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Pliable pin strip

US5343644A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 8, 1992
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 8, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F19/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device includes a highly pliable web having an array of longitudinally and transversely pins mounted on a face of the web, the pins having shanks projecting upwardly perpendicular to the area of the web at which the respective pin shanks are located. A shaping member has a contoured pressed against the underface of the web to recoverably deform the web and vary the pin shank orientations. Different webs and pin anchoring constructions are described.

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