US2965992A - Display mount - Google Patents

Description

D. F. PASCHAL DISPLAY MOUNT 'Filed April 2, 1959 Dec. 27, 1960 251 I I my a2 a J J (a! h j -X.YZ. I I INSURANCE co.

INVENTOR Fl me/m ATTORNEY? United States Patent DISPLAY MOUNT Don F. Paschal, Chronicle Publishing Company, St. Charles, Ill.

Filed Apr. 2, 1959, Ser. No. 803,673

2 Claims. (Cl. 40-107) This invention relates to display mounts for calendars and the like and more particularly to such mounts which are adapted to be mounted on a wall or other vertical surface when in use and to methods for manufacturing such mounts. n

Since mounts of this kind are used primarily in connection with advertising and other forms of promotion, it is essential that they be inexpensive, attractive and convenient to use.

It is a primary purpose of the present invention to provide improved wall mounted supports for calendars and the like which satisfy these requirements to a greater extent than prior constructions.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide improved calendar display mounts which are fabricated from a single piece of cardboard stock or like stiff paper material and which provide support for a calendar, a portion for effective display of advertising material and a concealed memo pad or telephone index.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the cardboard panel which comprises the principal structural component of the mount of the present invention;

Figure 2 illustrates the panel of Figure 1 after it has been wrapped and cut; and

Figure 3 illustrates the completed device after it has been folded and as it normally appears in use.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 20 indicates a panel of cardboard stock or similar stiff paper material which forms the principal structural component of the calendar mount of the present invention. The panel is generally rectangular in shape and is provided with parallel upper and lower edges 22 and 24 and parallel end edges 26 and 28. Substantially midway between the upper and lower edges Hand 24 the panel is cut away from its opposite ends toward the center to provide identical recesses 32 and 34 the outer ends of which intersect the respective end surfaces 26 and 28 and the inner ends of which are separated by an integral bridge portion 36.

After the panel 20 has been cut to the size and shape shown in Figure 1, its rearward surface is covered by a relatively thin sheet 38 which is preferably a durable and decorative paper. The sheet 38 is somewhat larger than the panel 20 so that its marginal edges 40 extend over the top and side edges of the panel and cover the marginal portions of the front of the panel. After the sheet 38 has been applied, a second thin flexible sheet 42 is adhesively secured to the front of the panel 20. The sheet 42 is slightly smaller than the panel 20 but is large enough to completely cover the flaps 40 of the rear cover sheet 38 so that the entire assembly presents a neat and attractive appearance. The front cover sheet 42 is preferably provided with suitable lines 43 to permit its use as a memo pad or telephone index. Preferably a loop of thin sheet flexible paper or like material 44 is adhesively secured between the front surface of the panel 20 and the rear surface of the front cover sheet 42 to provide a mounting for a pencil or other writing implement.

After the cover sheet 42 is applied, the entire assembly is die out along the line 46, the extreme ends of which are disposed adjacent the lower edges of the recesses 32' and 34 and the intermediate portion of which is located well above the recesses 32 and 34 and extends over the top of the bridge portion 36 essentially parallel to the upper and lower edges 22 and 24 of the panel 20. This die cut thus forms a mounting tab 47 which is rigid with the lower portion of the panel 20. When the assembly is die cut along the line 46, a hole 48 is punched through the central portion of the area bounded by the line 46 along which the die cut is made.

The mount is completed by attaching a calendar pad 50 by staples 52 or other convenient means to the lower marginal edge of the covered panel 20.

In use, the upper portion of the panel is folded down over the lower portion as shown in Figure 3 about the hinge line formed by the thin flexible rear and front sheets 38 and 42 in the area adjacent the recessed portions 32 and 34 of the panel 20. The two cover sheets have sufficient flexibility to permit easy folding of the device and yet have suflicient strength to withstand repeated folding operations. When the upper portion of the panel is folded as shown in Figure 3, the tab 47 projects upwardly from the lower portion of the panel, and provides a convenient means for mounting the entire assembly on a wall or other vertical surface.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the abovestated objects of the invention have been attained by the provision of a novel calendar and display mount characterized by a simple, inexpensive construction, the expense of which is further decreased by a novel method of manufacturing.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiment is therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is:

l. A display mount comprising a panel of stiff cardboard or the like having aligned recesses extending from the opposite lateral edges thereof toward the center thereof, the inner ends of the recesses being separated by a central bridge portion and the portion of said panel above said recesses being severed from the portion below said recesses along a cut line extending over the top of said bridge portion, and thin flexible sheets covering the front and rear surfaces of said panel and forming a hinge about which the upper portion of the board may be folded with respect to the lower portion of the board.

2. A display mount comprising a panel of stiff cardboard or the like having aligned recesses extending from the opposite lateral edges thereof toward the center thereof, the inner ends of said recesses being separated by a central bridge portion and the portion of said panel above said recesses being severed from the portion be low said recesses along a cut-line extending over the top of said bridge portion, a first thin continuous flexible sheet covering the entire rear surface of said panel including said recesses and having its marginal edges overlapping the marginal edges of said panel and a second lined sheet covering substantially the entire front surface of said panel and overlapping the marginal edges said bridge portion remaining in the plane of the por-' tion of the panel below said recesses to thereby form an upwardly projecting mounting tab.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Lichter June 15, 1943 Dixon Dec. 18. 1956

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