Foldable photo display unit

• US 20010019206A1
• Filed: 02/05/2001
• Published: 09/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mary E. Deans
• Original Assignee: Mary E. Deans
• Inventors: Deans, Mary E.
• Application Number:
  US09/778,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20010019206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 281/2
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 7/06 Filing appliances comprising a plurality of pockets or compartments, e.g. portfolios or cases with a plurality of compartments indexing features B42F21/00

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a display unit for displaying photographs and other articles, wherein said display unit is collapsible to form a compact unit for convenient transport.

Claims

1. A foldable display unit comprising:

(a) a base made of flexible materials; and

wherein said base comprises at least one first crease defining at least one column on said base and at least one second crease transverse to said at least one first crease defining at least one row on said base; and

(b) two or more pockets superposed on said base for holding a display article, wherein two or more pockets are arranged on said base to define at least one column and to define at least two rows;

wherein said at least one column and at least two rows are configured on said base such that said base may be folded down to a size corresponding to said at least one larger pocket.

2. The display unit of

claim 1

wherein said base and said two or more pockets are made of a translucent material.

3. The display unit of

claim 2

, wherein said translucent material is polypropylene.

4. The display unit of

claim 1

, wherein said display article is selected from the group consisting of photograph, postcard, card, and letter.

5. The display unit of

claim 1

, wherein said base has 3, 5, 7, 9, or 11 columns configured thereon, and wherein said larger of said two or more pockets is positioned on a center column.

6. The display unit of

claim 5

, wherein said larger of said two or more pockets is positioned on the top of said center column.

7. The foldable display unit of

claim 1

comprising a right column, a center column, and a left column and six rows, wherein said right, center and left columns comprise a top one-third portion, a center one-third portion, and a bottom one-third portion.

8. The foldable display unit of

claim 7

, wherein said middle one-third and bottom one-third portions comprise pockets sized to hold display articles having a dimension of 3×

5 inches; and

wherein said top one-third portion of said center column comprises a pocket sized to hold a display article having a dimension of 4×

6 inches.

9. The foldable display unit of

claim 8

, wherein said foldable display unit is folded by folding said right column and left column over said center column, whereby said right column, left column and center column form a single column comprising a top one-third section, a center one-third section and a bottom one-third section.

10. The foldable display unit of

claim 9

, wherein said bottom one-third section is folded over said middle one-third section to form an intermediary bottom section.

11. The foldable display unit of

claim 10

, wherein said intermediary bottom section is folded over said top one-third section.

12. The foldable display unit of

claim 1

, further comprising at least two tabs rigidly attached to said base to facilitate hanging said foldable display unit.

13. The foldable display unit of

claim 1

, wherein said two or more pockets comprise at least one larger pocket that is larger than other of said two or more pockets.