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Granted Patent B1
US 8,997,388 · App. 13/955,811 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Corrugated signage

Inventor: Jerry Ryan Frost (Kansas City, MO)
Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, Inc.
G09F15/00B31D5/00G09F15/0062
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,997,388
App. No.
13/955,811
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A corrugated display sign with a former panel secured to a backer panel. The former panel includes a central section opposed by two lateral sections, two support members partially cut away from the central section and maintaining a connection with the central section via at least one fold line, and two or more preformed slits, with one slit positioned adjacent to the support members. The display sign further includes a graphic panel operable to be wrapped around exterior edges of the lateral sections, and having ends secured to the backer panel. The display sign is capable of being erected from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration by folding the lateral sections away from the central section and wrapping the graphic panel about the lateral sections.

Claims (54)

1. A corrugated display sign comprising:

a backer panel;

a former panel secured to said backer panel, with the former panel including—

a central section,

at least one lateral section coupled to said central section, said lateral section being movable between a stowed position and a deployed position,

two support members partially cut away from said central section and maintaining a connection with said central section via fold lines so as to be movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and

two or more preformed slits formed in said lateral section, wherein each preformed slit is displaced from said support members when said lateral section is in the stowed position; and

a graphic panel operable to be wrapped about an exterior edge of said lateral section, and having ends secured to said backer panel.

2. The corrugated display sign from claim 1 , wherein said display sign is formed from corrugated paperboard material.

3. The corrugated display sign from claim 1 , wherein said support members are configured to be moved between the stowed and deployed configurations by being folded about said central section via said fold lines.

4. The corrugated display sign from claim 1 , wherein said lateral section is separated from said central section via fold lines.

5. The corrugated display sign from claim 4 , wherein said lateral section is configured to be moved between the stowed and deployed configurations by being folded about said central section via said fold lines.

6. The corrugated display sign from claim 5 , wherein said lateral section abuts said support members when said lateral section and said support members are in their respective deployed configurations.

7. The corrugated display sign from claim 6 , wherein portions of said support members are mated with said preformed slits of said lateral section when said lateral section and said support members are in their respective deployed configurations.

8. The corrugated display sign from claim 7 , wherein said support members further include tabs, and wherein said tabs are mated with said preformed slits of said lateral section when said lateral section and said support members are in their respective deployed configurations.

9. The corrugated display sign from claim 1 , wherein:

said former panel includes two lateral sections, said lateral sections being coupled to opposed edges of said central section at an interior edge of each of said lateral sections such that an exterior edge of each lateral section is moveable relative to said center section; and

said exterior edges of said lateral sections have an arcuate shape, such that said graphic panel being wrapped about said exterior edges of said lateral sections has a corresponding arcuate shape.

10. The corrugated display sign from claim 1 , wherein:

said former panel includes two lateral sections, said lateral sections being coupled to opposed edges of said central section at an interior edge of each of said lateral sections such that an exterior edge of each lateral section is moveable relative to said center section; and

said exterior edges of said lateral sections have a linear segmented shape, such that said graphic panel being wrapped about said exterior edges of said lateral sections has a corresponding linear segmented shape.

11. A method of making a corrugated display sign, comprising:

forming a backer panel;

forming a former panel;

joining said former panel with said backer panel;

compressing said former panel to create fold lines, such that said former panel presents

a central section opposed by two lateral sections via said fold lines;

cutting said central section of said former panel to present two support members, with said support members operable to be folded away from said former panel;

cutting two or more slits in said lateral sections, wherein each slit is displaced from said support members when said lateral sections are in a stowed position;

wrapping a graphic panel about exterior edges of said lateral sections; and

securing ends of said graphic panel to said backer panel.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said exterior edges of said lateral sections are formed in an arcuate shape, such that with said graphic panel wrapped about said exterior edges, said graphic panel has a corresponding arcuate shape.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein said exterior edges of said lateral sections are formed in a linear segmented shape, such that with said graphic panel wrapped about said exterior edges, said graphic panel has a corresponding linear segmented shape.

14. A method of erecting a corrugated display sign, comprising:

providing said display sign in a knockdown configuration, wherein said display sign includes—

a backer panel;

a former panel secured to said backer panel, with said former panel including:

a central section opposed by two lateral sections,

two support members partially cut away from said central section and maintaining a connection with said central section via fold lines,

two or more preformed slits, wherein each slit is displaced from said support members when said lateral sections are in a stowed position;

folding said support members away from said central section;

folding said lateral sections away from said central section until said lateral sections abut said support members;

wrapping a graphic panel about exterior edges of said lateral sections; and

securing ends of said graphic panel to said backer panel.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein said display sign is formed from corrugated paperboard material.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

mating said support members with said preformed slits of said lateral sections.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

wherein said support members further include tabs,

mating said tabs of said support members with said preformed slits of said lateral sections.

18. The corrugated display sign from claim 14 , further comprising:

wrapping said graphic panel about said exterior edges, such that said graphic panel presents an arcuate shape.

19. The corrugated display sign from claim 14 , further comprising:

wrapping said graphic panel about said exterior edges, such that said graphic panel presents a linear segmented shape.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: VANGUARD PACKAGING, LLC
To: TWIN BROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 050582/0499 →
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION Recorded Sep 26, 2019
From: VANGUARD PACKAGING, INC.
To: VANGUARD PACKAGING, LLC
Reel/Frame 050525/0763 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2013
From: FROST, JERRY RYAN
To: VANGUARD PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 031050/0698 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 61677937 · Jul 31, 2012