ES1299322U - MAILBOX ALBUM BOX - Google Patents

Abstract

Mailbox album box (1), characterized in that it comprises a cover (2) with a side wall that has a notch in the form of a slit whose dimensions allow the introduction of photographs and a back cover (3), where the cover (2) it is configured to fit on the back cover (3) in a position selected between a closed position where the cover (2) sits on top of the back cover (3) and a viewing position where the internal face of the cover (2) is up under the back cover (3). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

MAILBOX ALBUM BOX

TECHNIQUE SECTOR

The present intervention refers to the field of photography, in particular, to storage albums and displays of photographs.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

To date, photo albums are a document, more or less extensive, made up of a set of sheets, containing one or more photographs on each sheet. The sheets are joined by a binding system, which gives it a book-like or similar format, generally made up of covers (front and back cover), and a variable number of intermediate sheets.

The binding system of the sheets that make up the album allows the whole to remain together; At the same time, it prevents the sheets from separating and getting messy. This system is perfect in many aspects, but when it comes to sharing its viewing (seeing the album among several people at the same time), as happens, for example, when viewing a wedding album, it presents three main difficulties:

1. Viewing distance.

2. Reflections on the paper: caused by the incident light, and its angle of reflection.

3. Time for contemplation or "reading".

Let's take a situation as an example, in which there is a main person, who is holding the album, and three other people, who are viewing it simultaneously:

1. Viewing distance: Each viewer needs an optimal viewing distance for the photograph, different depending on their visual abilities (myopia, farsightedness, astigmatism...), which the person handling the album does not know. And, therefore, it forces the viewer to modify their position based on said visual losses.

2. Reflections on the support: The support on which the photograph to be viewed is printed generates reflections that the viewer holding the album is unaware of. The reflections are suffered by the rest of the spectators. Therefore, the spectators, let's say passive, perform a constant dance around said album to be able to fully appreciate the images.

3. "Reading" time: the viewing time of each photograph is specific to each person. During viewing, each viewer needs "their time", generating discrepancies with the rest of the users due to the time set by the person holding the album, or main user.

We might think that the rest of the people who are not the main observer could wait for this to finish so they can see the album later and comfortably, but this is not feasible due to the following:

- In general, the viewing time of an album, such as a wedding album, or a summary of a year, can take about 15 minutes. This time would have to be multiplied by the total number of viewers, so the result would be too long.

- In general, the main spectator (the one who holds the album), who often coincides with the protagonist of the photographs that are displayed, makes comments or contributes anecdotes about each photograph or page in the album. It is therefore counterproductive and illogical to have to make the same comments for each viewer.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The invention is designed to avoid the problems that arise from joint viewing, by several people at the same time, of albums or photographs.

By means of an ingenious box, specially designed as a mailbox and album system, to protect the photos, support is given to contain all the photographic material. The box will be composed of at least two elements: cover and back cover.

The cover is characterized by the fact that a wall on one of its sides presents a notch in the form of a slit whose dimensions allow the introduction of photographs.

In the closed position (Figure 1), all the photographic material is inside the lower container (back cover) and protected, so that the leaves do not fall or scatter. In the process of opening the box, the upper cover (Figure 2) moves to uncover the inner box, counter cover or lower part.

The cover is placed under the back cover, exposing the pages or photographs it contains.

The leaves, pages or photographs are loose and numbered, inside the back cover.

To view them, we proceed to remove them from the box individually, and they can be shared with more users.

In order not to mix the viewed photos with those not displayed, the saving process is carried out as a mailbox; introducing the photo already viewed, in the opening generated in the space created between the cover (in a lower position) and the back cover (placed on top of the cover).

In this way, the person who shows the album takes out each sheet or photograph (Figure 6) and shows it to his fellow viewers.

The versatility of the system allows the main user (the person in charge of taking the photos out of the box) to filter or select the sheets or photographs to display. Well, from the upper box (Figure 6), the photos that you want to show are extracted, and those that have been seen, or that you do not want to show, are inserted into the mailbox cover.

The viewer performs an individual viewing, and decides, with the page in hand, the time, the distance and the optimum viewing angle.

After viewing the elements shown, all the content of the box is found on the lid. The sheets are transferred from the cover to the back cover, and once the cover is released, it can be placed in its initial position, closing the box again.

This storage system involves modifying the usual viewing, and it follows that the quality of the viewing improves substantially, giving each observer their time and observation distance.

In essence, a new experience is achieved for the viewer, more enriching, personal and detailed.

The system allows greater viewing comfort, individual but shared. It improves the viewing time of the group of participants and allows an agile and comfortable way of commenting on the photographs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To complement the description that is being made, and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, some drawings are attached, as an integral part of said description.

The set of descriptive drawings, where with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the following has been represented:

Figure 1: Side view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) and the back cover (3) can be seen, in the closed position. The cover (2) is located on the counter cover (3). Figure 2: Side view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) and the back cover (3) can be seen separated, in the process of being opened.

Figure 3: Side view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) can be seen, under the back cover (3). In the process of placing the back cover (3) on the cover (2), for viewing images (4). Between the base of the back cover (3) and the inside of the cover (2) a cavity is generated, which, like a letterbox, will be able to house the viewed images. Figure 4: 3D view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) and the back cover (3) can be seen in the closed position.

Figure 5: 3D view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) and the back cover (3) can be seen separated, in the process of being opened.

Figure 6: 3D view of the mailbox album box (1), where the cover (2) can be seen, with the inside facing up, placed under the back cover (3). The mailbox album box assembly (1) is in the image viewing position (4).

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

We start from a common box (Figure 1), with a lid on the back lid in the closed position. The shape of both pieces causes an internal cavity to be generated between both elements, which is used to house photographs or images, in such a way that they are protected from the outside, and prevents them from detaching from the set.

Figure 2 shows the assembly of these two pieces. The cover piece covers the perimeter of the back cover and protects it. The walls of the back cover have the same internal height, and determine the capacity of the mailbox album box assembly. Figure 3 shows the cover placed under the back cover, in a lower position, and generating a cavity between the two pieces in the assembly. This cavity is accessible from the outside through an elongated opening, like a letterbox slot. This hole gives access to the cavity generated and which allows sheets to be inserted for filing.

The uncovered position, open box, is shown in Figure 6. Where the back cover is placed inside, of the inverted cover. As the photographs are viewed, as they are seen by the spectators, or at the whim of the one who shows them, they can simultaneously be stored in the cavity created between the cover (in the lower position, with the upper face downwards) and the back cover. .

Claims (2)

1. Mailbox album box (1), characterized in that it comprises a cover (2) with a side wall that has a notch in the form of a slit whose dimensions allow the introduction of photographs and a back cover (3), where the cover (2) it is configured to fit on the back cover (3) in a position selected between a closed position where the cover (2) sits on top of the back cover (3) and a viewing position where the internal face of the cover (2) is up under the back cover (3). 2. Mailbox album box (1), according to claim 1, where the walls of the back cover (3) have the same internal height, and determine the capacity of the mailbox album box assembly (1).