Apparatus for displaying paper and like objects

• US 6,694,650 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2001
• Issued: 02/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sandra Guy Brown
• Original Assignee: Sandra Guy Brown
• Inventors: Brown, Sandra Guy
• Primary Examiner(s): Morano, S. Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bellinger, Jason R.
• Application Number:
  US09/838,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 401/24, 401/240.6, 401/242, 407/21, 407/22, 407/35, 407/68, 407/71, 407/75, 407/90, 407/91, 406/05, 407/29, 407/30, 402/79, 211/45, 211/48, 211/50, 211/55, 211/72, 211/73
• US Class Current: 40/124.2
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 1/10 Supports or holders for show-cards

Abstract

An apparatus for displaying and/or dispensing paper and like objects, such as artwork, photographs, sports cards, brochures and business cards whether such objects are made of paper, plastic or a like medium. The apparatus comprises a backer panel that serves as a background and support for a pocket panel. The pocket panel has a pocket or pockets formed between a front sheet and a back sheet. The pocket panel is attached to the backer panel by suitable means such as an adhesive, heat sealing, hook-and-loop fastening, double-sided tape or the like. The backer panel is made from a rigid or flexible, colored or translucent material of a suitable composition and may be decorated or have a texture suitable for receiving markings or captions. The pocket panel may be made from a transparent or translucent material so that a paper or like object contained within a pocket in the pocket panel is visible from outside the pocket. Each pocket in a pocket panel has a provision for insertion of a paper and like object into the pocket. A pocket panel may have a pocket configured for the ready dispensation of paper and like objects held within such a pocket. The backer panel may have means for hanging or for attachment to a surface and may have means for connection, along an edge or edges of the backer panel to connect with another, similar backer panel or panels to join together to form an arrangement of backer panels in a variety of configurations.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying documents comprising

a backer panel having four edges and made from a pliable material, said backer panel having a first means for attaching said backer panel to a surface and a second means for attaching said backer panel to another, like backer panel located on said four edges,

a pliable back sheet attached to said backer panel by a third attaching means located on a rear side of said back sheet

a pliable front sheet attached to said back sheet so as to form a pocket having a three fixed sides and an open side, said pocket adapted for the insertion and retention of a document.