EP1047322B1 - Verbesserungen an ausstellungseinheiten - Google Patents

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EP1047322B1
EP1047322B1 EP97942116A EP97942116A EP1047322B1 EP 1047322 B1 EP1047322 B1 EP 1047322B1 EP 97942116 A EP97942116 A EP 97942116A EP 97942116 A EP97942116 A EP 97942116A EP 1047322 B1 EP1047322 B1 EP 1047322B1
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Henrique Fernando Weil
Aderemi Knut Lawal-Solarin
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/04—Stands with a central pillar, e.g. tree type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/001—Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/06—Show cases or show cabinets with movable or removable shelves or receptacles

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  • the present invention relates to display units for use in displaying objects and products and to assemblies and components usable with such units.
  • One application for a display unit constructed in accordance with the invention is for displaying products for purchase in an aircraft or train or a ship.
  • Another application for such a display unit is as a temporary display in shops and at exhibitions.
  • Display and storage units are known from the likes of FR 633222, US 5032957, GB 2270468, FR 2595560, US 4253578, DE 580045 and CH 191108.
  • a display unit which is characterized by being self-contained and mobile or portable; said display unit have a box-like frame with end walls, a top wall, a base and visually open sides (ie. an interior which is visually accessible) and mounting means within the interior serving to permit objects to be set up and displayed within the interior of said display unit discretely in a variety of three dimensional dispositions and an in-built lighting system independent of exterior cables for illuminating the interior, said mounting means including a plurality of sub-assemblies composed of mounting structures detachably fitted inside the interior of said display unit and having an array of legs which project in different directions and components with display regions and platforms for receiving said objects which are detachably fitted onto at least some of said legs of said mounting structures, characterised in that each of said mounting structures have a base plate which is slidably engaged in a channel of an elongate track mounted within the interior of said display unit.
  • the interior of the display unit can be illuminated by light emitters distributed around the interior and energized by an independent power source carried by the unit.
  • the sub-assemblies can each take the form of several platforms each set in a horizontal or inclined disposition and detachably fitted onto one of several legs of a mounting structure.
  • This mounting structure can itself be detachably and slidably fitted on a track mounted inside the interior of the unit.
  • each mounting structure has a base plate which slides into a channel of the associated track which may take a horizontal disposition internally of the unit. Access to the channel and the track can be obtained by removing a detachable panel or wall of the unit.
  • Each leg of the mounting structure can be a narrow strip set edge uppermost and the platforms have a pair of depending walls adapted to fit onto any one of the legs.
  • Such sub-assemblies provide great versatility so that attractive displays of products or goods of various shapes and sizes can be accommodated by selection of the mounting structures and the platforms from groups of such components.
  • the present invention provides an assembly according to independent claim 6.
  • One or more assemblies as defined above may be mounted into a transportable and lockable carrying case which can be stacked with other similar cases with similar assemblies.
  • the carrying case can also be formed with transparent walls and with a track for receiving the mounting structure of the or each assembly. Products can be placed onto the reception regions within the carrying case and then re-located, if desired in toto, into a mobile display as defined above.
  • a display unit 10 constructed in accordance with the invention takes form of a mobile trolley with dimensions based on that of a standard trolley used for serving food and drinks to aircraft passengers.
  • the unit or trolley 10 has end walls 11, 12, a base 13 and a top wall 14. Wheels or castors 15 are fitted to the base 13. The sides of the trolley 10 are open, or closed off with transparent removable sheets of plastics material, to permit visual access to the interior space of the trolley 10.
  • the trolley 10 is used to display products set up in its interior.
  • the trolley 10 has a compartment 16 containing a power and light source such as one or more battery packs driving light bulbs which are connected via fibre optic cables to provide light emitters 17 distributed around the interior of the trolley 10.
  • the emitters 17 preferably employ directional and focusing controls.
  • each track 18, 19 takes the form of an elongate rail with a channel 22 of T-shaped cross-section as shown in Figure 6
  • Crosspieces 20 serve for mounting the rail to the interior of the trolley 10.
  • a mounting structure 21 such as any of those represented in Figures 7 to 10 can be detachably fitted onto one of the tracks 18, 19 by sliding a base plate 23 of the structure 21 into the channel 22 of the track 18, 19.
  • Figures 7 to 9 show a variety of mounting structure 21 which form a group of similar components which all have an array of strip-like limbs or legs 24 extending in three-dimensions above the base plate 23 in various directions like the branches of a tree. Each leg 24 is orientated with one of its longitudinal edges 32 uppermost.
  • Figure 10 depicts two other modified mounting structures 21', 21" each with a base plate 23 for fitting into the channel 22 of the track 18, 19 and an upstanding column 33 surmounting the base plate 23.
  • each component 25 has a pair of spaced-apart walls 26, 27 adapted to fit onto one of the limbs or legs 24 of one of the mounting structures 21, 21'.
  • Each component 25 has some region which serves to receive and support a product for display in a discrete location within the interior of the unit 10. In most cases the product reception region is on one or several platforms 38 which take a horizontal or inclined disposition and define an area.
  • FIG 11 Also shown in Figure 11 are components 25', 25" without such a platform 38.
  • the component 25' has a cross-like reception region 38' and the component 25" is a hollow cylinder, both useful for draping or hanging objects.
  • Some of the platforms 38 are in the form of trays with one or more lips 40 at the edges.
  • the mounting structures 21', 21" shown in Figure 10 may also serve directly as the display components 25.
  • Figures 12 and 13 illustrate how a variety of combinations of the mounting structures 21, 21', 21", and components 25, 25', 25" can be assembled to provide sub-assemblies 39 usable in the display unit 10, while Figure 16 depicts such sub-assemblies 39 when fitted into the display unit 10.
  • Figure 14 depicts a portable display assembly or unit 80 which has transparent exterior walls which can be secured against entry or unlocked.
  • the unit 80 employs tracks 18, 19 as before for accommodating the mounting structures 21, 21', 21" of the sub-assemblies 39.
  • Figure 15 depicts a lockable carrying case 90, preferably with transparent walls, for containing the sub-assemblies 39 made up of the structures 21, 21', 21" and components 25,25',25".
  • Products can be placed on the product reception regions 38,38',38" inside the case 90 with the mounting structures 21, 21', 21" slid into a track 19 in the base of the case 90 in the manner described for the mobile display unit 10.
  • a removable end wall 91 permits access to the track 19.
  • the case 90 is rectangular and can be stacked with other cases 90 also containing sub-assemblies 39 and other products. When the products are to be sold they can be removed from the cases 90 along with the sub-assemblies 39 and then re-located into the mobile units 10 by fitting the mounting structures 21, 21', 21" into the tracks 18, 19 as described.

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  1. Ausstellungseinheit (10), die freistehend und mobil oder tragbar ist; welche Ausstellungseinheit einen kastenartigen Rahmen mit Endwänden (11, 12), einer oberen Wand (14), einem Boden (13) und sichtmäßig offene Seiten und Einbaumittel (18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 38) innerhalb des Innenraums aufweist, die dazu dienen, die getrennte Aufstellung und Zurschaustellung von Gegenständen innerhalb der Ausstellungseinheit in einer Verschiedenheit von dreidimensionalen Anordnungen zu ermöglichen, und ein eingebautes Beleuchtungssystem (16, 17) unabhängig von äußeren Kabeln zum Beleuchten des Inneren, welche Einbaumittel mehrere Unteranordnungen von Einbaustrukturen (21, 21', 21") enthalten, die herausnehmbar in das Innere der Ausstellungseinheit eingesetzt sind und eine Anordnung von Beinen (24), die in unterschiedlichen Richtungen vorstehen, sowie Bauelemente (25, 25', 25") mit Ausstellungsbereichen oder Plattformen (389 zur Aufnahme der Gegenstände, die lösbar auf zumindest einigen der Beine der Einbaustrukturen befestigt sind, aufweisen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede der Einbaustrukturen eine Basisplatte (23) hat, die in gleitendem Eingriff mit einem Kanal (22) einer länglichen Schiene (18, 19), die innerhalb der Ausstellungseinheit befestigt ist, ist.
  2. Ausstellungseinheit nach Anspruch 1, worin die Unteranordnungen weiterhin weitere Einbaustrukturen (21', 21") mit jeweils einer Basisplatte (23), die in gleitendem Eingriff mit einem Kanal (22) einer länglichen Schiene (18, 19) ist, die innerhalb der Ausstellungseinheit befestigt ist, und eine aufrecht stehende Säule (33) aufweisen.
  3. Ausstellungseinheit nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, worin die Beine streifenförmig sind mit jeweils einer oberen Kante (32), und jedes der Bauelement ein Paar von nach unten vorstehenden, im Abstand voneinander angeordneten Wänden (26, 27) hat, die auf eines der Beine einer verbundenen Einbaustruktur (21, 21', 21") passen.
  4. Ausstellungseinheit nach Anspruch 1, worin die Einbaumittel einen modularen Aufbau haben, der aus Bauelementen besteht, die zumindest aus einer ersten und einer zweiten Gruppe von Bauelementen (21, 25) von unterschiedlichem Typ ausgewählt sind, wobei die Bauelemente jeweils der ersten und der zweiten Gruppe sich voneinander in der Größe und/Form unterscheiden und wobei jedes Bauelement der ersten Gruppe von Bauelementen (21) eine Anordnung von Gliedern oder Beinen (24) hat, die sich in unterschiedlichen Richtungen erstrecken, und jedes Bauelement der zweiten Gruppe von Bauelementen Mittel, die einen Produktaufnahmebereich (38, 38') definieren, der sich über eine Fläche wie eine Plattform erstreckt, sowie Mittel (26, 27) zum lösbaren Befestigen der Bauelemente der zweiten Gruppe auf einem der Glieder oder Beine von einem der Bauteile (21) der ersten Gruppe aufweist.
  5. Ausstellungseinheit nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Boden (13) Räder oder Rollen (15) hat.
  6. Ausstellungsanordnung (80) oder Tragbehälter (90) mit äußeren Wänden, die zumindest längliche Schienen (18, 19) enthalten, die Einbaustrukturen (21, 21', 21") mit jeweils einer Basisplatte aufnehmen, die in gleitendem Eingriff mit einem Kanal (22) der Schiene (18, 19) sind, und mit einer Anordnung von Beinen (24), die in unterschiedlichen Richtungen vorstehen, und mit Bauelementen (25, 25' 25") mit Ausstellungsbereichen oder Plattformen (28), die lösbar auf zumindest einem der Beine (24) der Einbaustrukturen befestigt sind, wobei die Einbaustrukturen und Bauelemente von der Anordnung oder dem Behälter entfernbar sind für das Einsetzen in eine Ausstellungseinheit nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3.
  7. Ausstellungsanordnung oder Behälter nach Anspruch 6, die/der abschließbar ist.
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