US2669775A

US2669775A - Poster assembly jig

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Publication number: US2669775A
Application number: US259109A
Authority: US
Inventors: Donald S Barnes
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1951-11-30
Filing date: 1951-11-30
Publication date: 1954-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1971-02-23

Description

Feb. 23, 1954 s, BARNES 2,669,775

POSTER ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Nov. 30, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR.

004 410 5. awe/v55 Feb. 23, 1954 D. s. BARNES 2,669,775

POSTER ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Nov. 50, 1951 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. paw/P40 s. 54/? Feb. 23, 1954 D. s. BARNES 2,669,775

POSTER ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Nov. 30, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Feb. 23, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE POSTER ASSEMBLY JIG Donald S. Barnes, Rochester, Mich.

Application November 30, 1951, Serial No. 259,109

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to display and advertising devices and particularly to means for manu facturing a poster frame.

In recent years, the cost of manufacturing posters for display on counters and in store front windows has risen considerably. Such posters have been in the form of a laminated sheet assembly consisting of a middle sheet or board of relatively thick material such as cardboard and thin sheets of paper and the like adhesively secured to the opposite side of the middle sheet. One of the outside paper sheets was formed or printed with an advertising display and usually printed in color to increase the attractiveness of the display. Means was usually provided on the opposite side of the sheet assembly for supporting the board in relatively vertical position such as a cardboard easel fixed to the back side and swingable to a position perpendicular to the sheet assembly. Usually the posters were retained anywhere from a few days to a few weeks in mercantile establishments and then thrown away. The increased cost of such posters has made it difficult to continue advertising in this manner.

A further important object of the invention is to provide a novel jig or fixture for rapidly producing the poster frame assemblies and for quickly changing the display of each poster assembly.

In carrying out the objects of the invention, the poster frame comprises a base sheetframe along the margins of the front side-thereof by separable frame members independently secured to the base sheet. overlying the front portion of the base sheet and having its margins interposed between the frame members and the base sheet is a thin paper sheet bearing the advertising display therein. Simple wir staples are preferred for securing all of the members to the assembly together in a compact poster assembly. The wire staples extend from the back side of the base sheet, through the paper sheet and to the frame members. Means may be provided on the back of the base sheets for mounting the poster assembly in upright position.

The poster assembly is produced on a jig or fixture which forms an important feature of the invention. The jig is so designed that the various component parts of the poster assembly may be rapidly assembled in their proper relation and quickly secured together. The jig in general comprises a base member or pallet, the upper surface of which is provided with a rectangularly, shaped wall orboundary which projects above the base and forms an area therewithin approximately equal to the display sheet to be incorporated in the final poster assembly. Centrally located inside of the raised wall is a platform which extends to a height less than that of the wall and laterally just short of the side and end sections of the wall. The platform cooperates with the raised wall or boundary to form a continuous rectangular shaped groove extending completely around the platform. The groove is arranged to receive the separate members of the poster frame which are ultimately secured to the backing sheet of the poster assembly. The base of the jig is preferably provided with openings or holes at its corners for conveniently lifting a completed poster assembly out of the jig.

The jig may be constructed to form a poster assembly of a single size. However, an important feature of the invention is a modified jig or fixture which enables the same device to produce two or more sizes of poster assemblies. The jig of this feature of the invention is constructed in a novel manner for optionally enabling the user to form poster assemblies of several different sizes.

Various other objects, advantages and meritorious features of the invention will become more fully apparent from the following specification, appended claim and accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an exploded view in perspective of the various elements comprising a poster assembly and also showing the same in the relation to which they are assembled in the jig or fixture for securement to one another;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the jig or fixture showing a completed poster assembly therein;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing in dotted outline an operating end of a portable stapling machine;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a completed poster frame assembly showing the same in upright self supporting position;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view in section of a corner portion of the jig and showing parts of a poster assembly therein;

Fig. '7 is a top plan view of a modified form of jig or fixture for producing four or more sizes of poster assemblies;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged longitudinal cross sece tional view taken along line il--8 of Fig. '7;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken along line 9-9 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of a further modified form of jig or fixture generally like that exhibited in Fig. 7 but capable of producing three sizes of poster assemblies;

Fig. 11 is an enlarged perspective view of a jig or fixture of the present invention showing a modification thereof for receiving. an additional display element;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a poster assembly constructed by the modified jig of Fig. 10; and

Fig. 13 is a fragmentary sectional view :taken along line l2--l2 of Fig. 10.

A poster frame assembly produced by'the'jig or fixture of the present inventionis illustrated in Figs. and 11. The final product as exhibited in these two figures includes a frame composed of a pair of similar top and bottom frame members or: sections; I lie-l Grand a pair of'similar. side framemembers or. sections l:2=l2. The frame members- -:l.1!-|:e and 12 512 :form a sight :area [4 within :which the display is exhibited. .This display frame'may be. self supporting in. substantiallyuprightzposition by means .of arearwardly extending braceindicated. in dotted outline. at i 6 andsecureol to the backside of the-poster assembly. The poster: assembly, however, .may be. supported in any other way and in .a relatively vertical. plane such as by beingsuspended from an overhead support. or affixedto a wall.

Fig. -1 illustrates 'in perspective an exploded view of the elements making-up the poster frame assembly and the jig or' fixture in which these elements are'brought together and secured. The frame members or sections previously described in connection withiFigs. 5.and 11 are shown. at l'O-I'O and l2-l2 in Fig. 1.. As is clearly evident in Fig. 1,. these frame members or sections are separate or independent of .one another, i. e., they are not connected at their adjacent ends to one another as in conventionalframes of this character; Each frame member isprovided with oblique end faces which may be cut at. a 45 degree angle with respect to the longitudinal dimension of the sectionin-order to bebroughtup into right angular abutting relationship with the adjacent members to complete the frame'enclosure.

The poster frame assembly also includes a: base or backing sheet 18 of relatively sti-fi or rigid material. This sheet may be relatively thick cardboard such as chip board. This base board is preferably'rectangu'lar in formation as shown in'Fig. 1 and of a size to be substantially equal to the area encompassedbythe frame sections -40 and [2-H when the latter are arranged in abutting relation to'one another. Fixed to one side of the baseboard l8, which side will be identified as the back side of the poster assembly, is the brace 16' already described in Figs. 5 and 1.1 for supporting the poster assembly. This brace may be a block of wood or similar material cut to the wedge shape configuration shownin' Fig. 1 and having one edge thereof abutting the back side of the base sheet l8 with theedge of .the wider end extending perpendicularly to theboard and substantially flush with the adjacent edge thereof. Wirestaples, indicated atZt, are .employed to secure the .brace I6 to the base sheet. lf'he staplesmay bev driven in from the front. side .of the base board and into the brace while the latter is held'against the back side of the base board.

Interposed between the backing sheet i8 and the frame members Iii-40 and l2-l2 is a thin 4 sheet of paper or like material indicated at 22. It is upon this sheet that the display is printed or otherwise formed. Sheet 22 may be of any commercial available printing paper such as employed in magazines, newspapers and the like. It is quite thin and non-self supporting and can be produced and printed at comparatively low cost. The side of the display sheet 22 illustrated in Fig. 1 is the back side thereof and in final .a'ssembled j'pos'ition will overlie the "front side of the backing sheet I8. The display sheet'22 pref- .erably has the same dimensions as the backing sheet so that in the final assembled position of the= .parts': its margins will be interposed between the backing sheet and the frame members ltl 0 -and-l*2=--l'2 as hereinafter described. The display orad-vertisement is printed on the side of the sheet 22 opposite to that secured to the backingsheet [8.

The device or jig for assembling the component parts. of the. poster is generally. indicated at 24 in Fig. 1. Itcomprises-a. fiatzrectangularly shaped base member or pallet 2.6 having .3, dimension greater than that. of the frame members Ina-l0 and"l2l'2 intheir assembled position. The maper surface of the bas member, suchtaswthat viewedin Fig. I, is shaped. in a:novel manner to receive the separate parts of theposter-assembly and to align. the'same withone anotheriforthe final securing. operation. For this purpose,;ther.e isprovided a raised wall or boundary :-28'of.-rectangular formation and-which-may consist of four strips of wood or similar materialarranged as shown. in .Fig. '1 and identifi'ed by the-reference characters 30-30 and. 3-2.--32. These-boundary strips are secure'dzto the upper surface of :the pallet orbase 2.6 and constitute-a rigi'd form into which the parts of the: poster assembly arefitted. As shown in-Figs. 3, 4 and G'the strips 3ii3flrand 32-32 are of similar-height-and rise toa height above the base greater than the thickness .of the frame members Hi -I20 and i i-l2 of'the poster assembly and preferably to a height equal to the combined thicknesses of the iframermembers', display sheet and backing sheet of the "poster assembly.

Centrally located within the: rectangular form provided-by .the boundary 28 .ofrthe jig is:a-'cen.- tral: member 34 ofrectangular formation which is secured to the upper surface of the; :base 2.6 to forma raised platformithereon. As-fshown iniFig. :1; the platform member 3'4 has: a. rectangular formation less than that" defined by "the boundary 28 and isso disposed within .thezboundary asto provide. equal clearances on all. sides thereof. These. clearances. constitute upwardly opening grooves connecting to one. anotheraat their ends. The platform member '3'4i is so dimensionally proportioned thatthe grooves providedbetween" thesameandithe boundary-.28 are of a size tov permit the framemembers-liI-M and [2-42 to "be dropped and fitted thereinto with noor" very little play. The platform member'3-4 is secured to the base in asuitableaway such as bythe-screws-36 located at the corners thereof. The platform rises to a; heightilessthan theboundary members as shown" in .Figsnieand 6 and preferably the thickness of the frame members [0-40 and l 2-l2'for purposes'hereinafter described.

In addition, the jig 21 is preferably provided with means for "facilitating removal of timessemb-le'd poster frame. There is shown in" Fig. 1 and also in'Fi'g. 4, means in the form of holes 38 located at-the four corners of the base' 26 and opening into the corner connections oi. the grooves formed by the boundary 28 and the platform 34. As will be described hereinafter these holes or openings permit a finger such as indicated in Fig. 4 to be inserted thereinto from the bottom side of the base in order to lift the assembled poster out of the jig.

In forming the poster assembly, the fram members Iii-40 and l2l2 are deposited into the connected grooves formed between the boundary 28 and the platform 34. In so doing, the mitered ends of the frame members are brought into substantial abutment and over the holes or openings 38. The frame members have a thickness equal to the height of the platform 34 and cooperate with the latter to form a flat area within the boundary 28. The display sheet 22 is then placed into the boundary 28 and over the platform 34 and the frame members. Its side and end marginal portions overlie the frame members as is evident in Fig. 3. Thereafter the relatively rigid backing sheet I8 is laid upon the thin display sheet 22 between the strips forming the boundary 28. The thicknesses of the parts of the poster assembly and the jig are so related that when the backing sheet 18 is fitted into the jig its rear face extends flush with the boundary strips 351-40 and 3232 as is evident in Fig. 3.

It is desirable in most instances to provide some means thereon for supporting the poster assembly in substantially upright position. In order to attach the brace [5 or other similar means to the backing sheet Hi from the front side thereof, it is desirable to perform this operation before the backing sheet is placed in the jig. The brace is shown as stapled to the backing sheet. As is evident in Figs. 1 and 3 the staples extend through the base sheet from the front side and enter the adjacent side edge of the brace to hold the latter against the back side of the base sheet.

With the parts of the poster assembly fitted within the boundary 28 of the jig, it is possible to quickly secure these parts together into a unitary assembly by means of a portable stapling machine. The machine is moved around the exposed back side of the backing sheet I8 and particularly at the cornerareas thereof to force or punch staples through the backing sheet, display sheet 22 and the separate members of the poster frame. Staples which are to be forced through the corner areas of the back sheet are shown at 40 in the exploded view of Fig. 1. A portable stapling machine is shown in dotted outline at 42 in Fig. 3. This machine is used to drive the staples through the backing sheet and into the frame members, the combined thickness of all the parts being greater than the entering prongs of the staples so that the latter never completely penetrate the frame members. Thus, as shown in Fig. 3the staples 40 penetrate through the base sheet l8, the poster display sheet 22 and part way through the frame members Ill-l0 and l2--l2. The staples 40 serve to secure the parts of the poster assembly together and particularly to separately join the frame members 10-!!! and |2l2 to the front side of the display sheet 22 so that when the assembly is lifted out of the jig it has the framed appearance illustrated in Fig. 5. Constructed and formed in this manner, the frame members Ill-l 0 and l2-l2 are not secured to one another as is customary but are positioned with their ends in substantial abutment simulating such end to end connection.

,, Fig. .5 shows a completed poster assembly fitted withinthe boundary of the jig and preparatory.

to being lifted thereout. Although the brace l6 may be gripped by the operator to assist in removing the frame assembly from the jig, it is to be preferred in view of the tight fit that may occur in the jig to employ finger pressure through one or more of the holes 38 as illustrated in Fig. 4 to lift one or more corners of the poster assembly out of the jig.

Figs. 7 to 9, inclusive, illustrate a. modifica-. tion of the invention wherein a jig or fixture is constructed and arranged to form two or more sizes of poster frame assemblies. The jig is generally like that shown at 24 except that it encompasses a larger area and is subdivided into sections for forming poster assemblies of .differ-. ent sizes. The jig of Figs. '7, 8 and 9 comprises a base member or pallet 44 similar to the member 26 of the earlier described form of jig. Ris-.

ing above this base member and forming a rectangular outline is a boundary member consisting of oppositely disposed side and end strips 46-46 and ill-48. These strips correspond 'to the boundary strips 3li30 and 3232 previously described and like the latter rise to a height approximately equal to the combined thickness of all the parts of the poster assembly. The area encompassed by the boundary strips of the modified jig is preferably approximately four times that of the jig 24 previously described.

The interior of the modified jig is designed to receive poster assemblies of different sizes. There is provided for this purpose a relatively large platform member 56 occupying almost half of the area of the jig. Two

similar platform members

52 and 53 of slightly difierent dimen sions occupy a little less than the remaining half of the jig. The

platform members

50, 52 and 53 correspond in function to the platform 34 of jig 24 and like the latter are preferably designed to rise to a height less than the boundary strips 46-45 and 48--45 and approximately equal to the thickness of the frame members of the poster assembly.

The largest platform member 53) and the two

smaller platform members

52 and 53 are arranged in spaced relation to the boundary strips as shown in Fig. 7. In this manner the platform members cooperate with the boundary strips to provide upwardly opening grooves for receiving the frame members of the poster assembly. The platform members are spaced apart from one another greater than the widths of the grooves separating the members from the boundary strips. A single relatively long dividing strip 54 extends between the largest platform member 50 and the two

smaller platform members

52 and 53. The function of the dividing strip 54 is similar to the boundary strips of the jig. However, it extends to a height less than the boundary strips and preferably no higher than the platform members as shown in Fig. 8. The transverse strip 54 is equally spaced from the platform memhere to provide upwardly opening grooves or channels on each side thereof for receiving the frame members of different sizes of poster assemblies. Similarly, there is provided a relatively short dividing strip 56 between the two

platform members

52 and 53 as shown in Fig. '7, the strip being equally spaced from the platform members to provide upwardly opening channels or grooves for frame members of the small sizes of poster assembly. Like the dividing strip 54 the shorter dividing strip 55 extends to a height approximately thatof the platform members as shown in Fig. 9. It is evident in Fig. 7 that all of the grooves are interconnected with oneam other so that regardless of the selected size or sizes of the poster assemblies to be assembled, the mitered ends of the frame members may be: brought into substantial abutment with one an.- other.

The platform member 52 and the adjacent surrounding boundary and dividing strips is equivalent in area to that of the j 24 previously described. Thus, if desired, the upper right hand quarter section of the J'ig shown in Fig. '7 may be used to produce a poster assembly like that described in 00111160131011 with Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive. Using the jig of Fig. 7, the same operating steps are performed as in the previously described embodiment of the invention. The frame members are dropped into the upwardly opening chan, nels or grooves surrounding the elected platform member 52 and then, thereafter, the separate members of the poster assembly, such as the flexe ible thin sheet 22 and the backing sheet [8, are superimposed on the platform member with the margins thereof overlying the frame members in the grooves. The various parts of the assembly are then stapled together in the manner previously described and then removed with the jig.

. While one size of frame assembly is being mounted and secured in this manner in one quarter section of the jig in Fig. '7 a smaller size 11 of poster assembly may be formed on platform 53 of the lower right hand quarter section of the jig as viewed in Fig. 7. At the same time a poster assembly approximately twice as large as either one of the smaller sizes may be formed over the platform member 50 on the left half section of the jig shown in Fig. 7. Or, if desired, two poster assemblies of the same size may be formed on the right and left hand sections of the jig, the assembly formed on the right section extending over both

platforms

52 and 53. Likewise, however, the entire area of the jig encom+ passed by the boundary strips 46-46 and 48-43 may be used to produce a large poster assem bly, being approximately four times as large as the poster assembly formed on either of the

platforms

52 and 53 and twice as large as the poster assembly formed on the platform 50. Several other different sizes of poster assemblies may be formed on the jig of Fig. 7 by using frame members and poster sheets which occupy an area including the platform member upon which they are to lie as well as the adjacent dividing strip either 54 or 56. For example, the poster assembly normally intended to overlie the

platform members

52 and 53 as previously described may be widened to overlie the dividing strip 56 therebetween to utilize the groove on the side of the strip opposite to the selected platform for one of the frame members. In a similar manner, the poster intended for assembly on the platform 50 may be widened so that one of its longer frame members may lie on the right hand side of the dividing strip 54 rather than the left hand side. It is thus apparent that approximately seven different sizes of posters may be made on the jig or fixture arrangement shown in Fig. '7 and that three of these poster assemblies may be made at the same time, if desired.

The dimensional relationship of the parts of the jig in Fig. '7 are such that in the production of the various sizes of the poster assembly certain of the frame members for one size may be utilized for frame members of certain other sizes. Eor example, the longer frame members for the smaller poster assemblies formed on

atforms

52 and 53 may be used interchan eably. More: over, the longest frame members for the two smallest sizes of posters formed on platforms t; and 53 may also be used as the shorter frame members of the poster assemblies of a size to be formed on platform 50. Similarly the longer frame members for the next largest posters formed on platform .50 or the combination of platforms .52 and 53 may be used as the shorter frame m mbers of the largest p er size whi h requires the entire be for assembly. It. is thus ent h by the empl yment of the lie of Figs. 7 to 9. various sizes of poster a semblies can be made therefrom, and several simultaq neously. if desired, and that by the, interchange: able character of the frame members for the $11 1: ferent sizes of poster assemblies there is a dis: tinot saving in material.

Fig. 10 illustrates a further modification of the, fix of Fig. 7 and one which is simpler in cons ruction and capable of producing three sizes of posters. The jig comprises a base mem-v ber 52 similar to member 44 and a rectangular boundary strip 64 similar to the boundary strips 56:46 and .4843 of the previously described embodiment of the invention. The boundary strip 64 rises above the base 62 and preferably to a height at least equal to the combined thickness of all the members of the poster assembly to be formed within the area defined by the boundary strip. Within this area there are three raised platforms 66 and 68768 which extend to a height less than the boundary strip 64 and preferably to a height equal to the thickness of the frame members of the poster assembly. The three p tforms are separated from one another and the boundary strip by interconnected grooves ll), 72 and 1,4 which open upwardly and are equal in width to the frame members of the poster assemblies. These grooves receive the frame members of the poster assemblies in the manner previously described. The platform members 68-8 are of the same size while platform mem ber 66 occupies an area equal to that of both the smaller platforms .68? and the intervening groove 14, The jig of Fig. 10 differs from Fig, 7 by omitting the dividing strips 54 and .58 and bringing the frame members closer together so that they are separated by grooves of widths no greater than the frame members to be mounted on the poster assemblies.

The lie of Fig. 10 is capable of producing one z of poster assembly at a time. A smallest size poster assembly may be formed on either of the platform members 68-768. A next larger size of poster assembly may be formed on the platform member 56 or over both of the platform members 68-458. The largest size of poster assembly may be formed over all of the platform members 68 and 68-68 and within the area. defined by the boundary strip 54. As in the preceding embodi ment of the invention, certain of the frame meme here for one size of poster may be used for the next larger size of poster. For example, the longer frame members of the smallest size of poster assembly formed on either platform member 68-68 may be used as the shorter frame m b of t e medium ize po ter formed on p a fo m 66- In a lik manner. the longer frame members of the medium size poster formed on platform 6.6 may be used as the shorter frame members of the largest poster assembly.

Figs. 11, 12 and 13 illustrate the minor modifiea'tion of the jig and the poster assembly produced thereby. As shown in Fig. 11 one boundary strip, such as one of the boundary strips 30 of the jig 24 may be cut away to form an upwardly opening slot 58. The slot extends approximately flush with the platform member 34 of the jig. The opening or slot 58 is used to receive a short extension to the poster assembly which projects beyond the boundry of the jig and in finished condition forms a tab for the poster frame. The poster assembly is mounted and secured in the manner previously described except that after the thin display sheet 22 is placed in the jig and before the backing sheet I8 is overlaid thereon, an extension in the form of a thin fiat cardboard 60 is laid in the slot with one end section thereof sandwiched between the display sheet and the backing sheet. The opposite end section extends through the slot 58 as is evident in Fig. 12. When the parts of the poster assembly are stapled together and removed from the jig, the result is that shown in Fig. 12 wherein the extension 60 forms a card or tab projecting from one side of the frame and upon which printed material may be placed if desired.

What I claim is:

A jig for aligning and assembling the parts of a framed poster comprising, in combination, a base member having a relatively fiat upper surface, narrow strips of uniform width and height being secured to the upper surface of the base 10 member and arranged in a rectangular forma-- tion with their ends abutting one another so as to form a raised boundary on the base member. a platform member of rectangular formation and dimensionally proportional to that of said boundary but occupying an area slightly less than that defined by the boundary, said platform member being centrally disposed within said boundary and secured to the upper surface of the base member with the edges thereof equally spaced from the boundary strips to form upwardly opening grooves therebetween, the upper surface of the platform member being flat and rising to a height less than the boundary strips, and one or more apertures opening through the base member from the bottom surface to the upper surface thereof and into the grooves formed between the platform member and the boundary strips.

DONALD S. BARNES.

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