R.r. Donnelley and Sons Company

Robert B Lipscomb

Douglas R Cwidak

William David Collings

James L Warmus

Marcellino Santoro

Todd Alan Arnett

Marcellino Santoro, Jr

A display apparatus includes a shroud having a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to one another, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A free-floating stop member is disposed in a volume of the shroud between the first and second substrates and between the first and second joints, the free-floating stop member including a channel extending along the free-floating stop member for at least a portion of a length of the free-floating stop member. An elastic member couples the first joint to the second joint to exert a tensile force therebetween and passes through the channel of the free-floating stop member. The free-floating stop member is translatable vertically within the shroud between a first position and a second position and the free-floating stop member is dimensioned to stop inward travel of the first joint and the second joint responsive to the tensile force exerted by the elastic member.

Self-erectable display with free floating stop and method for forming the same

A pop-up display apparatus includes a shroud having first and second sheets disposed in opposition to one another, the first and second sheets being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A stop member is disposed between the first and second sheets between the first and second joints and is connected to the first and second joints at a first height of the shroud. The stop member includes first and second stop elements arranged for translational movement in opposite directions relative to one another between a first and a second position. An elastic member, separate from the stop member, is connected to the first and second joints at a second height, the elastic member and being configured to bias the first joint toward the second joint. The first position of the stop member corresponds to a stowed state of the pop-up display and a substantially flat shroud profile and the second position of the stop member corresponds to a deployed state of the pop-up display and a convex shroud profile.

Pop-up display with translating stop member

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Plainfield, IL, United States of America

Robert B Lipscomb