the description and claims of this specification, the singular encompasses the plural unless the context otherwise requires. In particular, where the indefinite article is used, the specification is to be understood as contemplating plurality as well as singularity, unless the context requires otherwise.

Features, integers, characteristics, compounds, chemical moieties or groups described in conjunction with a particular aspect, embodiment or example of the invention are to be understood to be applicable to any other aspect, embodiment or example described herein unless incompatible therewith.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Embodiments of the invention are further described hereinafter, by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure Ia shows the front plan view of the door display according to the present invention showing several items, e.g., notes or memos, attached thereto by self adhesive means, and Figure lb shows an alternative arrangement; Figure 2a shows a cross-sectional view of the door display of Figure la and Figure 2b, shows a similar cross-section of a slight variation of the arrangement of Figure ib; Figure 3 shows a cutaway cross-sectional view of the top of door display of Figure 1; * * Figure 4 shows a cutaway cross-sectional view of the door display showing a note or memo attached to the display panel by a hook and hoop connection; *.: Figure 5 shows a cutaway cross-sectional view of the door display with alternative means of attaching the hooks to the material; and Figure 6 shows the door display rolled up as it would be purchased, with a reinforced incision visible in the material where the hook may pass through when assembled, and a packet of hook and hoop pads together with the required hooks.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

With reference now to Figures la, 2a, 3 and 4 of the drawings, an embodiment of the door display according to the present invention is designated generally with the reference numeral 10. The exemplary door display comprises a section 12 of fabric material having a hooped surface 40 for receiving an item 22 to be displayed on the door display 10. The item 22 is provided with a self-adhesive patch 18 with a hooked surface 19 to enable attachment to the surface 40.

The section 12 has rods 13, 14 spanning the width of the material 12 attached to the top 13 arid bottom 14 edges of the said material 12 to rigidize the device 10, as shown in Figure Ia. The display is hung vertically, as shown in Figure 2a, using hooks 16 which pass through reinforced incisions 17 in said material 12, around the upper rod 13 and fasten over the top of a door 21. The door 21 may be a personnel door, such as a bedroom door or a closet door or other similar vertical structure. The hooks require no tools or other fasteners for securement, simply hooking over the top edge of the door. In Figure la, the lower rod 14 creates tautness of the sheet 12, securing the device in place, under tension, caused by the weight of the rod 14.

Alternatively, however, a similar hook arrangement is preferably provided at the bottom of the display 10. That is to say, further hooks 16a, as shown in Figure 2b, may connect the bottom rod 14 to the bottom edge of the door 25. In this connection, the fabric 12 of the display 10 may itself be resilient so that it can stretch to permit attachment of tI'e"' hooks 16,16a at the top and bottom of the door 21, and the resilience of the fabric f2:: keeps the device taut. On the other hand, adjustable straps 15 (Figure 5), 15a (Figure.

2b) may interconnect the hooks and at least one of the top or bottom edges of tIie device 10.

Figure 4 shows how a note, memo or picture 22 can be secured by hook and hoop..

means 18 to said material 12 of said door display 10. In a preferred embodiment a hooked patch 19 provided with self adhesive is attached to the rear of objects 22 to be displayed.

In Figure 1 b, the rods of the Figure 1 a arrangement are dispensed with and instead four hooks 16 at top and bottom of the display 10' tension sheet 12 both vertically and horizontally. Again, it may be the resilience of the fabric 12, or the resilience of the ties 15', that keep the fabric taut. Alternatively, or additionally, the ties 15' may be adjustable in length, either to provide the tension on the display 10 or simply to enable better adjustment to doors of different size.

In another embodiment shown in Figure 5, hooks 16 are tied to an additional strip of material 15", which in turn is attached to the main section of material 12. Material strips 15" provide adjustment capacity in the event of different door dimensions.

Figure 6 demonstrates how the door display 10 may be rolled up as it would be purchased, with a reinforced incision 17 in the material 12 showing where the hook 16 may pass through when assembled and a packet of hook and hoop pads 19 together with the required hooks 16.

It is also possible for the material 12 of the display to be arranged to be ferromagnetic, so that a magnet can also attach to the display providing a further display capability.

Indeed, a dart board image may be printed on fabric 12, whereby magnetic dart games may be played using the display 10.

The present invention thus provides a convenient hook and hoop (and/or tape and/or magnetic) securement door display which has a variety of uses. The door display according to the present invention may replace conventional means of displaying objects on walls and doors by the means of suspending from a door or another suitable vertical object, therefore removing the need to perforate doors with nails or leave unsighfly::: blemishes caused by tapes and wall putty. S.. * *

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The reader's attention is directed to all papers and documents which are filed concurrently with or previous to this specification in connection with this application an5d..., which are open to public inspection with this specification, and the contents of all suc..

papers and documents are incorporated herein by reference.

All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and/or all of the steps of any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or steps are mutually exclusive.

Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.

The invention is not restricted to the details of any foregoing embodiments. The invention extends to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), or to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the steps of any method or process so disclosed. * * * * *. * ** * * * S.. *.* * * *.

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Claims (14)

1. A door display comprising: a section of fabric material having a hooped surface capable of receiving a hooked surface of an item to be displayed; stiffening elements at top and bottom edges of the section to render said section taut across the section; and hooks which connect to said top and bottom edges and are adapted to fasten over the top and bottom of a door to render said section taut between said stiffening elements.

2. A door display according to claim I wherein the fabric material is a woven material or felt.

3. A door display according to claims 1 or 2 wherein said hooked surface provided by a patch of hooked material adhered to the rear surface of an object to be displayed.

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4. A door display as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the stiffening elements a...

are rods fixed in orto said top and bottom edges.

5. A door display as claimed in any claim 4, wherein the rods are wooden, metal or plastic.

6. A door display as claimed in claim 4 or 5, wherein the rods span the width of the fabric.

7. A door display as claimed in claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the rods are sewn into the fabric.

8. A door display as claimed in claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the rods are glued into the fabric or secured by any other suitable means.

9. A door display as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the hooks are wooden, metal or plastic.

10. A door display as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the hooks pass through reinforced incisions in the material.

11. A door display as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the hooks are tied to strips of material, which in turn are attached to the main section of material at the top and/or bottom edge.

12. A door display as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the said strips of material are elasticised.

13. A door having a display as claimed in any preceding claim connected thereto.

14. A door display device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. *

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