Presentation system

• US 5,743,051 A
• Filed: 09/09/1996
• Issued: 04/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wolfgang Bergmann
• Original Assignee: Wolfgang Bergmann
• Inventors: Bergmann, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Wynn E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kang, Timothy B.
• Application Number:
  US08/709,750
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 52/36.4, 52/36.1, 52/27, 211/87, 211/189, 248/300, 248/309.1, 40/605, 40/606, 40/733
• US Class Current: 52/27
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/0006 planar structures comprising one or more panels

Abstract

A presentation system is built up from individual presentation devices, which are in each case formed by a plate element, which is fixed to at least one and preferably two parallel section rails. The section rails are L-shaped and engage with their forwardly directed horizontal legs through a correspondingly shaped horizontal slit in the plate element. In this position they are screwed to the plate element. The profile section leg projecting forwards through the slit is used for fitting holders, fastenings, etc. The plate elements are interconnected at the ends of the section rails, e.g. by threaded bolts passing through bushes. A universal arrangement is possible.

Claims

1. A presentation system, comprising:

a substantially rectangular plate element with vertical lateral edges, a front and a back, and a depression in said back;

at least one section rail running transversely between the vertical lateral edges of the plate element;

the at least one section rail having a vertical flange fixed to the plate element and having a bearing element on each of the ends of said at least one section rail; and

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the at least one section rail having a horizontal flange engaging in the depression from the back of the plate element.

2. A presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the back of the plate element engages flat on the vertical flange of the at least one section rail.

3. A presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the depression is a slit through the plate element, the slit having a width corresponding to the thickness of the horizontal flange.

4. A presentation system according to claim 3, wherein the horizontal flange of the at least one section rail projects through the slit and beyond the front of the plate element.

5. A presentation according to claim 4, wherein the horizontal flange of the at least one section rail has article fastening means in front of the plate element.

6. A presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the bearing elements on the ends of the at least one section rail are arranged in complimentary manner to one another.

7. A presentation system according to claim 1, wherein the bearing elements comprise bushes.

8. A presentation system according to claim 7, wherein the bushes have axes located in the plane of the back of the vertical mounting flange of the at least one section rail.

9. A presentation system according to claim 7, further comprising at least one of a bolt and a pin capable of passing through bushes of adjacent section rails for connecting the section rails.

10. A presentation system according to claim 1, wherein a second section rail is positioned parallel to the at least one section rail.

11. A presentation system according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of the plate elements, the plurality of plate elements having respective ones of the section rails arranged at the same height and interconnected with at least one other of the plurality of section rails.

12. A presentation system, comprising:

a substantially rectangular plate element with vertical lateral edges, a front and a back, and a depression in said back;

at least one section rail running transversely between the vertical lateral edges of the plate element;

the at least one section rail having a vertical flange fixed to the plate element and having a hinge element on each of the ends of said at least one section rail; and

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the at least one section rail having a horizontal flange engaging in the depression from the back of the plate element.

13. A presentation system according to claim 12, comprising a plurality of the plate elements, the plurality of plate elements having respective ones of the section rails arranged at a common height and interconnected with at least one other of the plurality of section rails.

14. A presentation system according to claim 12, further comprising a pin passing through the hinge elements of adjacent section rails for connecting the section rails.

15. A presentation system according to claim 12, wherein the depression is a slit through the plate element, the slit having a width corresponding to the thickness of the horizontal flange.

16. A presentation system according to claim 15, wherein the horizontal flange of the at least one section rail projects through the slit and beyond the front of the plate element.