Curved stand display arrangement

• US 20070220794A1
• Filed: 03/25/2006
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Visual Creations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Alan Stenfors, David Pitcher, Rebecca Stover, Sidney Rose, Thomas Burrous
• Inventors: Rose, Sidney, Pitcher, David, Stenfors, Alan, Burrous, Thomas, Stover, Rebecca
• Granted Patent: US 7,562,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/611.80
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/0018 panel clamping or fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/0025 display surface tensioning means
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/0037 supported by a post

Abstract

A curved stand display panel arrangement for supporting a curved display panel in an attractive and easily exchanged manner. The display panel arrangement comprises a first shelf and a second shelf spaced parallel and apart from one another. The first and second shelves having curved peripheries and corners. A support arrangement is secured between the shelves at their respective corners, wherein the support arrangement comprises a position-locked sleeve with panel engaging channels therein. A display panel has a pair of parallel edges inserted against a shoulder on the curved periphery of the shelves, and a pair of its edges are inserted into the parallel spaced apart channels in the sleeves.

Claims

1. A curved stand display panel arrangement for supporting a curved display panel in an attractive and easily exchanged manner, said display panel arrangement comprising:

a first shelf and at least a second shelf spaced parallel and apart from one another, said first and second shelves having curved peripheries and corners;

a support arrangement secured between said shelves at their respective corners, wherein said support arrangement comprises a position-locked sleeve with panel engaging channels therein.

2. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said support arrangement comprises an elongated rail with said sleeve slideably disposed over said rail.

3. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said shelves have an engagement point adjacent their respective corners, wherein said channels each mate with an engagement point of a shelf.

4. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said curved peripheries of said shelves have a panel supporting shoulder thereon.

5. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said curved peripheries are of convex shape.

6. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said curved peripheries are of concave shape.

7. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said sleeve extends more than 180 degrees about said rail therewithin, to prevent said sleeve from coming loose.

8. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 5, wherein said shelf has at least two curved sides.

9. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 6, wherein said shelf has at least three sides.

10. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein said panel engaging channels are “

V”

shaped in cross section, to receive an edge of a display panel.

11. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 7, wherein said panel engaging channels each have an inner edge which engages said rail for securement thereto.

12. The curved stand display panel arrangement as recited in claim 7, wherein said panel engaging channels each have a further elongated flange portion which engages said rail for securement thereto.

13. A method of supporting a flexible display panel, comprising:

securing a plurality of peripherally curved shelves together in shape-corresponding alignment by a plurality of support arrangements fastened between corners of adjacent shelves, wherein said support arrangements are spaced apart a distance which is less than the width of said flexible display panel;

inserting a lateral edge on each side of said display panel into a respective channel in said support arrangement for display of said panel.

14. The method of claim 13, including:

forming said support arrangement from an inner rail and a sleeve slidable thereover, wherein each sleeve has said channel on a longitudinal edge thereof for receipt of said display panel.

15. The method of claim 14, including:

locking said sleeve against rotation with respect to said shelf by matingly engaging an end of said channel of said sleeve against an engagement point of said shelf.