Abstract: A portable book stand fabricated from a planar panel of substantially rigid material is disclosed. The book stand includes a book support surface, a shelf extending outwardly from that support surface and a plurality of tab-like support members which function as supports for the shelf and the support surface. Each of the supports are in turn supported by auxiliary tab-like supports which retain them in position.

Abstract: A compact, portable card holder for holding a hand of playing cards in a displayed position to one or more players is provided. The holder consists of a polyhedron formed of a series of hinged panels, with a fastening system provided that selectively secures the holder in both the polyhedral display configuration as well as when collapsed to a compact configuration. When in this latter configuration, the card holder may be compactly and comfortably carried and/or stored by the user thereof.

Abstract: A combination carrying/storage and display device for storing and displaying a number of furniture part transparencies in overlapping relation to form a pictorial presentation of a custom design. Five sets of parts such as arms, backs, seats, cushions and skirts are provided, each set having three to seven different styles of parts. Each individual transparency carries indicia which when combined in overlapping form displays the proper style number, dimensions, quantities of materials etc. for the furniture as designed.

Abstract: This invention relates to a portable, collapsible stand for supporting materials such as books, sheet materials and the like in a convenient position to be viewed by an individual.

Abstract: A member of sheet material has cut out portions and fold lines, so that when it is folded up and central areas attached together to form a spine display areas are provided in different planes. The display area may be used to display a photograph or picture having with any one of a large range of sizes. The bottom edge of the member may have a V-shaped cut-out so that it leans back slightly when erected.

Abstract: A stand-up label or sign holder for use in supermarkets or bakeries is made of plastic sheet material and has a base panel at one end, a label or sign holder panel at its opposite end and an elongate stem connecting the panels. The base panel can be used to support the holder by folding the base panel at right angles to the stem so that the holder stands on the base panel with the stem extending upwardly toward the holder panel. The holder panel can be bent back toward the base panel to stabilize the holder. Also, the stem has lengthwise ribbing which promotes transverse bowing of the stem so as to resist lengthwise twisting or bending. The label or sign holder panel has tabs for retaining a sign or label. If the holder is made of transparent plastic, the sign or label is visible from both sides of the holder panel.

Abstract: A one-piece, picture frame and a picture frame assembly are disclosed. The picture frame is made from a suitably-foldable material and has a front piece having at least one viewing opening therethrough, edge pieces and back pieces which fold into a front piece, side faces and back faces to frame an object to be framed. An open channel is formed between the respective front face and the back pieces into which the respective edges of the material to be framed can be inserted to position and hold the material to be framed within the picture frame. The picture frame together with the material to be framed form a frame assembly. The back pieces of the picture frame can adhere to the bottom surface of the material to be framed. In further embodiments of the invention, the picture frame includes a backing member and a supporting member to support the picture frame when it is positioned on such things as a table top.

Abstract: A display device includes a planar display panel, having a display side and an art side, supported at an angle by an angled leg secured to the aft side by a hinge having first and second portions. The first portion is resilient and is secured to the leg near, but spaced apart from, the free end of the leg. The second portion has a first part, secured to the aft side, and a second part, between the first part and the hinge axis, free of the aft side. The leg is movable between a folded position, in which the leg is adjacent the aft side and the free end of the leg is between the hinge and the aft side, and a use position, more than 90.degree. away from the folded position, in which the leg lies at an angle to the aft side with the free end out from between the aft side and the hinge. In the use position, the first hinge portion is flexed and tends to bias the second hinge portion towards the aft side while the hinge itself tends to straighten out, thus biasing the free end towards the aft side.

Abstract: A picture frame is defined from a single stamping of preferably clear plastic sheet material wherein the sheet is stamped into a front face with a pair of rearwardly bending sidewings, and a base consisting of a horizontally extended bottom plane and an upwardly, forwardly extended brace plane, the upper tips of the brace plane defining inwardly-directed pegs which engage holes in tabs on the sidewings to hold the sidewings back and to hold the base in its supporting configuration. When folded into this configuration, the material of which the frame is preferably made exhibits sufficient memory and tension to hold the unit tautly together, and the rearwardly bent and held sidewings define tracks or slots for the insertion of a photograph or the like from the top.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for displaying photographs or other graphic materials. The device is constructed out of two pieces of semi-rigid flexible, transparent plastic material which are pre-folded to form a free standing, display enhancing device.

Abstract: A pair of panel sections are arranged flat against the surface of the steering wheel, hingedly connected to each other to enable the panels to fold from a flat position to a position overlying each other. A depending side section is hinged to the outer lateral side edge of one of said panel sections to fold with respect thereto between a position overlying the one panel section and a position depending vertically therefrom. A table section is hinged to the lower edge of the depending side section to be foldable between a position overlying said depending side section and a position extending horizontally outwardly therefrom.

Abstract: An easy to assemble picture frame is formed of double sheet material. The double sheet material has two parallel sheets with spacers forming parallel channels between the sheets. The material is die cut, and the material can be cut except for one sheet to form a natural hinge. A frame is cut to receive a picture, and a backing holds the picture against the frame. The backing can be hinged to the frame and either held by a clamping arrangement or frictionally engaged with the material. A base can be hinged to the picture frame, and malleable wires in the channels of the double sheet material hold the hinge in the desired position. A notch may be provided in the backing, and a rigid stand can be received in the notch to support the frame. In some embodiments, a transparent clamp holds the frame and backing together and provides a protective panel.

Abstract: A folding computer documentation stand is provided which is formed of hinged panels. The panels are maintained in an erect configuration by means of intergaging notched portions and form a support for the back of a document and a stop for the bottom of the document thereby enabling the apparatus to maintain the document in a position which is comfortable for a reader while using a computer keyboard. The apparatus may be folded to conform with the overall size of a conventional five and one-quarter inch floppy disk, thereby facilitating storage.

Abstract: A portable collapsible apparatus for supporting material such as sheet music to be viewed by an individual without the need for the viewing individual to support the article by hand. The apparatus includes a plurality of pivotally connected rigid members which are pivotable about a plurality of parallel spaced apart axes. The material extends from a forward edge to a free edge with a transverse stop provided at the forward edge. The rigid members are sized such that the free edge is pivotable to a position opposing the stop with a support surface projecting away from the stop at an inclined angle to support the article to be viewed.

Abstract: The disclosed ballot box and counter display has fixed front, rear, top and side walls; and has a bottom wall hinged to the rear wall, to be opened and closed. The top wall has an inner top wall panel hinged to the upper edge of one side wall and extended to the opposite side wall, and an outer top wall panel hinged along its rear edge to the upper edge of the rear wall panel and adapted to overlie the inner top wall panel. A flap hinged to the upper edge of the other side wall may underlie the inner top wall panel, and a flap hinged to the inner top wall panel may be fitted through slot means in this other side wall flap, for support of the inner top wall panel. A front wall outer panel is hinged at its upper front edge to the lower front edge of the front wall outer panel, and a flap on the lower edge of the outer front wall panel is folded around the lower edge of the front wall and fitted between the adjacent side walls.

Abstract: A one-piece collapsible stand, especially for a book, made of suitable material, like corrugated cardboard or polypropylene, by stamping or molding. In its collapsed configuration, all components of the stand are coplanar. The stand comprises a frame-like bottom plate, to which a center leg and two side legs are connected by integral hinges. Complementary latch notches in the side of engaging legs adjacent their free ends interlock to fix the structure in its erected, operative configuration.

Abstract: A combination book box/book rest which can be formed from a one-piece foldable blank is disclosed. The foldable blank may be made of cardboard or plastic and comprises a flat, rectangular central section with two lateral flaps hinged to the opposite sides thereof. Upper and lower flaps are hinged respectively to the upper and lower ends of the central section. The lateral edges of the upper and lower flaps releasably engage in grooves in the lateral flaps to form a book box. The end portions of the upper and lower flaps are also releasably engagable with each other to convert the blank into an inclined book rest support.

Abstract: A foldable book stand which comprises, a front surface and a rear surface, said front surface having substantially parallel transverse crease lines disposed across the lower portion thereof, said front surface being folded on itself in opposite directions along said crease lines, said rear surface having triangular lateral flanges which are extendable from the rear surface along respective vertical crease lines and a transverse support member extendable from the rear surface along a horizontal crease line, said lateral flanges containing slots and said transverse support member containing end tabs for engaging in said slots, whereby the book stand is readily convertible from a flat folded state to an assembled state.

Abstract: A collapsible podium comprising a front panel, a rear panel, and a flat floor panel all in hinged relationship to each other essentially along respective adjacent edges. The floor panel has a rear portion and a front portion in hinged relationship to each other. Disposed along essentially the lower edge of the front panel is a lip projecting forwardly at essentially a right angle with said front panel and at an upward angle from a horizontal plane. The podium collapses and folds along the several hinged relationships, and can have releasable securement means which maintains the podium in a folded configuration.

Abstract: An easel display stand including: an easel support section having a trapezoidal hole; and an erectable easel section for face-to-face mounting with the support section having a base line; a spine; means for hingeably interconnecting the spine at the base line; a pair of side walls; means for hingeably interconnecting each of the side walls with a longitudinal edge of the spine; a pair of retainer portions; means for hingeably interconnecting each of the retainer portions with one of the side walls; the base line being generally aligned with the top of the trapezoidal hole and the means for hingeably interconnecting the retainer portions and the side walls being generally aligned with the angled sides of the trapezoidal hole when the easel section is erected through the trapezoidal hole.

Abstract: A one-piece paperboard display stand having a deck for holding an article of merchandise to be displayed, and an integral header member having a display panel. Interlocking engagement structure is provided to maintain the display panel of the header member in a vertical position against the deck.

Abstract: A portable keyboard support for use in combination with a table surface and a weight for supporting a keyboard has a first member adapted to overlie a table surface and support a weight for securing the first member to the table surface. A second member is located in front of and below the first member for supporting a keyboard and is connected by a third member to the first member. Advantageously, the second member slopes downwardly away from the third member and has a stop to prevent the keyboard from sliding off it. It is preferred to have the third member at right angles to the first member and adapted to abut against the front of the table.

Abstract: An easel-type mount for supporting calendars and memorandum pads on a desk of the kind embodying a display portion and headboard and a leg and brace interengageable to support the structure upright with the display portion and headboard disposed at an obtuse angle relative to each other and to a method of making the same.

Abstract: A wallpaper preparation board made of low cost rigid sheet material such as cardboard, paperboard, or thin sheets of wood, metal, or plastic, etc., is formed from a plurality of substantially flat panels of the sheet material which are hingedly attached end-to-end to form an elongate board which can be folded in accordion style into a compact unit. A first elongate opening is provided at one end of the board, with the opening being adapted to receive a roll of wallpaper longitudinally therein. A second elongate opening or slit is provided adjacent to the first opening, whereby the paper from the roll of wallpaper is directed under the portion of the board positioned between the two elongate openings and upwardly through the second elongate opening to be pulled along the length of the board. A cutting guide extends across the board next to the second elongate opening to aid in cutting lengths of wallpaper which are withdrawn from the roll.

Abstract: A picture frame for photographic snapshots having a rotatable easel of thin, lightweight construction mounted to the back side of the picture frame. The easel has a substantially trapezoidal shape when folded and has rectangular front and back panels having a common top edge and collapsible, triangular side panels interconnecting the front and back panels. The side panels may be folded, collapsing the easel into a flat structure for easy packaging and shipment. The side panels when unfolded form an easel for holding the picture frame in a stable, secure, upright position on a tabletop. The easel design of the invention produces an unusually stable structure for its weight. It does not collapse upon moving the picture frame in any direction on the table surface. The easel may be rotated to permit display of snapshots in either a horizontal or vertical orientation.

Abstract: The display device includes an ordinary mailing envelope with a slot in the back. A stiff fiber-board card is inserted into the envelope. The card has a tab or tongue which is pushed outwardly through the slot in the back of the envelope to serve as a prop to support the envelope in the manner of a display card for counters or shelves in stores, etc. On the front of the envelope is printed the message to be displayed. Alternatively, the front of the envelope is fully or partially transparent, and photographs or other graphic matter are inserted into the envelope with the picture showing so that the display device serves as a relatively simple and low-cost picture frame.

Abstract: A merchandising display comprises a base panel, a rear panel secured to the rear edge of the base panel, a pair of horizontal supports foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the base panel, a pair of upright supports foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the rear panel, a front support foldably joined to the front edge of the base panel, a first reinforcing rib interconnecting the horizontal supports, and a second reinforcing rib interconnecting the upright supports.

Abstract: A sawhorse including a pair of V-cut-out or shaped side portions joined together by a vertical hinged portion. The sawhorse is openable for use and when folded side by side together can easily be carried.

Abstract: An artist's lap easel is made up of a number of flat rectangular panels which are hingedly joined together so that they can be folded flat one upon another when not in use and opened up to provide a tilted easel surface with an adjoining horizontal palette surface to one side of the easel. A portion of a supporting panel can be tilted upwardly and separably fastened to the easel to support it when tilted and a portion of the palette section can be similarly upwardly tilted, the tilted portion being provided with at least one pocket for supplies. At least one of the panels includes a cutout portion to serve as a carrying handle.

Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in lightweight collapsible support structures in the nature of easels, book rests and the like which are self sustaining in a predetermined fully erected configuration, presenting in the fully erected configuration a multiplicity of forwardly facing panels upstanding in a rearwardly inclined or substantially vertical position to provide support surfaces for the displaying, supporting or anchoring of articles such as pads, books or the like and further presenting forwardly extending ledge portions from the bottom edges of such abutment surfaces, said ledges serving to rigidify and stabilize the erect configuration of these structures against collapse, but so adapted as to be foldable into a position allowing for such structures to be compactly folded up and collapsed for storage or for carrying when not in use.

Abstract: A portable shield intended to block the student typist's view of the keyboard and cylinder is made of cardboard having creases for folding at convenient locations. One portion of the shield screens the keyboard while another portion screens the cylinder. A relatively long extension member is attached to one side of the keyboard portion, extends downwardly along one side of the typewriter and is folded to pass under the feet of the typewriter in order to hold the device in place. The keyboard shield portion is also flexibly attached to the top of the typewriter so that the operator can raise the keyboard portion simply by raising his wrists against the bottom of it. This will enable him to check the position of his hands on the keyboard.

Abstract: A display device having a collapsible easel support for supporting a display device on a surface at a predetermined angle comprising a back panel having a bottom edge. A stay flap is hinged to the bottom edge of the back panel. A support panel and stay panel are hinged together, the support panel being hinged to the interior of the back panel and the stay panel being hinged to the other edge of the stay flap. The stay panel has a glue flap, which is hinged to the stay flap, and a stay leaf which is hinged to the support 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 stand or supporting books, magazines, pamphlets or other reading material is disclosed herein having a blank provided with score lines defining fold or bending lines which when so folded or bent provides a rearwardly angled back member having triangular side pieces serving as braces with lateral base strips forming a stabilized bottom. The front or lower edge or back member includes a forwardly angled lip on which the book or other reading material rests and further includes a downwardly angled front support member engaging the support surface for stabilizing the lip. A rear brace member is selectively engaged between the base strips for rigidizing the construction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sturdy display stand for holding a relatively small and light in weight article for display. The stand has a platform member supported by a support member. At least one flexible arm extends perpendicularly from the support member and through an aperture in the platform member. The flexible arm is bent so that its free end may be attached to the platform member, thereby creating a pedestal for holding the display article.

Abstract: A display is mounted on a wall at a selected distance from the wall by means of a spacer erected from a sheet of material, which normally is flat for storage and transportation, into a partially tubular member of selected axial length which is secured at one end thereof to the display and bears against the wall at the other end to space the display away from the wall. The spacer is included in a kit having a mounting board with an obverse surface receiving the item to be displayed and a reverse surface for receiving the one end of the tubular member.

Abstract: A disposable floral support is provided that is inexpensive, compactly stored and transported as separate parts, then readily assembled into a variety of configurations having pleasing aesthetic values. The floral support includes a base member assembled from individual planar elements, such as cardboard, interlocked into a cruciform shape. The base member includes means for receiving a riser or post comprising a selectable number of interlocking tube segments which may be arranged to give a particular height for a specific floral display. An easel or other top support structure is attached to the uppermost end of the post. An easel is provided, for example, by a folded cardboard element having a triangular front face and including an interior fold-down panel and a folding tab or tongue for registry into the upper end of the uppermost tube.

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.

Abstract: A display card blank for forming a display card having an integral pocket. The pocket is particularly adapted to hold coupons, recipes, or other informations in printed form, and the display card itself is so arranged that it can be hung from hooks, or it can be positioned on a shelf and held in position by the weight of the product involved, or it can be set up in an easel arrangement to display the message on the card and the articles in the pocket, or it can be attached to a pole-type display. The display card blank is so configured that only a single printing pass is needed to print both the card surface and the front panel of the pocket.

Abstract: A telephone directory rack having an upwardly inclined flat portion that is supported on one side by a downwardly projecting side member, which side member is joined at its edge to the edge of the upright planar member, and the lower edge of the side member having a securing device that fits underneath the side of the telephone shell holding the directory in a stable and yet resting position on the support that supports the telephone, so that leaf-type directory information can be placed on the flat surface in close proximity to the telephone and be easily seen and used.

Abstract: A holder for retaining sutures, needles and other surgical products used during surgical operations, with one form of the holder being made from sheet material and having intermediate portions folded over adjacent intermediate portions thereof to form a plurality of pockets which are adapted to receive and retain the sutures and needles. Such holder is provided with one or more detachable blocks of resilient material having indicia thereon for assisting in counting the needles carried by the blocks. The holder may be provided with a foldable easel stand. Another embodiment consists of a block of polyfoam material divided into first and second sections, with the first section having on the top wall thereof a decal with indicia thereon and with the second section having in the top wall thereof parallel slots for receiving surgical sutures, needles, etc. to hold them securely and conveniently in place.

Abstract: A collapsible and portable bookstand, formed from a single elongated blank of light weight material, such as cardboard, transversely creased to form a plurality of foldable panels which are adapted to lock into a plurality of positions each of which is adapted for a different purpose such as holding and supporting an opened book in a rearwardly inclined position for ease of viewing, for use as a cover or support, for use as a folder for notepads, a hand-held support for such items as a note or sketch pad, a storage bin for books or like articles, a bookrack, a pen-pencil and ruler holder, a lectern, a study carrel, a clipboard easel for typists, a music stand, a projection screen prop or a technical drawing board prop.

Abstract: A bracket for supporting telephone directory information or the like, having an upwardly inclined flat portion that is solely supported on one side edge by a downwardly projecting side member. The lower edge of the side member has a securing device for fitting under and behind the side of a telephone housing and being secured thereto, holding the inclined flat portion in a suspended, projected position for supporting the directory information. A retainer on the upper end of the inclined flat portion holds the directory information and accepts, but yet positively holds, the directory information in position, by employing a U-shaped member having inwardly compressing surfaces, and in another embodiment has an attachment device that wedges within the U-shaped member to hold the directory information in position.

Abstract: A rectangular shaped card has three score lines parallel to the short edges which divide the card into four sections for printed matter on most of the surfaces thereof. The first and second sections are disposed in inverted V-shape by inwardly disposed locking tabs to stand with the outer sides exposed. The third and fourth sections are folded upon themselves and adherred to the outside face of the second section to form a ledge between the third and fourth sections for pencils, pens and the like with the recess therebetween forming a receptacle for notes which are inserted therein.

Abstract: A desk stand for holding in operative position pocket calculators and other desk-top articles comprises a single sheet of stiff, structural material shaped to provide a bed for receiving the article, flanges to maintain the article on the bed, and at one end a support foot inclining the bed at a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A one-piece collapsible stand, formed of a flexible plastic material, such as polypropylene, for holding a portable electronic calculator or the like in any of a plurality of selectable inclined positions on a desktop, comprising a rectangular base platform having a backrest adapted to hold the calculator, the backrest being joined to one end of the base by a thin integral web and a brace plate for supporting the backrest in inclined position, the brace plate being joined to the opposite end of the base by a like integral web. The backrest and the brace plate swing about the opposite ends of the base platform between an assembled state in which they releasably engage each other above the base platform and a collapsed state in which the backrest, the base platform and the brace plate are held substantially flat against one another for packing and storage.

Abstract: A breath deflector comprised of a surface sheet having end edges and side edges divided into four areas by three folding lines connecting the side edges of the surface sheet wherein the four areas are foldably connected to each other.

Abstract: An easel backed frame for photographs and the like comprising a front apertured frame and an easel back comprising four connected planar members.

Abstract: A pencil caddy comprising an elongated hollow body hinged at its opposite longitudinal sides so as to be flattenable and having re-entrant open ends and flexible end members hinged at their opposite ends to the open ends of the body yieldably biased into said recessed open ends to hold the body distended, said end members being adapted to be withdrawn from said open ends to permit the body to be flattened and one or more openings in the upper side of the body for receiving and supporting in upright positions pencils, pens and the like.

Abstract: A display card having a rearwardly-positioned foot to maintain the card in an upright position, and a forwardly-positioned pocket to hold material for distribution. The card comprises a front display-panel portion with the pocket formed therefrom, and a rear panel portion with the foot formed therefrom. The front panel and rear panel comprise a unitary sheet folded so as to permit the contiguous positioning of the panels in back-to-back relationship, and finally securing them in integrally together by suitable means.