U.S. patent application number 10/745490 was filed with the patent office on 2005-07-07 for magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying.
Invention is credited to Chen, Tsan-Yao.
Application Number | 20050145589 10/745490 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 34839628 |
Filed Date | 2005-07-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050145589 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chen, Tsan-Yao |
July 7, 2005 |
Magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying
Abstract
A magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying is disclosed. The
tray comprises a top hood, an upper sliding mount, a main frame and
a plurality of plates. A plurality of magnetic components is
mounted to the main frame and the plates so that the plates are
attracted to the main frame. The plates are extendable to display
with articles.
Inventors: |
Chen, Tsan-Yao; (Taipei
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Leong C. Lei
PMB#1008
1887 Ygnacio Valley Road
Walnut Creek
CA
94598
US
|
Family ID: |
34839628 |
Appl. No.: |
10/745490 |
Filed: |
December 29, 2003 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/196 ;
211/189 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47F 5/10 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
211/196 ;
211/189 |
International
Class: |
A47F 005/00 |
Claims
I claim:
1. A magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying having a top
hood, an upper sliding mount, a main frame and a plurality of
plates characterized in that: the top hood connected to the upper
sliding mount and the top hood having a blocking plate to urge the
downward depressing of the sliding mount; the sliding mount is a
hollow frame structure having a top end connected to the top hood
and the main body of the mount is positioned within the hollow body
of the main frame which attracts to each other by way of magnetic
attraction, the sliding mount is provided with a distance allowing
upper and down sliding, and each bottom face of the sliding mount
has a corresponding magnetic component, and each plate is also
provided with a magnetic component to provide repulsion; the main
frame is a hollow body having a top portion mounted with the
sliding mount and having a magnetic component to attract the
magnetic component at the sliding mount, each of the face of the
main frame is mounted with a railing slot for the insertion of the
plates and the corners of the main fame is provided with notches
which can place articles; and the plate is provided with magnetic
component to attract with corresponding magnetic components at the
sliding mount, and each plate is also provided with notches and a
linking arm to connect with the main frame.
2. The extendable tray for displaying of claim 1, wherein the
number of plates depends on the configuration of the main
frame.
3. The extendable tray for displaying of claim 1, wherein the
bottom portion of the main frame is a rotating disc.
4. The extendable tray for displaying of claim 1, wherein the
distance between the magnetic components at the sliding mount and
the main frame is that the two components are attracted without
dropping.
5. The extendable tray for displaying of claim 1, wherein the hood
is mounted with lighting devices.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (a) Technical Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a displaying tray, and in
particular, to a tray which comprises a plurality of plates and a
main frame, wherein the tray can be extended. The present invention
employs a plurality of magnetic components mounted to the related
structure of the tray.
[0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Conventional tray has a plurality of layers and these layers
are usually fixed which cannot be extended to display with more
articles. Some conventional trays make use of magnetic components
on the structure but it is only limited to the door structure.
[0005] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying which not
only mitigate the above drawbacks but also provides a layer display
capacity.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
provide a magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying having a top
hood, an upper sliding mount, a main frame and a plurality of
plates characterized in that the top hood connected to the upper
sliding mount and the top hood having a blocking plate to urge the
downward depressing of the sliding mount; the sliding mount is a
hollow frame structure having a top end connected to the top hood
and the main body of the mount is positioned within the hollow body
of the main frame which attracts to each other by way of magnetic
attraction, the sliding mount is provided with a distance allowing
upper and down sliding, and each bottom face of the sliding mount
has a corresponding magnetic component, and each plate is also
provided with a magnetic component to provide repulsion; the main
frame is a hollow body having a top portion mounted with the
sliding mount and having a magnetic component to attract the
magnetic component at the sliding mount, each of the face of the
main frame is mounted with a railing slot for the insertion of the
plates and the corners of the main frame is provided with notches
which can place articles; and the plate is provided with magnetic
component to attract with corresponding magnetic components at the
sliding mount, and each plate is also provided with notches and a
linking arm to connect with the main frame.
[0007] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a
magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying, wherein each of the
displaying plate can be extended at the same time.
[0008] Still another object of the present invention is to provide
a magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying, wherein the number
of plates can be increased or decreased depending on the
configuration of the main frame.
[0009] Yet a further object of the present invention is to provide
a magnetic fast extendable tray for displaying, wherein the
installation of the tray does not require tools or other
supplementary devices.
[0010] The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief
introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these
and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention
itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the
art, the following detailed description of the invention and the
claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical
reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
[0011] Many other advantages and features of the present invention
will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making
reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets
of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment
incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by
way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment in
accordance with the present invention.
[0013] FIG. 2 is a perspective exploded view showing each component
in accordance with the present invention.
[0014] FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the present
invention.
[0015] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the mounting of magnetic
components to the corresponding main frame of the magnetic
component in accordance with the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing mounting of two magnetic
components onto the main frame of the magnetic component of the
present invention.
[0017] FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing the extension of the tray
in accordance with the present invention.
[0018] FIG. 7 is a perspective view after extension in accordance
with the present invention.
[0019] FIG. 8 is a top view of another preferred embodiment of the
present invention.
[0020] FIG. 9 is a top view of a further preferred embodiment in
accordance with the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0021] The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments
only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or
configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following
description provides a convenient illustration for implementing
exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the
described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement
of the elements described without departing from the scope of the
invention as set forth in the appended claims.
[0022] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body of the tray in
accordance with the present invention comprises a hood 1, an upper
sliding mount 2, a main frame 3 and a plurality of plates 4. As
shown in FIG. 1, it is a preferred configuration of the tray in
accordance with the present invention. The hood 1 is connected to
the sliding mount 2 and the blocking plate 11 at the hood 1 is used
an urging function when the sliding mount 2 is depressed. The hood
1 can be mounted with lighting device.
[0023] As shown in FIG. 2, the upper sliding mount 2 is a hollow
frame structure having a top end connected to the hood 1 so that
the entire sliding mount 2 is positioned within the hollow body of
the main frame 3. There are magnetic components 21, 31 on the
sliding mount 2 and the main frame 3 and are attracted to each
other. The top portion of the sliding mount 2 is provided with
sufficient distance to allow movement. The upper section of the
sliding mount 2 and the main frame 3 are attracted by way of
magnetic components 21, 31 at corresponding positions. When the
sliding mount 2 is inserted into the hollow body of the main frame
3, it is positioned by the attraction force of the magnet
components. When the sliding mount 2 is depressed, the magnetic
component 21 will not move away from the main frame 3, as shown in
FIG. 4. Thus there are corresponding magnetic component 22
positioned at the plate 4 and the middle section of the plate 4 is
provided with a magnetic component 41 to repel magnetic component
23, as shown in FIG. 3.
[0024] As shown in FIG. 2, the number of plates depends on the
shape of the main frame 3, for instance FIG. 8 (triangular) and
FIG. 9 (hexagonal). The plate 4 and the main frame 3 are attached
together. The plate 4 can be either in extended form or in a
closing form When the sliding mount 2 is depressed to move, the
magnetic component 22 will move and repel the magnetic component 23
so that the plate 4 is pushed away, as shown in FIG. 7.
[0025] Each plate 4 is provided with notch 42 when it is extended,
and the top and middle position of the plate 4 is a lining arm 43
which is pivotally connected to the main frame 3 such that the
plate 4 is extended about the linking arm 43.
[0026] As shown in FIG. 2, the main frame 3 has a rotating disc 30
at the bottom of the frame 3 and is also provided with magnetic
component 31. The main frame 3 is provided with railing slot 32
corresponding to the linking arm 43 for the storage of the linking
arm 43. Each corner of the main frame 3 is provided with rows of
notches 33 which is in horizontal position with that of the notches
42 of the plate, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
[0027] It will be understood that each of the elements described
above, or two or more together may also find a useful application
in other types of methods differing from the type described
above.
[0028] While certain novel features of this invention have been
shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is
not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be
understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and
changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in
its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without
departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
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