Patent ID: 9131788
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A47F,F16B

Abstract:
1. A portable foldable display assembly comprising: (a) first and second end sections each having an outside surface and an inside surface surrounded by a frame comprising a top member, a bottom member and a pair of hollow vertical posts having an outside wall and a plurality of vertically arranged slots through the outside wall; (b) first, second and third intermediate sections, each having a front and a back and each including a frame comprising a top member, a bottom member and a pair of hollow vertical posts having front and back walls and a plurality of vertically arranged slots through the front and back walls, wherein one end of said first intermediate section is adapted to be coupled to the first end section so that the first intermediate section extends perpendicularly from the inside of the first end section and the third intermediate section is adapted to be coupled to the second end section so that the third intermediate section extends perpendicularly from the inside of the second end section; (c) a first pair of top and bottom hinge assemblies for pivotally coupling the top and bottom members of the second intermediate section to the top and bottom members of the first intermediate section such that the first pair of top and bottom hinge assemblies are further adapted to permit the first intermediate section to be rotated relative the second intermediate section between a first position in which the back of the first intermediate section is parallel to and in face-to-face registration with the back of the second intermediate section and a second position in which the front of the first intermediate section is parallel to and in face-to-face registration with the front of the second intermediate section; (d) a second pair of top and bottom hinge assemblies for pivotally coupling the top and bottom members of the second intermediate section to the top and bottom members of the third intermediate section such that the second pair of top and bottom hinge assemblies are further adapted to permit the third intermediate section to be rotated relative the second intermediate section between a first position in which the back of the third intermediate section is parallel to and in face-to-face registration with the back of the second intermediate section and a second position in which the front of the third intermediate section is parallel to and in face-to-face registration with the front of the second intermediate section; and wherein the hinge assemblies comprise (i) a spacer plate having first and second spaced apart holes formed therethrough, (ii) a plurality of washers, and (iii) a pair of shoulder bolts, a shoulder portion of each being sized to fit through the first and second holes formed through the spacer plate and through washers placed on opposite sides of the spacer plate and a threaded portion of the shoulder bolts adapted to screw into a threaded bore formed in the top and bottom frame members of adjacent ones of the first, second and third intermediate members.