Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – Packaged assemblage or kit
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-22
2001-10-16
Gehman, Bryon P. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
Packaged assemblage or kit
C190S016000, C190S107000, C248S447000, C248S461000, C312S231000, C434S088000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06302273
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to apparatus for aiding the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material, particularly, (but not exclusively) such sheet material bearing indicia, e.g. wording and/or pictures (drawings, paintings, prints or photographs).
It is known to arrange pictorial elements (drawings, paintings, prints or photographs)in a selected position or array on a sheet, and then to place such sheet in a file, folder or book for subsequent viewing. Generally this activity requires considerable table space and, if interrupted because, say, the table is required for some other purpose, results in considerable disruption as elements not yet selected for mounting on sheets have to be repacked into their previous store and partially-completed sheets have to be placed in some intermediate place or an inappropriate position in the file, folder or book.
With a view to ameliorating these and/or other difficulties one aspect of the present invention provides apparatus for aiding the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material, wherein said apparatus comprises a portable case composed of a plurality of panel units hingedly coupled to one another such as to form a closed container when folded together, said case, when closed, containing a plurality of tabular elements, at least one of said tabular elements being co-operable with a said panel unit such as to be erectable into an easel-like state when the said case is open with said panel unit providing support for said tabular element in an inclined position.
Preferably the angle of inclination of said tabular element is adjustable.
Preferably, one of said tabular elements is provided with a repeatably adherent adhesive substance of low adhesion to permit peeling off from the one tabular element of items of sheet material temporarily mounted thereon. This permits mounting of the items in a variety of trial positions before a suitable positional relationship or montage is decided upon and finally selected.
Advantageously one (preferably another) of said tabular elements is provided with a plurality of ledges to support loose items of sheet material to be sorted (and/or applied to the repeatedly adherent adhesive substance). The ledges may be provided by the lower limbs of generally L-section elements protruding from one face of the said tabular element.
Preferably, one (with advantage, a further tabular element) supports, when the case is open (i.e. the panels are unfolded), a cutting device for trimming said items of sheet material to desired sizes.
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Freiburger Thomas M.
Gehman Bryon P.
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