US1594754A - Display rack - Google Patents

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A. REINES DISPLAY RACK Aug. 3 1926.

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. UNHTED STATES V 1,594,154 PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR BEINES, OF ASBlIRY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Application filed August 4, 1923. Serial No. 655,580.

This invention relates to display racks, and pertains especially to those adapted to exhibit postcards, artcards, photographs, printed matter and the like, and has for its objects the provision of an unusually simple construction which makes for cheapness, compactness and sturdiness; the provision of means for retaining the articles to be displayed without obscuring any portion thereof; the provision of means for readily adjusting the size of the rack to fit various sized cards; and the provision of means for the individual adjustment of the angle of elevation of each tray of the rack.

Display racks of the types herein set forth are primarily intended to be supported on a wall or on a counter in a con spicuous place, where customers may inspect and select the articles of their choice.. It is obviously of importance, therefore, that the contents be entirely in view to eliminate unnecessary handling and soiling and at the same time to have the rack designed to hold a sufficient stock in the most compact manner.

' In accordance with the preferred embodiment of this invention a rack is provided which is made of the fewest ssible number of separate parts and w ich may be easily assembled at small cost. Such an embodiment consists in a back member and two end pieces made of suitable material such as sheet metal, the endpieces supporting a series of rods uponwhich are pivoted the display trays, which may be of the same material. as the back and end pieces, and arranged in step-like formation. Each tray may thus be independently tilted forward or backward on its individual axle or pivoted rod, and set at any desired angle of elevation, in order that the contents of the rack may be'displayed in the most advantageous. manner. Each tray is further provided with-a wing bent at 90 to the bottom of the tray at each end. These wings carry indentations formed in the arc of a circleand are arranged so as to engage 1protrusions.

. frictionall with corresponding 9 on the en pieces of the rack, a owing the angular adjustment of the tray to be fixed as desired. The frontof 'each tray, instead .of being of metal or other opaque material, as previous types havedis'closed, is of glass or other transparent material, which may be readily su ported in a trough in the front edge of e tray bottom, into which the.

price mark clip transparent front may be slipped and easily removed again for cleaning or replacement. The value of this transparent front is ob- VlOllS, since it may be high enough to elimihate the possibility of the contained matter falling out and yet not obscure the matter in any Way. It is desirable that cards or other matter of various sizes may be held with a minimum of waste space, and to this end there have been provided movable partitions which may be of any suitable material but whichare preferably formed from asingle piece of sheet metal. These partiytions, being of a very simple construction, as 7 later described in detail, have been found to be particularly suited for use with the rack disclosed herein.

A more complete understanding of the invention may be had from the following 7 description of preferred embodiments as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

in which- Fig. l; is a perspective view of one form of a complete display rack;

. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification of the rack shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3' is a vertical section taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and shows in detail the one-piece construction of the trays,'means for supporting the transparent front pieces, and -means for -supporting theadjustable partitions; I

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through line 4-4 of Fig. 1, and shows in detail'the construction of a type of rack having individu:

ally adjustable trays together with the transparent front pieces and adjustable partitions: v

Fig. ,5 is a section taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 4 showing one method of mount-. ing the individually adjustable trays and means for maintaining the angular adjustment of the trays;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an adjustable partition showing its simplified onepiece construction;

- Fig. 7 is a perspective view'of a movable suitable for use with the rack described.

Referring now to Figs. 1,. 4 and5, there is shown a form of rack which has been found to be exceedingly adaptable for many varieties of display purposes. The frame of the rack, composed of a back piece and two side pieces 8, is'preferabl formed from a single piece of sheetmeta vIn the end pivoted thus allowing each tray to be inependently' swung forward or backward. The trays are arranged in step-like formation sometimes referred to as in echelon.

Each of these trays is also preferabl formed from a single piece of sheet meta and in this embodiment each tray comprises a back wall'member 2, a bottom 1, and a supporting trough 3, into which may he slipped the transparent front member 4 and the wing portion 12. Stamped into this wing portion is a series of indentations'13 arrangedcin the arc of a circle concentric *with the rod v10. The wing portion is substantially at 90 to the tray bottom 1, and is so positioned as to press against end piece 8 of the frame. A series of protrusions 14 in the end piece, also concentric with rod 10, is located so as to engage frictionallykwith the corresponding series of indentations 13, thus functioning as a means for maintaining any desired angular adjustment of the trays.

The perspective view of a suitable movable partition element shown in Fig. 6 illus tratesa preferred embodiment of that element as being formed from a sin le piece of sheetmetal so bent as to inclu e a par tition portion 14, a back or strengthenin portion 18 bent at 90 to the portion 17, an a hook portion '15 adapted to be hung over the top of the back wall member 2 of the I tray, as shown at 7 in Figs. 1 and 4:. The

hook portion is adapted to be forced between the glass 4 and front edge of the supporting trough 3, thus maintaining the partition in a fixed position and at the same time insuring firm support for the transparent frontin its supporting trough. Obviously a number of these partitions ,may be placed at various intervals so at to accommodate cards or other matter of different sizes.

The price mark clip 16 illustrated in Fig. 7 is shown clipped over a transparent front 4 in Fig. 3} This simple form of removable clip has been found to be particularly suitable for use with the rack disclosed herein;

and bent as to form the bottoms 1 and backs 2 of the longitudinal trays as well as the troughs 3'holding and supporting the transparent fronts 4, which may be of glass or other suitable transparent material. It will be observed that in this modification the sides 8 are cut away'so as not to be self-supporting, the legs 9 serving to support the rear of the rack'and also servingto allow a variation in angular adjustment of the rack having identations which cooperate withas awhole. The trays are arranged in steps or echelon, the bottoms being at different levels and each bottom substantially horizontal; In this embodiment, aswell as in the one first described, the backs 2 (Fig. 3) are preferably not at 90 to the bottoms as has been the past practice, but are at a greater angle suflicient to cause the cards or other matter to lean backwards away fromthe transparent fronts.

It is tobe understood that the foregoing description of preferred embodiments is not at all to limit the spirit or scope of this invention, as man modifications will at once be apparent to t ose skilled in the art.

1. A display rack includin a tray formed of a single sheet of'malleabl e material and having a back and a shelf extending substantially at right angles to each other, a portion depending from said shelf doubled back upon itself to define a trough, and a transparent front supported in said trough in substantially parallel relation to said back and extending substantially above and below the plane of said shelf whereby said front is solely supported.

2. In a displa rack comprising a series the plane of said shelf, and a partition element frictionally engaging the upper ortion of said back and extending .at right angles to said back and shelf. I

3. In combination, a display rack comprising a series of trays arranged in echelon and enclosed by end pieces having protrusions thereon, each of said trays being formed from. a single sheet of metal and independently rotatable upon a horizontal axis supported in said end pieces, each tray including a trough formed integral with and at thefront edge of the bottom'thereof, a front of transparent material in each of said troughs, wings on each end of said trays disposed substantially at 90 to the bottoms of said trays parallel to said end pieces and said corresponding protrusions on said end pieces for maintaining a given angular adjustment of said trays wlth respect to said rack," and a one-piece partition element adjustable lengthwise along at least one of said trays and suspended by means of an lntegral hook portion from the front wall of one of said troughs.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR REINES in substantially parallel relation to said-back and extending substantially above and below

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