Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder – Folded blank
Patent
1997-08-29
2000-01-04
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
Folded blank
248174, 248451, 281 34, A47B 9704
Patent
active
060101067
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a display board on which can be temporarily mounted at least one "fold-over article". By the term "fold-over article" is meant any article that is formed in the manner of a book, i.e. can be folded over onto itself along a fold-line or spine. The invention is particularly suitable for displaying magazines, but could be used for any other article formed in a similar fashion. Such other articles could be, for example, folders, promotional materials, cards, calendars and other items which are sold in a folded state, such as textile articles, socks, tights, etc.
2. Description of Related Art
It is sometimes desired to mount an article on a display board, for example to increase its impact in a retail outlet. The display board can be used to show information and/or pictures beyond what is shown on the article itself. In the case of magazines, the display board could be used to give greater prominence to a particular edition of a magazine and/or could be used to hold both a magazine and a free supplement.
Conventionally, if a magazine is supplied with a supplement, the two publications are provided with a band around them or are provided together in a clear plastic bag. In either case, it is difficult for a potential purchaser to look inside either the magazine or its supplement. An alternative approach would be mount the two publications on a backing card, but if this were done with adhesives or sticky tape then the publications could be damaged when they were removed from the card. The backing card could be provided with a pair of long flaps which are folded inside each publication and joined to form a loop (along the length of the spine), but this would not solve the problem of keeping the publications securely together and on the backing card; in other words, the publications could fall out of the loop formed by the folded flaps unless an adhesive or tape were used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved display board which is both simple to produce and can securely hold at least one fold-over article.
Accordingly, the invention provides a display board comprising a pair of opposing edges with at least one flap at each edge, the flaps between them being capable of holding a fold-over article, each flap being capable of folding along the edge onto the display board, so that it will be inside the fold-over article when that article is on the board, and wherein the flap or a part of the flap is also capable of being folded at right angles to the edge, so that upon mounting of the article on the board, folding the flap inside the article adjacent its spine and then folding the article onto itself, part of the flap can be arranged on top of the article with the right angle fold of the flap behind the spine of the article, whereby the article is prevented from falling off the display board.
Thus, with the invention, a fold-over article is held on the board, until the user chooses to take it off, in the following ways: firstly, the article is prevented from moving significantly in one direction by the fold lines at the opposing edges--for convenience this can be considered as a forwards and backwards direction; secondly, the article is prevented from moving side to side by one flap part inside the article, near to the spine, and the fold of the flap part on the outside of the spine of the article; thirdly, the article is of course prevented from moving up off the board by the flap parts both inside and outside the article.
In practice, the flaps would generally be formed integrally with the display board, so as to minimize costs, and the display board may be formed of card or cardboard out of which the flaps can easily be cut. The flaps can conveniently be provided at or adjacent the outer edges of the display board so that said opposing edges follow the periphery of the board. Needless to say, the gap between the opposing edges is substantially matched to the height or spine length o
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King Anita M.
Posit Design Ltd.
Ramirez Ramon O.
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