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Mounting for rectangular objects and use thereof

US6116432A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 24, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47B81/068
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention concerns a mounting for flat objects, such as CD cases for example. According to the invention, an open frame (1) consists of an upper side leg (2), a lower side leg (3) and a transverse leg (4). In a preferred embodiment of the frame (1), the outer edges (5, 6, 7) of the legs (2, 3, 4) and the inner edges (8, 9, 10) are interconnected at right angles, the inner edge and outer edge of a leg being non-parallel, so forming a tilted holder (11). Since one inner edge (9) is shorter than the length of an edge of the object to be held, a corner of the object projects over the end face (22) of the frame (1). The frames can be secured adjacent to one another by suitable securing elements, and adjacent frames can be rotated through 180.degree., such that the projecting corners of the objects to be stored lie alternately at the top and the bottom, and the objects can thus be removed from the mountings easily, even through the amount of space available is very small. The mountings can also be used as packaging, or part of the packaging, for the objects.

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