IE85974B1 - Elementary support for object display comprising a hinge polyhedral compartment - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT The compartment of the support of the invention is hinged to switch between a flat folded condition and an unfolded and open functional condition to receive an object. It comprises a retractable wall (115) for holding the compartment in its unfolded and open condition and elastic means (127) for biasing the holding wall in an unrctracted holding position. The flattening ofthe compartment is done by retracting the holding W all against the action of elastic means. The pivoting holding retracting wall (1 15) is a shoring wall between a floor face (105) and a ceiling face (103) with which they form a lorcc descending rod. The display ofthc invention can serve to provide information but also objects to be displayed

Description

SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY OPENING DISPLAY SUPPORT The field of the invention relates to displays being foldable on themselves and quasi— automatically unfoldable, with the advantage of being able to be transported and stored in excellent conditions, on one hand, and to be quickly installed on site, on the other'hand.

From a folded condition, one just has to start under the action of fully unfolding the support so that, elastic biasing means, it unfolds in a automatic way.

Of course, conversely, the folding of the support is done against the action of the biasing means.

The Applicant has developed such displays for a long time.

The Applicant started with information support can be useful for visual displays. Such displays communication or advertisement on sales sites, designed by PLV, and can be presented in column form.

Such displays are described in document FR 2,824,946.

Then, the Applicant proposed support displays the inner space of which, is left free so as to be able to slide an object inside or to slide the support around an object, These displays in the expanded condition, projecting“ or not from the support. are described in the French patent application 07 02 817 of April 18, 2007.

Furthermore, had for PLV also the already support columns Applicant proposed information allowing for the reception of objects, such as those described in the document FR 2,847,062.

‘! "He Now, the Applicant proposes displays made on a similar principle, but as a primary aim, intended to incidentally, also support or’ present objects and, information.

W02005/00467? discloses an elementary support for an object display comprising a polyhedral compartment hinged to switch. between a flat folded condition and an unfolded and open functional condition to accommodate an object, retractable means for holding the compartment in its unfolded and open condition and elastic means for biasing the holding retracted position, the effected by means in a holding non flattening of the retracting’ the holding Ineans against the action of compartment being the elastic means.

It will he recalled that a polyhedron is a body with planar faces.

However, the compartment of this prior art document cannot support. a body’ or’ any object of a large weight.

Thus, relates to an elementary support of the type defined the invention of the present application hereunder, the compartment comprising a polyhedral sleeve with hinge edges and at least one pivoting holding retractable wall, the hinge edges bounding a floor face and a ceiling face of the compartment and the pivoting holding retractable wall being arranged to provide, between these ceiling and floor faces, a shoring function.

The holding wall is shoring a retractable wall.

Under those conditions, the compartment can easily support on the ceiling surface, a body or any ‘ -position, object of a large weight, or even another elementary support and indeed a plurality of those supports. ' In other words, in the unfolded and open condition of the compartment, the ceiling face and the shoring wall form, a vertically load transmitting means.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an elementary support for object display comprising at least one polyhedral compartment hinged to switch between a flat folded condition and a functional unfolded condition and open to receive an object, retractable means for holding the compartment in its unfolded and open condition and elastic means for biasing holding means in an unretracted holding the flattening of the compartment being achieved by retracting the holding means against the action of the elastir: means, characterized in that the polyhedral sleeve, comprises two compartments within a with hinge edges and at least one pivoting holding wall, the holding retractable wall being a vertical shoring wall between a floor face and a horizontal ceiling which it load support retractable pivoting vertically the with forms a transmitting means holding retractable wall acts to shore—up the ceiling face whereby, in use, pivoting » face so that the compartments can support objects on the ceiling faces.

In one embodiment, the pivotally mounted around an edge being orthogonal to the hinge edges and outer to the polyhedral sleeve. the holding Awall is holding wall is In other embodiments, pivotally mounted around an edge inside the sleeve. .307 D1 a particular embodiment, the holding wall is pivotally mounted around an edge parallel to the hinge edges. the holding wall can be against the that parallel to it in the folded and unfolded conditions In this compartment, recessed compartment faces are of the compartment.

Still in that compartment, secondary holding walls can be provided freely pivotally mounted around outer edges of the polyhedral sleeve. I The invention also relates to a set of several elementary supports such as those defined above.

This invention will be better understood from the following description of several embodiments of the elementary support and of the set of elementary ‘ supports of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: - Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of the display elementary support in which the support comprises a single compartment; the first embodiment is shown and. described for description purposes only and does not form part of the claimed invention: - Fig. 2 is a back perspective view of the support of Fig. 1; — Pig. 3 is a front perspective View of a set of two second embodiments of the display elementary support; and - Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of the display elementary support of the invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the first embodiment of the display elementary support of the It is a polyhedral with invention will now be described. compartment 1, a parallelepiped to be specific, a sleeve 2 with four faces 3-6 joined by their common edges 7-10 constituting the hinge edges.

On one hand, the sleeve 2 is almost open, 12 hinged around two edges of the 14 being perpendicular On the other with only two small flaps ll, 13, 14 of the two opposite faces 6, 4 compartment 1, the edges 13, and orthogonal to the hinge edges 7-10. hand, the sleeve 2 can be closed by two retractable flaps 15, unfolded for "holding the compartment 1 in an will be now and. open condition, as explained.

Both holding flaps mounted around the two edges 17, of the two anterior , 16 pivotally of the faces 6, 4 opposed to the hinge edges 13, flaps 11, 12. The substantially equal to the width of the sleeve 2 in the width of both floor 5 sum of their widths is the open condition, i.e. and ceiling 3 faces of the sleeve 2.

Indentations are arranged from the three free flanges 19, 20, 21 and 22, 23, 24 of both holding flaps 15, 16 as well as from the back flanges 25, 26 of‘ the faces 3, 5, those indentations being terminated by eyelets receiving a biasing elastic 27.

Thus, the elastic 27 is passed through a pair of eyelets 28 of the face 3, of eyelets 29 of the flap 15, near its flange 20, a near the flange 26, near the flange 25. a pair pair of eyelets 30 of the face 5, and a pair of eyelets 31 of the flap 16. flange 23. near its the compartment 1 can switch between a unfolded Thus, flat folded functional condition to receive an object in When flat, the of the one on the other, 3, 4 and 5, and an and condition open its single compartment. faces sleeve 2 are in pairs, 6 after pivoting around the four hinge edges 7-10.

The sleeve is held in the open condition by holding flaps 15, 18, orthogonal to the hinge edges, under the action of the elastic 27, which has disposed the four pairs of eyelets 28-31 substantially in a common plane to reduce its tension, the flanges 19, 21 and 22, 24 of both flaps 15, 16 substantially entering the plane of both flanges 25, Both flaps are then in. an unretracted pivoting around the outer edges 17, to serve as an abutment to both faces 3, 5. holding position and provide a shoring function between the floor face 5 and the ceiling face 3.

The flattening of the compartment 1 (of the sleeve 2) is done by’ retracting the flaps 15, 16, that is by having them pivoting around their edges 17, and by folding them against the interior of the faces 6, 4. , against the action of the biasing elastic 27, Naturally, a plurality of compartments- like the compartment 1 which has just been described can be stacked or juxtaposed one on the other or one near the other by any appropriate securing means, for instance by sticking. 2 Referring to Fig. 3, a set of two second embodiments of the display elementary support of the invention. will now be described. The element 100, represented above the other element 150 on Fig. 3 — both elements only differ by the biasing elastic securing — is also a parallelepiped compartment 101, with a sleeve 102 with four faces 103-106 joined by their common edges 107—l10 constituting hinge edges.

A retractable holding’ wall 115 is pivotally mounted around a central line 116 of the face 105, which line extends orthogonally to the hinge edges of the compartment and substantially at equal distances 112 114 of the anterior 111, and posterior 113, flanges of the perpendicular to the hinge edges of the compartment compartment, flanges which and belong to the upper 103 and lower 105 faces of the compartment. The holding wall is rectangular and corresponds to the opening section of the sleeve 102, with a width equal to the length of the flanges 111- 114 and. with. a height equal to the -length of the edges 117-120 connecting the hinge-edges 107-110.

V Indentations are arranged from the anterior flange 111 of the compartment face 103 and from the free flange 121 of the holding wall 115, indentations terminated by opposed to its pivoting flange 116, eyelets for receiving a biasing elastic 127.

. Thus, the elastic is passed in a pair of eyelets 128 of the face 103, in a pair of eyelets 129 of the holding wall 115, The elastic extends here near the flange 111, and near its free flange 121. directly from one of the two pairs of eyelets 128, 129 to the other.

Thus, the compartment 100 can switch between a flattened folded condition and an unfolded functional condition open to receive one or more objects. In the the compartment 100 comprises , functional condition, two compartments 130, one on each side of the holding wall 115. ' the sleeve faces 102 are in pairs one on the other 103, 104 and 105, 106, after pivoting around the four hinge edges l07~110.

The sleeve is held in the open condition by In the flat condition, the holding wall 115 pivoting around its edge 116, orthogonal to the hinge edges, under the action of the elastic 127 which hang the two pairs of eyelets , 129 one to the other, the holding wall substantially coming in a perpendicular plane to the four faces 103-106 of the sleeve 102 of the compartment 100, to which it serves as an abutment.

The wall 115 is then in an unretracted position for holding the compartment 100 in an open position.

The flattening of the 102 of compartment 100 is done by retracting the wall 115, sleeve i.e. by having it pivoting around its hinge edge 116 and by pushing it and retracting it against the lower face 105, moving its free flange 121 closer to the posterior flange 114 of this inner face 105.

V The element 150 is secured to element 100, 150 is distinguished from the associated element 100 by the cbiasing and by the pivoting reversal of the holding wall. The lower face as well as The other element other herein by sticking. elastic securing 157 of the sleeve in the compartment 150, the upper-face 103 of the compartment 100, comprises . instead of tensioning the 157 between the eyelets 159 of the free flange 161 of the retractable holding wall 160, band, and the pair of eyelets of the lower posterior flange of the lower 155, on the hand, by inside the the elastic 157. is, in Moreover, a central aperture elastic pair of on one face other compartment, as previously, this embodiment, passed outside the compartment, through the central aperture 158.

It should be noted that the pivoting edges of the two walls 115 and 160 of both compartments 100 and 150 are opposed, one below, on Fig. 3, on the lower face 105, the other one, above, on the upper face of the compartment 150 herein mistaken for the lower face of the associated compartment.

It should. be noticed, referring to Fig. 3, that if the force of the elastic 127 is not sufficient to make the holding wall 115 pivot correctly, that is to make it come into a plane perpendicular to the faces 103, 105, then the holding wall 115 cannot perform its shoring function between those two ceiling’ and floor faces. That is why it will be preferred to use the compartment 100, and thus the compartment 150, in a position turned through 90° to that illustrated on Fig. 3, so that the Iholding’ wall 115, even if it is not. perfectly pivoting, can still perform its shoring function between the faces, no longer 103 and 105, but between the faces 104 and 106, perpendicular to the faces 103 and 105. In this case, the holding wall 115, in an unretracted position, will still form with these faces 104, 106, a vertically load transmitting means to serve as a support for a body of a large weight.

Referring to Fig. 4, the elementary support still comprises a parallelepiped type polyhedral compartment 201, with a sleeve 202 with four faces 203-206 joined by four outer hinge edges 207* 210.

Both upper 203 and lower 205 faces. can be folded into two parts along two folding, hinge and pivoting inner edges 211, 212, being parallel to the outer hinge edges.

A retractable wall 221, having substantially the same dimensions as the side faces 204, 206 of the sleeve 202, is pivotally mounted around the pivoting lower edge 212 of the lower face 205 of the sleeve 202.

Indentations are arranged in the upper face 203 of the sleeve 202, on either side of the folding line 211 of the face 203 of the sleeve 202, and from 214, of the face 203 perpendicular 207, 210, such eyelets 2l5~2l8 elastics 219, 220. Indentations are also arranged in the retractable wall 221, front both its sides 222 hinge 207-210, the and which terminates by eyelets the flanges 213, to the edges indentations being terminated by receiving biasing orthogonal to the edges near pivoting edge 212, 223 receiving biasing elastics 219—220f In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the retractable wall 221, as well as the side faces 204, 206 of the sleeve 202 are recessed in 224, 225.

Four other retractable walls 230—232 are provided, being pivotally nwunted around the sleeve four outer edges 226-229, orthogonal to the hinge edges 207-210.

Thus, the compartment 201 can switch between a flat folded unfolded condition and is open to receive one or more objects.

In the 4), the compartment comprises two compartments 233, 234, one the wall 221,‘ in raised and holding the upper 212, condition and a functional functional condition (Fig. on each side of retractable unretracted position, and lower 205 faces, along the lines 211, faces with which the retractable wall 221 forms a vertically load support to a body of a large weight.

This raised position of the median wall 221 transmitting means to serve as has been reached under the action, of the biasing elastics 219, 220. sleeve 202 in its parallelepiped form, holding walls 230-232 have been pivoted around their To improve the holding of the the secondary pivoting edges, from their positions pressed against the side faces 206, 204 up to their position holding the upper 203 and lower 205 faces, substantially orthogonal to-the faces 203-206 of the sleeve 202.

The flattening of the compartment 201 is done _by folding down the secondary holding walls 230- 232 against the sleeve side faces and, against the action of the biasing elastics 219-220, median holding wall 221 around its pivoting edge 212. both faces 203, 205 212, both side by pivoting the flattening, are During this folded in two parts along lines 211, faces 204, 206 abutting one against the other with the interposition of the .free upper ‘part of the median holding wall 221.

Claims (6)

1. CLAIMS -1.

2. An _elementary support (101; 201) for object display comprising at least one polyhedral compartment hinged to switch between a flat folded condition and a functional unfolded condition and open to receive an object, retractable means (115; 221) for holding the compartment in its unfolded and open condition and elastic means (127; 219; 220) for biasing holding means in an unretracted holding position, the flattening of the compartment being achieved by retracting the holding neans against the action of the elastic means, characterized in that the support (101; 201) comprises two compartments (130, 131; 233, 234) within a polyhedral sleeve (102; 202), with hinge edges (107-110; 207-210) and at least one pivoting holding retractable wall (115, 221), the "pivoting holding retractable wall (115, 221) being a vertical shoring wall between a floor face (105; 205) and a horizontal ceiling face (103; 203) with which a vertically load transmitting means the pivoting holding retractable wall (115, acts to shore-up the ceiling face (103; 203) can support objects on the ceiling faces. it forms use, 221) so that the compartments whereby, in A support according to claim 1, wherein the retractable holding wall (115) is arranged to pivot around an edge (116) orthogonal to the sleeve hinge edges.

3. A support according to any of claims 1 and 2, wherein the holding wall (115; 221) is pivotally mounted around an _edge (116; 212) sleeve (102; 202). inner to the 7.A. set .of several elementary supports A. support according to any of claims 1 and, 3, wherein the holding wall (221) is pivotally mounted around an edge L212) parallel to the hinge edges.

4. A support according to claim 4, wherein a recess is included in the holding wall (221), and in the faces (204, 206) of the compartment (201) that are parallel to the wall (221) in the compartment folded and unfolded conditions.

5. A support according to claim 5, wherein secondary holding walls (230-232) pivotally freely mounted around outer edges (226-229) of the polyhedral sleeve (202) are provided. holding (100, 150; 201) according to any of claims 1 to

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