Patent ID: 8112918

Claim:
An advertising/promotional display system comprising a housing movable between a first, collapsed, substantially flat, two-dimensional position and a second, fully erect, three-dimensional position, said housing comprising: A. a first plate or collar member incorporating an outer, peripheral edge and a first plurality of slots formed in said first plate/collar member spaced inwardly from the outer edge and positioned in cooperating association with each other; B. a second plate or collar member incorporating an outer, peripheral edge and a second plurality of slots or apertures formed in said second plate/collar member spaced inwardly from the outer edge and positioned in cooperating association with each other; and C. a plurality of separate and independent panel members, each of said panel members a) comprising a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge, b) being dimensioned for cooperating engagement in one of said first plurality of slots and one of said second plurality of slots, c) incorporating a first abutment stop formed along the first side edge and the second side edge of the panel adjacent the bottom edge thereof, and d) incorporating a second abutment stop formed along the first side edge and the second side edge of the panel adjacent the top edge thereof, thereby enabling the first plate/collar member and the second plate/collar member to be independently longitudinally movable along the side edges of the panel members between the first abutment stops and second abutment stops thereof.