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Sheet holders

a technology for applied in the field of holding and displaying sheets, can solve the problems of not being able to perform display changes, not being able to hold ideally, and being difficult to carry one hand, so as to improve the holding capacity of the sheet holder, prevent the slippage of vertically mounted art sheets, and increase the friction between art sheets and rubber surfaces

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-29
CHANG CHERNG
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[0012]In order to enhance the holding capacity of the sheet holder, a novel rubber block with a groove is installed beneath the holding plate. A stack of art sheets placed between the holding plate and the rubber block will be pressed under the spring force and be creased and seated deeply in the groove. The friction between the art sheets and the rubber surface may be greatly increased as a result, which would prevent the slippage of the vertically mounted art sheets.
[0019]A different kind of sheet holding board is also disclosed, in which the art sheet to be displayed is held between a rubber block with a groove and a round rod. Pressing force is applied to the rod by turning several screws, which causes some deformation of the rubber block. In the mean time, the friction created between the rubber block and the mounted art sheets is so high as to prevent any slippage of the mounted art sheet during its vertical display.

Problems solved by technology

Such clipboard works fine for holding a sheet pad, but is not ideally suitable for holding and changing the display of a stack of loose sheets.
It is not an easy job with just one hand, to remove the existing sheet stack, resort the new loose sheet stack, insert the new loose sheet stack, and reposition the sheet stack to make it neat in appearance.
Such display change is even harder to perform while the clipboard is hanging on a wall.
Partially due to the above-stated inconvenience, such clipboard is rarely used to display a stack of loose art sheets.
Such a large clipboard would be very cumbersome to operate.
Its clip also may not securely hold a stack of loose art sheets when the clipboard is hung on a wall.
It is more likely they don't like to pay a high price for a frame, which is difficult to use, and not easily reusable because of frequent change of poster sheets' sizes.
Due to lack of appropriate sheet holders for removably holding such advertisement, most advertisement art sheets must be custom glued to a thick rigid board for display.
As a result, the flag held in this flagpole will be shifted to a position below its normal uppermost position, an unsightly scene to the grace of the flag on display.

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[0546]FIGS. 57, 57a and 58 disclose the sheet holding board of the present invention. Shown in these figures is a sheet holding board 4000, which comprises a sheet holder 4002 and a board 4004. Also shown in these figures are a Mona Lisa art 4006 and a soft transparent sheet 4008, both of which are mounted on the sheet holding board 4000.

[0547]The board 4004 is a thin board made of solid materials such as wood or plastic. One preferred material is a medium-density fibreboard (MDF), which is an engineered wood product at low cost, but with desirable high strength, surface smooth properties. Its top surface can be laminated with a thin layer of smooth paper, paint or vinyl film for its beauty and cling property to be described later.

[0548]The structure details of the sheet holder 4002 are described here with the help from FIGS. 57, 57a and 58. The first component of this sheet holder 4002 is two aluminum angle plates 4010 and 4012. One desirable size of these angle plates is 1″×1″×24″...

second embodiment

[0591]FIG. 66 shows the sheet holding board of the present invention. In this figure a novel sheet holding board 4100 is disclosed. This sheet holding board comprises two sheet holders 4102 and a board 4104 for mounting these two sheet holders thereon.

[0592]For the sake of discussion, each sheet holders 4102 could be similar to the sheet holders 4002 shown in FIG. 57. These two sheet holders 4102 can be spaced apart just like the two sheet holders 4002 shown in FIG. 65. Therefore, the sheet holding board 4100 can be used just like the combined sheet holding board 4090 for removably holding the oversize sheet 4088.

[0593]FIG. 66 shows that the sheet holding board 4100 of the present invention can also be used as a bulletin board. This bulletin board is defined as a wall mounted board capable of simultaneously and independently holding and displaying a plurality of sheet stacks each of which is held by one sheet holder of the present invention.

[0594]The sheet holding board 4100 in FIG....

third embodiment

[0595]FIG. 67 discloses the sheet holding board of the present invention. This sheet holding board 4200 is mainly intended to be hung from the ceiling of a shopping store. It can hold a sheet printed with advertisement message on both sides. It can be viewed by a store shopper facing either side of the sheet. It can also hold two back-to-back advertisement sheets 4210 and 4212, both of which are viewable simultaneously. The back advertisement sheet 4212 is not shown, but can be similar to the back advertisement sheet 4262, shown in FIG. 68, to be described below.

[0596]The sheet holding board 4200 comprises a board 4206 and a plurality of sheet holders 4204 lined up as shown in FIG. 67. The sheet holders 4204 are similar to the sheet holder 4002 shown in FIG. 57. The board 4206 has a very short length, barely extends downward beyond the sheet holders 4204. This will allow both the front advertisement sheet 4210 and the back advertisement sheet 4212 to be fully visible, or almost full...

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Abstract

A novel sheet holder either with or without a board. The sheet holder comprises a base angle plate and a holding angle plate, connected by extension springs for toggling said holding angle plate between a closed position for holding said sheet and an open position for removing said sheet. Two pegs and a rubber block with groove are installed for increasing the number of held sheets and more securely holding the mounted sheets. The present sheet holding board can be rotatably mounted to the back of a picture frame with locking feature. The sheet holder without board can be applied for holding advertisement sheet for indoor and outdoor display. Novel art hanging and control system will raise and lock the art for display, and lower it to a reachable level for display change. This art may include an art sheet, 3D art, or a computer monitor showing advertisement message. For outdoor display, a clear vinyl cover can be employed for holding an art sheet and protect it from UV radiation, rain and wind damage. A spring or weight load can be employed to maintain the art to be displayed in its uppermost position and leveled. Such spring and weight load can also be used in a flagpole for such benefit.

Description

[0001]This is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 11 / 375,906, filed Mar. 15, 2006 and patent application Ser. No. 12 / 156,307, filed May 31, 2008CLAIM PRIORITY[0002]Provisional Patent Application No. 61008767, filed Dec. 24, 2007[0003]Provisional Patent Application No. 61070973, filed Mar. 26, 2008BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]This invention relates in general to holding and displaying sheet arts, and more specifically, to sheet holders for holding and displaying the sheet arts. Here the sheet arts may include art sheets, printer outputs, advertisement sheets, and any sheet materials that are to be displayed.[0005]The most well-known type sheet holding board is a commonly termed clipboard. It is a thin board that is typically slightly larger than a pad of sheets of paper. Most pads used have a letter size of 8.5″×1″ (21.6 cm×27.9 cm) and A4 size of 21.0 cm×29.7 cm (8.27″×11.7″). Each clipboard has a large clip at the top for holding the sheet pad. In addition to ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47G1/24A47G1/06
CPCA47G1/06A47G1/24G09F17/00B42F9/001G09F1/10B42D5/046
Inventor CHANG, CHERNG
Owner CHANG CHERNG
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