Gallery Display Apparatus

• US 20140259839A1
• Filed: 03/15/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Barry Featherstun Tatum
• Original Assignee: Barry Featherstun Tatum
• Inventors: Tatum, Barry Featherstun
• Granted Patent: US 9,472,127 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/711
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1852 for fastening magnetically or by suction or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/08 the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by means of grooves, rails, or slits
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/14 Constructional features of the symbol bearing or forming elements
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A magnetically-attachable display gallery provides a neat and decorative platform to easily add items such as greeting cards, photographs, and other documents by simply slipping them behind the snug clear vinyl pockets. The display gallery is constructed to roll or fold to store neatly away when not in use or for shipping.

Claims

1. A gallery display apparatus comprising:

a. a backing having a front surface and a back surface;

b. three or more clear sheets for forming three or more transverse pockets on the front surface;

c. the three or more clear sheets fixedly attached to the front surface of the backing; and

d. two or more magnetic strips for adhering the backing to a surface disposed in a generally vertical plane, the two or more magnetic strips being generally thin and fixedly transversely attached to the back surface of the backing.

2. The gallery display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the three or more clear sheets are any of vinyl, plastic, and flexible transparent film.

3. The gallery display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the three or more clear sheets are fixedly attached by any of sewing, gluing, fusing, fusing with heat, heat staking, sonic welding, and stamping.

4. The gallery display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the backing is flexible.

5. The gallery display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the backing includes at least one image on its front surface.

6. The gallery display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the backing includes three or more images corresponding to the size of each of the three or more pockets.

7. A gallery display apparatus comprising:

a. six panels having a front surface and a back surface;

b. a flexible backing attached to the front surface of each of the six panels;

c. six clear sheets for forming six pockets on the flexible backing attached to the front surface of the six panels; and

d. five magnetic strips attached to the back surface of five of the six panels for adhering the panels to a surface disposed in a generally vertical plane, the five magnetic strips being generally thin and transversely attached to the back surface of five of the six panels.

8. A gallery display apparatus comprising:

a. a backing having a front surface and a back surface wherein the backing is divided in six substantially equal sections;

b. six clear vinyl sheets for forming six transverse pockets on the front surface of the backing wherein the six clear vinyl sheets are fixedly transversely attached to the front surface of the backing, wherein one of the six transverse pockets is a bottom pocket; and

c. five magnetic strips fixedly and transversely attached to the back surface of the backing, the magnetic strips for adhering the backing to a surface disposed in a generally vertical plane.

9. The gallery display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the five magnetic strips are strategically placed on the back surface of the backing such that:

a. one magnetic strip is placed at the top of the backing;

b. one magnetic strip is placed at the bottom of the backing;

c. one magnetic strip is placed in the middle of the backing;

d. one magnetic strip is placed one section above the bottom magnetic strip; and

e. one magnetic strip is placed one section below the top magnetic strip.

10. The gallery display apparatus of claim 8, wherein one or more of the six pockets, excluding the bottom pocket, has a lower edge that is not fixedly attached to the backing, thereby allowing items of different sizes to be displayed.