US3739508A - Display device - Google Patents

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US3739508A
US3739508A US00131634A US3739508DA US3739508A US 3739508 A US3739508 A US 3739508A US 00131634 A US00131634 A US 00131634A US 3739508D A US3739508D A US 3739508DA US 3739508 A US3739508 A US 3739508A
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G Lyles
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TRENDMARK Ltd
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    • 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

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  • the showcard has a number of such edge
  • This invention relates to a display device comprising a showcard and a mounting bracket by which the showcard can be releasably secured to a supporting surface.
  • the principal aim of the invention is to provide a mounting bracket which, in use, is permanently secured to the supporting surface or rests thereon and with which a showcard is quickly and replaceably engageable.
  • the mounting bracket comprises a web for resting on or attaching to the supporting surface and two arms extending from the web at a spacing from one another so as releasably to receive and hold opposed edges of the showcard between each other with the plane of the showcard substantially normal to the respective planes of the arms and the web, wherein the arms converge towards their free ends and the web and/or at least one arm is flexible to enable the arms to be splayed sufficiently to allow introduction of the showcard therebetween.
  • the invention also extends to a display device comprising the combination of such a mounting bracket with a showcard.
  • the showcard is of a symmetrical shape and has at least one pair of opposed sides with diverging edges which are releasably received between the arms of the mounting bracket and of which the divergence is complementary to the convergence of the arms of the bracket.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a display device before the showcard is attached to the mounting bracket;
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional side view of the FIG. 1 device
  • FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of the device.
  • a plastics mounting bracket 1 comprises a flexible web 2 and substantially rigid arms 3 which converge towards their free ends and extend at equal inclinations from the web.
  • Each arm is moulded along its full length with two ribs 4 which define between each other a loeating groove 5 for a plastics or cardboard showcard 6.
  • the showcard is symmetrical, being equilateral and approximately square but with each side of the'square being concave and defined by two straight edges 9-8, 7-l0, 8-9 and l0-7, respectively, which extend from the corners and meet at an obtuse angle mid-length of the respective side of the showcard.
  • the edges 7-7 constitute a pair of edges having a divergence complementary to the convergence of the arms 3 of the bracket 1. The same applies to the pairs of edges 8-8, 9-9 and 10-10.
  • the display device is assembled by moving the arms 3 of the bracket slightly apart (this being possible by reason of the flexibility of the web 2) and inserting the showcard 6 by one of its pairs of edges, whereafter the arms are released.
  • the particular pair of edges of the showcard to be engaged with the mounting bracket depends on the disposition of printing appearing on one or both faces of the showcard and whether the bracket 1 is to stand on a horizontal surface with its web 2 or be fixed to depend from a horizontal supporting surface or be fixed to a vertical supporting surface.
  • the outer face of the web 2 may be provided with an adhesive for fixing the mounting bracket in any one of these positions. Even if the showcard is suspended, as shown in FIG. 3, it is securely held by the converging arms of the mounting bracket engaging the complementary pair of edges but in some cases additional retaining means may be desired, such as interengageable pips 11 on the showcard and recesses 12 in the mounting bracket.
  • a display device comprising the combination of:
  • a mounting bracket for holding the showcard normal to a rigid supporting surface including;
  • the web being flexible in the direction which permits the arms to be splayed sufiiciently to allow introduction of the showcard therebetween;
  • the opposed edges of the showcard being formed with converging portions which are substantially complementary to the converging arms of the mounting bracket such that the showcard is held in the bracket and is secured in place when the web is located against the support surface.

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US4263739A (en) * 1980-04-10 1981-04-28 Lee Yuan S Display sign assembly
US5479733A (en) * 1993-11-01 1996-01-02 Color Arts, Inc. Display apparatus

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GB2212389A (en) * 1987-11-19 1989-07-26 Conran Design Group Limited Display device

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GB190606777A (en) * 1906-03-21 1906-11-01 Gustav Theis A Clamping Frame for Holding Plant Labels.
US1187015A (en) * 1915-06-08 1916-06-13 Pearl M Smith Signal.
US2013041A (en) * 1935-02-19 1935-09-03 Edwards Walter Sidewalk sign base
US3216580A (en) * 1963-11-29 1965-11-09 Honeywell Inc Mechanical apparatus

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GB190606777A (en) * 1906-03-21 1906-11-01 Gustav Theis A Clamping Frame for Holding Plant Labels.
US1187015A (en) * 1915-06-08 1916-06-13 Pearl M Smith Signal.
US2013041A (en) * 1935-02-19 1935-09-03 Edwards Walter Sidewalk sign base
US3216580A (en) * 1963-11-29 1965-11-09 Honeywell Inc Mechanical apparatus

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4263739A (en) * 1980-04-10 1981-04-28 Lee Yuan S Display sign assembly
US5479733A (en) * 1993-11-01 1996-01-02 Color Arts, Inc. Display apparatus

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