Abstract: A portable leisure table having collapsible seating structure is particularly suited for convenient use. The assembly includes planar support members, a round table board (1) having a bow-shaped handle grip (3) and four round-type seats (2), and a collapsible frame support structure. The round table board support includes table supporter rods (5) and table connectors (4). Connecting rods (7) provide partial support for the round-type seats (2) and further provide support for both the table supporter rods (5) and table connectors (4). Each of the round-type seat's support includes: a collapsing control member (6) pivotally connected to connecting plates (8), located at the mid-length of the connecting rods (7); Pair of legs (9) pivotally attached to the connecting rods (7); at the terminal ends thereof; and seat supporting rods (10) pivotally connected to the pair of legs (9) providing the remaining partial support for round-type seats (2).

Abstract: The present invention provides for a power operated chair that can be operated in a rock and swivel, recline, or lift mode or any combination thereof. The chair is specifically designed to prevent the rocking and swiveling motion when the occupant is using the lift or recline features of the chair. The chair uses a recline mechanical linkage and a seat lift mechanical linkage that are mechanically linked by a guide roller in a guide channel which permits the use of a single drive motor and provides for a smooth transition from the recline mode to the lift mode. The guide roller and guide channel also prevent the inadvertent lifting of the seat if the back of the chair is forcibly reclined.

Abstract: A portable advertisement display utilizing a plurality of lightweight panels pivotally interconnected by hinges. The panels themselves are constructed of a polystyrene core located intermediate two rigid pressboard panels. Such material is very lightweight but will not accommodate direct connection of hinges. A channel member is secured to selected lateral edges of each panel to provide a stable base on which to connect the hinges. Each panel is sheathed in fabric characteristic of the looped facing of hook-and-loop adhesive material. The panels may be detachably connected in vertical orientation of one another by magnetic strips located on the upper and lower marginal edge of each panel. Advertisement items such as signs or placards are attached to the present invention with strips of fabric characteristic of the hooked portion of hook-and-loop adhesive material.

Abstract: An expandable balloon wrapped media display system including: a transparent balloon; an accordion pleated paper-like sheet having formed thereon a message, picture, graphic display, graphic design, or combination thereof; a first attachment member fixedly secured to a first edge of the sheet; the sheet being folded up on itself at its midpoint so as to present the left and right halves of a second edge thereof in generally face-to-face relation; a second attachment member having a tubular portion and an axially extending flange fixedly secured to a second edge of the sheet; the folded accordion pleated sheet being inserted into a balloon with the first attachment member engaging the polar extremity of the balloon most remote from the balloon's inflation aperture and the second attachment member having its tubular portion disposed within the constricted neck portion of the balloon; first attachment means securing the first polar extremity of the balloon to the first attachment member; and, second attachment me

Abstract: An illuminated sign system which uses a flexible fabric face material has an improved system for tensioning the material. A tensioning bar is used which extends the full length of the sign face and holds the fabric material along one edge and uses the sign frame as a fulcrum along the other edge to draw the material tight. The sign system also includes a flexible hinge which acts as a seal to restrict the accumulation of water.

Abstract: A card holder has a moulded body for holding a plurality of cards. The moulded body comprises a base wall and two spaced side walls extending from the base wall. The side walls have channels for holding cards in a spaced relationship with respect to each other. The channels have access openings at their one end for permitting insertion of cards into and removal of cards from the channels. The card holder has a resiliently displaceable retaining tab extending from the body. The retaining tab is integral with the base wall. The tab has a lug at its free end. The retaining tab is displaceable from a first position, in which the lug restricts the removal of a card held in the channels to a second position in which a card can be inserted into and removed from the channels, via the access openings. The body of the card holder also has a hole formed therein, for attaching a key ring to the card holder.

Abstract: A foldable seat that includes a back support hingedly attached to a seat member such that the back support can be folded from an upright, open position to a horizontal, closed position. The seat member includes a shoulder for cooperating with the bottom of the back support to prevent the back support from deflecting or buckling and being displaced beyond the vertical position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for receiving essentially planar products, preferably graphic products, which includes two or several frames. Each frame can receive two such products and is formed by four frame members with a longitudinal first flange and a second flange located at one longitudinal narrow side of the first flange. A product inserted into the frame engages the first flanges of the four frame members with its one side and abuts the other flanges with its side edges. The frames are sidewardly hingedly interconnected by means of band-shaped hinges, these band-shaped hinges being designed with two ends and provided with a resilient folding or bending at each end, which is arranged to be received and/or restrained between two opposing walls defining a space in a respective frame member.

Abstract: A collage sheet for hanging on the wall and securing articles thereto comprising a sheet of material having an adhesive on one side with said sheet of material wound around a cylindrical support so that said sheet of material can be unwound to form a collage sheet with an exposed adhesive surface that articles can be fastened thereto and a member for supporting the collage sheet on a wall with the sheet of material having a rib and a weight for holding the portion of the unrolled collage sheet in a flat condition.

Abstract: A three-dimensional book or display of three-sided pyramidal configuration including an inner pyramidal support member with its defining sides or panels being joined at their respective edges and outer overlying sides or panels hinged at the joined edges of the inner support member. The hinges comprise a flexible sheet extending laterally in opposed directions from the hinge axis to be secured to at least a portion of the inner surface of the outer panel and a portion of the outer surface of the inner panel. The invention further contemplates the provision of graphic representation on an inwardly facing surface of the panels defining the inner support member to present a kaleidoscopic representation along with another inwardly facing reflective surface of an adjoining panel.

Abstract: A frame fixation structure includes a transparent front board connected with a back board to clamp up pictures or a clock or desk sets therebetween. According to the present invention, two fastening methods are adopted, one is to set a pair of clamping means in the grooves between the front and back boards at two diagonal corners, while the other is to insert two rivet means through the two pair of symmetric holes respectively made on the front and back boards at two diagonal corners, and mount an elastic element (rubber band or the like) on the pair of rivet means to firmly retain the front and back boards together.

Abstract: An assist chair is provided for assisting persons in rising from a sitting to a standing position. The chair includes a frame for pivotally mounting a seat. A pair of springs attached to the seat bias the seat upwardly to assist the user to a standing position. A movable attachment point for an end of the springs distal from the seat attachment point allows the upward biasing force applied to the seat to be varied from the force which would result from a fixed attachment point for the springs.

Abstract: A solar house-number indicating device comprises a box-like body having a front opening and an inner space for receiving a solar-powered battery, a digital L.E.D. device with its control circuit for presetting a series of number corresponding to the house number, a door member pivotally attached to the box-like body for closing its front opening and having means for retaining and displaying a house-number plate and a road-name plate and a sensor unit for automatically turn off the L.E.D. device in bright time and turn on the L.E.D. device in dark time to produce a digital light sign of the house number.

Abstract: A sign composed of modules mounted adjacent each other. Each module having laterally spaced apart side wall members and a pair of longitudinally spaced apart parallel rollers mounted between the side wall members for rotating. Opposite end portions of a web containing a series of indicia are wound on the rollers, respectively, such that a selected indicia can be positioned in viewing position by winding web on one roller while unwinding it on the other roller. There are motor means mounted inside of each of the rollers for rotating the rollers to translate the web. In the depicted embodiment, an electric motor means is mounted inside of one of the rollers and a constant force spring motor means is mounted on the inside of the other of the rollers. The motors oppose each other in such a way that the web is maintained taut between them.

Abstract: There is provided a floor sign having a ratchet positionable hinge and replaceable signage. The hinge operates by frictionally engaging one side of the hinge integral with one panel and engaging the opposite side of the hinge, which is integral with the other panel, by means of a ratchet mechanism. This mechanism is arranged to be slideably disengaged by shifting the axial member of the hinge. Selected signage is attachable by magnetic adhesive, or hook/loop (Velcro) methods.

Abstract: A miniature rocking chair is composed of five separate, generally planar, interlocking members: two identical side members, a back member having a rear seat support transversely formed thereon, a seat member, and a front seat support and locking member. The back member is attached to the two side members by upward facing openings on its side edges engaging downward facing openings on the back edge of the side members. The seat member is connected to the side members through rearward facing openings which engage a forward facing opening in each side member, the rear edge of the seat member occupying a position atop the rear seat support member. The front seat support and locking member then is inserted within the forward facing opening of the side members, beneath the seat member, to a position where openings formed in its bottom edge are aligned with notches formed in the lower edge of the forward facing opening of the seat member.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved adjustable latching device for use with a vehicle seat assembly having a first and a second seat member pivotally foldable relative to one another about a pivot axis between folded and unfolded operative configurations. The device accommodates both the well-known "dumping" and "reclining" features and is comprised of a latch pin rigidly mounted on the first seat member so as to define a first concentric arc of movement upon said pivotal folding of the first seat member about the pivot axis and an idler plate having a generally arcuate gear sector and being mounted for rotation about the pivot axis.

Abstract: A clip formed from a resilient wire rod having a circular cross sectional configuration utilized for installing a canvas stretcher frame within a decorative picture frame. The clip has an elongated central body portion connecting first and second legs at opposite ends thereof. A sharpened projection extends from the free end of a first leg while a resiliently deformable retaining portion is formed adjacent the free end of the second leg. The diameter of the wire rod is smaller than the clearance space formed between the rabbet groove of the picture frame and the adjacent rail or stile of the stretcher frame. The first leg is inserted into the clearance space with the central portion overlaying the clearance space portion of the rearwardly facing edge of the rabbet groove, and thereafter the clip is rotated so the central section swings over the adjacent rail or stile of the stretcher frame.

Abstract: A triangular mobile has a pair of substantially identical non-creased walls connected with each other and a creased wall connected along fold-lines to the non-creased walls. A triangular plug is pivotally attached to one of the non-creased walls to be pivoted into engagement with a foldable stop carried by the other of the non-creased walls and the creased wall to support the triangular mobile in an open display position. The triangular plug includes a hanger for suspending the triangular mobile from an overhead support.

Abstract: A flexible highway safety sign capable of being rolled up for storage and portability and mounting a high-way flag. The safety sign is useful with flexible frame members that allow the mounted sign to bend in response to winds and wind gusts without tipping over and taking a set. The frame members include a clamping assembly for mounting a plurality of flag arms with the highway sign. The clamping assembly permits a pair of flag arms to be pivotally secured thereto between a flat displaying position and a storage position. The storage position allows the flag arms to assume a side-by-side relationship with the folded frame members to the sign to permit the flexible sign to be wreapped around the members for storage and/or transport.