Self-supporting museum display case, related construction method and wall unit
US12303046B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47F3/005
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for construction of a museum display case is presented. The museum display case has a platform and a case above the platform, the case having at least one opening door. The method includes: providing glass panes, applying first metal beams to the glass panes beforehand by gluing, forming wall units, providing second metal beams at the opening door, forming the case by assembling the wall units together by means of the first and second metal beams, so that the first and second metal beams form a load-bearing structure only when the wall units have been assembled, and fixing the load-bearing structure of the case to the platform. With this method, the load-bearing structure of the display case is not formed by a frame to which the fixed and opening walls are then applied, but by the first and second metal beams, the former being already pre-glued to the glass panes of the fixed walls of the display case. This method makes the assembly of the display case easier and faster.
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