Abstract: A display mount apparatus has three panels hinged together with a single ductile hinge to form a calendar display with two covered display panels and an easel panel. A calendar is stapled to one of the display panels through the covering and through the ductile hinge to force the ductile hinge to bend along a predetermined hinge line. A method of making a display mount includes attaching a ductile hinge between first and second panels, then cutting an easel panel from a portion of the first panel and into the ductile hinge to form the easel panel already attached to the ductile hinge. The first panel may be a single panel or may be folded, in a face-to-face relationship so that the attached easel portion on one side can be rotated on the ductile hinge from one side of the folded first panel. The back of the first panel and one side of the easel panel may have printing thereon.

Abstract: A foldable easel type display mount apparatus has a display panel having front and rear faces and having a plurality of edges and a rear panel having a plurality of edges. The display panel is hinged to A second display panel for rotation relative to the second display panel. A support panel has a plurality of edges and is hingedly attached to one edge a base panel with a ductile hinge so that the support panel can be moved relative to the base panel for supporting the display panel. The base panel and support panel form a supporting easel for the display panel in different angular positions. The support panel is held in position with the ductile hinge. A rear panel may be attached to the display panel and have the base panel and support panel die cut thereinto. The easel mount eliminates the use of a tongue lock and provides a plurality of display positions.

Abstract: A display mount and book support apparatus includes a base panel adapted to sit on a surface along with a pair of angled panels each attached to one edge of the base panel with a ductile hinge and extending at an angle over the base panel. A pair of generally upright panels are each attached to one edge of one angled panel and extend in a generally vertically direction. The upright panels are spaced from each other in a generally parallel spaced relationship whereby books or other materials can be wedged between the upright panels and rest on one side of the base panel. The ductile hinges are of an increased rigidity over those normally used in the industry and have been alloyed with magnesium, copper, iron and manganese to thereby increase the resistance to bending.

Abstract: A locking easel stand display mount apparatus has a display panel and a backing panel having attached to the display panel. An easel stand is cut into the backing panel so that the easel stand can have angular movement away from the backing panel on a hinge. An easel locking tongue is formed in the easel stand for movement with respect thereto when the easel stand is moved away from the backing panel and engages the first panel to lock the easel stand in place. A hinge stiffening portion is formed in the easel stand hinge and includes a pair of parallel cuts in the backing panel at predetermined positions transverse to the easel stand hinge bending line in the panel. The hinge stiffening portion has a pair of bending lines between the two cuts and spaced from the hinge bending line so that an easel stand will bend on a plurality of interrupted hinge lines and produce a hinge stiffening portion.

Abstract: A method of making a reinforced book or binder cover of polymer or paper covered panels includes feeding a planar panel such as a paperboard panel into a plurality of cutters, then cutting parallel cuts through the panel with pairs of adjacent parallel cutters and stripping the panel portions between the parallel cuts with a stripping member to form a plurality of spaced panels. A polymer hinge strip is fed onto the planar panels over each stripped away portion and is adhered thereto during the stripping step to thereby hold the separated panels in a spaced relationship to each other to form a hinge between panel sections. A polymer covering is adhered over the paperboard and over the polymer hinge strip on one side thereof to form a cover having a flexible hinge between the spaced panel sections.

Abstract: A process of making a casebound hinged display mount having three rectangular panels and a pen holding slot formed in one edge of one of the rectangular panels for supporting the pen once the display mount has been set up. The process includes having a thin aluminum strip hinge with a visible groove in the case binding and aluminum strip hinge to make it easier to set up the display mount. The visible hinge line also allows the display mount to be shipped with a pen positioned in the visible groove and placed in the pen holding slot when the display mount is set up.

Abstract: A display mount has four panels of lined paperboard with the first panel flexibly hinged to the second panel and the second panel flexibly hinged to the third panel and the third panel hinged to the fourth panel with a ductile hinge material. The first and second panels are substantially the same length and width with the third panel being of a shorter length than the first and second panels and the fourth panel being of a shorter length then the first, second and third panels. The fourth panel can be bent on its ductile hinge relative to the third panel which can be placed on a flat surface. The first and second panels can be folded to lay across the edge of the fourth panel as a slant type easel back desk calendar. The first panel can also be propped on the third panel to act as an upright type desk calendar and the first and second panels can be folded forward onto a flat surface for viewing referenced material or writing on the inside surface of one of the panels or on paper sheet supported thereto.

Abstract: A display mount apparatus has a mounting board of predetermined width and a pad of sheet material having a predetermined width less than the predetermined width of the mounting board. A polymer binding extends around the mounting board and around all or a portion of the pad of sheet material to support the pad or sheet material to the mounting board. The polymer binding has a slight resiliency and may have imprinting thereon to indicate a day on a calendar, or the like. The method of making a display mount includes the steps of selecting a mounting board of predetermined width and a pad of sheet material of a predetermined width less than the width of the mounting board, binding the pad to the mounting board with a polymer strip extending around the mounting board and around at least a part of the sheets of the pad of sheet material.

Abstract: A process of making raised line imprinted display mounts utilizing a foam polymer sheet having a thin polymer laminate covering includes the step of selecting a foam polymer sheet having a thin polymer laminate covering. The laminate covering surface is foil stamped with a die under predetermined pressure at predetermined temperatures and for elected dwell time to produce a raised line imprinted lettering or designs on the surface resembling an embossed surface stamping.

Abstract: A display mount apparatus has a plurality of casebound panels connected together to define a hinged line between each pair of hinged panels. A transparent polymer material overlays the casebinding material covering at least a portion of two panels and extending over the hinged area to form at least two transparent pockets so that display material can be mounted in each pocket and the bending of the panels relative to each other will hold the display material in the polymer pocket. A method of making a display mount is provided having the steps of connecting a plurality of panels together and then casebinding the panels on at least one side. A transparent pocket is attached over a portion of the casebound panels and display material is inserted into the transparent pockets. Die cutting the panels die cuts the polymer pockets and display material to form a plurality of display mounts.

Abstract: In a display apparatus a face panel has a front and rear side along with a plurality of edges and a heat sealable binding material attached over the front side and around at least two edges thereof. A support may be attached to the face panel to support the face panel on a desk, or the like. The improvement is a combination of a transparent or oqaque polymer film pocket overlaying the binding material on the front side of the face panel for inserting display material such as a calendar pad and around at least two edges and secured to the adjoining rear edges of said panel. The method of making a display mount includes the steps of feeding heat sealable paper or leatherette from a roll while applying glue to the opposite side and feeding one or more panels onto the glued surface of the paper. A heat sealable polymer film is fed from a wall adjacent to and parallel to the paper on the opposite side from the panels and is heat sealed to the paper at edges remote from each other.

Abstract: A hinged display mount hinged with a thin aluminum strip is formed in a manner to prevent damage to the display mount upon bending of the hinge. The aluminum hinge is secured to a pair of panels and preformed or shaped with a die in a manner to produce a clean bend after the panels and hinge have been casebound.

Abstract: A display and book combination allows for a calendar combination which swings to give access to a phone or reference book. The display is foldable into a flat position for shipping and is easily set up by folding a support panel on a base panel from a flat to an upright position where it supports the book pages and a calendar display panel.

Abstract: A method of making a display mount for holding calendars, photographs, and the like, is provided with a rectangular backing panel, an intermediate spacing panel mounted adjacent thereto, and a partial face panel mount in the front of the intermediate panel. The panels have been case bound with a facing material and die cut to form one or more mounting wells therein. The pockets for the mounting well use only a partial face panel allowing for easy removal of the die cut portions, and the reduction of the weight of the display mount. The method includes cutting a single piece of planar material and scoring parallel lines for folding into three panels.

Abstract: A display mount for calendars and the like having a glass tube thermometer attached thereon with inherent protection from breakage of the glass tube. The thermometer element is attached to the face of the mount and a thick pad, such as a calendar is affixed to the mount face with a straight edge of the pad aligned essentially parallel to and immediately adjacent the glass tube of the thermometer. In one implementation, the mount includes a carboard back panel and a cardboard face panel with a well formed by a window cutout therein. The thermometer is attached to the back panel in the well with the glass tube aligned with one window cutout edge. The pad is affixed adjacent that edge and the glass tube. Protection against breakage when mailing or shipping the display mount is thus provided without additional carboard or other protective material, resulting in lower manufacturing and mailing costs.

Abstract: A display mount and method of making same for holding calendars, photographs, and the like, is provided with a rectangular backing panel, an intermediate spacing panel mounted adjacent thereto, and a partial face panel mount in the front of the intermediate panel. The panels have been case bound with a facing material and die cut to form one or more mounting wells therein. The pockets for the mounting well use only a partial face panel allowing for easy removal of the die cut portions, and the reduction of the weight of the display mount. The method includes cutting a single piece of planar material and scoring parallel lines for folding into three panels.

Abstract: There are disclosed structures capable of being formed from hitherto non-useable thin materials for easel supports which are initially produced in flat shipping form, but which can be erected into slant surface display easels and mounts in which the structures are snap locked into an operative position with the parts thereof held under a selectable tension, with upper vertical face-to-face contacting display subpanels which are attached to each other at the top hinge bend line therebetween only, with the upper rear display subpanel having struck out tongue portions which are stapled to the lower slanting front display subpanel under selectable tension to produce a rigid snap-locked easel display and mount.