US3322382A - Elongated, upright supporting element - Google Patents

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US3322382A
US3322382A US408204A US40820464A US3322382A US 3322382 A US3322382 A US 3322382A US 408204 A US408204 A US 408204A US 40820464 A US40820464 A US 40820464A US 3322382 A US3322382 A US 3322382A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F11/00—Arrangements in shop windows, shop floors or show cases
    • A47F11/02—Removable walls, scaffolding or the like; Pillars; Special curtains or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/10—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands
    • A47F5/11—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands made of cardboard, paper or the like
    • A47F5/112—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands made of cardboard, paper or the like hand-folded from sheet material
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04C—STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS
    • E04C3/00—Structural elongated elements designed for load-supporting
    • E04C3/02—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces
    • E04C3/28—Joists; Girders, trusses, or trusslike structures, e.g. prefabricated; Lintels; Transoms; Braces of materials not covered by groups E04C3/04 - E04C3/20
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F1/00—Cardboard or like show-cards of foldable or flexible material
    • G09F1/10—Supports or holders for show-cards
    • G09F1/14—Supports or holders for show-cards in the form of legs

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  • the present invention relates to an element for use as a post or support for articles to be displayed. More specifically, this invention is concerned with a supporting element of the collapsible type that may be expanded into a hollow body.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an element of the unit-construction type, thereby permitting the use of a plurality of elements to form supporting structures of any desired configuration.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a supporting element which in spite of its being collapsible is sufficiently rigid and firm when set up or fitted together.
  • the supporting element comprises a plurality of side panels of preferably rectangular shape which are made from suitable material,.such as cardboard, carton, plastics, or the like, and are foldably interconnected the panels being collapsible and expansible about the fold lines,
  • the expanded side panels define a hollow body having two open ends.
  • one of this side panels has a flap shaped to extend across the hollow body into contact with the other side panels at one of the ends when the flap is bent inwardly about the fold line.
  • the one end of the hollow body has a cross section permitting it to be inserted into the other end of a like hollow body, Two such supporting elements may be telescoped into each other if they are inwardly tapered towards the one end, for instance, or at least one side panel is longitudinally slotted at the one end to make this end resiliently deformable.
  • one side panel may extend beyond at least one of the fold lines connecting the latter side panel to adjacent side panels, the extending portion being secured to the side panels, for instance by bonding, gluing, pinning, or the like.
  • the supporting element of the invention may be formed into two hollow body sections, so that it can be used either as an angular connecting element in forming angular supporting structures or as a connecting element for interconnecting columns of supporting elements by their ends.
  • FIGURE 1 shows an expanded supporting element of the invention, generally indicated at 1;
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates a supporting element of the same type in collapsed state
  • FIGURE 3 shows a plurality of supporting elements of the type of FIG. 1 telescoped into each other;
  • FIGURE 5 shows two supporting elements of the invention having one common side panel
  • FEGURE 6 shows the two. supporting elements of FIG. 5 when folded together
  • FIGURE 7 is still another embodiment of the supporting element of the invention.
  • FIGURE 8 shows a further embodiment of the supporting element of the invention, whose side panels forming the hollow body extend beyond the body proper;
  • FIGURE 9 shows the element of FIG. 8 when collapsed
  • FIGURE 10 shows another embodiment of the invention in which the supporting element is transversely slitted to form two interconnected longitudinal body sections;
  • an element constructed in accordance with the teachings of the invention consists essentially of four relatively long rectangular side panels 1, 2, 3, and 4, which are foldably interconnected by their fold lines 1, 2', 3', and 4' in such a manner that the element may be expanded as shown in FIG. 1, 01' collapsed as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • Side panel 1 has at its one end a flap 5 which is bent inwards about fold line 5' to insure a sufficient rigidity of the supporting element.
  • the element is slightly tapered throughout its length such that its hollow section at the end remote from the flap is somewhat larger than at the end adjacent to the flap.
  • FiG. 3 shows a plurality of supporting elements of FIG. 1 telescoped together.
  • FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention.
  • This supporting element which is generally indicated at II, has one of its side panels provided with a side portion 6, extended beyond the fold lines and afiixed or bonded to panel 1.
  • side portion 6 may itself form side 1 of element II when cut to proper dimensions.
  • FIG. 6 shows the supporting structure of FIG. 5 in collapsed state.
  • panels 1 through 4 are made from one sheet of suitable material, such as cardboard, as by cutting, and are inter-connected by their folding lines which may be made by stamping.
  • PEG. 7 shows a supporting element that is not tapered. Instead, two opposite side panels have slots 7, thereby permitting an end 8 to be telescoped into other elements because of its resilience.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 another embodiment of the supporting element of the invention is illustrated, which may be used for instance as vertical support.
  • each side panel has side portions 9 through 12. projecting from the hollow body proper, thereby forming supporting legs.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 it is also possible to fit a plurality of elements of the type shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 one over another, whereby a column with supporting legs would be formed.
  • the element of FIGS. 8 and 9 may be combined with other plugged elements of the types shown in the drawings.
  • a further combination may for instance comprise an element of the type shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, one or several elements of FIG. 1, and, finally, an element of the type illustrated in FIG. 4.
  • Such a combination would resemble a sign-board having a pillar and a base.
  • FIG. 10 another embodiment is shown in which the supporting element is partly slitted so as to for-m two longitudinal halves 13 and 13' which are interconnected by their common, continuous side panel 14.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that further combinations of supporting structures may be formed.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 10 may be used as an angular connecting element.
  • a collapsible and expandable structural assembly comprising a plurality of elements joined together and at least two of said elements each consisting of a plurality of side panels intreconnected by longitudinally extending fold lines with said side panels being collapsible and expand-able about the fold lines and the expanded side panels defining a hollow tubular body having two open ends and tapering along its entire length between said open ends so that said body has at one end a cross section smaller than at the other of its ends, a flap in the region of said one end of said body connected to one of the side panels by a fold line and said flap being shaped to extend across the hollow body into contact with the other side panels at said region of said one end of said body when said flap is bent inwardly so as to lend rigidity to said hollow body, and said one end of one of said two elements being inserted and telescopi-cally wedged into the other of said ends of the other of said elements, so that said two elements of said assembly form a substantially rigid portion thereof.
  • An elongated supporting element consisting of a plurality of side panels, said side panels being interconnected by longitudinally extending fold lines and the side panels being collapsible and expansible about the fold lines, the expanded side panels defining a hollow tubular body having two open ends and tapering along the entire length between said ends so that said body has at one end a cross section smaller than at the other of said ends; a flap in the region of said one end of said body connected to one of said side panels by a fold line and the flap being shaped to extend across the hollow body into contact with the other side panels at said region or" said one end of said body when the flap is bent inwardly so as to render said body substantially rigid, whereby said one end of a like hollow body may be inserted and telescopically wedged into said other end so that two of said supporting elements will form a substantially rigid structural assembly, some of said side panels being transversely slitted intermediate said ends and one of the side panels having a transverse fold line in a plane defined by the slits in the panels

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US4071969A (en) * 1974-10-15 1978-02-07 Tonhauser Harry L Collapsible display elements
US3978631A (en) * 1975-08-04 1976-09-07 Myers Industries, Inc. Display units with socket-mounted standards
US5921011A (en) * 1997-11-20 1999-07-13 Hawyer, Inc. Point of purchase display
US20070000857A1 (en) * 2005-04-28 2007-01-04 Rock-Tenn Shared Services, Llc Adjustable pallet display unit
US8091715B2 (en) * 2005-04-28 2012-01-10 Rock-Tenn Shared Services, Llc Adjustable pallet display unit
US7757418B1 (en) 2009-04-17 2010-07-20 Target Brands, Inc. Display apparatus and method
US11451754B2 (en) * 2018-07-31 2022-09-20 R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Display and method of constructing same
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