Pivoted Panel Patents (Class 40/376)
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Patent number: 10973294Abstract: The present invention relates to a wallet that for organizing and displaying credit cards in a secure but easily accessible manner. The wallet includes a generally rectangular exterior hard case with a recess for concealing least one card holding tray therein. The card holding trays are pivotally connected to the exterior hard case, preferably by an internal pivot shaft, and a spring mechanism provides an assisting force for both opening the card holding trays from the exterior case and closing the card holding trays back into the case. Each tray may also include a slot and post arrangement that engages adjacent trays such that when a first tray rotates out of the case, the adjacent tray is also forced out of the case into a fanned-out arrangement. One or more trays may also define a finger lever whereby a user may apply an opening force to open the tray out of the case.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Inventor: Timothy Oliver Grannan
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Patent number: 9767716Abstract: A fan blade and color display fan deck provide a changeable color display product because the fan deck blades can be added to and removed from the fan deck without opening the fastener to which the fan blades are pivotally attached. Despite being removable from the fan deck, the blades can withstand the normal wear and tear associated with use in a color fan deck such as supporting the weight of the whole fan deck when a user holds an individual fan blade.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Color Communications, Inc.Inventors: Steven B. Winter, Stanley I. Lerner
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Patent number: 8347536Abstract: A display device includes a panel that is mountable to a vertical wall, and a leaf assembly comprised of a stack of like shaped leaves that are bundled together and connected to the panel, and a plurality of magnets that enable the leaves to be magnetically held in one or the other side of the panel but be manipulated by a user with one hand, in a flipping manner, thereby freeing the user's other hand to perform tasks related to use of the display device. The panel includes a slot through which rearward end portions of the leaves are passed and bundled by compression plates, thus leaving the connection arrangement hidden from view and aesthetically pleasing. In an arrangement, a frame is provided about the panel to guide and support, at least in part, the lower edges of the leaf assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventor: Paul Sadowski
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Patent number: 7802387Abstract: A store information mount apparatus for flippably displaying substrates bearing information pertaining to a consumer electronic device. The apparatus has amount flange, a display flange made integrally with the store mount flange, a clamp flange bearing plural ring clamps to be received by the display flange, and at least one substrate engaged with the ring clamps.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventor: Aaron Siebuhr
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Patent number: 7475505Abstract: A notebook-like display device includes a mounting panel, or pair of conjoined panels, mountable to a wall, a pair of guide brackets, and a set of display leaves, the leaves being mounted to the support brackets and manipulated by a demonstrator and like personnel with one hand, in a flipping manner, freeing the user's other hand to perform tasks related to use of the display device. The panels and leaves are generally planar, rectangular, and substantially rigid, such as of a high density polymer, composite, or fiberboard. The leaves are constrained by retention elements, received in the support brackets, for movement between first and second positions, respectively, wherein the leaf is revered but in superposed generally parallel relation with one and the other side of the panel and other of the leaves. Magnets or other holding devices operate between the leaves and panel(s) to retain the leaves in each position.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Inventor: Paul Sadowski
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Patent number: 7090252Abstract: A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being secured to the first support substrate so as to form the dual sided integral composite image product. A fold line is provided on said image product about which the integral composite image product may be folded.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph A. Manico, Dale F. McIntyre, John K. McBride
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Patent number: 6826858Abstract: A photo display device has a mounting bracket containing a rear flat surface to which are permanently attached magnets of suitable strength to allow the device to be magnetically affixed to a smooth metal surface such as the vertical wall or door of a refrigerator. Pivotally attached to the mounting bracket are multiple transparent sleeves each adapted to receive back-to-back photographs, cards, etc. The mounting bracket is such that the user can display and view all of the images merely by pivoting the transparent sleeves.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Inventor: James Muller
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Patent number: 6678978Abstract: The aim of the invention is to be able to vary a device for holding turning plates (14), turning pockets, turning sleeves or the like with regard to the receiving capacity thereof. The inventive turning plates, pockets, sleeves or the like are provided with pivoting pins (13). Carriers (1) can be connected to one another by means of coupling elements (5) which are provided with holes (26) that form lines of holes, whereby said carriers are used for the turning plates (14), turning pockets, turning sleeves or the like and are provided with holes (12) on the upper and lower edges thereof, whereby said holes form lines of holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: “Durable” Hunke & Jochheim GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Horst-Werner Maier-Hunke
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Patent number: 6474693Abstract: A novelty item in which pages can be rotated about a fastener to form an integrated image on one side of the pages while forming independent pages of text and/or graphics on the other side. Such an item can be used as a combination comic book and poster. By including at least one die-cut hole, the combination comic book and poster can be hung on the wall using the nail or hook.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Inventor: Jude Gregory Nitsche
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Patent number: 6446376Abstract: A photo display unit (100) comprising a casing (10) having an open side (12), a lid (20) pivotably connected to the casing (10) for closing and revealing the open side (12), and a stack of frames (30) contained within the casing (10) for holding respective photographs, pictures or the like. Each frame (30) is individually pivotable along its plane into and out of the casing (10) through the open side (12) between a storage position and a display position. A movable selector (70) is provided at the lid (20) for selectively engaging any one of the frames (30) and enabling the lid (20) to pivot the selected frame (30) out of the casing (10).Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: C. C. & L Company LimitedInventor: Sik-Leung Chan
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Patent number: 5833082Abstract: The present invention concerns a document display stand with pockets used to store documents. A connecting device is used to mount each of the pockets on a holder. The connecting device has a guiding device with a beak to prevent the pockets from being mounted to the holder in an upside-down manner. The display stand is modular, flexible and multipurpose, and can accommodate a variety of pocket formats.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Tarifold, S.A.Inventor: Jean-Marc Barthel
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Patent number: 5829176Abstract: A card holder useable, for example, to sit on a table in a restaurant and display the menu, drink lists, advertising, and the like. The holder has a base, an upstanding portion, and a card receiving head portion. An opening permits cards to be inserted or removed, the geometry of the card receiving head portion making it easier to insert cards than to remove them.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Inventor: Albert H. Gruneisen, III
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Patent number: 5192093Abstract: An indicia card storage device is provided which consists of a pair of planar opposed covers, an elongated sheet having a plurality of foldable panels with indicia thereon and a foldable pull strip on a lower edge of the bottom panel. A mechanism is for securing an upper edge of the top panel of the elongated sheet between an upper edge of the covers, so that the panels can be folded up and stored between the covers, until the pull strip is unfolded and pulled out unfolding all the panels for viewing.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1992Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Inventors: Andre L. Zeisky, Maurice Grunfeld
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Patent number: 4827641Abstract: There is disclosed an index device in which a cover member is axially attached to a receptacle so as to be openable and closable, and a multiplicity of cards are accommodated therebetween so as to be superposed on each other. This indexing device is arranged such that: a rotation resisting member including viscous substance for moderating the resilient repulsion forces when the cover member is unfolded from the receptacle is provided between the receptacle and the cover member; the rotation resisting member has a rotor which rotates within hermetically sealed casings attached to the receptacle and filled with the viscous substance; and notches are formed in a peripheral portion of the rotor.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1987Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Assignee: Carl Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chuzo Mori
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Patent number: 4670076Abstract: A method for fabricating a visible file pocket support panel (120) for use in supporting "n" (where "n" is any whole integer) file pockets (100) having front and back upper and lower pocket tips (102, 103, 104, 105) coextensive with the upper and lower edges of the file pocket and a hinge pin (110) extending transversely through the file pocket (100) adjacent the upper edge (108) thereof and projecting laterally beyond the sides of the file pocket with hinge elements (112) nonrotatably mounted on the projecting ends of the hinge pin (110); and, which can be readily fabricated from two basic lightweight elements--viz.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1985Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Inventor: Alan F. Davies
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Patent number: 4425727Abstract: The invention relates to an information board comprising a rectangular base plate having vertical first and second lateral supports; a number of flat, rectangular first and second sign elements arranged in a plane parallel to the base plate, each of said sign elements being provided with at least one groove extending in the plane of the sign element to retain an exchangeable strip provided with characters, of the same length as the sign element and slightly narrower than the groove, said strip being arranged to be inserted in the groove from any of the opposite ends of the sign element; a vertical partition slat arranged to divide the information board into a left panel for a predetermined number of said first sign elements of predetermined length and a right panel for a corresponding number of said second sign elements of predetermined length, said first sign elements being arranged to be received with one end in a groove facing the center of the base plate and formed by said first vertical lateral support,Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1981Date of Patent: January 17, 1984Inventor: Bo Waldekrantz
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Patent number: 4073553Abstract: A card filing device for storing and viewing card carrying envelopes wherein slotted card carrying envelopes are pivotally mounted in the device so that they are movable from a horizontal storage position to a vertical viewing position and only removable from said container by pivoting the same to a position approximately midway between said storage and viewing positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1976Date of Patent: February 14, 1978Assignee: National Blank Book Company, Inc.Inventor: Raymond T. Cassidy