Collapsible display stand

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2005-02-22

2005-02-22

Baxter, Gwendolyn (Department: 3632)

Supports

Stand

Plural leg

C248S164000, C040S006000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06857607

ABSTRACT:
A collapsible display stand with a foot-and-bar base is disclosed. The foot-and-bar base provides improved adaptability to uneven surfaces. The foot provides a flexible connection between a vertical support member and two adjustable strut braces. The strut braces have controllable sliding connections to two flexed cross struts. The point of closest approach of the struts may be constrained by a grommet, clamp, sleeve, or motor bracket and maintained a predetermined distance from the foot by a vertical support member. Also disclosed is a simplified, inexpensive apparatus for connecting strut ends to mounting tubes. The simplified apparatus comprises a hole drilled in one side of the mounting tube near each mounting tube end, into which an unadorned strut end may be inserted. The foot, slidable strut brace connectors, and the point-of-closest-approach constraint may be economically made of hard rubber, such as that used in making mud flaps for trucks. The collapsible display stand may be adjusted by hand or, especially for very large embodiments, by motorized point-of-closest-approach and strut brace constraints. The motorized constraints may be remotely controlled. A variation of the display stand, adapted to being mounted on a wall, is also disclosed.

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