US1035648A - Combined carrier and display-rack for wall-paper samples. - Google Patents

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B. 'A. SMALL. COMBINED CARRIER AND DISPLAY RACK FOR WALL PAPE R SAMPLES.

' APPLICATION FILED 111111.15, 1911. 1,035,648.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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E. A. SMALL. COMBINED CARRIER AND DISPLAY BACK FOR WALL PAPER SAMPLES.

APPLICATION FILED M) .15, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13,1912. r

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.navunn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ADAM SMALL, OF FRANKSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CQlMIBINED CARRIER AND DISPLAY-RACK FOR WALL-PAPER SAMPLES.

Application filed March 15, 1911.

To all whom it may concern hold samples for the use of paper-hangers .in dealing with customers who live at a distance from the store.

At the present time exhibition samples of wall-paper are made up in books bound together at one edge, and are carried by the soliciting paper-hanger with him on his trips to customers houses in an ordinary case or satchel. This, however, provides for no means of suitably displaying the samples, and they can only be laid upon the table or,hung up individually on a nail, which is a clumsy and unattractive method of display.

The object of my invention is therefore to provide a folding display-rack"and carrier adapted to hold the customary number "of sample-books, and when folded to act as a satchel inclosing said books, but when display of the samples is required; to be set up in the manner of an easel or dis play-rack.

In the construction of my invention-l provide a rectangular box of siX sides, all of which, -ex'ceptthe back, are hingedly connected with the bottom, said back being rigidly -fixgd to said bottom. I also provide legs which are preferably extensible and are hinged in pairs to the oppositesides of the Bottom, together with means for bracing the opposite" pairs of legs to prevent them spreading, and nlakethe stand rigitl when in use; I also provide special means for 'detachably hanging the sample-books, enabling -tl 1cm to be turned over one at a time after being used in an approximately vertical plane, and enabling any individual book to beremoved from the rack as .desired U My invention consists. in the aforesaid the further cmistruht'itms described and pointe'd.out.in my claims.

*Fo,r the better understainling of my invention, I have illustrated the most aptoned. form thereof inthe accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of the device Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented An 13, 1912.

Serial No. 614,639.

foldedup in the form of a earryingcase; Fig. 2 is an end-view of the same Fig. 3 1s a front view of thedevice when unfolded and set up for use as a display-rack; Fig.

41- is a side-view of the same; Fig. 5 is a perspective-view of the device in -the carrier position; Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse-section therethrough; and Fig. 7 is a side-view partly in section and on a larger scale of one of the legs separately.

The reference letters refer each to the same part in each figure of the drawings.

The device comprises the bottom-plate a, top-plate 7), front side-plate 0, rear sideplate (Z and a narrow detached strip at the top thereof, 0, and the two'end-plates f, together with the two pairs of supportinglegs fund their extensions h, the hangers i for supporting the sample-books j, and the carrying-strap l;- and other attachments which will be described in the sequel. To the bottom or base-plate a are hinged the end-plates f by hinges f, and the two pairs of legs o by means of hinges Z. To the front pair of legs 9 is attached by nails, screws, glue or other means, the frontplate 0 of the case so that it swings down with the latter in openin The rear-plate (Z is rigidly fixed to the base-plate a with the exception of the upper strip 6 thereof, which is secured to the rear pair of legs g, in like manner to the plate 0, at the free edge,

allel' to said lower-lap, and the middle lap i" beingparallel to and between the other twolaps. It \\'Ill be seen from Fig. 4 that .'w.l|en the apparatus is set up as a displaynick, the sample-books can be thrown one after the other over the back of the rack by means of their rordsj engaging in the loop between laps "f and '1 and that said cords can be readily detached by slipping them over the end of the laps 7:.

As previously indicated, the legs 9 are made preferably with extensions, so as to bring the display at a desirable height, and for this purpose, the main portions of the legs are interiorly grooved as shown at 9', giving them gnomon orv L-shaped cross-sections to receive the rectangular extensions h. The extensions h are likewise joined to gether in pairs by diagonal brace-straps n, united midway between them by a rivet 0, thus giving the legs rigidity and preventing side-swing. An additional crossbar 9 may be provided as a brace to secure together the ends of the main portions 9.

The extensions in, when not in use, slide into and are contained within the main portions 9 as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, and they need no means to hold them in this po 'sition as they rest upon the butt-ends g of the grooves 9, wherein they lie. In order to hold them in their extended positions, I provide spring-pins 9, one for each leg, mounted on the end of plate-springs q, secured to the portions 9 by screws 9 and in each extension h is formed a notch or hole 71/ into which the pin 9 falls when the leg is fully extended. This prevents further extension of the leg as well as the collapsing.

thereof, but if the extensionsare to be removed it is simplv necessary to raise the pins 9.

The top-piece b is connected by hinges?- to the strip 6, as shown and when closed the free edge thereof is connected to the free edge of the front-plate c by a pair of clips 8, said clips having U-shaped hasps s which engage the tongues t ofcoacting-members t on the edge of the top-plate. Other kinds of fastenings may also be used, and I show these fastenings, which are similar to those use on trunks and satchels, merely by way 0' illustration. The end-plates f are held. in place when the box is losed by a pair of members u which have tongues 11/ entering in recesses b in the lower face of the plate Z).

The butt-ends of the legs 9 are chamfered so that whenopen to the proper angle they will abut upon the lower face of the plate a,

or rather upon the fixed leaves of the hinges Z, and thus assist in holding the upper por tion at the proper angle with respect thereto, To prevent the legs from spreading, i use a pair of hooked bars in and 'w movably linked into a pair of eyes a" on the inner face of each of the end-plates f, the front pair of bars '0 each engaging in a perforated lug s on the respective clip 3, and the rear bars to engaging in eyes a screwed into the strip 6. When the box is folded up, these bars 0 and w are engaged with pins 3/ on the inner face of the plates f, which keeps them from swinging. I

The handle 7: is shown as an ordinary strap whose ends are caught by slidingclips is, but any other fOI'lA of handle may be used as desired.

From the above description it will be readily seen my invention is not limited to insaeie special forms and mechanical constructions" such as I have hereinabove shown by way of illustration, but that the principles thereof are expressible in a variety of ways as will be well understood those skilled in the art; therefore the scope of my claims is to 'be interpreted in View of such alternative constructions. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a display rack, the combination with a base-plate, top-plate, front and back plates and end plates hingedly connected together, means for fixedly connecting said plates together in the form of a box, two pairs of supporting legs, the front pair of legs having the front-plate attached thereto,the rear pair of legs being movably connected with the base-plate, and means for holding said legs against spreading when turned down into supporting position, the upper ends of said legs abutting the lower face of the baseplate.

2. In a display rack, the combination of a base-plate, top-plate, front and backplates and end plates hingedly connected together, means for fixedly connecting said plates together in the form of a box, two pairs of supporting legs pivotally connected to said base-plate, one pair being attached to the front plate, and links connecting said. legs with said end plates whereby the legs are retained in supporting position and held against spreading.

3. A combined carrier and display rack comprising a baseplate, a back plate, two pairs of legs hingedly connected to said base-plate, a front plate mounted on the front pair of legs and adapted to fold into a position parallel with and opposite to said back-plate, a top-plate hingedly connected to the rear pair of legs and adapted to fold over the top to connect said back-plate with the frontplatc, and means for'securing the i .v a,

free edges of the top and front-plates together.

4:. Aconibined carrier and display rack in the form of a box comprising base plate, a back-plate, end plates, two pairs of legs hingedly connected to said base-plate, a

front-plate mounted on the front pair of legs and adapted to fold'into .a position parallel with and opposite to said back plate, a topplate hingedly connected to the rear pair of legs and adapted to fold over the top to connect said back-plate ,with the front-plate, means for securing the free edges of the top and front plates together, and interengaging means securing said end plates to the top-plate when the box is closed. 1

5. A combined carrier and display rack in the form ofa box comprising a baseplate, a back-plate, end plates, two pairs of legs hingedly connected to said base-plate, a front-plate mounted on the front pair of legs and adapted to fold in a position parallel with and op osite to said back-plate, a top-plate hinged pair of legs and adapted to fold over the top to connect said back-plate with the frontplate, means for securing the free edges of the top and front-plates together, and means on the end plates engageable in recesses in the lower face of the top-plate for holding the end-plates in place when the box is closed.

6. A combined carrier and display rack in the form of a box comprising a base-plate, a back-plate, two pairs of legs hingcdly connected to said baseplate, a tront'plate mounted on the front pair of legs and adapted to fold into a position parallel with and opposite to said back-plate, a top-plate hingedly connected to the rear pair of legs and adapted to fold over the top to connect said back-plate with the front-plate, means for securing the free edges of the top and front-plates togethirn-hinged means forming end closures for the ends of the box, and means on the said end closures engageable with the ends of said legs.

7. The combination with the base-plate and the back-plate rigidly secured thereto. of side-plates hingcdly connected to the end edges of said base-plate, a front-plate and a top-plate hingedly connected with the other plates to form with them a box, two pairs of legs, to one pair of which said topplate is hingedly connected. and .means for securing the free edge of the top-plate to the free edge of the front-plate.

8. The combination with the base-plate, and the back-plate rigidly secured thereto, of end-plates hingedly connected to the end edges of said base-plate, a front-plate, hingedly connected to form a box, a top plate, two pairs of legs to one pair of which ,said top-plate is hingedly connected, and

means for securing the free edge of the topplate to the free edge ol' the fronbplate, said front-plate being attached to one pair of said legs.

9. In a device of the class described, a base-plate, a rear-plate rigidly fixed thereto, metallic straps secured to the inner faces of both the base-plate and lmcl -plate, said straps terminating at their upper ends in hangers.

10. in a deviceot' the class descrilxul, a basc-plate, a rear-plate rigidly fixed thereto, metallic straps secured to the inner faces of both the base-plate and back-plate. said straps tern'iinating at their upper ends in hangers, and legs hinged to opposite edges of said base-plate.

1.1.. In a device of the class described, a base-plate, a rear-plate. rigidly tixod thereto, metallic straps secured to the inner faces of ly connected to the rearv both the base-plate and the back-plate, said straps terminating at their upper ends in hangers, legs hinged to opposite sides of said base-plate, and end-plates hinged to the said base-plate.

12. A combined carrier and display racl hingedly connected to said base-plate, a

front-plate mounted on the front pair of legs and adaptedto fold up into a position parallel and opposite to the back-plate, a top-plate hingcdly connected to the rear pair of legs and adapted to fold over the top of the back-plate parallel with the base-plate to inclosc the box on the top. means for securing the free edge of said top-plate, to the free edge of said front-plate, a pair of endplates hingedly connected to the end edges of the base-plate and adapted to close the ends of the box, and means for securing the end-plates to the top-plate when the parts are .in closed position.

14. A combined carrier and display rack in the form of a box comprising in combination the basc-plate, the back-plate secured at right angles thereto, two pairs of legs hingedly connected to said base-plate, a frontplate mounted on the front pair of legs and adapted to fold up into a position parallel and opposite to the back-plate, a top-plate hingedly connected to the rear pair of legs and adapted-t0 fold over the top of the backplate parallel with the base-plate to inclose the box on the top, means for securing the free edge of said top-plate to the free edge of said front-plate, a pair of end'plates hingcdly connected to the end edges of the base-plate andadapted to close the ends of the box, and cot'iperating means on the end plates and the top plate for securing the end-plates to the top=plate when the partsand the back-plate rigidly securedi thereto,' o f'end-plates hingedly connected to the end 1 edges of said base-plate, a front-plate hingto; the front and back edges of said baseplate',- and means for connecting the free ends of said supports together to prevent theni from spreading, each of said supports having at its basal end an oblique abutmentface adapted to abut against the lower side of thebase-plate, the two cooperating to give said base plate a backward inclination.

18. In a device of the class described, in

;. combination with the base-plate, the backplate rigidly united thereto at right angles therewith two end-plates respectively hinged 'to the opposite end-edges of said.

base-plate and adapted to close with said ;back-plate, a pair of leg-supports hingedly connected respectively to the front andrear edges of said base-plate, a pair of links conigoeaeas necting the free ends of the respective endplates to the rear leg-support, the lengths of said links beingsuch'as to fix said. endplates in a definite angular position with respect to said leg-supports.

19. In a device of the class described, in combination with the base-plate, the back plate rigidly united thereto at right angles therewith,two end-plates respectively hinged to the opposite endedges of said base-plate, a pair of leg-supports hingedly connected respectively to the front and rear edges of said base-plate, a pair of links connecting the free ends of the respective end-plates to the front leg-support, and a second pair of links connecting the respective end-plates to the rear leg-support, the lengths of said links being such as to fix said end-plates in a definite angular position with respect to said leg-supports; the basal ends of said legsupport's having abutment faces adapted in the supporting position of said legs to abut against said base-plate and limit the opening movement of the legs with respect thereto.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two witnesses.

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