Display and storage device

• US 6,471,053 B1
• Filed: 12/13/2000
• Issued: 10/29/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc. (Rhode Island)
• Original Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc. (Rhode Island)
• Inventors: Feibelman, Jeffrey A.
• Primary Examiner(s): FIDEI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US09/735,955
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 206/6.1, 206/486, 206/737, 206/495, 206/756, 206/757, 211/85.2
• US Class Current: 206/6.1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/16 Jewel boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/002 Protective covers
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/02 for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like

Abstract

A combination display and storage device including a foldable display card having an outer surface and an inner surface, a removable support member constructed and arranged to display an item on the outer surface of the card, and a storage member supported within an interior section of the card member is disclosed. In an assembled position, the card is foldable about a median area, and the tail end is engaged with the upper end in order to form an interior section for receiving the removable storage member, such as a pouch. The display and storage device can be utilized to both display a product, such as an article of jewelry, on the outer surface to a consumer and can also thereafter be used to store the product in a convenient manner.

Claims

1. A combination display and storage device for displaying and storing an ornamental item, the device comprising:

an engagement member constructed and arranged to engage a display component;

a card member including an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper end adjacent the engagement member, a tail end opposite the upper end, and a median fold area disposed between the upper end and the tail end;

a support member constructed and arranged to display an ornamental item on the outer surface of the card member;

a storage member removably secured to the card member and configured and arranged to receive the item therein; and

wherein in an assembled position the card member is folded about the median fold area and a portion of the tail end is engaged with the upper end, the storage member being removably supported within an interior section of the assembled card member.

2. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the support member is disposed at the tail end of the card member such that the support member is adjacent the top end in the assembled position.

3. The display card and storage device of claim 1, wherein the ornamental item is an article of jewelry.

4. The display and storage device of claim 1, in combination with an article of jewelry supported on the outer surface of the tail end of the card member in the assembled position.

5. The display and storage device of claim 2, wherein the support member includes one or more apertures disposed through the card member.

6. The display and storage device of claim 2, wherein the support member includes one or more slots constructed and dimensioned to receive a portion of an article of jewelry therethrough.

7. The display and storage device of claim 1, further comprising or more pre-formed fold lines disposed in the median area and constructed and arranged to facilitate folding of the card member.

8. The display and storage device of claim 1, further comprising an opening disposed through the card member adjacent the upper end, and a tab supported on the tail end which is constructed and arranged fit within the opening, wherein in the assembled position the tab is inserted within the opening in order to releasably secure the tail end to the upper end of the card member.

9. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the storage member is releasably secured within the interior section by a band.

10. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the storage member is releasably secured within the interior section through one or more openings disposed in the upper end.

11. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the engagement member comprises an aperture constructed and dimensioned to engage a display rod.

12. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the engagement member comprises a hook, the hook being constructed and arranged to engage a display component.

13. The display and storage device of claim 1, wherein the engagement member and card member are formed as a unitary structure.

14. A combination display and storage device for displaying and storing an article of jewelry, the device comprising:

an engagement member constructed and arranged to engage a display component;

a card member including an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper end adjacent the engagement member, a tail end opposite the upper end, and a median fold area disposed between the upper end and the tail end;

a support member constructed and arranged to display the article of jewelry on the outer surface of the card member;

a pouch removably secured to the inner surface of the card member and constructed and dimensioned to receive the article of jewelry therein; and

wherein in an assembled position the card member is folded about the median fold area and a portion of the tail end is engaged with the upper end, the pouch being supported within an interior section of the assembled card member and the article of jewelry being supported on the outer surface of the support member.

15. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the support member is disposed at the tail end of the card member such that the support member is adjacent the top end in the assembled position.

16. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the support member is selected from the group consisting of one or more apertures and one or more slots.

17. The display and storage device of claim 14, further comprising an opening disposed through the card member adjacent the upper end, and a tab supported on the tail end which is constructed and arranged fit within the opening, wherein in the assembled position the tab is inserted within the opening in order to releasably secure the tail end to the upper end of the card member.

18. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the pouch is secured within the interior section by a band.

19. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the pouch includes a drawstring and is secured within the interior section by the drawstring engaging one or more openings in the card member.

20. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the engagement member comprises an aperture in the card member, the aperture being constructed and dimensioned to engage a display rod.

21. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the engagement member comprises a hook, the hook being constructed and arranged to engage a display component.

22. The display and storage device of claim 14, wherein the engagement member and card member are formed as a unitary structure.

23. The display and storage device of claim 14, further comprising or more pre-formed fold lines disposed in the median area and constructed and arranged to facilitate folding of the card member.