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Photograph display device

US4450638A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1982
Grant dateMay 29, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47G1/141
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A photograph display device is formed from a generally rectangular strip of cardboard, folded and scored to define a plurality of panels and hinge lines. In a collapsed state the panels provide an envelope for mailing a photograph, and in an erect state, an easel with a rectangular display frame. The easel is supported by a cylindrical base whose ends are scored to permit bevelling relative to the back of the display frame. With the ends bevelled, the device can be oriented in either a first position with the base rested lengthwise on a horizontal surface or a second position substantially 90 degrees rotated relative to the first with either of the bevelled ends of the base rested on a horizontal surface. The device can thus orient a rectangular photograph for proper viewing regardless whether the lengthwise axis of the photograph should be horizontally or vertically oriented.

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