Collapsible Patents (Class 40/610)
  • Patent number: 11417245
    Abstract: A frame assembly presents one or more electronic displays. The frame assembly includes a first panel having a first front surface and a first rear surface. The first panel is oriented such that the first front surface faces a first direction and the first rear surface faces a second direction opposite the first direction. A plurality of inner members are coupled to the first front surface and extend from the first front surface towards the first direction. A plurality of outer members are coupled to the first front surface and extend from the first front surface towards the first direction. The outer members are spaced from the inner members to define a plurality of channels therebetween. A second panel is hingedly coupled to the first panel such that the first panel and/or the second panel are rotatable about an axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Green Light Innovations
    Inventor: Timothy G. Fallon
  • Patent number: 11358410
    Abstract: An artistic magnetic or hook and loop backdrop is disclosed which hangs over an artist's easel for display which makes it easier to cleanup! It works differently than other products on the market because it is a light matted-art magnetic display, as opposed to a heavier cloth canvas. Additionally, this product allows for two interior LED strip lights to be placed on the backdrop so that the display tent can be illuminated without the use of bulky lighting. The artist does not need to stack the canvas in bins or boxes with the Artwork Magnetic Backdrop and can instead roll the backdrop up for easy portability. Ideally, there will be small pockets in the backdrop to store magnets so that the artist can easily access them before hanging new projects. Additionally, this product has been used to hang light weight 8×10?, 11×14?, and 20×24? artwork through windy outdoor shows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Western Mwamlima
  • Patent number: 11357117
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a flexible display having an upper surface, a lift assembly provided in the housing and coupled to the upper surface of the flexible display screen to extend the flexible display screen outside the housing, a motor provided in the housing and coupled to the lift assembly to raise the flexible display screen, and an elastic member provided adjacent to the upper surface of the flexible display screen, the elastic member configured to apply a vertical force to the upper surface of the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kitae Kang, Dohyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11341874
    Abstract: A foldable outdoor ornament includes a first panel and a second panel connected via one or more hinges. The first and second panels can fold between a folded position for storage and an open position for use. Brackets are affixed to a rear side of the first panel and a rear side of the second panel. Each bracket includes an upper leg attached to a rear side of one of the first panel or second panel and a lower leg extending perpendicularly outwardly from the rear side of one of the first panel or the second panel. The lower leg of each bracket includes an aperture. A stake is removably secured within each aperture, such that the ornament can be secured to the ground in the open position. The ornament resembles a traditional greeting card such as a birthday card and includes surfaces adapted for users to write messages thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Rebecca Burke
  • Patent number: 11255367
    Abstract: A universal hub adapter for a portable display frame assembly, the hub adapter being configured to mount to an outer surface of a display hub of the frame assembly. The universal hub adapter is configured to adapt the display hub of the frame assembly between the mounting of a first graphics system including a plurality of stretched fabric panels and a second graphics system including a channeled sub-frame for mounting a larger fabric panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Taylor Print & Visual Impressions, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Clasen, Kevin Clobes, Gary Camarato
  • Patent number: 11216041
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided which displays an object (body) on a flexible display screen in accordance with a three-dimensional shape of the display screen by utilizing the flexibility of the display screen. An electronic device including a display portion which includes a flexible display device displaying an object on a display screen; a detection portion detecting positional data of a given part of the display screen; and an arithmetic portion calculating a three-dimensional shape of the display screen on the basis of the positional data and computing motion of the object to make the object move according to a given law in accordance with the calculated three-dimensional shape of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kunio Hosoya
  • Patent number: 11004368
    Abstract: An easel is disclosed, where the easel may comprise a center front panel, a center rear panel positioned adjacent a top edge of the center front panel, a left front side panel positioned adjacent the center front panel, a right front side panel positioned adjacent the center front panel opposite the left front side panel, a right rear side panel positioned adjacent the center rear panel, a left rear side panel positioned adjacent the center rear panel opposite the right rear side panel. A first right slot may be positioned between the center rear panel and the right rear side panel, and a first left slot may be positioned between the center rear panel and the left rear side panel. Each of the center front panel and the center rear panel may include a pair of flaps configured to removably secure a sign. The easel may also have a presentation configuration and an unfolded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SignsDirect Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Dalton
  • Patent number: 10830229
    Abstract: A portable inflatable apparatus that includes a rigid polymeric base having an exterior circumference, which extends between top and bottom walls that together with the exterior define an interior compartment accessible via a circumferential panel and a top wall opening. A battery powered air pump is mounted in the interior compartment, and an inflatable structure is releasably retained about the top wall and has a deflated stowage volume that is less than a portion of the compartment. The apparatus is formed with a shape that when inflated projects away from the base when pressurized. A valve couples the pump with the inflatable structure, and is configured to manually and/or automatically retain and release pressure within the structure. The apparatus may also incorporate control and access panels, a pressure sensor for automated inflation and deflation, a cover to retain the stowed inflatable structure, a power supply and/or charging port, and lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Joseph D. Lurker
  • Patent number: 10755605
    Abstract: In one example, a triangular display includes a first substrate, a second substrate coupled to and disposed in opposition to the first substrate, a first line of weakness formed along an axial direction of the first substrate to define a first section and a second section, a second line of weakness formed along an axial direction of the second substrate to define a third section and a fourth section and a former having a first side, the former extending between the first section and the third section, and in a deployed position, at least one of the first section or the second section has rotated about the first line of weakness and at least one of the third section or the fourth section has rotated about the second line of weakness to place the second section and the fourth section adjacent to the first side of the former.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: Carlos Enriquez
  • Patent number: 10750808
    Abstract: A decorative artificial plant apparatus having a tubular frame configured to resemble the longitudinal shape of trunk and branch portions of a natural plant that is being duplicated. A stack of overlapping open cylinder segments is supported on the frame shaped to collectively resemble an outer surface of the trunk portion. Each cylinder segment has an expansion feature configured to diametrically expand when overlapped around an adjacent cylinder segment in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Desert Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Carroll
  • Patent number: 10698448
    Abstract: An elastic support substrate elastically deforms in at least a longitudinal direction that is a winding direction, and as for the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction that is a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the elastic support substrate is less likely to deform in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10685588
    Abstract: Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a shroud including a first shroud panel opposite a second shroud panel, the first shroud panel and the second shroud panel coupled at a first end of the shroud and a second end of the shroud. A support to be coupled to a first internal surface of the first shroud panel at a first position and to a second internal surface of the second shroud panel at a second position, the first position and the second position located between the first end and the second end, and an elastic band disposed about an exterior of the support, the elastic band biasing the first position away from the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: Jon Lyon
  • Patent number: 10527225
    Abstract: Frame and lens upgrade kits for lighting fixtures. A frame bracket defines the frame area, which can be rectangular, for example. A lens frame fits just inside the frame bracket with the lens frame being releasably attached thereto. The frame bracket can be constructed from collapsible frame bracket subassemblies. For example, a rectangular frame bracket may be assembled from first and second collapsible frame bracket subassemblies that fan out and lock together to create a rigid frame bracket. The subassemblies each comprise elongated side and edge brackets that are fastened together such that they can pivot about one another. In some embodiments, one side of the lens frame is attached to a corresponding side of the frame bracket with a rotatable clip that allows the lens frame to swing such that its other side can attach to the bracket frame with an attachment latch, which can be magnetic, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: S. Scott Pratt, Nathan Snell, Nicholas W. Medendorp, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10488959
    Abstract: A flexible roll-up information handling system may include two chassis bodies that are connected using two scissor hinges for opening and closing. A coiled flexible display may be provided at an external surface for operation by a user, and may be rolled up in one of the chassis bodies, while being fixed to the other chassis body. The scissor hinges may be adjusted to provide friction to balance the closing force of the coiled flexible display, which may include a steel spring backing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Jason Scott Morrison
  • Patent number: 10403184
    Abstract: A freestanding exhibit display for supporting a banner includes a base, an upright support structure, and a transverse support arm. The upright support structure extends from the base. The transverse support arm is mounted on the upright support structure and includes a cradle defining a cradle space. The cradle is configured to retain a furled portion of the banner in the cradle space with only gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Waldemar Veazie, IV
  • Patent number: 10233031
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display panel turnover device. The display panel turnover device includes: a holder comprising two inverted-V shaped supports arranged oppositely and a rotating shaft pivotally assembled on top ends of the two inverted-V shaped supports, wherein each inverted-V shaped support comprises a front leg and a rear leg; an adjustment lever having a first operating position and a second operating position, located between two front legs and two rear legs and substantially parallel to the rotating shaft; a frame configured to retain a periphery of a display panel therein, wherein a top of the frame is secured to the rotating shaft, and a bottom of the frame is secured to the adjustment lever; and a front door and a rear door respectively arranged at a front side and a rear side of the frame and capable of being opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xikui Hao, Zhiyu Qian, Yong Sun, Fangqing Li, Wei Min, Anlong Xu
  • Patent number: 10227972
    Abstract: An inflatable object with a sag to enclose pressurized air to a predetermined threshold pressure and to obtain a shape, a decorative dress to cover at least a portion of the sag and having characteristics of an object having the shape when covering the sag outer surface, couplings on the sag outer surface to which the decorative dress is attached, a frame to support at least a portion of the sag, an air pump coupled to the sag by a unidirectional inlet valve, and to provide the insufflated air to the sag, an optional sensor coupled to the sag and configured to detect sag air pressure; and a controller, coupled between the sensor and the pump. The controller operates the pump to automatically maintain a threshold pressure of air within the sag. The sensor and the controller are disposed on the sag surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Chi Yuan Shao
  • Patent number: 10170020
    Abstract: A pop-up display apparatus includes a shroud having first and second sheets disposed in opposition to one another, the first and second sheets being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A stop member is disposed between the first and second sheets between the first and second joints and is connected to the first and second joints at a first height of the shroud. The stop member includes first and second stop elements arranged for translational movement in opposite directions relative to one another between a first and a second position. An elastic member, separate from the stop member, is connected to the first and second joints at a second height, the elastic member and being configured to bias the first joint toward the second joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Cwidak, Robert B. Lipscomb, William David Collings, Marcellino Santoro, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10170021
    Abstract: A corrugated display sign with a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, with the body including a first portion and a second portion. The sign further includes at least one or more formers, and in some embodiments two or more formers, secured to the first portion of the inner surface of the main body, with the formers each including a tab section that secures the former to the main body, a front body portion with a wing portion, and a back body portion with a wing potion. Further, the second portion of the main body is folded around the first portion and the formers, so as to create an elongated elliptical shape for the sign. The display sign is capable of being erected from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration by folding the former body portions and the wing, and folding the second portion of the main body around the first portion and the formers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Ryan Frost
  • Patent number: 9978292
    Abstract: Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. In this example, in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel form a triangular cross-section. The example apparatus also includes a stop that extends between a base of one of the first panel, the second panel, or the third panel and a vertex of the others of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the third panel, or the second panel and the third panel. The example stop prevents movement of the vertex toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
    Inventor: Marcellino Santoro, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9972226
    Abstract: A signage frame kit for a point of purchase interface, such as a speaker post, is provided. The signage frame kit includes frame elements that can be retrofitted to an existing point of purchase interface. The frame elements provide not only a means for attaching the frame to the point of purchase interface but also provide a means for receiving signage which can be prominently displayed at the point of purchase interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: VISUAL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Benasillo
  • Patent number: 9878661
    Abstract: A road traffic warning device includes a base, a cover body mounted on the base, and a collapsible warning frame mounted to the cover body. The base includes a controlling module. A folded triangular collapsible warning frame can be unfolded out of the cover body to create the warning device. Two wheels are mounted to two side of the base. The controlling module is configured to control the wheels to move the warning device to an effective warning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Cheng Yang, Hung-Chun Lu, Yu-Chien Wu
  • Patent number: 9883604
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel, and first member, and a second member. The display panel has a first section and a second section. The first member includes an electromagnet, extends parallel to the first section and has a first side and a second side. The first side is oriented a first obtuse angle with respect to the second side. The second member directly contacts the first member, extends parallel to the second section, and has a third side and a fourth side. The third side is oriented a second obtuse angle with respect to the fourth side. The first member is connected through the second member to the second section. The second member is connected through the first member to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Heui Lee, Seong Gyu Kwon, Jae Cheol Park, Gyeong Eun Eoh
  • Patent number: 9858244
    Abstract: In some implementations, a user may use an electronic device to sample and/or share a sample of content of a content item. Furthermore, the electronic device may display a consumption representation in connection with the content item that may represent locations of parts of content that have been received as samples out of an expanse of content of the content item. In some examples, a user may select a portion of the content to sample based at least in part on one or more aspects or features of the content item, such as may be represented in a content representation. Further, a content provider may track an amount of content that is sent to the electronic device or other electronic devices associated with the same user account to limit the amount of content that may be provided as samples for each content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Erik Carl Bjorkegren
  • Patent number: 9829923
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel and a retainer. The flexible display panel includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a first folding area between the first and second non-folding areas. The retainer includes at least one first electromagnetic region in the second non-folding area and at least one first magnetic region in the first non-folding area. The first and second non-folding areas face each other when the flexible display panel is in a first folded state in the first folding area. The first folded state is maintained by an electromagnetic force generated between the at least one first electromagnetic region and the at least one first magnetic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9829151
    Abstract: A height-adjustable flat panel display mount is provided. The height-adjustable flat panel display mount may include a wall plate that couples to a wall. The vertical rails may couple to a flat panel display. The vertical rails may also couple to the wall plate by way of one or more independent height-adjustment mechanisms. Adjusting one of the height-adjustment mechanisms in a first direction elevates the vertical rail to which it is coupled with respect to the floor, while adjusting the mechanism in the opposite direction lowers the vertical rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MW Products LLC
    Inventor: Brett Stenhouse
  • Patent number: 9799239
    Abstract: A corrugated display sign with a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, with the body including a first portion and a second portion. The sign further includes at least one or more formers, and in some embodiments two or more formers, secured to the first portion of the inner surface of the main body, with the formers each including a tab section that secures the former to the main body, a front body portion with a wing portion, and a back body portion with a wing portion. Further, the second portion of the main body is folded around the first portion and the formers, so as to create an elongated elliptical shape for the sign. The display sign is capable of being erected from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration by folding the former body portions and the wing, and folding the second portion of the main body around the first portion and the formers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Ryan Frost
  • Patent number: 9551921
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a screen and a frame system positioned to support the screen. The frame system includes a plurality of frame members, a hinge that couples the frame members together, and a lock that blocks relative movement of the frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: DRAPER INC.
    Inventor: Shanon O. Redmon
  • Patent number: 9536455
    Abstract: A signage frame kit for a point of purchase interface, such as a speaker post, is provided. The signage frame kit includes frame elements that can be retrofitted to an existing point of purchase interface. The frame elements provide not only a means for attaching the frame to the point of purchase interface but also provide a means for receiving signage which can be prominently displayed at the point of purchase interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: VISUAL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Patrick Benasillo
  • Patent number: 9262947
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying electronic advertisements or the like is provided herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include a first planar body having a first electronic display and a second planar body having a second electronic display. The apparatus may include a connector for connecting the first and second planar bodies, and at least one controller component operatively coupled to the first and second electronic displays. The apparatus may include at least one alarm component attached to at least one of the first and second planar bodies, and at least one movement detection component operatively coupled to the at least one alarm component. The apparatus may include at least one power component operatively coupled to the first and second electronic displays and the at least one alarm component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Total Range Design Pty Ltd
    Inventor: David Gregory Ranger
  • Patent number: 9238180
    Abstract: A modular construction panel is provided. The modular construction panel has a panel having a plurality of fasteners disposed within or thereon, each fastener permitting adjoining to a like construction panel for creating a structure. The panels are provided in shapes optimizing modularity when mated to other panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: FELTRO INC.
    Inventor: Samuel Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9214104
    Abstract: An interchangeable face plate display system for accommodating multiple graphic displays on the same frame. The interchangeable face plate display system includes a hub member adapted to interconnect elongate frame members of a display structure and including a block having a front side, a back side, a top side, and a bottom side; and an interchangeable support member removably connected to the hub member for supporting graphics upon the display structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick T. Matthews, Brad L. Flaherty
  • Patent number: 9123262
    Abstract: A corrugated display sign with a main body having an inner surface and an outer surface, with the body including a first portion and a second portion. The sign further includes at least one or more formers, and in some embodiments two or more formers, secured to the first portion of the inner surface of the main body, with the formers each including a tab section that secures the former to the main body, a front body portion with a wing portion, and a back body portion with a wing portion. Further, the second portion of the main body is folded around the first portion and the formers, so as to create an elongated elliptical shape for the sign. The display sign is capable of being erected from a knockdown configuration to an erected configuration by folding the former body portions and the wing, and folding the second portion of the main body around the first portion and the formers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Ryan Frost
  • Patent number: 9091808
    Abstract: A system, method and assembly for performing traffic sign inspections is provided. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a first plurality of sheetings that each have a combination of retroreflectivity and color that is different from the combination of retroreflectivity and color of each of the other first plurality of sheetings; a first clamp and second clamp for clamping one of said first plurality of sheetings to a traffic sign; a first handheld light source; and a first enclosure for removably housing the first plurality of sheetings, said first and second clamps, and said first handheld light source. The assembly may further include a second enclosure for removably housing a second plurality of sheetings that each has a combination of retroreflectivity and color that is different from the combination of retroreflectivity and color of each of the other second plurality of sheetings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Scott N. Chapman
  • Patent number: 9052057
    Abstract: A flexible mounting system and apparatus, the system comprising a horizontally collapsible frame and one or more vertical mounting rails coupled to the horizontally collapsible frame. The horizontally collapsible frame is comprised of two horizontal rails, a first side rail pivotally mounted to the two horizontal rails, wherein the first side rail is hinged at the midpoint by a first stationary connector, and a second side rail pivotally mounted to the two horizontal rails, wherein the second side rail is hinged at the midpoint by a second stationary connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MW Products LLC
    Inventor: Brett Stenhouse
  • Patent number: 9038299
    Abstract: A fluid-filled barrier assembly restricts access to areas and redirects traffic while ensuring that the assembly remains upright and visible. The assembly includes a plurality of pipes coupled together to define a barrier. The barrier is configured for mounting a sign thereto. A hollow interior of the barrier defines a conduit. The conduit extends through each of the pipes. The conduit is configured for receiving a fluid therein wherein the fluid retains the barrier in an upright position on a supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Jimmy L. Uribe
  • Patent number: 9036257
    Abstract: A portable movie screen includes a screen portion and a frame portion surrounding at least part of the periphery of the screen portion. The screen portion has a screen gain greater than about 0.8 and an elasticity greater than an elasticity of the frame portion. The movie screen includes at least one side connected to the front portion and a receiving space defined at least in part by the front portion and the side portion. The receiving space is configured to selectively receive a support body including at least one sealed chamber and movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The frame portion is configured such that when the support body is in the expanded configuration and positioned in the receiving space, the frame portion tensions the screen portion and substantially maintains the screen portion in a desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Open Air Cinema LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Farmer, Marcus J. Clawson
  • Publication number: 20150107139
    Abstract: A displaying device comprises a movable storage device adjustable between at least a closed position and an open position, an elastic image-building body adjustable between at least an inactive position and an active position. The image-building body, in its inactive position, is arranged to be accommodated by the storage device in the closed position thereof. The image-building body includes a substantially gas-tight cavity. The displaying device includes a valve arranged to be connected to a gas source, the valve being arranged to provide gas communication between the gas source and the cavity, so that the cavity may be filled with gas, and the image-building body may be raised into its active position when the storage device is in its open position. A method is for using a displaying device. A compressor is for putting up an image-building wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Anne Jorunn SÆTEN
  • Patent number: 9003683
    Abstract: Improvements in a foldable sign are disclosed. The sign provide a foldable “A” frame floor sign that folds for easy storage. The folding sign generally includes An “A” frame. The “A” frame provides a stable platform with multiple cross members that support the sign from wind or uneven surfaces. The “A” frame folds in two dimensions to create a dense elongated collapsed structure. The storage is by folding the structure at the apex of the “A” frame and bringing the sides together. Because the sign is flexible, the sign can be folded or wrapped around the collapsed frame. In this dense elongated collapsed structure the folding sign can be placed in an elongated storage bag. While the sign is folded for storage and transportation, when the sign is expanded it essentially resembles traditional “A” frame structures with the same overall dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventors: Victor Juan Feliciano, Sondra A. Aragon
  • Patent number: 8997388
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Ryan Frost
  • Patent number: 8978280
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention, an arched display unit is provided. The unit includes a pair of display mounts, and a display support attached to each of the pair of display mounts. A side header is attached to each of the display supports, and a center header is located between the pair of side headers. In another embodiment, each of the display mounts, display supports, side headers, and center header are formed from a single blank of corrugated material, such as cardboard or plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas E. Holt, William J. Mertz, II, Christopher Norman
  • Patent number: 8959812
    Abstract: An image display including an image substrate and a support structure. The image substrate has an image printed on a first surface. The support structure can include a front sheet, a back sheet and a plurality of side strips secured between the front sheet and the back sheet for forming a closed support structure. An internal support can be provided in an internal cavity of the support structure for enhancing the rigidity of the support structure. The image substrate can be adhered to an external surface of the front sheet so that the front sheet forms a rigid backing for the image substrate. A variety of image substrates are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Circle Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hank B. Ridless, Evan D. Brooks, Keith E. Freebern
  • Patent number: 8955243
    Abstract: A multi-panel display device having a center panel positioned between a first side panel and a second side panel and a third panel comprising a header panel and an adhesive panel. In one aspect, the invention can be a blank for a multi-panel display device comprising: a center panel; a first side panel attached to the center panel along a first pre-weakened line; a second side panel attached to the center panel along a second pre-weakened line; and a third panel comprising a header panel and an adhesive panel, the third panel detachably coupled to the second side panel along a third pre-weakened line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen P. Dashe
  • Patent number: 8953327
    Abstract: A device having a self-winding element is described. The self-winding element is built on a flexible membrane; it has an extended form and a retracted form. Stiffness in the extended form may be provided using membrane curvature, or a retractable support member may be used, or both. Transitions between the extended form and the retracted form are preferably accomplished using sequential activation of tensile members that are configured in segments of the membrane. Activation of the tensile elements is preferably implemented using a processor or controller that activates tri-state drivers in a predetermined sequence in order to pass a current through each element when heating is desired. A preferred material used for the tensile elements is thin film NITINOL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: iBlaidZ, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter C. Salmon
  • Patent number: 8863418
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Inventive Media LLC
    Inventors: Nathaniel Hull Acker, Edmond Kimting Fung
  • Publication number: 20140290104
    Abstract: An airframe display system and method. The airframe display system has an airtight airframe having at least one airbeam. The airbeam has a sleeve of dimensionally stable material. A stretch fabric cover is received over the airframe whereby, upon inflation, the airframe is substantially rigid and the stretch fabric cover is taut over the airframe defining a display surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Curtis H. Lindblom, John Elliott, Jim Sommerville, Nathaniel J. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8832981
    Abstract: A rescue locator signal is provided that includes a central member with a first arm extending therefrom in a first direction. A second arm extends from the central member in a second direction that is completely opposite to the first direction, and a third arm extends from the central member in a third direction. A fourth arm extends from the central member in a fourth direction that is completely opposite to the third direction. A plurality of reflective members are located on upper surfaces of the first arm, second arm, third arm, and fourth arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Rescued In Time, LLC
    Inventor: Richard C. Desaulniers
  • Patent number: 8807193
    Abstract: A collapsible, flexible display system for creating different spatial shapes of a continuous screen includes at least two stands, each including a first part which support against an underlying supportive surface and a pole with a first end removably secured in the first part by a second coupling and a second end provided with a first coupling. The display system also includes essentially hollow, straight members of a rigid material including first and second end parts, and essentially hollow, bendable members of a flexible material including first and second end parts. Each end part includes either a male part, or a female part, at least one of them of a magnetic material, and operable to magnetically fasten to each other. Straight members and bendable members are connected to each other to form an upper part and a lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Expand International AB
    Inventor: Christer Zarelius
  • Patent number: 8800186
    Abstract: A shaking inflatable figure has a body, an inflating unit and a vibrating unit. The body has an inflatable air chamber. The inflating unit and the vibrating unit are mounted inside the body. The inflating unit pumps air into the air chamber. The vibrating unit has a driving motor. A weight is connected to a spindle of the driving motor at an eccentric direction to the spindle of the driving motor. The vibrating unit is mounted on a partition diaphragm inside the body. Vibrations arising from the shift of center of gravity of the eccentric weight are transmitted to the body through the partition diaphragm so that the body is also vibrated to increase animated visual effect and entertaining pleasure to viewers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Chun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8793911
    Abstract: A presentation banner system is provided which allows multiple banners to be provided side by side to provide a continuous display without gaps between adjacent banners. The banner is stored in a roller in a container the container being longer than the roller and the banner being the same length as the container and the ends of the container are provided with means for attachment of neighboring containers to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Iconet Limited
    Inventor: Stuart English