1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a magazine rack device, and more particularly to a foldable magazine rack device including a structure foldable to a compact folding and storing configuration which is excellent for transportation and storing purposes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical magazine rack devices comprise a number of interconnectable racks each including two side panels spaced apart in parallel relationship by a back panel and a base panel for forming a chamber in each rack and for receiving and organizing magazine, books, files or the like.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,909,398 to Santucci discloses one of the typical magazine file systems comprising a number of interconnectable racks that may be selectively connected or secured together, and the racks each also include a chamber formed therein for receiving and organizing magazine, books, files or the like.
However, the racks each include a spatial or three-dimensional structure that may not be folded to a compact folding structure and that may include a great volume such that the racks are not good for transportation and storing purposes.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,851 to Chang discloses another typical magazine rack comprising a rack including a front and lower horizontal board, a rear and upper vertical panel, and two or more plates coupled between the horizontal board and the vertical panel for receiving and organizing magazine, books, files or the like between the plates.
However, similarly, the rack also includes a spatial or three-dimensional structure that may not be folded to a compact folding structure and that may include a great volume such that the racks are not good for transportation and storing purposes.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional magazine rack devices.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a magazine rack device including a structure foldable to a compact folding and storing configuration which is excellent for transportation and storing purposes.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a magazine rack device comprising a rack member including a back panel, a first side panel and a second side panel hinged to side portions of the back panel and foldable relative to the back panel, and a front panel hinged to the second side panel and foldable relative to the second side panel for securing to the first side panel and for forming a chamber among the front and the back panels and the first and the second side panels and for receiving a magazine, the rack member includes an anchor flap hinged to the second side panel with a first hinge line and foldable relative to the second side panel for engaging with the front panel and the back panel and for anchoring between the front panel and the back panel, the back panel and the front panel each include a base flap hinged to the back panel and the front panel with a second hinge line and foldable relative to the back panel and the front panel for engaging with the first and the second side panels, and the first side panel includes a bottom board hinged to the first side panel with a third hinge line and foldable relative to the first side panel for engaging with the front panel and the back panel and the second side panel and for maintaining the panels of the rack member in an opened working position, the rack member includes structure foldable to a compact folding and storing configuration which is excellent for transportation and storing purposes.
The second hinge lines of the base flaps are preferably arranged higher than the first hinge line of the anchor flap for allowing the base flaps to be stably and solidly engaged onto and supported by the anchor flap.
The third hinge line of the bottom board is preferably arranged higher than the second hinge lines of the base flaps for allowing the bottom board to be stably and solidly engaged onto and supported by the base flaps and the anchor flap. The front panel may be secured to the first side panel with at least one fastener to stably maintain the panels of the rack member in the opened working position.
The second side panel includes at least one aperture formed therein, and the bottom board includes at least one latch extended therefrom for engaging with the aperture of the second side panel and for anchoring the bottom board between the front and the back panels and the first and the second side panels.
Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to the drawings, and initially to
The rack member 10 further includes an anchor flap 20 hinged to one of the side panels 13 with a hinge line 21 and foldable relative to the side panel 13 (
It is preferable, but not necessarily that the hinge lines 24, 25 of the base flaps 22, 23 are arranged and located slightly higher than the hinge line 21 of the anchor flap 20 for allowing the base flaps 22, 23 to be stably and horizontally engaged onto and supported by the anchor flap 20, best shown in
It is also preferable, but not necessarily that the hinge line 31 of the bottom board 30 is arranged and located slightly higher than the hinge lines 24, 25 of the base flaps 22, 23 for allowing the bottom board 30 to be stably and horizontally engaged onto and supported by the base flaps 22, 23 and the anchor flap 20. One of the side panels 13 may include one or more (such as two) apertures 18 formed in the bottom portion thereof, and the bottom board 30 may include one or more (such as two) tongues or latches 33 extended outwardly therefrom for engaging with the apertures 18 of the side panel 13 and for further stably and solidly anchoring the bottom board 30 between the panels 11-14 and for further stably and solidly maintaining the panels 11-14 in the opened or working position.
After use, or before constructing the rack member 10 to the opened or working position as shown in
Accordingly, the magazine rack device in accordance with the present invention includes a structure foldable to a compact folding and storing configuration which is excellent for transportation and storing purposes.
Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.