Patent ID: 7437842
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus of the kind comprising a front panel on which visual information is displayed, a rear panel hingedly joined to said first panel along its opposite longitudinal margins, and a plurality of vertically spaced traction members attached to the rear panel and arranged, when the display unit is in its in-use position, to tension the rear panel so that the front panel is caused to assume a convex shape, the improvement wherein: (i) said rear panel includes an integrally formed rearwardly projecting spine extending between the upper and lower edges of the rear panel centrally thereof, said rearwardly projecting spine being delineated by a plurality of parallel, spaced apart fold lines extending longitudinally between said upper and lower edges of the rear panel and, (ii) each of said traction members extends across and through said spine, and each having ends which are anchored at locations in the rear panel spaced outwardly of the sides of the spine.