Patent ID: 6918491
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A display stand comprising, a hollow foldable self-erecting supporting base having a front panel, a rear panel, and two opposite side panels, a central vertical fold line formed at said side panels and extending the entire height of said side panels, a horizontal fold line formed around said base and located at a same horizontal plane of all of said front panel, said rear panel and said side panels, a pivotal board located within said base and positioned below said horizontal fold line, said pivotal board having one edge therein attached to said front panel and being pivotable relative to said front panel to locate between a horizontal position crosswise to said base, and a vertical downward position juxtaposed to said front panel, an elongated elastic cord having one end attached to a narrow free end portion of said pivotal board and another end attached to an upper edge portion of said rear panel, said elastic cord being extensible in an elastic tension when said pivotal board is in said vertical downward position, a horizontal slot opening formed in said rear panel and located below said horizontal fold line, said slot opening being engageable with said narrow free end portion of said pivotal board for maintaining said base in an erected condition, an operating opening formed in said pivotal board and located adjacent to said narrow free end portion therein, said pivotal board being pivotable by inserting a finger through said operating opening and pulling said pivotal board to pivot downward to said vertical downward position for creating said elastic tension in said elastic cord, a display tray disposable on top of said base when said base is in said erected condition.