Balloon display structure

• US 10,231,557 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Wilke
• Original Assignee: David Wilke
• Inventors: Wilke, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barnett, Devin K
• Application Number:
  US15/822,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20180078057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 206736, 206756, 206763, 446220
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/00 Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/04 Stands with a central pillar, e.g. tree type A47F5/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/112 hand-folded from sheet material
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/0028 with one compartment or recess for each article A47F7/0035 takes precedence

Abstract

A balloon display structure and method of use. The display structure includes a base member and an upstanding member with the upstanding member having a plurality of sides with elongate apertures therein. The elongate apertures are arranged to receive sticks bearing air-filled balloons.

Claims

1. A method of using a balloon display structure comprising the steps of:

providing a base member, said base member having a top surface including a base hole therein;

providing a blank sheet, said blank sheet comprises a first side having plurality of tab members, a second side having a plurality of slots formed therein, and a brace member located at a first end of the blank sheet, and a first elongated aperture formed in the blank sheet;

folding said blank sheet into a post defining an upstanding member, said upstanding member having a plurality of side walls, the first end, a second end, wherein one of said plurality of side walls includes a portion of the first side and a portion of the second side;

wherein the first elongated aperture is defined in another side wall from said plurality of side walls;

inserting each tab member into a corresponding slot from said plurality of slots respectively;

rotating the brace member from the first end towards the second end into a cavity of the upstanding member, wherein the brace member retains the upstanding member in a non-collapsed condition;

inserting said first end of said upstanding member into said base hole in order to support the upstanding member upright in a display condition;

providing a first inflated balloon, said first balloon being mounted on a stick;

inserting said stick into said first elongated aperture;

wherein said first elongated aperture comprises a tab pivotally attached thereto;

engaging the stick with the tab to maintain the first balloon in a desired position.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

providing said base member with a raised shelf member, said raised shelf member having a shelf hole therein arranged to receive said first end of said upstanding member.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

providing a weight member and resting said weight member on said raised shelf member.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

providing said second end of said upstanding member with a first string opening;

providing a second inflated balloon on a string; and

inserting said string in said first string opening.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first string opening is one of a plurality of string openings formed in the upstanding member.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first elongated aperture is one of a plurality of elongated apertures formed in the top end of the upstanding member.