Rapid-deployment display stand

• US 5,868,367 A
• Filed: 10/15/1996
• Issued: 02/09/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mannkraft Corporation
• Original Assignee: Arrow Art Finishers, LLC
• Inventors: Smith, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Braun, Leslie A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wentsler, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US08/730,231
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 248/174, 248/459, 248/346.3, 248/165, 211/135, 211/149, 211/73
• US Class Current: 248/174
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/112 hand-folded from sheet material

Abstract

A display stand includes a main body of a sleeve-shaped configuration including a first main portion, a second main portion, a pair of foldable side portions pivotably interconnecting the first and second main portions, a first auxiliary portion pivotably connected to the first main portion and extending across at least a part of the open upper end of the tubular formation in the erect condition, and a second auxiliary portion pivotably connecting the first auxiliary portion and depending down from the first auxiliary portion in the erect condition. At least one elastic element is connected to and extends between the lower end of the second main portion and the second auxiliary portion. This element acts directly on the second auxiliary portion and only through the same on the other portions.

Claims

1. A display stand erectable from a collapsed condition to an erect condition, comprising:

a) a front panel;

b) a rear panel having a lower base region overlying the front panel in the collapsed condition, and spaced away from the front panel in the erect condition;

c) a pair of side panels pivotably interconnecting the front panel and the rear panel, said side panels extending perpendicular to the front panel and the rear panel in the erect condition, said side panels having upper edges and upwardly open-ended slits;

d) a shelf panel resting on the upper edges of the side panels in the erect condition, said shelf panel having a front region pivotably connected to the front panel, and a rear region received in the slits of the side panels, and said shelf panel being elevated relative to the lower base region of the rear panel in the erect condition; and

e) a pair of elastic elements connected to the rear region of the shelf panel at spaced-apart locations along the rear region, said elastic elements being connected to the lower base region of the rear panel at a common location, said elastic elements extending between the rear region of the shelf panel and the lower base region of the rear panel, said elastic elements being operative for holding the rear region of the shelf panel under tension in place in the slits of the side panels.

2. The display stand as defined in claim 1, wherein the rear panel has an upper region extending upwardly from the shelf panel in the erect condition;

and wherein an auxiliary support panel is pivotably connected to the rear region of the shelf panel and extends upwardly from the shelf panel in the erect condition.

3. The display stand as defined in claim 1, wherein all of said panels are constituted of a single piece of corrugated board sheet material.

4. The display stand as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the elastic elements is a rubberband.