Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
  • G09F1/00—Cardboard or like show-cards of foldable or flexible material
  • G09F1/10—Supports or holders for show-cards

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a dismountable assembly, a profile useful for such an assembly, as well as a presentation device taking advantage of the properties of such an assembly.
• the invention thus relates to an assembly which comprises two elements, a male section playing the role of a tenon, and a female section playing the role of a mortise.
• One of the two sections, preferably the male section, is fixed to the edge of a flat, rigid, semi-rigid or flexible support.
• Such an assembly is particularly advantageous in display apparatus, in particular those which are used for advertising at points of sale or for signage, both in buildings and outside.
• banners supported by an upper edge are frequently used.
• This edge can be held in various ways, for example by fixing in the high position a rigid element which can be a profile and which generally has a circular section.
• the apparatus then essentially comprises a frame, provided at four locations with fixing devices, such as pins, intended to cooperate with complementary fixing devices placed correspondingly at the four corners of the visual support, for example by passing pins through Holes .
• the frame can include, for example, a sort of spider with four branches, making it possible to apply elastic forces to the four corners so that the visual support remains taut when it is flexible.
• Another type of such display apparatus is also known in which two opposite sides of a rectangular visual support are provided with profiles intended to give it rigidity, and the visual support is also fixed. on a frame, by a device similar to the aforementioned device, for example by passing the pins of the frame through holes formed in the profiles.
• the invention allows the production of robust, stable devices, easy to mount and preventing replacement of the visual support by a different system.
• the invention relates to an assembly intended to be mounted on at least one side of a rectangular visual support and preferably on two opposite sides of such a support.
• Such an assembly comprises a male section and a female section.
• the male profile cannot be removed from the female profile in the lateral direction after a limited slide.
• part of the male profile is removed or part of the cavity of the female profile is enlarged, the two profiles can be separated from each other in the lateral direction.
• the assembly according to the invention is thus an improvement of the dovetail assemblies, and it can be manufactured in a very simple and inexpensive manner, and can be easily assembled and disassembled. More specifically, the invention relates to an assembly intended to resist forces having a determined direction, of the type which comprises a male profile and a female profile and which can be assembled by sliding the male profile in the female profile in the direction of their length which is substantially perpendicular to the determined direction.
• the female profile has a cavity which opens out through an opening, the section of the cavity comprising an external part, an internal part and a lateral derivation starting from the transition between the external and internal parts, the external part and the internal part being arranged linearly practically in the extension of one another, the section of the cavity having a constant width or which decreases from the opening to the portion of the internal part furthest from the opening, and the lateral branch having a length much less than that of the internal part and a constant width or which decreases from the transition to its portion furthest from the opening, and the male section has a section which comprises an external section, an internal section and a lateral branch starting from the transition between the external and internal sections, the external section and the internal section being arranged linearly practically in line with one another , the male section having a constant width or which decreases from the outer end of the outer section to the end of the more distant inner section e of the external section, and the lateral branch having a length much less than that of the internal section and a constant width or
• the section of the cavity and that of the male section are such that one of the branches is shorter than the other.
• each of the two profiles comprises, along its length, zones of the same length and of the same pitch such that, in zones which alternate on the female profile, a section of cavity of the female profile is widened, on the side of the branch or at least the external part, and that, in zones which alternate on the male profile, the male profile is deprived of its lateral branch or of its internal section respectively.
• the invention also relates to a profile intended for such an assembly and which has a section which comprises an external section, an internal section and a lateral branch starting from the transition between the external and internal sections, the external section and the internal section being arranged.
• the male section having a constant width or which decreases from the outer end of the outer section to the end of the inner section furthest from the outer section
• the branch lateral having a constant width or which decreases from the transition to its portion furthest from the transition.
• the profiles are advantageously formed from a light alloy whose extrusion technique is well known.
• the invention also relates to a display device intended for advertising at points of sale or signage, both in buildings and outdoors, of the type which comprises at least one visual support provided, at a edge at least, of a profile, this profile being a male or female profile of an assembly indicated above.
• the apparatus preferably comprises a visual support, two parallel sides of which carry a profile.
• This tension bar may be simply due to the weight of the support (banner), with or without ballast, but it is preferably applied by a second assembly. It can be simply suspended, but it is preferably mounted on a frame which fixes its position by wedging or of the telescopic type.
• an elastic device ensures the maintenance of a tension in the visual support.
• the apparatus comprises a foot and a frame both integral with a lower assembly, and the frame is also integral with an upper assembly.
• the foot carries a frame which itself carries the two assemblies.
• the apparatus comprises a simple device for hanging an assembly on a wall or ceiling.
• the device comprises a visual support which is provided, at least on one edge, with a strip secured to at least two male sections intended to penetrate into cavities of a frame of the device .
• FIG. 1 represents a section of a female section of an assembly according to the invention
• 2 shows a section of a male section intended for use with the female section of Figure 1
• Figure 3 is a schematic elevational view of a presentation apparatus comprising two assemblies according to one invention
• Figure 4 is a schematic view of a strip provided with two male sections 1 according to the invention
• Figure 5 is a view of a frame for visual support provided with a strip as shown in Figure 4
• FIG. 6 represents a section of a variant of male profile intended to be used with the female profile of FIG. 1.
• the female profile 10 shown in Figure 1 has a cavity 12 which opens through an opening 14, shown in the lower position in Figure 1.
• the section of the cavity has an external part 16, an internal part
• the section of the cavity in this embodiment, has a width which decreases from the opening to the portion of the internal part furthest from the opening.
• the lateral branch 22 has a relatively constant width.
• the cavity 12 therefore generally has a rounded shape which exceeds a short finger or a rectilinear shape which exceeds a curved branch.
• the male section 24 intended to be mounted in the cavity of the female section 10 comprises an external section 26, an internal section 28 and a lateral branch 30 which starts from the transition between the external and internal sections.
• the internal section 28 is placed linearly in the prolongation practically of the external section 26.
• the width of the external and internal sections is constant or decreases from the lower part towards the upper part, that is to say say the end of the internal stretch.
• the lateral branch 30 has a practically constant width since the transition.
• the male profile therefore generally has a rounded shape which exceeds a short finger or a straight shape which exceeds a curved branch.
• the male profile is retained in the female profile by contacting the external faces of the male profile and the internal faces of the female profile at the transition 20, like a tenon in a mortise, but over a very short length ; as the external part of the cavity 12 of the female section is wider than the external section 28 of the male section, this section could pivot and cause the side branch 30 of the branch 22 to escape and the male section to be released. This pivoting is prohibited because the internal section 28 is guided by the internal part 18 of the cavity 12.
• the main elements are the internal part 18 and the lateral derivation 22 of the female section, and the internal section 28 and the lateral branch 30 of the male section on the other hand, the external part 16 and the external section 26 may have any shape and size, insofar as they do not interfere with the operation of the rest of the assembly.
• the external part 16 of the female profile 10 is very wide and can easily accommodate, and thus hide, the elements for fixing a visual support to the male profile, such as rivets, eyelets, clips, bolts, etc., which may protrude from or appear on one or both sides of the male profile. It is clear from FIG.
• a male profile to be retained in the cavity of the female profile, a male profile must have a shape comprising both the internal section and the lateral branch.
• the assembly is carried out by sliding the male profile in the cavity of the female profile, in the direction perpendicular to the plane of Figures 1 and 2.
• the assembly then resists lateral forces, that is to say which are included in the plane of Figures 1 and 2.
• FIG. 3 shows an example of a presentation device, useful for advertising at points of sale or for signage.
• This device comprises two assemblies 34, 36 according to the invention, made integral by a frame 38 forming a tensioning device, which can be a telescopic device or a device allowing the locking of the two assemblies at a determined distance.
• the tensioning device and the lower assembly 36 are made integral with feet 40 ensuring the stability of the device.
• a visual support 42 integral with two sections according to the invention, shown as being male sections in FIG. 3, is slid laterally in the female sections of the assemblies 34, 36.
• a tensioning device and feet have been shown which are integral with the tensioning device and the lower assembly, numerous variants are possible.
• a single assembly 34 is incorporated and is supported by a frame integral with a foot.
• the apparatus comprises two assemblies 34, 36 and these are either maintained at the desired distance by a suitable framework, or subjected to a force which tends to separate them when the visual support 42 has been mounted on the assemblies.
• the invention also relates to an assembly of the aforementioned type, but which has a structure which is reproduced with a predetermined pitch which may for example be 5 or 10 cm.
• a predetermined pitch which may for example be 5 or 10 cm.
• each profile has two parts or zones juxtaposed. In a first part, the cavity of the female profile is as shown in Figure 2, while in the second part, this cavity is enlarged so that the wedging at the transition of the male profile can not be achieved. In this way, a male profile placed in the cavity cannot be retained and can escape laterally.
• the male section comprises a first part or zone in which the lateral branch 30 or the internal section 28 has been removed, so that the male section 24 cannot be retained in the cavity of the female section 10.
• the male section is as shown in Figure 2.
• the fact that the cavity is widened internally and that the male section is truncated in an internal part does not appear at all on the outside, so that the device has the same appearance as '' a device whose assemblies are continuous.
• the two assemblies can be arranged vertically and the visual support can be arranged horizontally between them.
• FIG. 6 represents a section of a variant of male profile 56 intended for use with the female profile of FIG. 1.
• the male section 56 intended to be mounted in the cavity of the female section 10 comprises an external section 62, an internal section 60 and a lateral branch 58 which starts from the transition between the external and internal sections.
• the internal section 60 is placed linearly in the prolongation practically of the external section 62.
• the width of the external 62 and internal sections 60 is constant or decreases from the lower part towards the upper part, that is to say ie the end of the internal section.
• the lateral branch 58 has a practically constant width since the transition.
• the male profile generally has a rounded shape which exceeds a short finger or a straight shape which exceeds a curved branch.
• the profile is obtained by folding a metal strip of uniform width at the end of the outer section 62.
• this same profile can be produced by joining two thin metal strips made integral by welding , bonding, riveting or any other mechanical or chemical process.
• a visual support, similar to support 42, can in particular be held between the two metal strips.
• profiles designates not only extruded elements of indefinite length, but also any cylinder element, that is to say generated by a generator which remains parallel to itself following the profile of the section.
• This element can be formed in one or more pieces.
• the length of a profile can be very small, for example a few millimeters, and it can depend on the lateral force which must be absorbed.
• the use of the term “profile” therefore does not limit the invention to manufacturing by extrusion, since small “profiles” can be produced for example by molding, in particular by injection or thermoforming, or by mechanical shaping operations. of metal or the like. They can be made of any material having the necessary rigidity, for example of light alloy or plastic.
• Figures 4 and 5 show an embodiment corresponding to profiles of short length.
• a strip 44 shown in rectangular form and of small thickness, for example 2.5 mm is molded by injection or thermoforming of rigid plastic material, for example polyvinyl chloride, with two male sections 46 profile similar to that of profile 24 of Figure 2.
• the strip may include another number of male profiles.
• the lower section, corresponding to the outer section 26 of Figure 2 may have any convenient length and may even be almost nonexistent.
• the strip 44 is intended to be fixed, for example by gluing, to the back of a visual support 48.
• a frame 50 shown in Figure 5, which may include a single plate, has cutouts 52 corresponding to the shape of the male sections 46. There is also shown, under the cutouts 52 which have the shape of the upper part of the cavity of the female section of FIG. 2, enlarged openings 54 which are not functionally necessary, but which show that the sections 46 are held by the cutouts 52, and not by pressing their lower part on the bottom of a cutting the frame.
• Each cut 52 can also be obtained by insertion in a circular hole (not shown) in the frame 50 of elements cut from a female profile as shown in FIG. 1.
• the frame can carry a visual support on one side or both. In this embodiment, only visual supports
• the sections 46 and the cutouts 52 constitute a "key" system, so that the use of the device, even when placed in a public place, may be limited to only authorized persons.

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