Profile, frame and promotion booth for the construction of stands and/or for interior applications and/or for exterior applications, a method for making the profile and a use of the profile

Abstract

A profile for the construction of stands for affixing booth elements includes an affixing side wall extending along a first direction of the profile. The affixing side wall is provided with an affixing surface for affixing a strip to the profile between a first affixing side wall edge and a second opposite affixing side wall edge. The affixing surface extends along the first direction of the profile, and is at least partly bordered by at least one flange for flangingly affixing the strip by flanging over the flange.

Claims

1. A profile for the construction of stands for affixing booth elements, the profile comprising: an affixing side wall extending along a first direction of the profile, wherein the affixing side wall is provided with an affixing surface for affixing a strip to the profile between a first affixing side wall edge and an opposite, second affixing side wall edge, which affixing surface extends along the first direction of the profile, wherein the affixing surface is at least partly bordered by at least one flange configured for flangingly affixing the strip by flanging over the at least one flange, and the affixing surface is provided with the strip that is flanged over by the at least one flange such that the strip is pinched between the at least one flange and the affixing surface, wherein the strip comprises affixing means for affixing the booth elements, wherein the affixing means comprises one of hooks and loops of a hook-and-loop fastener set, wherein the at least one flange comprises a first flange and a second flange, wherein the affixing surface is at least partly bordered by the first flange and the second flange and extends continuously between the first flange and the second flange, and wherein the first flange and the second flange are provided on the same affixing side wall.

2. The profile of claim 1, wherein the at least one flange extends along the first direction of the profile.

3. The profile of claim 1, wherein the first and second flanges run parallel to each other.

4. The profile of claim 1, wherein when flanged over the strip, the at least one flange rotates about a rotational axis along the first direction, and wherein the rotational axis lies along the affixing surface.

5. The profile of claim 1, wherein the affixing surface comprises at least one lowered platform which extends along the first direction over at least a part of the affixing surface along the at least one flange.

6. The profile of claim 1, wherein the at least one flange and the affixing surface are provided with at least one interlocking protrusion-indentation set.

7. The profile of claim 1, further comprising: a first side wall provided with a first first-side-wall edge and a second first-side-wall edge; a second side wall provided with a first second-side-wall edge and a second second-side-wall edge; and a third side wall provided with a first third-side-wall edge and a second third-side-wall edge, wherein the first side wall, the second side wall, and the third side wall extend along the first direction of the profile, and wherein the first first-side-wall edge, the first second-side-wall edge, the second first-side-wall edge, and the second second-side-wall edge are integral with the first affixing side wall edge, the second affixing side wall edge, the second third-side-wall edge, and the first third-side-wall edge, respectively.

8. The profile of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, and the third side wall comprises a further affixing surface.

9. A frame comprising the profile of claim 1.

10. A promotion booth comprising the frame of claim 9.

11. A method for making a profile for constructing stands for affixing booth elements, the method comprising: manufacturing an affixing side wall extending along a first direction of the profile, wherein the affixing side wall is provided with an affixing surface for affixing a strip to the profile between a first affixing side wall edge and a second opposite affixing side wall edge, which affixing surface extends along the first direction of the profile, the affixing surface being provided with a first border by creating a first flange extending in an upward direction relative to the affixing surface and the affixing surface being provided with a second border by creating a second flange extending in an upward direction relative to the affixing surface and the affixing surface extending continuously between the first flange and the second flange, the first flange and the second flange being provided on the same affixing side wall; applying the strip onto the affixing surface, wherein the strip comprises affixing means for affixing the booth elements, wherein the affixing means comprises one of hooks and loops of a hook-and-loop fastener set; and flanging over the first and second flange so as to flangingly affix the strip by means of the first and second flange.

12. The method for making the profile of claim 11, wherein the profile is cut off for obtaining a desired profile length and a profile shape.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The invention will be elucidated in further detail by means of the following description and the appended figures.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a profile according to an embodiment of the present invention that was cut straight through, wherein the profile is provided with non-flanged-over flanges.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a cross section through the profile of FIG. 1 along a plane perpendicular to the first direction, such as the plane II-II in FIG. 1.

(4) FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a profile according to an embodiment of the present invention that was cut straight through, wherein the profile is provided with a strip affixed to the affixing surface, flangingly affixed by flanged-over flanges.

(5) FIG. 4 shows a cross section through the profile of FIG. 4 along a plane perpendicular to the first direction, such as the plane IV-IV in FIG. 3.

(6) FIG. 5 shows the cross section from FIG. 4, provided with two booth elements, in particular a curtain and a plate.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(7) The present invention will hereafter be described with respect to particular embodiments and with reference to certain drawings, but the invention is not limited thereto and is only defined by the claims. The drawings included here are merely schematic representations and are non-limiting. In the drawings, the sizes of some of the elements may be exaggerated, meaning that the parts in question are and not drawn to scale, and are merely for illustrative purposes. The dimensions and the relative dimensions do not necessarily correspond to actual reductions to practice of the invention.

(8) Furthermore, terms such as “first”, “second”, “third” and the like in the description and in the claims are used for distinguishing between similar elements, and not necessarily for describing a sequential or chronological order. The terms in question are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances, and the embodiments of the invention can operate in other sequences than described or illustrated herein.

(9) The term “comprising” and related terms, as used in the claims, should not be interpreted as being restricted to the means listed respectively thereafter; it does not exclude other elements or steps. The term should be interpreted as specifying the presence of the stated features, integers, steps or components as referred to, while not precluding the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps or components, or groups thereof. Thus, the scope of an expression such as “a device comprising means A and B” should not be limited to devices consisting merely of components A and B. What is meant, by contrast, is that with respect to the present invention, the only relevant components of the device are A and B.

(10) FIGS. 1-5 show a profile 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 and 3, the profile 1 is shown in perspective view, wherein the profile 1 is cut straight through in a direction perpendicular to the first direction of the profile 1, being the longitudinal direction of the profile 1. FIGS. 2, 4 and 5 show the profile 1 in a straight cross section, as indicated by the sections II-II and IV-IV in FIGS. 1 and 3, respectively, being a cross section perpendicular to the first direction of the profile.

(11) FIGS. 1-5 show a profile 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the profile 1 in a perspective view. A cross section of the perspective view from FIG. 1 according to the intersecting line II-II′, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the profile, the first direction of the profile, is shown in FIG. 2. The profile 1, as shown in FIG. 2, comprises an affixing side wall 4 provided with a first affixing side wall edge 20 and a second affixing side wall edge 21, a first side wall 2 provided with a first first-side-wall edge 22 and a second first-side-wall edge 23, a second side wall 3 provided with a first second-side-wall edge 24 and a second second-side-wall edge 25, and a third side wall 13 provided with a first third-side-wall edge 26 and a second third-side-wall edge 27 extending along a first direction of the profile 1. The first side wall 2 and the second side wall 3 are located opposite each other and run parallel to each other. The affixing side wall 4 and the third side wall 13 are also located opposite each other and run parallel to each other. The affixing side wall 4 and the third side wall 13 constitute the connection between the edges of the first side wall 2 and the second side wall 3, and are perpendicular to the first side wall 2 and the second side wall 3. More in particular, the first affixing side wall edge 20 and the first first-side-wall edge 22 coincide, the second affixing side wall edge 21 and the first second-side-wall edge 24 coincide, the second first-side-wall edge 23 and the second third-side-wall edge 27 coincide, and the second second-side-wall edge 25 and the first third-side-wall edge 26 coincide.

(12) The affixing side wall 4 of the profile 1 is provided with a first affixing surface 5 on the outer surface of the affixing side wall 4 and the third side wall 13 of the profile 1 is provided with a second affixing surface 14 on the outer surface of the third side wall 13, extending along the first direction of the profile 1.

(13) The first and second affixing surfaces 5, 14 of the affixing side wall 4 and third side wall 13 of the profile 1, respectively, are elk at least partly bordered along the first direction of the profile 1 door parallel flanges such as e.g. protruding edges, e.g. edges protruding in a parallel manner from a plane such as the affixing side wall, in particular first and second flanges 6, 29 bordering the first affixing surface 5 and third and fourth flanges 30, 31 bordering the second affixing surface 14. These flanges are shown in a non-flanged-over state in the FIGS. 1 and 2.

(14) The first and second affixing surfaces 5, 14 of the affixing side wall 4 and the third side wall 13, respectively, of the profile 1 are each provided with two lowered platforms, in particular the lowered platforms 8 and 32 on the affixing side wall 4 and the lowered platforms 33 and 34 on the third side wall 13. These lowered platforms extend along the first direction of the profile 1 over at least a part of the affixing surfaces 5, 14 along each of the flanges 6; 29, 30, 31.

(15) The profile 1 is also provided with a number of passages 19 extending along a second direction through the profile 1, from a first opening in the first side wall 2 to a second opening in the second side wall 3, as shown in FIG. 1. The passages 19 are arranged for passing a connection element therethrough, to connect the profile 1 with other profiles when constructing a stand. Such passages 19 provided in the profiles 1 for connecting the profiles 1 are for instance discussed in the patent publication BE1022807. The profile 1 also comprise internal affixing grooves 42, 43, 44, 45, arranged for affixing e.g. an internal corner connection element such as a corner piece as described in patent publication WO2016027175.

(16) The FIGS. 3, 4 show the profile 1 from the FIGS. 1 and 2, provided with strips 7, 28 affixed to the affixing surfaces 5, 14. FIG. 3 shows the profile 1 provided with a strip in a perspective view. A cross section of the perspective view from FIG. 3 according to the intersecting line IV-IV, perpendicular to the first direction of the profile, is shown in FIG. 4. The cross section from FIG. 4 shows the flanges 6, 29; 30, 31 which are to be flanged over, such as e.g. by bending down the flanges from a state wherein the flanges protrude from the plane, e.g. protruding from the affixing surface, to a state wherein the flanges lie substantially in the plane, e.g. the affixing surface, after the first and second strips 7, 28 have been applied onto the first and second affixing surfaces 5, 14, respectively, of the profile 1, so as to flangingly affix, e.g. tightly pinch, the strips 7, 28, by flanging over the flanges toward the plane, such as the affixing surface, on the affixing surfaces 5, 14. The affixed strips 7, 28, which are flangingly affixed by the flanged-over flanges 6, 29, 30, 31, are shown in FIG. 4. In this figure, strips 7,28 are provided with the hook-and-loop fastener affixing means, e.g. hook-and-loop fastener strips 7, 28 applied to the affixing surface 5, 14. The hook-and-loop fasteners of the strips 7, 28 are provided with the part with hooks or the part with loops.

(17) Each of the flanges 6, 29, 30, 31 applied onto the first and second affixing surfaces 5, 14 is provided with a protrusion arranged along the first direction of the profile 1. Moreover, the affixing surfaces 5, 14 are provided with an indentation arranged along the first direction of the profile 1. As shown in the FIGS. 3 to 5, these protrusions and indentations form interlocking protrusion-indentation sets 9, 35, 36, 37. Conversely, though not shown in the figures, the affixing surfaces 5, 14 can be provided with the protrusion arranged along the first direction of the profile 1, and the flanges 6, 29, 30, 31 applied onto the first and second affixing surfaces 5, 14 can be provided with the indentation arranged along the first direction of the profile 1.

(18) The FIG. 5 shows the cross-section of the profile 1 from FIG. 4, provided with two booth elements, a curtain 17 and a plate 15. These booth elements are provided with strips having the hook-and-loop fastener affixing means, e.g. hook-and-loop fastener strips 16 and 41, applied onto the plate 15 and the curtain 17, respectively. The hook-and-loop fasteners of the profile strips 7, 28 are provided with the part with hooks or the part with loops. To this end, the hook-and-loop fastener is present on the strips 16, 41 of the booth element, provided with the part with loops or the part with hooks, respectively, depending on the part applied to the strips 7, 28 of the profile, so that both parts can become entangled with each other, for said hook-and-loop fastener to be coupled, e.g. by pressing said hook-and-loop fastener 16, 41 with the hook-and-loop fastener comprised in the affixing means of the strips 7, 28 affixed onto the profile 1. In this manner, in FIG. 5, the plate 15 is affixed to the strip 7 of the affixing surface 5 of the affixing side wall 4 and the curtain 17 is affixed to the strip 28 of the affixing surface 14 of the third side wall 13. In other embodiments, the plate 15 and curtain 17 may also be e.g. affixed to the strip 28 of the third side wall 13 and the strip 7 of the affixing side wall 4, respectively.

(19) The affixing side wall 4 and the third side wall 13 of the profile 1 are each provided with an affixing groove 12, 38, extending along the first direction of the profile 1. The affixing groove 38 is arranged for connecting booth elements, such as e.g. the curtain 17, to the profile 1. This is shown, for instance, in FIG. 5, where an affixing part of the curtain 17 arranged thereto, in this case the affixing pin 18, is arranged in the affixing groove 38. The affixing grooves 12, 38 preferably have a predetermined depth, so that the affixing part of the booth element is positionable into the affixing grooves 12, 38 at a depth sufficient to securely attach the booth element to the profile 1.

(20) The first side wall 2 of the profile 1 protrudes on both sides relative to the profile 1 for forming bordering plates 10, 39. These bordering plates 10 comprise an inner bordering plate surface 11, 40, to be used as a border for a booth element, such as e.g. a plate 15, which is affixed by means of a strip, such as e.g. the hook-and-loop fastener strip 16, to the hook-and-loop fastener strip 7 of the profile 1, as shown in FIG. 5. Herein, the length of the bordering plates 10 is preferably chosen so that this length is approximately equal to the total height of the booth element, preferably of the plate together with the strip 7, so that the booth elements can be sufficiently supported on the bordering plates.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

(21) 1 profile 2 first side wall 3 second side wall 4 third side wall 5 first affixing surface 6 first flange 7 first profile strip 8 first lowered platform 9 first protrusion-indentation set 10 first bordering plate 11 first inner bordering plate surface 12 first affixing groove 13 fourth side wall 14 second affixing surface 15 plate 16 first stand element strip 17 curtain 18 affixing part of the booth element 19 passage 20 first affixing side wall edge 21 second affixing side wall edge 22 first first-side-wall edge 23 second first-side-wall edge 24 first second-side-wall edge 25 second second-side-wall edge 26 first third-side-wall edge 27 second third-side-wall edge 28 second profile strip 29 second flange 30 third flange 31 fourth flange 32 second lowered platform 33 third lowered platform 34 fourth lowered platform 35 second protrusion-indentation set 36 third protrusion-indentation set 37 fourth protrusion-indentation set 38 second affixing groove 39 second bordering plate 40 second inner bordering plate surface 41 second stand element strip 42 first internal affixing groove 43 second internal affixing groove 44 third internal affixing groove 45 fourth internal affixing groove