EP0321205A2 - Behälter für Handlungsreisenden - Google Patents

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EP0321205A2
EP0321205A2 EP88311820A EP88311820A EP0321205A2 EP 0321205 A2 EP0321205 A2 EP 0321205A2 EP 88311820 A EP88311820 A EP 88311820A EP 88311820 A EP88311820 A EP 88311820A EP 0321205 A2 EP0321205 A2 EP 0321205A2
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bag
display stand
vertical column
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Alan Mcneil Scott
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EOLAS - THE IRISH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C9/00—Purses, Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use

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  • the present invention relates to bags, suitcases or other similar containers for use by travelling sales persons in transporting goods from one retail outlet to another.
  • An object of the present invention is to overcome the above difficulties and to provide the sales person with a means for displaying sales goods more quickly and conveniently and to better effect.
  • the present invention provides a container of the type described provided with a display stand secured therein and movable between a collapsed state within the bag for transportation purposes and an erect state projecting from the bag for display purposes.
  • the container according to the invention eliminates the need for time consuming packing and unpacking of goods and thus enables the sales person to make more visits on each working day. Furthermore, the container allows goods to be displayed without using counter space in the retail outlet.
  • the collapsible/erectable display stand is a garment display stand comprising a base, a vertical column, and a horizontal rail mounted at the top of the column, and the vertical column is telescopic between an erect extended state and a collapsed contracted state.
  • a garment display stand of the above type allows the sales person to display garments to the retailer in a manner similar to the manner in which the retailer would in turn display the garments to customers. Furthermore, the garment display stand of the above type occupies very little of the internal volume of the bag.
  • the horizontal rail is telescopic from a contracted state in which, with the vertical column also contracted, the display stand fits entirely into the bag, to an extended state in which, with the vertical column also extended, the horizontal display rail projects beyond the dimensions of the bag increasing the effective size of the display stand.
  • the garments may be densely packed one against the other all along the length of the contracted horizontal rail so as to fill the bag with garments, and for display purposes the garments may be spaced apart along the extended rail to allow individual garments to be viewed.
  • the telescopic vertical column includes a securing mechanism which on the one hand is biased to prevent the telescopic vertical column contracting but is releasable to allow such contraction, and on the other hand allows the telescopic vertical column to be freely extended.
  • a securing means of the kind mentioned allows the sales person to quickly erect the display stand by simply pulling the horizontal rail upwards, thereby enabling the sales person to rapidly attract and retain the attention of retailers.
  • the bag consists of flexible walls and a three dimensional open frame for supporting the walls when the container is to be used in the transportation or display mode, the open frame being capable of being collapsed or disassembled into two dimensions, and the display stand may also be capable of collapsing further beyond the storage mode or of being disassembled into two dimensions.
  • the container can then be conveniently stored when not in use by collapsing or disassembling the open frame and the display stand into two dimensions and storing these in the bag, the walls of which also collapse when not supported by the open frame.
  • the container comprises a bag 1 and a garment display stand comprising a base 2, a vertical support column 3 which is telescopic, and a horizontal display rail 4 which is also telescopic.
  • Figure 1 shows the container in the transportation mode.
  • the vertical support column 3 is in the contracted state.
  • the horizontal display rail 4 is also in the contracted state.
  • the garments have been omitted from the drawings for clarity, but in the transportation mode the garments are mounted on garment hangers (also omitted) suspended from the horizontal display rail 4, and the garments are densely packed one against the other.
  • the flap 5 of the bag 1 is folded over and is closed by means of a zip fastener 6.
  • the bag 1 may be carried by the sales person by means of handles 7. Alternatively, the bag 1 may be pulled from place to place by the sales person by means of strap 8, with the bag rolling on castors 9.
  • the bag 1 is of a suitable size to fit into the trunk of a car.
  • Figure 2 shows the container in the display mode.
  • the sales person simply unzips the flap 5 and moves it to the open position, and then pulls the horizontal display rail 4 upwardly thus extending the vertical support column 3.
  • the garments are now on view to the retailer.
  • the sales person may extend the horizontal display rail 4 telescopically from the contracted state shown in Figure 2 to an extended state thereby allowing more space on the rail.
  • the garments on each side of that garment may be pushed away along the rail 4 so as to allow better viewing.
  • the sales person When viewing has been completed the sales person first pushes all the garments back together onto the central section of the telescopic horizontal display rail 4, then telescopes the horizontal rail 4 to its contracted state, and then operates the securing mechanisms 10a, 10b and 10c in sequence to allow the vertical column 3 to telescope to its contracted state within the bag 1, and finally folds over the flap 5 and secures it in the closed position by means of the zip fastener 6.
  • Figure 3 shows the display stand disassembled when it is not required for transportation or display purposes. It will be seen that the display stand can be disassembled into three smaller sub-assemblies, namely the base 2, the vertical support column 3 and the horizontal display rail 4 and uppermost telescopic section of the column 3, each of which sub-assemblies is generally planar. The sub-­assemblies can be placed in the bag 1. The bag 1 can also be collapsed to a flat state. Collapsing of the bag 1 is effected by removing and collapsing the internal frame 11. Figure 1 shows some but not all of the elements of the frame 11. The disassembled display stand and the collapsed internal frame 11 can then be put in the bag 1.
  • Each securing mechanism comprises a spring loaded plunger 12 near the top of one telescopic section and a complementary socket near the bottom of the next section.
  • the telescopic section may be lowered again by withdrawing the plunger 12 against the spring bias. In this way the vertical column 3 may be extended or contracted in a stepwise manner.
  • the base 2 of the display stand has a seat 14 for receiving and locating the lower end of the vertical column 3.
  • the seat 14 is recessed thereby preventing the vertical column 3 rotating and thus unscrewing from the base 2.
  • the base 2 comprises four feet 15 each of which is provided with a downwardly facing socket 16 for receiving the screw threaded shank of a castor 9.
  • the shank of each castor 9 extends upwardly through a castor protection plate 17 (see Figure 3) immediately above the castor, through an eye in the single continuous strip of material which forms the two handles 8, through an eye in the material of the bag 1 and into the socket 16.
  • the bag 1 is provided on the inside end faces with pockets (not shown) for receiving sales literature.
  • the base of the display stand may comprise a rectangular board (not shown).
  • the construction according to the invention may also be used by a traveller to transport the traveller's personal clothing.
  • a traveller may use the container to transport business suits and shirts.

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  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
  • Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
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  • Preparation Of Compounds By Using Micro-Organisms (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
EP88311820A 1987-12-14 1988-12-14 Behälter für Handlungsreisenden Expired - Lifetime EP0321205B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT88311820T ATE90528T1 (de) 1987-12-14 1988-12-14 Behaelter fuer handlungsreisenden.

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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IE296287 1987-12-14
IE296287A IE60729B1 (en) 1987-12-14 1987-12-14 "Container for use by travelling sales person"
CA000585566A CA1325796C (en) 1987-12-14 1988-12-09 Container for use by travelling sales person

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EP0321205A2 true EP0321205A2 (de) 1989-06-21
EP0321205A3 EP0321205A3 (en) 1989-09-20
EP0321205B1 EP0321205B1 (de) 1993-06-16

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AT (1) ATE90528T1 (de)
CA (1) CA1325796C (de)
DE (1) DE3881849T2 (de)
IE (1) IE60729B1 (de)
ZA (1) ZA889342B (de)

Cited By (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL1006523C2 (nl) * 1997-07-09 1999-01-12 Gaalen Georgius J J Van Kledingrek voor in de koffer.
GB2457883A (en) * 2008-02-26 2009-09-02 Hannah Nicole Beaumont A suitcase with an extendable garment support

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE229087C (de) *
CH29517A (de) * 1903-09-17 1904-08-31 Willy Wohlrabe In einen Kleiderständer umwandelbarer Koffer
CH60886A (fr) * 1912-05-28 1913-09-01 Anita Kinen Porte-manteau de voyage
US2476932A (en) * 1947-09-27 1949-07-19 Arthur C Tucker Traveling case having divided fabric cover and extensible support for garment hangers
GB890964A (en) * 1959-05-03 1962-03-07 Robert Fitzhugh Hillas Drake Improvements relating to baggage

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE229087C (de) *
CH29517A (de) * 1903-09-17 1904-08-31 Willy Wohlrabe In einen Kleiderständer umwandelbarer Koffer
CH60886A (fr) * 1912-05-28 1913-09-01 Anita Kinen Porte-manteau de voyage
US2476932A (en) * 1947-09-27 1949-07-19 Arthur C Tucker Traveling case having divided fabric cover and extensible support for garment hangers
GB890964A (en) * 1959-05-03 1962-03-07 Robert Fitzhugh Hillas Drake Improvements relating to baggage

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL1006523C2 (nl) * 1997-07-09 1999-01-12 Gaalen Georgius J J Van Kledingrek voor in de koffer.
GB2457883A (en) * 2008-02-26 2009-09-02 Hannah Nicole Beaumont A suitcase with an extendable garment support

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EP0321205B1 (de) 1993-06-16
IE872962L (en) 1989-06-14
IE60729B1 (en) 1994-08-10
ZA889342B (en) 1989-09-27
ATE90528T1 (de) 1993-07-15
DE3881849D1 (de) 1993-07-22
DE3881849T2 (de) 1994-01-20
EP0321205A3 (en) 1989-09-20
CA1325796C (en) 1994-01-04

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