Supports – Easel; book – copy or music score holder – With article gripping means
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-02
2001-09-04
King, Anita M. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Easel; book, copy or music score holder
With article gripping means
C188S26400E, C281S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283433
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to the display of objects and more particularly to the display of magazines and other items with spines. However, the invention is not limited to such uses.
BACKGROUND OF THIS INVENTION
The collection of comics, newspapers and magazines as a hobby is becoming more popular. Collectors, or the casual purchaser, frequently wish to display such a magazine in a frame or the like. However, unlike canvas paintings, it is not possible to “stretch” a magazine or newspaper across a frame. Further, it is usually desired to display the entire magazine. This negates against the use of a front “mask” to sandwich the article between a front mask and a back board.
It is possible to mount the article on a backing sheet by gluing it to the backing sheet, but this is obviously an irreversible step and, generally, devalues the article.
Magazines may be mounted utilising their binding, but this leaves the free edges of the paper free to sag. Over time, the magazine sags and looses shape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention aims to overcome some of the prior art's disadvantages and so provide a method of mounting an article which provides improved display attributes and non-damaging attachment.
In preferred forms, the invention provides means and methods of mounting an article which are unobtrusive and which do not detract from the aesthetic or monetary value of the article.
In one broad form, the invention provides a backing board and a flexible band. The band is passed through the magazine, folded behind the magazine and the ends secured to the back board or to themselves, so as to sandwich at least one, but preferably more than one, page or sheet of the magazine between the band and the back board.
The band may be secured to the front surface of the back board or passed through slits above and below the article and secured to the rear surface of the back board. It is preferred to secure the band to the rear surface of the back board, since this allows for easier mounting. Alternatively, one end of the band may be secured to the front surface and the other end passed through a slit in the back board. Alternatively, the ends of the band may be passed so as to lie behind the back board and secured to themselves.
The band is preferably of a width to allow suitable pressure to be applied to the article to hold it in place without causing damage. For a normal magazine a width of about 6 to 12 centimetres is suitable.
The band is preferably a transparent plastics material, so as to be less obtrusive, but coloured bands may be used. Other materials other than plastics may be used.
The band is preferably highly resistant to “creep” or stretching, since a band that stretches or creeps over time will become loose and cease to hold the article firmly, thereby allowing sagging and damage to the article.
The ends of the band may be secured to the back board or to themselves by any suitable and appropriate means, such as by tape or glue.
Where the back board is the same height and width as the article, the band may be merely folded over the top and bottom edges of the back board and the ends secured either to themselves or to the rear of the back board.
For additional preservation ‘security’, a sheet of conservation plastics, such as that sold under the name Myalar, may be sandwiched between the back board and the band, or the band and the rear most page of the article, so as to avoid possible glue damage.
The invention shall be better understood from the following non-limiting description of preferred forms of the invention and the drawings.
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King Anita M.
Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
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