IP Library Granted Patent US 7,987,988
Granted Patent B2
US 7,987,988 · App. 12/928,332 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Display case for ribbon suspended medal(s)

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Patent No.
US 7,987,988
App. No.
12/928,332
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display case comprised of a lid and a case is provided to showcase a ribbon suspended medal or multiple ribbon suspended medals in a cube-like enclosure made of transparent, semi-transparent, and/or opaque material of all components or selected components with the ribbon suspended medal(s) inside the enclosure and protected by the material. The ribbon suspended medal(s) is held by a multiple component lid with the ribbon(s) wound or bound in various fashions within the void area of the lid hence fully enclosed by the case but visible from all transparent sides. The features of the case allow for vertical expansion of the display cases by way of stacking features on the outside top and outside bottom which are used to affix stacked units securely in place.

Claims (5)

1. A display case for ribbon suspended medal(s) comprising:

a case or box-like structure with at least three walls chosen from a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls but without a top wall thereby creating an accessible void area, said walls defining ledges at a top of said case; and

a multiple component lid structure comprising a top layer and a lower layer connected together by a spacer, so as to form a void between the top and lower layers and around the spacer, the lower layer defining one or more notched areas, top layer resting on said ledges to keep the lid from dropping into the void area, with said void between said layers defining a space for the ribbon to be wound, bound, or otherwise affixed; and

a component composition either partially or entirely made from transparent materials for either or both the case and the lid.

2. The case of claim 1 wherein top and bottom edges of at least two of the front wall, back wall, and side walls, have raised features to facilitate stacking of one case upon another.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2021
From: CARTER, WILLIAM MASTEN, III
To: JOHNSON, CARTER CUE
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61284334 · Dec 17, 2009
Related Publication 20110147236A1 · Jun 23, 2011