Title: Articulated panel display

Abstract: A collapsible panel display composed of a plurality of panels hingedly connected together along integral hinge forming bridges, the display being formed from a single length of honeycomb sheeting covered with a flexible facing material, such as a fabric adapted to be engaged by a Velcro type fastener, the hinge forming bridges being defined by sets of spaced apart score lines, the honeycomb sheeting being crushed to essentially flat condition in the areas of the score lines and only partially crushed in the areas between the sets of score lines, the hinge forming bridges being contoured to define oppositely directed arcuate surfaces, the panel display including locking elements adapted to engage adjoining panels to detachably secure them in fixed relation to each other.

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Inventors: Downing, Jack G. (Cincinnati, OH, US)

Application Number: 916934
Filing Date: 1978-06-19
Publication_date: 1980-03-25
Assignee: Downing Displays, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
Primary Class(es): 40/610 16/225, 40/606.16, 160/135, 428/116
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US Patent Ref:

2274047	Feb, 1942	Derman	160/135.
2634361	Apr, 1953	Reynolds	40/152.
2784779	Mar, 1957	Knipfer et al.	160/135.
3188773	Jun, 1965	Schneller et al.	52/658.
3240845	Mar, 1966	Voelker	52/631.
3841042	Oct, 1974	Siegal	52/239.
4090335	May, 1978	Curatolo	52/239.
4118903	Oct, 1978	Coulthard	52/239.

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Primary Examiner: Pitrelli, John F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Melville, Strasser, Foster & Hoffman