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Granted Patent B2
US 10,765,238 · App. 15/883,527 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Image display assembly and interlocking fastener thereof

Inventors: Ryan J. Millman (Hunt Valley, MD); Cheyne J. Smith (Westminster, MD)
Assignee: Gallery Blocks LLC
A47G1/17A47G1/0633A47G1/14A47G1/16A47G2001/145
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Patent No.
US 10,765,238
App. No.
15/883,527
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastener for an image display assembly comprising a polygonal planar body having a ventral surface with at least one fastening member extending from the ventral surface. The fastening member comprises a fastening member body and at least one cantilever tab extending from the fastening member body. Each cantilever tab comprises a fastener retainer facing the ventral surface. Also provided is an image display assembly comprising retaining features; an assembled image display comprising said image display assembly and said fastener; a kit comprising said image display assembly and said fastener; a method of creating an image display; and use of said image display assembly and said fastener to create an image display.

Claims (14)

1. A method of creating an image display, comprising:

providing an image display assembly;

providing an image;

folding one or more foldable segments of the image display assembly base to assemble the base into a support structure comprising a plurality of corners and a hollow, the distal segments when folded located proximate to each other and defining an entrance to the hollow, thereby forming a partially assembled base comprising an image display face formed from a portion of the front face;

attaching a fastener separate from the image display assembly to the partially assembled base, the attaching comprising:

covering the entrance to the hollow with the fastener, wherein a fastening member of the fastener extends into the hollow;

connecting the fastening member of the fastener with the distal segments of the image display assembly; and

engaging a retainer of the fastener with a corresponding retaining feature of the distal segments to form an assembled base.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises an adhesive layer applied to the front face of the base and a removable protective layer covering the adhesive layer;

the method further comprising removing the removable protective layer and applying the image to a portion of an image display face.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the image occurs before folding the segments.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image comprises an image sheet comprising at least one image area comprising said at least one image located therein.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an image sheet comprises perforations providing an outer perimeter defining an image area, optionally wherein the outer perimeter is equal in dimensions to a portion of the display face corresponding to a proximal foldable segment of the base.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising releasing an image area from an image sheet to release the at least one image area, prior to applying the applying at least one image to at least a portion of the image display face.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2019
From: MILLMAN, RYAN J.; SMITH, CHEYNE J.
To: GALLERY BLOCKS LLC D/B/A ARTSY COUTURE
Reel/Frame 049050/0065 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62452760 · Jan 31, 2017
Related Publication 20180213950A1 · Aug 2, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,490,844