Patents by Inventor Finn Thelander

Finn Thelander has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4663899
    Abstract: A collapsible lightweight exhibit panel is composed of mainly square units of pivotally connected rods, each unit being formed as a box-like frame having two opposed mainly parallel and flat vertical unit surfaces for the arrangement of posters, and horizontal and vertical side faces (1-4) defined by two rods (1a, 1b . . . 4a, 4b) pivotally connected in a scissor-like manner, the ends of said rods being pivotally connected with corner joints (5-8, 9-12) located at the unit surfaces. A central joint (13) in the unit is connected with four corner joints (9-12) at one unit face through diagonally extending rods (14-17), which are pivotally connected with diagonal rods (22-25) to the corner joints (5-8) at the opposite unit face. Corner joints at one unit face are connected in a similar way with central joints in one or more adjacent units and a releasable locking device (27) is provided between the one pair of opposed corner joints (8, 12) to form a connection in the erected condition of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Inventors: Preben Nodskov, Finn Thelander
  • Patent number: 4580375
    Abstract: A collapsible lightweight exhibit panel is composed of mainly square units of pivotally connected rods, each unit being formed as a box-like frame having two opposed mainly parallel and flat vertical unit surfaces for the arrangement of posters, and horizontal and vertical side faces defined by two rods pivotally connected in a scissor-like manner, the ends of said rods being pivotally connected with corner joints located at the unit surfaces. A central joint in the unit is connected with four corner joints at one unit face through diagonally extending rods which are pivotally connected with diagonal rods to the corner joints at the opposite unit face. Corner joints at one unit face are connected in a similar way with central joints in one or more adjacent units and a releasable locking device is provided between one pair of opposed corner joints to form a connection in the erected condition of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Inventors: Preben Nodskov, Finn Thelander