DE29718987U1 - Product presentation system and product presentation device - Google Patents

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PATENT ATTORNEYS

DIPL.-1NC. H.'wEIC"KMANN D.PL.-ING. FA WEICKMANN

DIPL.-CHEM. B. HUBER

DR-JNG. H. LISKA

DlPL-PHYS. DR. J. PRECHTEL

DIPL-CHEM. DR. B. BÖHM

D.PL.-CHEM.DR. W. WEISS

DIPL-PHYS. DR. J. TIESMEYER

DIPL-PHYS. DR. M. HERZOG

PO BOX 860 820

81635 MUNICH

KOPERNIKUSSTRASSE 9 81679 MUNICH

TELEPHONE (089) 4 55 63-0 TELEX 5 22 621 FAX (089) 4 70 50

eMail weickmann@compuserve.com

Our sign:

7448G DE/PRJOju

Applicant:

Schössmetall

Fittings and Metal GmbH

Pommernstrasse

83395 Freilassing

Product presentation system and product presentation device Product presentation system and product presentation device Description

The invention relates to a goods presentation system, optionally with a goods holding function, for goods, for example door fittings or the like, comprising at least one support element, in particular a shelf fastening rail, which can optionally be fixed to a wall, for supporting further system elements; optionally at least one shelf which can be attached to the support element; optionally at least one display panel which can be attached between adjacent support elements and/or adjacent shelves, in particular in the form of a perforated panel; and optionally at least one cabinet element which can be attached to the support element.

In known systems of the type specified, the function of keeping goods ready is the main focus. The systems are used in sales rooms or similar to keep the items offered for sale ready for customers to take, with the sales copies being arranged, for example, on shelves, in cupboard elements or on hanging devices in the system. Unless the sales copies themselves are used to present the goods on offer, which is particularly the case with unpackaged goods, unpackaged presentation copies of the goods are sometimes attached to the system's display panels above the shelves so that a potential customer can get an overview of the range on offer and quickly find the goods that interest them.

The presentation items arranged on a display panel above the shelves may, depending on the product, give a sufficient visual impression of the product on offer, but the customer can only

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gain an inadequate impression of the ergonomics and functionality of the items presented. In the case of packaged sales copies, the customer is therefore tempted to unpack sales copies from the packaging in order to examine them more closely in terms of ergonomics, functionality and possibly also visual impression. If the customer then does not want to keep the sales copy examined, it can happen that he or she puts the sales copy back in the wrong place, possibly unpacked or not properly packaged, so that pre-sorting of sales copies, for example different models of a series, can be mixed up and the unpacked or not properly packaged sales copies are often not accepted by other customers.

For door fittings such as door handles, doorknobs and the like, it is known to attach a presentation model to a door or flap of a cupboard and to keep the associated sales models ready for removal in the cupboard compartment behind the door or flap. Depending on the number of models to be presented, at least some of these cupboard elements consisting of the cupboard compartment and associated door or flap will be difficult to access for examining the ergonomics and functionality of the presentation model, in particular they will be positioned too high, so that there is again a risk that a customer will unpack a sales model in order to examine it.

It is also known to arrange presentation copies of goods on offer on sample boards, which are hung on a wall, for example, or presented by a salesperson as required. Such sample boards can be used in particular for so-called consignment or order goods, for which no sales copies are kept ready and corresponding sales copies are only ordered from the intermediary or manufacturer upon the customer's request.

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The presentation samples displayed on the sample board can often only give a visual impression of the goods. If these goods are consignment or order goods, customers will often opt for other goods for which sales samples are available for closer inspection due to the lack of sales samples that can be examined more closely. Sales of consignment or order goods will therefore be relatively low.

In contrast, it is an object of the present invention to provide a product presentation system of the type specified, which enables an effective, visually appealing presentation of products for viewing and touching.

To achieve this object, it is proposed according to the invention to provide at least one goods presentation device that can be attached to at least one of the system elements in the goods presentation system mentioned at the outset, which device has a carrier body that is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and has at least one presentation section, in particular a presentation surface section, for attaching at least one presentation example of the goods.

The product presentation device according to the invention can be attached to the system element or to the system elements at a location that is easily accessible for interested customers, so that the customers can inspect the presentation copy attached to the carrier body (or the presentation copies attached there) more closely, in particular by touching them manually. Due to the rotating carrier body, which is conspicuous compared to the other system elements, the presentation copies attached to it are particularly noticeable to customers and are strongly highlighted compared to goods attached to other system elements (presentation copies or sales copies). It can therefore

It can be expected that customers will at least predominantly first turn to the presentation copies on the carrier body and, unless it is a consignment or order product, only after deciding on a model will they take a sales copy from a stock of sales copies held in particular by the product presentation system. If the goods in question are consignment or order products, the inspection option provided by the product presentation device and the outstanding presentation made possible by this means that customers will be expected to consider purchasing the product to a greater extent than before and, if they like the product better than products with sales copies held in stock, they will order it, so that significantly higher sales can be expected for the consignment or order products than before.

If the presentation surface section, in particular presentation surface section, extends around the axis of rotation, or if several presentation sections, in particular presentation surface sections, are provided around the axis of rotation, good use of space is achieved in terms of the number of presentation items attached to the carrier body per space occupied by the carrier body including the presentation items. For example, in the case of a straight-cylindrical carrier body with a square cross-section and accordingly four presentation surface sections forming its outer peripheral surface, the area is quadrupled compared to a sample board with the same surface dimensions as a presentation surface section. The increase in the available presentation area is indeed bought at the cost of a larger space requirement, for example in a depth direction; the gain in presentation area in relation to this additional space requirement is disproportionate, so that overall a significantly better use of space is achieved. The resulting cost advantages for a business owner or a

The advantages of entrepreneurs who sell goods on commission or by order and who rent presentation space in shops or similar are obvious.

The goods presentation device can comprise a mounting arrangement that can be attached to the at least one system element and a rotary bearing arrangement that acts between the mounting arrangement and the carrier body. The mounting arrangement and rotary bearing arrangement will generally provide a substantially horizontally or substantially vertically oriented axis of rotation of the carrier body. In order to make the carrier body and thus the display goods attached to it stand out visually, it is particularly preferred that the mounting arrangement holds the carrier body at a distance from the system element and/or at least one other system element. As a rule, the carrier body will thus also be held at a distance above a surface, in particular the floor of an exhibition room or the like. In particular with a substantially vertically oriented axis of rotation, it is also conceivable in principle that the carrier body is supported on the surface at its lower end.

With regard to the detailed design of the mounting arrangement, it is proposed that it comprises at least one mounting arm extending away from the axis of rotation, possibly having a section substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation. Preferably, two mounting arms are provided, which will generally hold the carrier body without further support from other components or the above-mentioned base. With regard to the length of the arm of the mounting arm or arms, it is proposed that this exceeds the depth of a shelf in projection onto a horizontal plane. The carrier body can thus be arranged in front of one or more shelves and, together with the attached display goods, stands out optically accordingly. The display goods are easily accessible. The display goods can be placed on the shelves at the

The merchandise assigned to the carrier body can be arranged so that a particularly good use of space is achieved.

As already mentioned, two support arms can be provided to hold the carrier body, which are preferably spaced apart in the direction of the axis of rotation. In the case of a vertical axis of rotation, it is proposed that at least one shelf is attached or can be attached between the two support arms of the assembled goods presentation device. This means that even in the case of a substantially vertically oriented axis of rotation, the carrier body can be arranged in front of one or more shelves in a space-saving manner, which also results in the already mentioned advantages of optical prominence and easy accessibility of the goods being presented on the carrier body.

With regard to the attachment of the mounting arrangement to the other components of the goods presentation system, it is proposed that a fastening section of the mounting arrangement, in particular the mounting arm, for fastening to the at least one system element has engagement means for latching and/or hooking engagement with associated holding means, in particular holding openings, of the system element, in particular a shelf fastening rail. This enables a simple fastening of the mounting arrangement to the other system components and the system can easily be converted to meet other requirements. This fastening is also compatible with the fastening of other system elements, for example shelf support elements to the shelf fastening rail serving as a support element. The engagement means can be adapted to conventional shelf systems in order to retrofit them with a goods presentation device according to the invention.

In this context, it is particularly recommended that the fastening section has securing means to secure

to prevent the fastening from coming loose without the use of tools, whereby the securing means preferably provide for a screw connection of the fastening section with the or/and another system element. This prevents customers from accidentally (for example when trying out a presentation model) or intentionally loosening the fastening of the goods presentation device to the rest of the system.

The rotary bearing arrangement can comprise a rotary bearing element at each of the two axial ends of the carrier body, each with an associated rotary bearing counter element on the mounting arrangement, in particular on a mounting arm. With regard to the design of the rotary bearing element and the associated rotary counter bearing element, it is proposed that at least one combination of rotary bearing element and associated rotary counter bearing element comprises a rotary shaft on one element of the carrier body and mounting arrangement and a first bushing on the other element for receiving the rotary shaft. In order to enable the carrier body to be easily attached to the mounting arrangement, at least one combination can have a second bushing on one element in addition to the rotary shaft and the first bushing, into which the rotary shaft can be inserted, at least partially penetrating the first and second bushings. In the case of a substantially vertical axis of rotation, it is particularly expedient if a combination with a first bushing on the support body, a second bushing on the support arrangement and a rotary shaft that can be inserted from above is provided at the upper axial end of the support body, and a combination consisting of a first bushing and rotary shaft, preferably with a first bushing on the support arrangement and a rotary shaft on the support body, is provided at the lower axial end of the support body. This makes attaching the goods presentation device much easier. If the support arrangement comprises two support arms, a first support arm can, for example, be attached to the rest of the system as a lower arm. The support body can then be supported by inserting the lower rotary shaft into the lower first bushing on the support arm, after which the

The support body only needs to be supported against tipping over, if necessary by an assistant. Next, the second support arm, which serves as the upper support arm, can be attached to the rest of the system. Finally, the rotary shaft is inserted from above through the upper first and second bushings. If the vertical distance between the support arms is sufficient, both support arms can be mounted first before the support body and the insertable rotary shaft are mounted on the support arrangement. In this case, the help of an assistant will generally not be required.

With regard to the insertable rotary shaft, it is proposed, particularly in the case of a comparatively heavy carrier body, including the presentation specimens, that it can be screwed to the bushing provided on the carrier body and has a support section for supporting the carrier body on the support arrangement, in particular the upper arm. As a result, the load of the carrier body is distributed over two support points of the support arrangement, in particular the lower and upper support arms, even when the rotation axis is arranged vertically, so that the support arrangement, in particular the support arms, can be designed more gracefully and thus more visually appealing and less expensive.

With regard to the shape of the carrier body, a wide variety of designs are conceivable. A cylindrical (not necessarily circular cylindrical) carrier body is particularly considered. A carrier body with flat peripheral surface sections serving as presentation surface sections appears to be particularly suitable for attaching presentation goods with a flat contact surface, in particular a carrier body with a triangular, square or polygonal outer cross-section. For optical reasons, it is often recommended that the outer cross-section essentially corresponds to an equilateral triangle, a square or a regular polygon.

The carrier body, which can be made from coated (in particular painted) chipboard, for example, can have at least one cavity. This cavity can accommodate sections of the presentation items that are to be concealed and/or fastening means for fastening the presentation items to the carrier body and functional units assigned to the presentation items for carrying out or simulating a function assigned to the respective presentation item. In the case of door handle sets, the functional unit can be a spring device that preloads the door handle (doorknob) into a horizontal position and offers resistance to pressing down the handle, similar to an associated door lock. This allows a customer to get a realistic impression of the ergonomics and functionality of the door handle set presented.

The carrier body can comprise at least two separate body parts, in particular wall elements, which may delimit the cavity and which are assigned fastening means for holding together the body parts assembled to form the carrier body. In particular in the case of a cavity used to accommodate functional units, it is recommended that the body parts are assembled in a detachable manner in order to be able to replace functional units easily. The fastening means should then, if possible, have a safety function to prevent the carrier body from being dismantled without the use of tools in order to prevent unauthorized intervention by customers as far as possible.

The invention also relates to a product presentation system as described above, which comprises unpackaged presentation copies of the product that are visibly and accessiblely attached to the carrier body. The product presentation system according to the invention can also comprise sales copies, in particular packaged sales copies, of the goods, the sales copies being on or at or in at least one system element

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are arranged. The sales copies can be arranged, for example, on at least one shelf of the system and/or in at least one cabinet element of the system and/or on hanging means, in particular hooks, of the system.

The invention further relates to a product presentation device for goods, for example door fittings or the like, comprising a carrier body with at least one presentation section, in particular a presentation surface section, for attaching at least one presentation example of the goods; a stationary mounting arrangement for holding the carrier body at a distance above a base; and a rotary bearing arrangement acting between the mounting arrangement and the carrier body for mounting the carrier body on the mounting arrangement so that it can rotate about a rotation axis.

Such a product presentation device can also be used separately from a product storage system, in particular a shelf system, or only visually associated with such a product storage system. For example, a support stand that can be placed on a surface, optionally screwed in place or held by its own weight can be provided as a support arrangement. In principle, it is also conceivable to let the carrier body hang from a ceiling by means of a suitably designed support arrangement. The product presentation device according to the invention can also be a product presentation device for a product presentation system as described above, wherein the product presentation device preferably has at least one of the product presentation device features specified above.

The invention is explained in more detail below using an embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 5. The figures show:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a

goods presentation system according to the invention with goods presentation device according to the invention, which has a carrier body rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation;
Fig. 2 in Fig. 2a a side view of one of the product presentation

/device of Fig. 1 essentially corresponding goods presentation device and in Fig. 2b a shelf fastening rail to which the goods presentation device can be attached;

Fig. 3 a view of the product presentation device of Fig. 2

without presentation goods from above;

Fig. 4 a section through the carrier body of the product presentation

device of Fig. 3 along line IV-IV; and

Fig. 5 the carrier body of the goods presentation device of Fig.

3 divided into two parts with viewing direction according to arrow V

in Fig. 3 (with additional schematic indication of a view of the two parts from above in dashed representation).

In Fig. 1, a section of an assembled embodiment of a goods presentation system 10 according to the invention is shown. Various individual components of the system are shown in detail in Figs. 2 to 5. The goods presentation system comprises several shelf fastening rails 12 as support elements which are fastened to a wall. Instead of such shelf fastening rails or in addition, the system could also comprise free-standing support elements (such as support columns) clamped between the ceiling and the ground as support elements. A goods presentation device 14 is attached to one of the shelf fastening rails, which has a support body 16 which is held rotatably about a vertical axis of rotation by a support arrangement 18 with an upper support arm 20 and a lower support arm 21. Two rotary shaft-rotary bushing combinations 22 and 23 are provided as a rotary bearing arrangement acting between the support arrangement and the support body.

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24 are provided at the two axial ends of the carrier body 16, which are to be described in more detail.

The support arms 20 and 22, which extend essentially orthogonally to the axis of rotation, each have a fastening section 26 and 28, respectively, which are of identical design. The respective fastening section 26 and 28 has engagement means in the form of an upper hook section 30 and a lower hook section 32, which are designed to engage in associated holding openings 34 of the associated mounted shelf fastening rail 12, which are immediately consecutive in the vertical direction, and to hook behind the front wall section 35 of the shelf fastening rail 12, which delimits the respective holding opening 34 at the bottom. The hook sections and the holding openings can be designed in such a way that, in addition to the hooking engagement, a locking effect is also achieved, so that the fastening sections 26 and 28 are or can be securely, but nevertheless releasably, attached to the shelf fastening rail 12.

In addition to the mounting arrangement 18 and thus the entire product presentation device 14, perforated plates 36 serving as viewing panels are also attached to the shelf mounting rails 12 of the system, as can be seen in Fig. 1, in particular hooked into the holding openings 34, whereby in Fig. 1 only the grid-like holes 38 are shown as an example for one perforated plate 36. Information material about the goods presented and/or held ready for sale (sales copies) can be attached to the perforated plates, and/or hanging means can be attached, for example hook elements hung in the holes in the perforated plate, on which sales copies of the goods can hang.

In order to protect the mounting arrangement 18 and thus the goods presentation device 14 against unauthorized, accidental or intentional release

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In order to largely secure the stability of the shelf fastening rail 12, the fastening sections 26 and 28 have securing sections 40 that are parallel to the front surfaces 46 of the perforated plates 36 and closely adjacent to them, preferably in the assembled state, with fastening holes that are adapted to the hole pattern of the perforated plates 36. The fastening holes serve to accommodate screws 42 that pass through the fastening holes in the securing sections 40 and the respective perforated plate holes, the latter with an anchoring screw engagement. The holes in the perforated plates 36 that interact with the screws can also be separate fastening holes that do not belong to the hole pattern 38 and that are adapted to the screws 42 used. The described screw connection of the securing sections 40 to the perforated plates 36 ensures that the mounting arrangement 18 and thus the goods presentation device 14 as a whole can only be removed from the shelf fastening rail 12 using tools.

The product presentation system 10 can also include shelves 44 which are attached or can be attached to the shelf mounting rails 12 and/or to the perforated plates 36 and are shown in Fig. 2 only schematically arranged in front of the front surface 46 of the perforated plates 36. The depth of the shelves 44 is less than the length of the support arms 20 and 21, so that the shelves 44 can be mounted between the mounted support arms 20 and 21 without hindering the free rotation of the support body 16 including the display goods attached to it (here door fittings in the form of door handle sets 48 with an elongated door plate and door handle, door handle sets 50 with a door handle rosette and separate locking rosette and door knob sets 52; the display examples of the door fittings 48, 50 and 52 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are not identical). For example, sales examples of the door fittings presented by means of the goods display device 15 could be arranged on the shelves 44. On another

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Of course, deeper shelves can also be provided instead of the goods presentation system 10; furthermore, the goods presentation system 10 can also comprise cabinet elements, which can also be attached to the shelf fastening rails 12, for example. The cabinet elements could also accommodate sales items.

In the embodiment shown, the carrier body 16 has a cylindrical outer surface or lateral surface 54 (cylindrical surface 54), whereby reference is made here to the most general definition of a cylindrical surface, according to which a cylindrical surface (here a closed cylindrical surface) is created by parallel displacement of a straight line along a guide curve (here a closed guide curve). In the present case, it is a straight cylindrical surface with a guide curve corresponding to a square. The carrier body 16 thus corresponds in terms of its cylindrical outer surface to a straight cylinder with a square base or cross-sectional area. In contrast to the carrier body shape shown, the carrier body could also be conical or have an irregular shape, for example. The choice of the shape of the carrier body will depend on the goods to be presented and will also be determined by the advertising effects that are to be achieved.

The support body 16 is composed of four wall elements 56, 58, 60, 62, which are appropriately cut, coated chipboards. As can be seen in Fig. 3 and 5, the wall elements are mitred at their longitudinal edges, so that the wall elements mitred together to form the support body form clean longitudinal edges of the support body that are essentially parallel to the axis of rotation.

To hold the wall elements together, fastening means 66 are inserted into the diagonally cut mitre surfaces 64 on which the wall elements rest against each other, with each fastening element 68 in

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a miter surface 64 of a wall element is assigned a counter-fastening element 70 in the adjacent miter surface 64 of the immediately adjacent wall element. The fastening elements and counter-fastening elements are identically designed, but are inserted in mutually adjacent miter surfaces 64 in opposite directions, and are designed in such a way that the fastening elements and counter-fastening elements can be brought into engagement and disengaged by axial displacement of the relevant wall elements. For this purpose, the fastening elements and counter-fastening elements have hook sections 72 protruding from the respective miter surface 64, which protrude over a receiving recess 74 of the fastening element 68 or counter-fastening element 70, into which the hook section 72 of the respectively assigned fastening element or counter-fastening element can be inserted, engaging behind the first-mentioned hook section 72. To facilitate the engagement of the fastening elements and counter-fastening elements, the hook sections 72 have beveled edges. The flat engagement surface of the hook sections 72, which partially covers the respective receiving recess 64, is also beveled in such a way that when the fastening means are engaged, an increasing contact pressure is created between the miter surfaces 64 with increasing relative axial displacement of the relevant wall elements, so that the formation of a gap between immediately adjacent wall elements is reliably avoided.

The wall elements 56, 58, 60 and 62 joined together to form the carrier body 16 are secured against unauthorized, accidental or intentional disassembly by providing additional fastening means 76 which hold the wall elements in the relative axial position in which the fastening elements and counter-fastening elements 68, 70 are in engagement with one another and sufficient contact pressure is achieved between the miter surfaces. The fastening means 76 comprise on the rear side of the wall elements (as front sides

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of the wall elements, the sides of the wall elements forming the cylindrical outer surface 64 of the carrier body 16 are referred to) fastening webs 78 fastened by screws 80, which in turn are screwed to mounting plates 84 received in the interior 82 delimited by the wall elements by screws 86. In total, two mounting plates 84 with a respective fastening web 78 are provided on each wall element, which are arranged in a respective axial end region of the interior 82. In a middle region of the interior 82 between the two mounting plates, a cavity of the carrier body 16 is accordingly formed, which is delimited in the radial direction (relative to the axis of rotation) by the wall elements and in the axial direction by the two mounting plates 84 with their respective associated fastening webs 78. The mounting plates 84 and the fastening webs 78 are simple wooden panels or square wooden pieces. For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that these components are not shown in Fig. 5, since this figure only shows the wall elements 56, 58, 60 and 62 and the fastening elements 68 and counter-fastening elements 70.

To hold and pivot the carrier body 16, an upper, stamp-like holding element 90 and a lower, stamp-like holding element 92 are accommodated in the upper and lower end areas of the interior 82 and are fastened by means of the screws 86 to the upper and lower holding plate 84 and the fastening webs 78 assigned to them, and thus indirectly also to the wall elements 56, 58, 60 and 62. The term "stamp-like" refers to the appearance of these holding elements in a side view according to Fig. 4. Both holding elements, as well as the entire holding arrangement 18, are made of metal, in particular coated iron.

The upper mounting element 90 consists of a base plate 94 which is adjacent to the upper mounting plate 48 and has four mounting holes for

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which has wood screws 86. The base plate 94 has in its center a receiving bushing 96 (first bushing 96) welded to the base plate 64, which serves to receive an associated rotary shaft 98. The first bushing 96 and the rotary shaft 98 are assigned a further receiving bushing 100 in the free end of the upper support arm 20, which is open on both sides. The first bushing 96, the second bushing 100 and the rotary shaft 98 form the upper rotary shaft-rotary bushing combination 22.

The lower support element 92 is designed similarly to the upper support element with a base plate 102, which essentially corresponds to the base plate 94. Instead of the receiving bush 96, however, a rotating shaft 104 coaxial with the axis of rotation is welded to the base plate 102, to which a receiving bush 106 (first bush 106) closed at the bottom and open at the top is assigned in the free end of the lower support arm 21, which serves to receive the rotating shaft 104 fixed to the carrier body. The rotating shaft 104 and the receiving bush 106 form the lower rotating shaft-rotating bush combination 24.

The goods presentation device 14 can be attached to the rest of the goods presentation system 10, i.e. in particular to the shelf mounting rail 12, as follows. First, the lower support arm 21 is hooked into the support rail 12 at a suitable point and, if necessary, screwed to the two perforated plates 36 on both sides of the shelf mounting rail 12 using the screws 42. After this, the fully assembled support body 16, including the two support elements 90 and 92, which should already be fully equipped with the goods to be presented, is inserted with the rotary shaft 104 from above into the receiving bushing 106 in the lower support arm 21. The lower support arm 21 then takes the weight of the support body 16, so that it only needs to be secured against tipping sideways, if necessary by an assistant. Then the upper bracket arm 20 is inserted into the shelf mounting bracket just above the support body 16.

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rail 12, preferably at a location selected in such a way that when attempting to remove the rotary shaft 104 from the receiving bushing 106, the carrier body 16 abuts against the upper support arm with the upper end of the receiving bushing 96 or (if this does not protrude from the interior 82, as shown in the figures) with the upper edges of the wall elements and cannot be removed from its position between the two support arms. The rotary shaft 98 is then inserted from above through the receiving bushing 100 in the upper support arm into the receiving bushing 96 of the carrier body 16. So that the rotary shaft 98 cannot slip too deeply into the two bushings so that the upper rotary shaft end is no longer accessible, the rotary shaft 98 has a flange section 108 at its upper end, which abuts against the upper bushing edge of the bushing 100.

In deviation from the previous description, one can also first attach both support arms 20 and 21 to the shelf mounting rail 12, but then with a distance that allows insertion into the described position between the two support arms (and inevitably also removal of the support body). In this case, no assistant is usually required to secure the support body against tipping sideways. However, there is a risk that unauthorized persons could remove the support body.

In deviation from the previous description, the upper rotary shaft 98 can also be designed with an external thread at the lower end with a corresponding internal thread in the receiving bush 96, so that these can be screwed together in order to support, if necessary, part of the weight of the carrier body via the receiving bush 96, the rotary shaft 98, the flange section 108 of the rotary shaft, and the upper bushing edge of the receiving bush 100 on the upper support arm 20. In this case, a relatively exact coordination of the dimensions of the carrier body, the support arms and the shelf fastening is required.

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rail, in particular its holding opening distance, is required, unless one wants to work with intermediate rings or intermediate bushings between the flange section 108 and the upper bushing edge of the receiving bush 100.

The door fittings, here the door handle sets and the like mentioned above, which are to be presented as display items using the product presentation device 14, can be attached to the wall elements in the usual way, in particular in the same way as they would be attached to the outside or inside of a door. However, no special door fitting retaining means need to be provided on the inside of the wall elements, i.e. in the cavity 88 or possibly in the area of the end sections of the interior 82 that are open in the axial direction, but rather the simplest retaining means such as simple screws, nuts, sheet metal plates and the like are sufficient.

In the embodiment shown, each door handle set is assigned a lock part 110 which is attached to the inner surface of the relevant wall element and which is attached to the relevant wall element using fastening means not shown, in particular screws. In the lock part 110, a conventional square bar carrying the respective door handle is secured against axial displacement and spring-loaded into a rotational position corresponding to the horizontal position of the door handle. The door handles of the door handle sets 48 and 50 are thus visible and accessible for manual touching and actuation on the outer surfaces of the wall elements 56, 58, 60 and 62 of the goods presentation device 14, which form a presentation surface, whereby the ergonomics and functionality of the door handles can be tried out realistically due to the spring preload of the door handles described.

With regard to the material of the carrier body, it should be noted that other materials than chipboard, in particular plastic or sheet metal,

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can be used. In the case of carrier bodies that are only used temporarily, for example in the context of advertising campaigns, it is also advisable to manufacture them from particularly lightweight materials (such as Styrofoam) or materials that are easy to dispose of (such as cardboard or papier-mache).

The goods presentation device 14 or the goods presentation system 10 described above, whose structure is described above, allows potential interested parties to closely examine and also manually touch the presentation items attached to the carrier body 16, here door fittings in the form of door handles, doorknobs and the like, in order to form a visual, ergonomic and functional impression of them. After sufficient examination, touching or testing of the functionality of the presentation goods, the customer can either take the corresponding sales items, which are kept ready in particular on the goods presentation system 10, or - in the case of order or consignment goods - the customer can place a corresponding order with the sales or advisory staff. Due to the highlighted presentation of the presentation items using the goods presentation device, the order or consignment goods mentioned are also "put in the right light" so that corresponding sales of these goods can be expected.

In summary, the invention relates to a product presentation system with a carrier element for carrying further system elements. According to the invention, the product presentation system has a product presentation device that can be attached to at least one system element and has a carrier body that is mounted so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, to which at least one presentation example of the product to be presented, for example door fittings and the like, can be attached. The invention also relates to a product presentation device with a carrier body for

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Attaching at least one presentation specimen which is held at a distance above a substrate by a stationary mounting arrangement and is rotatable relative to the mounting arrangement.

Claims (1)

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marked by at least one goods presentation device (14) that can be attached to at least one of the system elements (12, 36) and that has a carrier body (16) that is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and has at least one presentation section (54), in particular a presentation surface section (54), for attaching at least one presentation copy (48, 50, 52) of the goods. 2. Product presentation system according to claim 1, characterized in that the product presentation device (14) comprises a mounting arrangement (18) that can be attached to the at least one system element (12, 36) and a rotary bearing arrangement (22, 24) that acts between the mounting arrangement (18) and the carrier body (16), wherein the mounting arrangement (18) supports the carrier body (16) at a distance in front of the system element (12, 36) and/or at least -23- another system element (44) and preferably comprises at least one support arm (22) extending away from the axis of rotation, optionally having a section substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation. 3. Product presentation system according to claim 2, characterized in that the support arm (20; 21) has an arm length which, when projected on a horizontal plane, exceeds the depth of a shelf (44). 4. Product presentation system according to claim 3, characterized in that two support arms (20; 21) are provided which hold the carrier body (16) and are spaced apart in the direction of the axis of rotation, wherein in the case of a vertical axis of rotation, preferably at least one shelf (44) is attached or can be attached between the support arms (20, 21) of the assembled product presentation device (14). 5. Product presentation system according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that a fastening section (26; 28) of the holder arrangement (18), in particular of the holder arm (20; 21), for fastening to the system element (12) has engagement means (30, 32) for latching and/or hooking engagement with associated holding means (34) of the system element (12), in particular a shelf fastening rail (12). 6. Product presentation device according to claim 5, characterized in that the fastening section (26; 28) has securing means for securing against loosening of the fastening without the use of tools, wherein the securing means preferably provide for a screw connection of the fastening section (26; 28) to the or/and at least one further system element (36). - 24- 7. Product presentation system according to one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that the rotary bearing arrangement (22; 24) comprises a rotary bearing element (96; 104) at both axial ends of the carrier body (16), each with an associated rotary counter-bearing element (98; 106) on the mounting arrangement (18). 8. Product presentation system according to claim 7, characterized in that at least one combination of rotary bearing element (96; 104) and associated rotary counter-bearing element (98; 106) on one of the elements carrier body (16) and mounting arrangement (18) comprises a rotary shaft (98; 104) and on the other element a first bushing (96; 106) for receiving the rotary shaft (98; 104). 9. Product presentation system according to claim 8, characterized in that at least one combination has, in addition to the rotary shaft (98) and the first bushing (96), a second bushing (100) on one element (18), into which the rotary shaft (98) can be inserted, at least partially penetrating the first (96) and the second (100) bushings. 10. Product presentation system according to claim 9, characterized in that in the case of a substantially vertical axis of rotation at the upper axial end of the carrier body (16) a combination with a first bushing (96) on the carrier body, a second bushing (100) on the support arrangement (18) and a rotary shaft (98) that can be inserted from above is provided and at the lower axial end of the carrier body (16) a combination consisting of a first bushing (106) and a rotary shaft (104), preferably with a first bushing on the support arrangement (18) and a rotary shaft on the carrier body (16), is provided. 11. Product presentation system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the carrier body (16) - 25- has at least one cavity (82, 88), in particular for receiving a section of the presentation copy to be concealed or/and for receiving fastening means (100) for fastening the presentation copy (48, 50, 52) to the carrier body (16) or/and for receiving a presentation copy (48, 50) assigned functional unit (110) for executing or simulating a function assigned to the presentation copy (48, 50). 12. Product presentation system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the carrier body (16) comprises at least two separate body parts, in particular wall elements (56, 58, 60, 62), optionally delimiting the cavity (82, 88), to which fastening means (66, 76) are assigned for holding together the body parts, which are preferably releasably assembled to form the carrier body (16), the fastening means (76) in particular with a securing function to prevent the carrier body (16) from being taken apart without the use of tools. 13. Product presentation system according to one of the preceding claims, further comprising unpackaged presentation specimens (48, 50, 52) of the product visibly and accessibly attached to the carrier body (16). 14. Product presentation system according to claim 13, further comprising sales copies, in particular packaged sales copies, of the goods, wherein the sales copies are arranged on at least one shelf (44) of the system (10) and/or in at least one cabinet element of the system (10) and/or on hanging means, in particular hooks, of the system (10). -26- 5. Product presentation device for goods, for example door fittings (48, 50, 52) or the like, comprising: a carrier body (16) with at least one presentation section (54), in particular presentation surface section (54), for attaching at least one presentation copy (48, 50, 52) of the goods, a stationary mounting arrangement (18) for holding the carrier body (16) at a distance above a substrate , - a support arrangement (18) between the support body (16) effective pivot bearing arrangement (22, 24) for supporting the carrier body (16) on the mounting arrangement (18) so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis. 16. Goods presentation device according to claim 15, in particular for a goods presentation system according to one of claims 1 to 14, with at least one of the goods presentation device features mentioned in claims 1 to 14.