Rotating Collectible Display

20210169238

16/057569

August 07, 2018

A rotating display for collectibles such as, without limitation, comic books, magazines, coins, stamps, trading cards, and paper currency. In an embodiment, such a rotating collectibles display enables a collector to display a large number of their collectibles in protective frames, such that the display can rotate to allow the viewing of individual frames, and the frames within the display can rotate to allow the viewing of the back and front of the collectibles within the frames.

1. A rotating collectible display, comprising: a stand, the stand comprising: a stand base, and a stand post attached to a top of the stand base; a frame holder comprising: a frame holder base comprising an aperture, the frame holder base further having a plurality of upward facing frame hinge posts disposed on a top side of the frame holder base around the aperture of the frame holder base, a frame holder top comprising an aperture, the frame holder top further having a plurality of downward facing frame hinge posts disposed on a bottom side of the frame holder top about the aperture of the frame holder top, and a plurality of frame holder support posts fixedly connecting the frame holder top to the frame holder base, wherein a bottom end of each frame holder support post is fixedly mounted at a respective position on the top side of the frame holder base, and wherein a top end of each of frame holder support post is fixedly mounted at a respective position on the bottom side of the frame holder top, wherein the frame holder is rotatably mounted on the stand such that the stand post passes though the aperture of the frame holder base and the aperture of the frame holder top; and a plurality of item frames, wherein each item frame comprises a respective item frame top, a respective item frame bottom, a respective first item frame side and a respective second item frame side, the respective item frame top having a respective upward facing hinge insertion point adjacent to the respective first item frame side, and the respective item frame bottom having a downward facing hinge insertion point adjacent to the respective first item frame sided; wherein each item frame is rotatably mounted on the frame holder such that a respective one of the plurality of downward facing frame hinge posts is inserted into the respective upward facing hinge insertion point of said each item frame and a respective one of the upward facing frame hinge posts facing the respective downward facing frame hinge post is inserted into the respective downward facing hinge insertion point of said each item frame, and further such that said each item frame enables one or more items to be inserted into said each item frame without removing said each item frame from the frame holder.

2. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein each item frame can freely rotate about its respective upward facing hinge insertion point and its respective downward facing hinge insertion point through a respective angle of at least 90 degrees.

3. The rotating collectible display of claim 2, wherein the respective angle is at least 120 degrees.

4. The rotating collectible display of claim 2, wherein the respective angle is at least 160 degrees.

5. The rotating collectible display of claim 2, wherein the respective angle is at least 180 degrees.

6. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein the frame holder base and the frame holder top are the same size and shape and a number of the upward facing frame hinge posts is equal to a number of the downward facing frame hinge posts.

7. The rotating collectible display of claim 6, wherein the respective position on the top side of the frame holder base is located between the aperture of the frame holder base and a respective one of the plurality of upward facing frame hinge posts, and the respective position on the bottom side of the frame holder top is located between the aperture of the frame holder top and a respective one of the plurality of downward facing frame hinge posts.

8. The rotating collectible display of claim 7, wherein the bottom side of the frame holder top and the top side of the frame holder base are mounted on the plurality of frame holder support posts parallel to one another, such that each one of the downward facing frame hinge posts faces a respective one of the upward facing frame hinge posts,

9. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein the bottom side of the frame holder base is seated on a ball bearing mechanism on the top of the stand base that facilitates the rotation of the frame holder about the stand post.

10. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein a top side of the frame holder top has at least one frame holder top handle adapted to allow a user to rotate the frame holder about the stand post.

11. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, additionally comprising a stand handle mounted to a top end of the stand post.

12. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein each item frame of the plurality of item frames further comprises at least one item frame compartment.

13. The rotating collectible display of claim 12, wherein the at least one item frame compartment comprises a respective transparent front panel and a respective transparent back panel.

14. The rotating collectible display of claim 12, wherein a size of the at least one item frame compartment is adapted to hold a type of collectible item.

15. The rotating collectible display of claim 14, wherein the type of collectible item is one of comic books, magazines, stamps, coins, paper currency and trading cards.

16. The rotating collectible display of claim 14, wherein there are at least two item frame compartments in one of the plurality of item frames, the at least two item frame compartments comprising at least one item frame adapted to hold a first type of collectible item, and at least one item frame adapted to hold a second type of collectible item.

17. The rotating collectible display of claim 1, wherein the stand and the frame holder are constructed of metal.

18. The rotating collectible display of claim 17, wherein the plurality of item frames are constructed of plastic.

19. The rotating collectible display of claim 17, wherein the stand, the frame holder, and the plurality of item frames are constructed of at least one of metal, plastic, rubber, and wood.

20. (canceled)

21. A rotating collectible display, comprising: a stand, the stand comprising: a stand base, and a stand post attached to a top of the stand base; a frame holder adapted to hold a plurality of frames, the frame holder comprising: a frame holder base comprising an aperture, the frame holder base further having a plurality of upward facing frame hinge posts disposed on a top side of the frame holder base around the aperture of the frame holder base, a frame holder top comprising an aperture, the frame holder top further having a plurality of downward facing frame hinge posts disposed on a bottom side of the frame holder top about the aperture of the frame holder top, and a plurality of frame holder support posts fixedly connecting the frame holder top to the frame holder base, wherein a bottom end of each frame holder support post is fixedly mounted at a respective position on the top side of the frame holder base, and wherein a top end of each frame holder support post is fixedly mounted at a respective position on the bottom side of the frame holder top, wherein the frame holder is rotatably mounted on the stand such that the stand post passes though the aperture of the frame holder base and the aperture of the frame holder top; a plurality of compartments configured to hold at least one item; a plurality of item frames, wherein each item frame comprises a respective item frame top, a respective item frame bottom, a respective first item frame side and a respective second item frame side, the respective item frame top having a respective upward facing hinge insertion point adjacent to the respective first item frame side, and the respective item frame bottom having a downward facing hinge insertion point adjacent to the respective first item frame side, and wherein each item frame further comprises a set of brackets configured to hold at least one compartment of the plurality of compartments; wherein each item frame is rotatably mounted on the frame holder such that a respective one of the plurality of downward facing frame hinge posts is inserted into the respective upward facing hinge insertion point of said each item frame and a respective one of the upward facing frame hinge posts facing the respective downward facing frame hinge post is inserted into the respective downward facing hinge insertion point of said each item frame, and further such that the set of brackets of said each item frame enable said at least one compartment of the plurality of compartments to be inserted into said each item frame without removing said each item frame from the frame holder.

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