Viewing apparatus

Abstract

The invention relates to a viewing apparatus having a housing having a front wall and a rear wall. The front wall has at least one viewing opening for viewing a flat object situated on an object carrier inside the housing. The front and rear walls are connected to one another along two opposite connecting lines and have bending lines such that the housing can be set up from a rest position, in which the front and rear walls lie flat against one another, into a viewing position in which the front and rear walls are arranged so that they can be spaced apart from one another. The resulting that the housing has a box-shaped design with a forward wall, a rearward wall and two side walls, and wherein the object carrier is firmly connected, only at its first end, to the front wall or the rear wall and has a width which is greater than the width of the forward wall but smaller than the width of the front wall. When the housing is in the viewing position, the object carrier has a surface which is curved towards the rearward wall.

1 . A viewing apparatus with a housing having a front wall and a rear wall, the front wall having at least one viewing opening for viewing a flat object on an object support, located in the interior of the housing, and the front and rear walls being connected to each other along two opposing connecting lines and in each case having a kink line at a prescribed distance from the connecting lines such that the housing can be erected from a rest position, in which the front and rear walls lie flat against each other, into a viewing position, in which the front and rear walls are arranged such that they can be spaced apart from each other, so that the housing has a box-shaped design with a wall at the front, a wall at the rear and two side walls, and in which the object support is fixedly connected to the front wall or the rear wall only at its first end and has a width which is greater than the width of the wall at the front, but less than the width of the front wall so that, in the viewing position of the housing, the object support has a surface which is arched toward the wall at the rear, wherein the object support is fixedly connected to the front wall and/or rear wall of the viewing apparatus in the region of that connecting line which laterally delimits the wall at the front in the viewing position of the housing. 
   
   
       2 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the second end of the object support is provided with an edge which glides well along the adjacent side wall of the housing. 
   
   
       3 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the second end of the object support is designed as a folding edge. 
   
   
       4 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the folded over region of the folding edge is folded toward the wall at the front. 
   
   
       5 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the material of the housing and/or the object support comprises cardboard, cardboard laminated with transparent film, or plastics. 
   
   
       6 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the object support is a display consisting of LCD elements, an organic display or a display consisting of electronic paper. 
   
   
       7 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the wall at the front and/or the wall at the rear of the viewing apparatus comprise an outwardly arched surface. 
   
   
       8 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the viewing apparatus has a wall at the rear, designed as a cavity, for an additional object. 
   
   
       9 . The viewing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein an opening aid is attached to the wall region of the front wall forming the side wall and said opening aid can be pivoted from a closed position, in which it at least partly covers the front wall on the outside, to an opened position, in which the side wall is erected.