Patent ID: 6397531
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: E04B,G09F

Abstract:
A protective enclosure for displaying relatively thin, relatively lightweight articles in a suspended ceiling of the type having ceiling tile of a predetermined size supported along the perimeters of the ceiling tile by a suspended gridwork of intersecting grid bars that cooperate to define openings which are populated by the ceiling tile, comprising:a) a bottom wall member having at least a central region that is transparent, and a peripheral region that extends perimetrically about the central region, wherein the peripheral region is sized to permit the bottom wall member to be substituted for a selected one of the ceiling tile so that the bottom wall member is supported in the peripheral region thereof by the gridwork of the suspended ceiling, with the transparent central region of the bottom wall member providing a window through which an article to be displayed is viewable when the article is in a display position atop the bottom wall member; b) a top wall member having a central region sized to overlie at least 1) the transparent central region of the bottom wall member and 2) the article to be viewed when the article to be viewed is stationed in the display position atop the bottom wall member, and having a peripheral region that extends perimetrically about the central region of the top wall member; c) means for releasably connecting the peripheral region of the top wall member with the peripheral region of the bottom wall member 1) for supporting the top wall member so that the central region of the top wall member cooperates with the central region of the bottom wall member to define a display space therebetween of sufficient size to permit the article to be viewed to be stationed in the display position, 2) for permitting relative movement between the top wall member and the bottom wall member, and 3) for cooperating with the peripheral regions of the bottom and top wall members to minimize the flow of ambient air through the display space when the peripheral region of the top wall member is connected to the peripheral region of the bottom wall member with the article to be displayed being stationed in the display position.