Patent ID: 8292251

Claim:
A folding display easel comprising: a left panel having a base side, right side at substantially a right angle to said base, a top side having a first portion at substantially a right angle to said right side and a second portion angling toward said base side, and a left side having a retention element; a right panel having a base side, left side at substantially a right angle to said base, a top side having a first portion at substantially a right angle to said left side and a second portion angling toward said base side, and a right side having a retention element; a center panel having a base side, a left side, a right side, a top side, a front face and a rear face; a first connecting element connecting said right side of said left panel to said left side of said center panel, said first connecting element permitting said left panel to fold toward said front face of said center panel and resisting said left panel folding toward said rear face of said center panel; a second connecting element connecting said left side of said right panel to said right side of said center panel, said second connecting element permitting said right panel to fold toward said front face of said center panel and resisting said right panel folding toward said rear face of said center panel; a first engagement element formed integrally with said top side of said center panel, wherein said first engagement element engages with a ring when said easel is placed in a ring binder; and a second engagement element formed integrally with said top side of said center panel, wherein said first engagement element being detachably connected with a ring when said easel is placed in a ring binder; wherein said easel has a folded position in which a first of said right and left panels is folded to a position adjacent said front face of said center panel and a second of said right and left panels is folded to a position adjacent said first of said right and left panels and said easel has a support position in which said right and left panels are partially folded to positions placing said right and left panels at approximately right angles with said center panel to support a binder resting upon said second portions of said top sides of said right and left panels and retained on said second portions by said retention elements on said right and left panels.