co» United States Patent Buttignon USO1034236482 US 10,342,364 B2 Jul. 9, 2019 (10) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent: (sa) om om ow ay a @ (60) oy 2) (58) DISPLAY STAND Applicant: Stefano Buttignon, Starazano (IT) Inventor: Stefano Buttignon, Staranzano (IT) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 154th) by 0 days, Appl. No. 161029,879 Filed: Jul 7, 2018 Prior Publication Data US 2019/0038048 A Feb, 7, 2019 Related U.S. Application Data Provisional application No, 62/540,589, filed on Aug 3.2017. Int. Cl ALE 500 200601) aa7B $7700 (200501) AWE 5/10 (200501) M7 4714 200601) 4476 29/08 (200501) a. AATF S/ON2S (2013.01), AATB 470075: (2013.01), 447F 4714 2013.01): A47F S10 (2013.01): A476 29/08 (2013.01): A478 223010092 (201301) rch AATB 47/0075; AAT 47/042; ATP 1002S: ATG 29108 See application file For complete search history. crc 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS LSI2SO1 A+ L193 Wight AaB a082 108101 227864 A 41902 Eide AB 70a 26 557 2aMgI2 A * 1WI94 Fide Ane a 2560957 7/1951. Johnson aT 4704 Tos: 180 + 41078 Johnson area 273 160 4.140065 4+ 21979 Chacon aaicauzt 312107 (Continues) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ve orouvodtss Ui + 62011 (Continued) Stanton L Kryeinski (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Steven 1. Greenfield Grocifield Invention and Patent Consulting Inc on, ABSTRACT A display stand configured foe displaying personal items oF fcreanidse item aod 9 method of assembling the display Stand are disclosed. The display stand comprises of an Upright panel and base panel that are combined in 3 way ‘atthe resulting structure is sturdy yet easy to zssemble and tlisassemble. The sssembly of the display panel is accom plished by inserting closed elongated slot of the upright panel into an open slot ofthe base pane! and ing the base pine] stich that # solid strip of the base panel is disposed Inside the closed elongated slot ofthe upright panel. tab is then inserted into the open slot ofthe base panel 1 seal the opening, AA7B 206 Primary Examiner 7 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets un vy" Mo 10 ty 8 c Ww, v 0 2US 10,342,364 B2 Page 2 (56) References Cited US. 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RELATED APPLICATIONS, This application elims priority from provisional appli ‘ation 62/540,589 filed on Aug. 3, 2017. FIELD OF THE INVENTION ‘The present invention relates to a stand assembly that may be used for organizing persona items and deviees ina way thatthe items are easly accessible to the user The stand may alo be used for displaying items for sale in a way tht the items are easy to view from various angles. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Ik is desirable that a stand configured for displaying nlp personal or merchandise items for display be sturdy and easy to assemble and disassemble. The stands curently marketed are deficient with regard to at least one of these characteristics, The display stand of the present invention addresses both of these issues. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION In one aspect of the present invention, a display stand ‘comprises a base panel containing an elongated slot, the ‘elongated slot having a first side end and a second end, the fist side end of the elongated slot being open ata fist side ‘end ofthe base pune, the second side end ofthe elongated slot heing closed inside the base pane, the base panel also ‘comprising an indentation at @ second side end ofthe base panel, the second side end ofthe base pane! being disposed tan opposing end ofthe fist side end ofthe base pane! the indentation being bridged with the second end of the elon- znd slot by a sold strips and an upright panel comprising 8 closed elongated slot, the closed clongated slot having first side sealed by a closure strip, the closed elongated slot als comprising & second end disposed at an opposing side fof the closure strip, the base pane! and the upright panel being combined ina way thatthe solid strip ofthe base pane! i disposed inside the closed elongated slot of the upright panel. In another aspect ofthe present invention, @ method {or asembling a display stand comprises: providing @ base pine conisining an elongated sot, the elongated slot having 2 first side end and a second end, the first side end of the ‘elongated slot being open ata first side end ofthe base panel, the second side end ofthe elongated slot being closed inside the base pane, the base pane! also comprising an indentation sta second side end ofthe base pane, the second side end ‘of the base panel being disposed at an opposing end ofthe frst side end ofthe base pane, the indentation being bridged nthe second end of the elongated slot by a solid strip: providing an upright panel comprising a closed elongated lot, the closed clangated slot having a frst sce sealed by a Closure strip, the closed elongated slot also comprising 3 second end disposed at an opposing side ofthe closure stip: ‘with the upright panel being disposed in an upright position and the base panel disposed ina horizontal positon, insert- ing the closure strip of the upright panel into the elongated slot ofthe hase pant: turning the base panel clockwise about 180 degroes such that the solid stip of the base panel is disposed inside the closed elongated slot: and laying. a bottom sie of the base panel on a surface, 2 “These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with refer fence to the following drawings, description and elsims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a war perspective view of the stand assembly secording to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG, 2 portrays front and side perspective view of the present invention stand assembly FIG. 4 shows the upright panel that s assembled to form the stand assembly structures FIG. shows the base panel that is assembled to form the stand assembly stractare and FIGS. 8.8 illuate the steps of combining the panels to construct the stand sssembly. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION, ‘The following detailed description i ofthe best curently contemplated modes of carrying ovt exemplary embodi- ‘ens othe invention. The description isnot to be taken in 4 Timiting sense, but is made merely Tor the purpose of ithustating the general principles ofthe invention, The stand assembly ofthe presen invention is portrayed in FIGS. 1-8, The assembly contains wo panels tht are combined to form the stand structure: a ase panel 12 isposed on a surfeee ad an upright panel UL that is substantially perpendicular tothe base panel 12, The base pane! 12 and the upright panel 1 are combined in away that the combined structure is easy to assemble and disassemble, yet the base panel 12 aod upright panel 11 are immovebly Secured in relation to one another. The upright panel contains @ plurality of cutouts 14 in which various objects ‘nay be placed for stowage or display. These may inclade personal items such as pens, watches and cell phones or ‘crease items for customers to view in astore, The base pane! may also contain cutouts 17 for similar purposes ‘The base panel 12 comprises an elongated slot 19 that is ‘open atthe length end of the base panel 12 and takes up a portion of the full Iength of hase panel 12. At the opposite fend of elongated slot 19, base panel 12 comprises an indentation 25 that is bridged with the elongated slot 19 by solid stip 22 shown between broken lines in FIGS. 4, 5 and 7. The upright panel 1 comprises an elongated closed slot 18 that takes up a portion of the lengih of the upright panel 1 and ends at one end with a short closure strip 27 ‘To assemble the stand, upright panel 11 is positioned verically ona surface wile the hase panel 12 is positioned horizontally with the surface such that closure stip 27 and 1 portion ofthe upright panel 11 elongated closed slo 18 is inserted into the open slot 19 ofthe base panel 12 as shown in FIG. 5. In the next step. the upright panel 11 is turned clockwise 180 degrees in way thatthe solid strip 22 is placed inside elongated closed slot 18 a8 shown in FIGS, 6 and 7. The bottom end ofthe hase panel 12 is placed on a surface sich thatthe base panel 12 is positioned at an upward slant from ‘horizontal postion and the upright panel 11 angles down slightly from a vertical stance as depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2 In this configuration, the base panel 12 supports upright pane] IT and prevents the stand sssemly from breaking up. “The solid strip 22 is shorter than closed slot 18. This allows the upright panel I1 ta shill sideways from a positon of having one end of the elongated closed slot 18 being ‘wedged inside indentation 28 as shown in PIGS. 1, 2 andUS 10,342,364 B2 3 1o a position where the other end of elongates close slot 18 is placed against closure strip 27 as shown in TIG. 7. In ‘ithe case, a gap 28 js formed beeen solid strip 22 andthe ‘ends ofthe elongated closed slot 18, The gap 28 provides the needed flexibility to maneuver the solid strip 22 into the ‘closed slot 18 in order to assemble the display’ sland 10 and to disassemble i. The optimal suppor for the upright panet 11 is achieved in the position in which the end of the ‘elongated closed slot 18 fs wetigd inside the indentation 28, A tb 16 configured for tight fing into the open slot 19 seals the open slot 19 so as to prevent unintended sideways Slippage of the upright panel HL Disassembling the stand is ‘done by reversing the order of the assembly steps i should be understood, of couse. that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that rmodiieations maybe made without departing fom the spit tnd seope of the invention, lain 1A display stand comprising: «base panel containing an elongated slot, the elongated 7 slot having a first side end and a second end, said first, Side end of the elongated slot being open ata fst side end of the base panel, said second end of the elongated slot being closed inside the base panel, the hase panel also comprising an indentation at a second side end of the base panel, said second side end ofthe base panel being disposed st an opposing end ofthe frst side end of the base panel, said indentation being ridged with, the second end ofthe elongated slot by a solid stip and ‘an upright panel comprising close elongated slot, said closed elongated slot having a first side sealed by a Closure strip, said closed elongated slot also comprising a second end disposed at an opposing side of the closure stip. the base panel and the upright panel being combined in a ‘way thatthe solid stip ofthe base pane is disposed inside the closed elongated slot of te upright panc, ‘wherein the second end of the closed clongated slot of the Uuprivht panel is wedged inside the indentation a the second side end of the base panel, wherein a bottom side ofthe base pane! is disposed on a surface ina way that a top side of the base panel is disposed at an ‘upward slant and dhe upright panel is disposed at 3 downward slant toward the hottom side of the base panel, wherein the upright panel is configured to he wedged inside the base panel by a) placing the upright panel in ‘an upright positon and the base panel disposed in a horizontal position, b) inserting the closure strip ofthe ‘upright patel into the First side open end of the base 4 pane] elongated slot and c) turing the base panel Elockwse about 180 degrees such thatthe solid strip of the bate panel is disposed inside the closed elongated slot 2. The display stand of claim 1, wherein the base panel {urter comprises a plurality of cutouts for placing objects for display. 3, The display stad of claim 1, wherein the upright panel turer comprises a plurality of éutouts for placing objects for display: “4 The dispay stand of claim 1, futher comprising a tab configured for scaling the open end of the base panel elongated sit 5. method for a8 comprising: providing a base panel containing an elongated sk, the elongated slot having a frst side end and a second end, Sid first side end ofthe elongated slot being open st first side end ofthe base pane, said second side end of the elongated slot being closed inside the base panel, the base panel also comprising an indentation at a second side end ofthe base panel, said second side end of the base panel being disposed at an opposing end of the first side end of the base panel, sd indentation ‘ing beidged withthe second end ofthe elongated slot by a solid stip: providing an upright panel comprising a closed elongated slot, tid closed elongated sot having fist side sealed py @ closure strip, said closed elongated slot also ‘comprising a second end disposed at an opposing side of the closure stip with the upriaht panel being disposed in an upright position and the base panel disposed in horizontal positon, inserting the closure strip ofthe upvight panel ‘nto the fst side open end ofthe base pane! elongated slots ‘uring the base panel clockwise about 180 degrees such ‘that the solid strip ofthe base pane is disposed inside the closed elongated slot, and laying a bottom side ofthe Base panel on a surface 6. The method for assembling the display stand of claim 5, further comprising sliding said base panel toward the ‘Second end of the closed elongated sot ofthe upright pane! said sliding wedging the second end of the upright panel closed elongated slot into the indentation atthe second side fend of the base panel, 7, The method for assembling the display stand of elaim 5, fuer comprising inserting a sealing tb into the open tend of the base panel elongated slo. nbling a display stand, the method