Special receptacle or package – Convertible to or from display configuration
Reexamination Certificate
1996-12-20
2001-02-20
Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
Convertible to or from display configuration
C206S577000, C190S01800A, C150S154000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189700
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to expandable folding frame portable display structures, commonly referred to in the industry as “pop-ups”, for use in tradeshows, but they may have other purposes.
Examples of such pop-up displays are found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,658,560; 4,986,016, 5,125,205; and 4,995,212 which patents are incorporated herein by reference.
Such pop-up displays are available in a variety of either full-height free-standing configurations (such as 10 feet wide curved, 8 feet wide curved, and full-size flatwall) or small table-top configurations (such as 8 feet wide table-top, 6 feet wide table-top, and 6 feet wide flatwall). The full-height displays may have a height of perhaps about 8 feet while the reduced-height table-top displays may have a height, not including a table, of perhaps about 5 feet.
The variety of various pop-up displays on the market utilize various means for holding the frameworks erect in their expanded positions. For example, the aforesaid '560 patent shows at 16 buttons at hubs of its framework to which are attached braces, illustrated at 24 in the '560 patent, for holding the framework in its expanded position, each brace extending between two vertically adjacent hubs. The '016 and '205 patents illustrate another example of holding a framework at an expanded position, i.e., by frame-latching mechanisms, illustrated in FIG. 6 thereof, extending between corresponding front and rear hubs.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pop-up structure which desirably has versatility for use as more than one version, i.e., such as, for example, a full-height freestanding configuration and a reduced-height table-top configuration.
Both the pop-up display framework, hardware (panel attachment bars), full-size panels for use with the full-height configuration, reduced-size panels for use with the reduced-height configuration, and other components are housed in a wheeled case for storage, shipping, and transport.
It is considered desirable to be able to utilize the shipping case as a podium. Previous efforts to so convert the shipping case have utilized a separate lid or top for hiding or covering up the top of the case and several side pieces or components to visually hide the sides of the case.
It is another object of the present invention to be able to more easily and quickly convert the case to a podium.
In order to provide such a versatile framework, in accordance with the present invention means are provided for locking the linkage in at least one configuration which is intermediate a collapsed configuration and a fully expanded configuration.
In order to convert a shipping case to a podium, in accordance with the present invention a decorative panel is wrapped about the case and is detachably fastened thereto to be flush with a platform thereof.
The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments thereof when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein the same reference numerals denote the same or similar parts throughout the several views.
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Burkette Andrew Jay
Packrall Timothy
Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, LLC
Luong Shian
Sewell Paul T.
Stellar Holdings, Inc.
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