Magnetic album

Abstract

A display album including a plurality of display device units. Each display device unit includes a display case for displaying an item, the display case having a display face, and a frame disposed around a perimeter edge of the display case. The frame includes at least one magnetic frame element. An album cover houses the plurality of display device units.

1 . A display album comprising:
 a plurality of display device units, each display device unit comprising:
 a display case for displaying an item, the display case having a display face; and 
 a frame disposed around a perimeter edge of the display case, the frame comprising at least one magnetic frame element; and 
   an album cover that houses the plurality of display device units.   
     
     
         2 . The display album of  claim 1 , wherein the album cover comprises:
 a front cover section; and   a back cover section, the front cover and the back cover sections being foldable relative to one another.   
     
     
         3 . The display album of  claim 2 , wherein the album cover further comprises a sleeve disposed around the front or back cover sections, the sleeve being slideable relative to the front or back cover sections so as to adjust storage capacity of the display album. 
     
     
         4 . The display album of  claim 1 , wherein the magnetic frame element of a first one of the plurality of display device units comprises at least one first magnet and the magnetic frame element of a second one of the plurality of magnetic display device units comprises at least one second magnet, so that the first magnetic display unit and the second magnetic display unit are attached to one another by the magnetic attraction between the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet and movable relative to one another to at least one of the following configurations:
 1) a first configuration wherein the display face of the first display device unit is generally co-planar with the display face of the second display device unit and the first and second magnets have opposite magnetic orientations; and   2) a second configuration wherein the display face of the first display device unit is superposed over the display face of the second display device unit and the first and second magnets have the same magnetic orientation.   
     
     
         5 . The display album of  claim 4 , wherein the first display device unit comprises a back face opposite to the display face of the first display device unit, the back face comprises a first attachment mechanism, the display face of the second display device unit comprises a second attachment mechanism, and the first attachment mechanism engages with the second attachment mechanism to attach the first display unit to the second display unit in the second configuration. 
     
     
         6 . The display album of  claim 5 , wherein the first attachment mechanism comprises a hole and the second attachment mechanism comprises a peg. 
     
     
         7 . The display album of  claim 1 , wherein the album cover comprises a magnetizable element that is magnetically attracted to the at least one magnetic frame element. 
     
     
         8 . The display album of  claim 2 , wherein the perimeter edge of the display case comprises an inner edge closest to the at least one fold, and the at least one magnetic frame element is disposed at the inner edge. 
     
     
         9 . The display album of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more pockets disposed on the album cover. 
     
     
         10 . The display album of  claim 1 , wherein the frame is removable from the display case. 
     
     
         11 . The display album of  claim 10 , wherein the frame is held on the display case by a friction fit. 
     
     
         12 . The display album of  claim 1 , wherein the album cover comprises only a back cover. 
     
     
         13 . The display album of  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of display device units are stacked on top of the back cover. 
     
     
         14 . The display album of  claim 12 , further comprising a magnetic element disposed on each display face of the display cases. 
     
     
         15 . The display album of  claim 14 , wherein the display cases are pivotable relative to one another about their respective magnetic elements.