Supports: racks – Special article – Paper or textile sheet type
Patent
1996-07-22
1998-11-10
Braun, Leslie A.
Supports: racks
Special article
Paper or textile sheet type
281 211, 211169, 40376, 40405, 402 79, B42D 100
Patent
active
058330828
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a document display stand comprising at least one row of pockets provided with transparent envelopes designed to contain said documents, a holder designed to support said pockets and a movable connecting device designed to fix said pockets on said holder so that these pockets can pivot around an axis which is substantially parallel to one of their sides similar to the pages of a book, said connecting device having a connecting member located along one side of each pocket, and receiving means located on a front face of the holder designed to support said connecting members of said row of pocket's holder in a pivoting and movable manner, each of said connecting members having projections which define a pivot axis parallel to said side of the pocket and located at a distance from said envelope, and the receiving means comprising at least one row of recesses in which said projections are inserted by an axial movement parallel to the pivot axis, said projections having a pivot rod located parallel to said side of the pocket, the connecting member having a holding strip between this rod and the envelope, and the receiving means having at least one groove for each pocket designed to receive the pocket's pivot rod.
It is widely known that one of the best solutions for properly displaying information contained on documents such as sheets of paper, cardboard or any man-made material is to use a display stand like the one described above which makes it possible to protect said documents against dirt whilst being easy to read and the information sought readily accessible. There are several types of display stands depending on the place where this information is to be found, for example, the "desk" type to be laid on a work surface, "wall" or "rotating" type, in the latter case, the display stand is circular instead of being flat. We know of transparent pockets which are made rigid on their periphery by means of a metal or synthetic wire and have attached pivots extending from the ends of one of their sides firmly connected to said pocket by crimping or welding, this side defining the pivot axis of the pocket on their holder. The desk or wall type holder are generally made up of a simple metal plate supported by a back stand or fixed to the wall whose upper and lower edges are bent forward at a right angle. These bent edges each have a row of crossing recesses designed to accomodate the corresponding pivots of said pockets. Known holders are designed to receive a precise number of transparent pockets and can not be assembled together to increase this number. They are therefore not modular. Furthermore, to insert or withdraw a pocket from a holder, the user has to use both hands in order to slightly deform the corresponding pocket so as to insert or remove the pivots from the holder's said recesses. What is more, when putting the pockets in place on a holder, it is easy to position them upside-down as no guiding device is provided. Depending on the dimensions of the documents to be protected and displayed, there are several transparent pocket formats, for example for the A5, A4, A3 document formats (European formats) and the American U.S. format. As the length of said pocket's pivot axis is different for each format, it is then necessary to provide a holder adapted to the corresponding format. There are therefore as many different holders as there are transparent pocket formats. These holders are very basic, as described previously, which makes them easy to manufacture by any third party, thus penalising designers and distributors specialising in organisation equipment. It is also important to point out that these holders have to be completed with lateral stops allowing the documents to be held on the right or left of the holder. These stops usually come in the shape of a rod the edges of which are curved to be able to be mounted in corresponding notches provided on the holder. They are easy to move and can therefore be removed or lost quickly, thus hampering the use of the display stand.
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Braun Leslie A.
Tarifold, S.A.
Wentsler Stephen S.
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