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Granted Patent B2
US 8,863,418 · App. 13/883,137 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Folding display unit with central member

Inventors: Nathaniel Hull Acker (Norwalk, CT); Edmond Kimting Fung (Norwalk, CT)
Assignee: Inventive Media LLC
G09F7/00G09F1/065G09F15/0062G09F1/06
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Patent No.
US 8,863,418
App. No.
13/883,137
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A point of sale display is disclosed. A display unit according to an embodiment includes: a first display face; a second display face; and a foldable central member positioned between the first and second display faces, the foldable central member including: a foldable L-shaped member; and a transverse member positioned within a slot of the foldable L-shaped member, wherein the foldable central member automatically expands from a storage position to a display position, such that the first and second display faces form an opening therebetween.

Claims (17)

1. A display unit, comprising:

a first display face;

a second display face; and

a foldable central member positioned between the first and second display faces, the foldable central member including:

a planar foldable L-shaped member; and

a transverse member positioned within a slot of the planar foldable L-shaped member, wherein the foldable central member expands from a storage position to a display position, such that, in the display position, the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member form a X-shaped insert, and the first and second display faces form an opening therebetween.

2. The display unit of claim 1 , wherein the planar foldable L-shaped member includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion forming a Z-shaped structure in the display position.

3. The display unit of claim 2 , wherein the Z-shaped structure includes a first, second, and third section, such that the second section is transverse with the transverse member to form the X-shaped insert in the display position, and the Z-shaped structure of the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member form the X-shaped insert in the display position.

4. The display unit of claim 3 , wherein the X-shaped insert collapses in the storage position, such that the transverse member is substantially parallel with the first, second, and third section of the Z-shaped structure.

5. The display unit of claim 4 , wherein the X-shaped insert collapses in the storage position, such that the first and second display faces are substantially parallel.

6. The display unit of claim 3 , wherein the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member are flexibly connected.

7. The display unit of claim 6 , wherein the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member each include a plurality of hook openings for receiving at least one elastic member to flexibly connect the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member.

8. The display unit of claim 7 , wherein the planar foldable L-shaped member and the transverse member are flexibly connected by a plurality of elastic bands.

9. The display unit of claim 8 , wherein an end of each of the plurality of elastic bands are hooked into a respective hook opening of the plurality of hook openings.

10. The display unit of claim 2 , wherein the first and second display faces include a plurality of openings for receiving at least one elastic member for flexibly connect the first and second display faces to a hook opening of the first portion of the planar foldable L-shaped member.

11. The display unit of claim 1 , wherein the first and second display faces are divided into a plurality of sections, and the foldable central member comprises a plurality of foldable central members, with one of the plurality of foldable central members positioned in each one of the plurality of sections between the first and second display faces.

12. The display unit of claim 1 , wherein the foldable central member is configured to collapse in response to a force on at least one of the first and second display faces that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the at least one of the first and second display faces, from the display position to the storage position, such that the first and second display faces are substantially parallel in the storage position.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA NAME AND INVENTOR FIRST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030608 FRAME 0572. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 1, 2017
From: ACKER, NATHANIEL HULL, JR.; FUNG, EDMOND KIMTING
To: INVENTIVE MEDIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 042647/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2013
From: ACKER, JR., NATHANIEL HULL; FUNG, EDWARD KIMTING
To: INVENTIVE MEDIA LLC
Reel/Frame 030608/0572 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61410491 · Nov 5, 2010
Related Publication 20130219760A1 · Aug 29, 2013