US 12,239,249 B2
Graphics display apparatus
Gavin Milton Steer, George (ZA)
Appl. No. 17/784,875
Filed by Gavin Milton Steer, George (ZA)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/061911
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/117020, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019/08334 (ZA), filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010096 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 1/06 (2006.01); G09F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 1/065 (2013.01) [G09F 15/0012 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A graphics display apparatus comprising:
(a) a plurality of rectangular modular supports;
(b) a plurality of planar covers each releasably engageable over a front side of a support; and
(c) a plurality of connectors for releasably connecting adjacent supports;
wherein:
the supports each have a rectangular frame for edge-to-edge engagement with a frame of an adjacent support and sockets for the connectors that are provided along the frames;
the supports are securable to each other by fitting a connector into corresponding sockets of adjacent supports;
the connectors are engageable inside the sockets through resiliently deformable locking formations;
edges of the frames are provided with abutting ridge formations that maintain spaces between adjacent supports and the covers are provided with end flanges that fit into the spaces; and
at least one opening is provided through the front side of the supports located at each of the sockets to afford access on removal of the covers for manual release of the deformable locking formations to disengage the connectors from the sockets.