DE8801880U1 - Spatial decorative element - Google Patents

Description

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DESCRIPTION Manfred von Dapper-Saalfeis Spatial decorative element TECHNICAL AREA

The invention relates to a spatial decorative element, which is used as an advertising aid for promoting goods and services.

Such decorative elements serve as visual eye-catchers and, due to their spatial appearance, are more appealing to the viewer than usual flat advertising aids, such as posters or brochures.

Such decorative elements are mass-produced items and usually only remain at their place of installation for a relatively short time, depending on the length of the season. The prerequisite for the economical use of such spatial decorative elements is that they have a flat shape during transport from the manufacturer to the customer and that the psychologically advantageous spatial appearance can be created in a simple way at the place of installation. Fine cardboard has proven to be a particularly good material for such decorative elements.

STATE OF THE ART

Well-known spatial decoration elements are delivered to a customer as an assembly kit. This assembly kit consists of flat, level hand parts*, which results in a favorable transport volume. In addition, connecting parts are required to set up the spatial decoration element, which are arranged in the joint area of the wall parts. The connecting parts are, for example, special molded parts.

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1e or connectors (2.8. clips).

If such decorative elements are assembled by an inexperienced customer themselves, the assembly is difficult and time-consuming. In particular, there is a risk that important connecting parts will tear as a result of improper assembly and thus become unusable, which may mean that the assembly of the entire decorative element is no longer possible.

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If the installation is carried out by a specialist, additional costs arise, which in turn has a negative impact on the economic use of such decorative elements.

In both cases, however, designing a decorative element as an assembly kit carries the risk that important parts will be lost and thus assembly will not be possible from the outset.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention is based on the object of specifying a spatial decorative element that can be set up easily, quickly and reliably by anyone and that can be transported in a space-saving manner.

The spatial decorative element according to the invention is given by the features of claim 1. This invention has a rear wall and a front wall with at least one opening and is characterized in that at least in the area of one end face of the decorative element a foldable element part is arranged, which connects the rear wall and the front wall to one another and which consists of two folding units, each of which forms a hollow body. Each folding unit has an outer folding element, which forms an outer end surface of the decorative element and is connected in one piece to the front or rear wall. A vertical folding element adjoins the outer folding nest.

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wherein the vertical folding elements of both folding units are arranged parallel to one another and connected to one another. Furthermore, there is an inner folding element which adjoins the vertical folding element and which is connected to the front and rear walls to form the respective hollow body. Finally, the covering element according to the invention has an at least partially present intermediate wall which is arranged in the area between the planes formed by the two vertical folding elements.

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The decorative element according to the invention has the advantage that it has a particularly effective spatial appearance ( ), which optionally has three visible surfaces, namely front wall, intermediate wall and rear wall, which are arranged spatially offset from one another. Furthermore, it has a flat shape, which saves a lot of space for transport. Setting up the decorative element according to the invention is extremely simple. By unfolding the foldable element parts, the visible surfaces spread away from one another, creating a stable spatial shape. There is no need to attach additional connecting parts. Handling the decorative element according to the invention during setting up is so simple that even unskilled assistants can carry out assembly quickly and reliably.

The decorative element according to the invention advantageously has foldable element parts on both ends. This increases the stability of the spatial decorative element. At the same time, the arrangement of the foldable foldable part on both ends has the advantage with regard to handling during assembly that in order to produce the spatially stable shape of the decorative element, pressure only has to be applied to the two outer, opposing front folds _of the flat decorative element, whereby the decorative element folds into its final spatial shape even with relatively little pressure.

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fc M. Feb. 1988 .:.'..* \.·.:.. ·.."·..* I j 12. -4- e According to another feature of the invention, the intermediate 35 wall is connected in one piece with a folding unit. This has i 20 the advantage that already during the production of the decantation j element cutouts of various shapes in the fold unit can be perforated and at the installation site these 05 perforated cutouts of the folding unit &igr; can be bent by the stand so that they can be costumer of the decorative element and on can affect him. 10 In a particularly advantageous development of the invention the partition wall is glued in an inner folding element, which, with regard to the shape of the partition wall, particularly large possibilities for variation. To enhance the depth effect of the spatial decoration element improve, it has proven beneficial to to arrange side walls on the sides of the decorative element, which are integral with at least the front or rear wall This measure enables effective Achieve shades that have an appealing effect on the viewer. In addition, by arranging of rare walls the stability of the spatial decoration elementes welter is increased. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING &igr; The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings I described in more detail and he I purified. Show: W Fig. 1 a 1m cross-section cut open and from ! pulled together spatial decorative element 1n a perspective; Fig. 2 the rear upper corner area of the spatial Dtkorationgeternentes according to F1g. 1 but not with a partition wall, but a ZwiSCrieÜ- ·* ·· ·♦ I ■* *t ff· j

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wall plug element, firstly in the folded state, secondly in a state during unfolding and thirdly in the unfolded final state, each in perspective.

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WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THE INVENTION

The spatial decoration element 10 has an upper foldable element part 12 and a lower foldable element part 14, which are each integrally connected to the front wall 16 and rear wall 18 of the decoration element 10. On both sides of the decorative element 10 there is a side wall 20 which is connected in one piece to the front wall 16 and the rear wall 18. The upper foldable element part 12 and the lower foldable element part 14 each consist of two folding units 22, each of which forms a hollow body with a square cross-section. The folding units arranged on the upper and lower front sides are each arranged symmetrically to an intermediate wall plane which lies in the middle between the front wall 16 and the rear wall 18. Each folding unit 22 has an outer folding element 24 which forms an outer end surface of the decorative element 10 and is connected in one piece to the front wall 16 or rear wall 18. A vertical folding element 26 adjoins the outer folding element 24, the vertical folding elements 26 of both folding units 22 being arranged parallel to one another and connected to one another by means of a 1n Fig. 1 not shown longitudinal adhesive seam, which is arranged in the corner area formed by the outer folding element 24 and vertical folding element 26 on the vertical folding element 26. The folding unit 22 is completed by an inner folding element 28 adjoining the vertical folding element 26, which is connected to the front wall 16 or rear wall 18 via an adhesive fold 30 on which an adhesive seam is arranged in order to form the respective hollow body.

Between the planes formed by the vertical folding elements 26, sins Ebsns can be spanned, which in the following

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called the partition wall level.

Each side wall 20 is now constructed in such a way that it has a front side wall part 32 and a rear side wall part 34, where the front side wall part 32 and the rear side wall part 34 run towards each other at an angle outwards, i.e. when viewed from above they form a V, such that the intersection line of both side wall parts lies in the intermediate wall plane. In the spatial decorative element 10 shown in Fig. 1, the front wall 16 has an opening, the width of this opening corresponding to the distance between the folding edges that the two front () side wall parts 32 form with the front wall 16. The height of the opening is determined from the predeterminable height dimensions of the front wall 16. The front side wall elements 32 have lateral folding units along the height of the opening of the front wall 16, which are connected in an integral manner to the front side wall elements 32. These lateral folding units have folding areas 36 which are folded over into the interior of the decorative element 10 and which run essentially parallel to the respective front side wall element 32 and extend to the intermediate wall plane.

Furthermore, these side folding units have second folding areas 38 which are folded along a vertically arranged folding edge towards the front wall 16 and lie parallel to it. The folding of these second folding areas 38 is made possible by the fact that, according to the shape of the folded second folding area 38, these second folding areas each have a perforation, and the second folding area 38 can be easily folded into a plane parallel to the front wall 16 by loosening the perforation.

In Figure 1, on the left side of the decorative element 10, a second folding area 38 is shown, which is located directly in the plane of the front wall 16. In the right part of the figure, another second folding area 38 is shown.

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whose plane lies between the front wall plane and the intermediate wall plane. For both second folding areas 38, the folding direction is indicated by an arrow.

Finally, in the case of the system shown in Fig. 1,

spatial decorative element in the lower left area of the front wall 16, a front wall element 40 is present, which is connected in one piece with the front wall 16 and with the front side wall part 32 of the side wall 20.

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Furthermore, it can be seen that in the area of the lower foldable element parts 14 in the right part of the decorative element [Q 10 between the planes spanned by the vertical folding elements 26, i.e. in the partition plane, a rectangular partition wall plug element 42 is inserted. To secure the position of this partition wall plug element 42, it can be glued to a vertical folding element 26. In analogous

In the area of the upper foldable element parts

[ another intermediate wall plug element 42 is arranged.

Hch 1st still in the same partition wall level in the area of the lower foldable elements 14 next to the partition wall plug-in element

■ element 42, an intermediate wall folding element 44 can be seen, which is connected in one piece with a vertical folding element 26, and which is formed by folding over a perforated

25 cut-out of the vertical folding element 26 in the intermediate wall plane.

In the rear part of the spatial decoration element 10 1st 1n Fig. 1 in the partition wall plane a partition wall 46

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Element parts 12 engage. The intermediate wall 46 is glued to a vertical folding element 26 in the lower area and guided between two vertical folding elements 26 in the upper area. There is no connection to the intermediate wall 20», which can be seen in Fig. 1 through the gap 48 shown.

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by means of a vertical adhesive fold on which an adhesive seam runs. In this case, the intermediate OS wall is only guided in the area of the vertical panel elements.

It is also possible for the partition to be attached only to the side wall and not to be guided at the top or bottom. The adhesive seam can be arranged in a predefined plane between the front wall and the rear wall.

The dimensions of the second folding areas, the front wall element, the partition wall plug-in elements, the partition wall folding elements and the partition wall can be freely selected within the geometry of the spatial decorative element. In the illustrated embodiment according to Fig. 1, the partition wall is fastened in the lower area between two vertical folding elements and is only guided in the area of the upper vertical folding elements. Conversely, however, it is also possible for the partition wall to be fastened in the area of the upper vertical folding elements and guided in the area of the lower vertical folding elements.

The choice of dimensions of the opening of the front/25 wall can also be adapted to the user's wishes at any time.

As shown in the left part of Fig. 2, in the folded state, in addition to the vertical folding elements 26, the inner folding elements 28 also lie almost parallel to one another. The outer surfaces in the area of the upper folding elements 12 form the front wall 16 or the rear wall 18 and the outer folding elements 24 of both folding units in this state. The side wall 20 is also folded in such a way that the front side wall part and the rear side wall part lie almost parallel to one another. In Fig. 2, an adhesive seam 50 is symbolically shown by a dot-dash line, which connects the two vertical folding elements 26 of the folding units 22 in the upper side of the decorative element.

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test 12 facing area of the vertical folding elements 26 connects with each other.

To set it up, the folded decorative element is deformed by applying pressure to the upwardly bulging fold edges so that the folding units 22 take on a diamond shape, as shown in the middle part of Fig. 2. In this state, the front and rear wall sections also fold up and together form a V-shaped wall element. The folding units ZZ then continue to deform until their folding elements form a right angle with each other and with the front wall 16 or rear wall 18. In this state, in which the folding units 22 form a hollow body with a square cross section, the decorative element has achieved a spatially stable shape and can be used at the place of installation.

The second folding areas and partition folding elements described above are created by releasing a perforation and then folding it over. In general, there are material weaknesses along the lines along which another folding area or partition folding element is to be released. These lines, known as perforation lines, can also be referred to as groove lines or

Scratch lines must be formed.

The side wall elements folded outwards in a V-shape described above can be designed in any way with other decorative elements. J3 Depending on the customer's wishes, the side wall elements can have an accordion-like contour or be folded inwards in a V-shape or W-shape. In order to create a side end surface that is as smooth and round as possible, it is also possible to design the side wall elements in a semicircular shape or in another curved shape.

Claims (1)

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O -- which consists of two folding units (22), each forming a hollow body, each folding unit (22) having the following folding elements (24, 26, 28): - an outer folding element (24) which forms an outer end surface of the decorative element (10) and is integrally connected to the front or rear wall (16, 18), - a further folding element (26) adjoining 6as the outer folding element (24), the latter folding elements (26) of both folding units (22) being arranged parallel to one another and connected to one another and - an inner folding element (28) adjoining this further folding element (26) which is used to form the respective hollow - ! 25 body is connected to the front and rear wall (16, 18) respectively, 1st, and - an intermediate wall (42, 44, 46) which is arranged and at least partially present in the area between the planes formed by the two further folding elements (26). 30 02) Spatial decoration element according to claim 1, characterized in that foldable element parts (12, 14) are arranged on both ends of the decorative element. 36 &mgr;. &ngr;. DAPPER-SAALFELj ·..: : .·..*·..··. -2- 03) Spatial decorative element according to claim 2, characterized in that the intermediate wall (44) is connected in one piece to a folding unit (22). 05 04) Spatial decoration element according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate wall (42, 46) is glued to the further folding element (26). &iacgr;&ogr; 05) Spatial decoration element according to claim :, characterized in that j O on both sides of the decorative element (10) side hands * (20) are present, each of which is at least connected to the front ' 15 or rear wall (16, 18) are integrally connected. ; 06) Spatial decorative element according to claim 5, ■ characterized in that the intermediate wall (42, 44, 46) is arranged in the middle between the front and rear walls (16, 18) and each side wall (20) has a front side wall part (32) and a rear side wall part (34), the front and rear side wall parts (32, 34) running towards one another and the intersection line of both side wall parts lying in the plane of the intermediate wall (42, 44, 46). 07) Spatial decoration element according to claim 6, characterized in that the front wall (16) has an opening, the width of this opening corresponding to the distance between the folding edges which the two front side wall parts (32) form with the front wall (16), and in the area of the opening of the front wall (16) there are lateral folding units which are integrally connected to the side wall elements (32), which 35 first folding areas are, (36) on I* · ♦ t ··
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