IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
|
국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
|
출원번호 |
UP-0993192
(2005-06-20)
|
등록번호 |
US-7635052
(2010-01-08)
|
국제출원번호 |
PCT/IB05/002083
(2005-06-20)
|
§371/§102 date |
20071219
(20071219)
|
국제공개번호 |
WO06/136874
(2006-12-28)
|
발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ceballos Godefroy, Ricardo
- Neumann Duran, Herman Federico
|
대리인 / 주소 |
|
인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
3 인용 특허 :
7 |
초록
▼
A demountable display module that is stored in the form of a briefcase is described; it comprises a base formed by panels; a cover demountably attached to the base; posts that are demountably to the frames of the side panels of the base; and a board demountably attached to the upper end of the posts
A demountable display module that is stored in the form of a briefcase is described; it comprises a base formed by panels; a cover demountably attached to the base; posts that are demountably to the frames of the side panels of the base; and a board demountably attached to the upper end of the posts. Within the base, there is a first shelf and a second shelf each of them is housed in the inner part of one of the side panels. Likewise, first and second support and securing means are provided to keep the shelves in horizontal position and to secure the shelves in vertical position when they are housed in the side panel to which they attach. The cover of the module is used as a container body to house the rest of the elements of the module and it includes a handle to transport the module in the form of a briefcase; likewise, the method to manufacture the module is described.
대표청구항
▼
What is claimed is: 1. A demountable display module that is stored in the form of a briefcase, comprising; a) a base comprising panels that are hingedly attached one next to the other so that said base has a "collapsed" position and an "stand up" position, wherein said panels define the base, and s
What is claimed is: 1. A demountable display module that is stored in the form of a briefcase, comprising; a) a base comprising panels that are hingedly attached one next to the other so that said base has a "collapsed" position and an "stand up" position, wherein said panels define the base, and said panels comprise a first side panel, a first front panel perpendicular to the first side panel, a second front panel next to the first front panel and a second side panel perpendicular to the second front panel and opposed to the first side panel; each of said panels including a rectangular frame and a sheet that covers and that is attached to the frame and when while in the "collapsed" position of the base, each side panel is housed within the frame of the front panel to which it is attached and both front panels are facing each other; b) a cover demountably coupled on said base when it is in the "stand up" position; said cover having the form of a rectangular housing with an upper face, two side faces, a front face, a lid with a handle attached to the upper face and that is the opposite of the front face, lower tabs that extend from the front face, the side faces and the lid inwards said cover in a parallel disposition to the upper face, a pair of cavities over the upper face and means for opening and closing the lid; c) a pair of posts, each of the posts being coupled in a demountable way by its lower end to the frame of one of the side panels and passing through said cover by one of its cavities when the cover is assembled over said base; the posts being formed by a lower section and an upper section that couple each other; d) a board demountably joined to the upper end of each of said posts; e) a first shelf located between both side panels and being raised with respect to the lower edge of said base in its "stand up" position; said first shelf being slidably attached by one of its side ends to the first side panel and comprising a first rectangular shelf frame and a first shelf sheet that covers and it is attached to the first rectangular shelf frame; said first shelf being housed within the frame of the first side panel when the base is in the "collapsed" position; f) a second shelf located between both side panels and being separated below said first shelf; said second shelf being hingedly attached by one of its side ends to the second side panel comprising a second rectangular shelf frame and a second shelf sheet that covers and is attached to the second shelf frame; said second shelf being housed within the frame of the second side panel when said base is in the collapsed position; g) first means for supporting the first shelf in a horizontal position when the base is in the "stand up" position and to secure the second shelf in a vertical position when it is housed within the frame of the second side panel; h) second means for supporting the second shelf in a horizontal position when the base is in the "stand up" position and to secure the first shelf in vertical position when it its housed within the frame of the first side panel; wherein to demount and store the elements of the display module in the form of a briefcase, the board is demounted from each of the posts, that, in turn are demounted from said cover and the latter from said base, where the first shelf and the second shelf are housed within the frame of the side panel to which they are attached, and wherein the lower and upper section of each post are uncoupled to be within the second shelf frame; therefore, the board is placed over the housed first shelf housed, and the side panels with their shelf are housed within the frame of the front panel to which they are attached, and then, the front panels face each other resulting in the "collapsed" position of said base, which is inserted through the lid of said cover, said cover comprises a container body to keep and transport all the elements of the display module in the form of a briefcase. 2. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein said first shelf is on the base with its first shelf frame facing upwards, whereby the first shelf frame is a barrier to prevent articles that have been put on the first shelf from falling to the floor, and the second shelf on the first shelf with its second shelf frame facing downwards so that the lower section and the upper section of the posts are housed in the second shelf frame when the second shelf is housed in the second side panel. 3. The display module, according to claim 1, wherein the first shelf is slidably attached to the first side panel by sliding means, said sliding means comprises: i) a pair of cross-section sliding bases with "U" form, each said sliding base being disposed within the lateral side of the frame of the first side panel; ii) a pair of shafts, each said shaft being attached by one of their ends to one of said sliding bases and by the other end, each shaft attaches over the outer surface of the corners of one of the side ends of the first shelf frame; each sliding base with its shaft running downwards along a slot included at the inner face of each lateral side of the frame of the first side panel, whereby in the lowest part of each slot, said first shelf rotates about the shafts in order to be horizontally placed between the side panels of the base when it is in the "stand up" position, whereas in order to house said first shelf in the frame of the first side panel, the first shelf runs upwardly over each slot and then it rotates about the shafts to be housed in a vertical position within the frame of the first side panel; and; iii) an abutment attached to the inner surface of the upper side of the frame of the first side panel to limit the upward movement of the first shelf. 4. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein the frame of the first side panel and the frame of the second side panel include an aperture facing upwards in order to house the lower end of each of said posts. 5. The display module according to claim 4, wherein the frame of the first side panel and the frame of the second side panel comprise said aperture in its upper and rear corner. 6. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein said first support and securing means comprise a first pair of brackets that are attached over the inner surface of the lateral sides of the frame of the second side panel, the brackets facing each other; the brackets being sized so that the corner of the first shelf frame abuts against the brackets, which also include a cylindrical stem extending vertically upwards; the first shelf frame including a first pair of holes in the lower surface of its side end free to receive the stem of each bracket of said first pair in order to support in a horizontal position said first shelf; whereas the second shelf is secured in a vertical position between the brackets when housed in the second side panel. 7. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein said second support and securing means comprise a second pair of brackets attached over the inner surface of the lower side of the frame of the first side panel; the brackets of the second pair including a cylindrical stem that extends vertically upwards and the second shelf frame including a second pair of holes in the lower surface of its free side end to receive the stem of each bracket of the second pair, whereby the second shelf is supported in horizontal position; whereas the first shelf frame includes a third pair of holes over the outer surface of its free side end to receive the stem of each bracket of the second pair when the first shelf is housed in a vertical position within the first side panel. 8. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein the sheet of the first side panel and the sheet of the second side panel are extending to the bottom of each respective frame to contact with the floor, forming in this way a lower lug, where each side panel includes a reinforcement plate attached to its sheet and to the outer surface of the lower side of its frame in order to support the vertical efforts applied over the module when it is totally mounted. 9. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein the second shelf includes a pair of fasteners in the form of a comb, each of them being attached in the inner surface of the second shelf frame and separated form each other in an enough length so that the lower section and the upper section of said posts are secured by their ends between the teeth of a fastener and other one. 10. The display module according to claim 1, wherein the free end of the lower tabs of said cover comprise a coupling edge that having the same contour as the upper edge of said base in the "stand up" so that said cover is coupled over said base. 11. The display module according to claim 1, wherein the lid that is attached to the upper face by a fifth hinge that is internally fixed and along to the adjacent edges between the upper face and the lid, wherein the upper face includes a recess whereby one of the plates of said fifth hinge is housed. 12. The display module according to claim 1, further comprising: a pair of reinforcements, said reinforcements being fixed in the lower corners between the front face and the side faces of the cover. 13. The display modules according to claim 1, wherein said reinforcements comprise a pair of aluminum sheets bent at 90°. 14. The display module according to claim 1, further comprising an impact absorption pad attached and housed in the inner part of the front face of said cover, and a pair of impact absorption cushions attached within the lid of the cover, whereby the pad and said cushions prevent the horizontal and vertical movement of the base, in its "collapsed" position when it is housed in the cover. 15. A method for manufacturing the display module of claim l, the method comprising the steps of: a) extruding a first tubular profile; b) cutting said first tubular profile in a first six-section group, each said section being a predetermined length; c) building from the first six-section group: a frame for each of the two side panels of the base, a frame for each of the two front panels of the base, a first shelf frame, and a second shelf frame; d) attaching a sheet to each of the frames formed in the previous step, forming in this manner a first side panel, a second side panel, a first front panel, a second front panel, a first shelf, and a second shelf; e) mounting the first shelf by one of its side ends between the lateral sides of the frame of the first side panel, in a manner that the first shelf is attached in a sliding way; f) mounting the second shelf by one of its side ends in the lower side of the frame of the second side panel, in a manner that the second shelf is attached in a hinged way; g) fixing first support and securing means over the inner surface of each of the two lateral sides of the frame of the second side panel; h) fixing the second support and securing means over the inner surface of the lower side of the frame of the first side panel; i) assembling: the first side panel with the first front panel; the first front panel with the second front panel, and the second front panel with the second side panel, in a way that the panels are hingedly attached one next to the other, getting the base of the module; j) thermo-bending a first plate to get in a single piece the main body of the cover, said main body including the upper face, the side faces, the front face, and the tabs that extend from the side faces and the front face of the cover; k) thermo-bending a second plate to get in one single piece the lid and the lower tab that extends therefrom; I) assembling the lid obtained in the previous step to the main body, getting the cover with its lid; m) extruding a second tubular profile and a third tubular profile, where the third tubular profile has a smaller diameter than the second tubular profile; n) cutting the second tubular profile as well as the third tubular profile in order to get from each one of the same a second six-section group, each of them with a predetermined length; and a third six-section group, each said second section having a predetermined length; o) inserting and attaching each of the six sections of the third group of the third tubular profile within an end of one of the six sections obtained from the second tubular profile, in a way that each section of the third group is projected from the end where it is inserted, obtaining at the end of the step: the upper and lower section of each of the two posts and each of the two coupling bases of the board; p) attaching the coupling bases obtained in the previous step in a sheet, thus obtaining the board; and, q) packing the base, the sections of the posts, and the board respectively obtained in steps (I), (o) and (p) in the cover obtained in the step (i), whereby at the end of this packing step the display module is obtained. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the cutting step (b) of the first tubular profile, a first group of three triangular cuts separated from each other is further performed over two sections which, in the construction step (c), are used to obtain the frame of each side panel, in a manner that in said construction step (c), each of these sections is bent over each triangular cut and their ends are perpendicularly attached to form the respective frame of each side panel. 17. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the cutting step (b) of the first tubular profile, a second group of three triangular cuts over each of the four sections is further performed which, in the construction step (c), are used to obtain the frame of each front panel, the first shelf frame and the second shelf frame, and at each end of said four sections, a 45° diagonal cut is formed, whereby each of said sections is bent over each triangular cut and their ends are attached to form: the frame of each front panel, the first shelf frame and the second shelf frame. 18. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the cutting step (b), a pair of slots over the lateral sides of the section are used to manufacture the frame of the first side panel are formed, whereby in the first assembling step (e), the first shelf is attached to said first side panel by: a pair of sliding bases, each of them is housed in one of the lateral sides of the frame of the first side panel; and a pair of shafts, each of them attached over the outer surface of the corners of one of the side ends of the first shelf frame and by its other end, each shaft being attached to one of said sliding bases; the shafts passing through said slots. 19. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the first attaching step (d), each frame and sheet set of the panels of the base and shelves is fixedly located in a press applying adhesive over the corners of each frame and over the attaching surfaces between the frame and the corresponding sheet. 20. The method according to claim 15, wherein in the first thermo-bending step (j), the first plate is provided with channels to delimit the zones over which the front face, the side faces, and the lower tabs are formed; likewise, a recess is formed along the edge the attaches to the lid; subsequently, heat is applied along said channels and the first plate is bent over the channels forming in this way the main body of the cover. 21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the channels are made up over the first plate using scrapers, punches, chisels, or an electric graver of control number. 22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the channels are heated by electric resistances. 23. The method according to claim 20, wherein at the same time that the channels are heated, the temperature of the rest of the first plate is kept at room temperature.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.