JP2007515239A - Device for displaying lined items - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a display device that can be easily adapted regardless of the area of a store or the like.
The present invention relates to a device for displaying side-by-side articles, said device comprising a counter-type display part (2) and a support element (12) hingedly attached to the rear surface of said display part. ) And locking means for locking the support element at the first and second inclined positions with respect to the display part. The support element (12) is mounted so as to be arranged between the first inclined position and the second inclined position completely under the display part (2).
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Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying a lined article.

  In particular, the present invention is an apparatus for displaying side-by-side articles, including a plate with a front surface designed to display side-by-side articles and a rear surface having a bottom end opposite the front surface. A stand, at least one support leg hingedly attached by means for coupling to the rear face of the display stand, and for locking the support leg in a first inclined position with respect to the display stand; And the locking means of the first stand in a stable state only by the support leg and the bottom end of the display stand simultaneously resting on a support surface. Designed to stand in position.

  In stores, devices for displaying side-by-side articles are often used to line up articles for display, for example comprised of several identical or similar samples of a particular type of article. Often these devices consist of a display stand mounted on a support leg that is hinged so that it can be laid flat against the back of the exhibition stand. Or spread in place to form the lower part of the display stand and the tripod so that the display stand is positioned substantially vertically. For this purpose, the support legs are often relatively long to give better stability in a nearly vertical position and extend to the rear to some extent, especially in small stores with little depth. Take up space.

  These known devices offer little freedom of activity. This is because the user can generally use the device only at a position close to vertical, and the device cannot be easily adapted to a store whose size is not suitable for such a device. There is therefore a need for a display device that can be easily adapted to all situations.

  One particular object of the present invention is to mitigate these problems.

  To this end, the present invention provides an apparatus designed for displaying side-by-side articles. In addition to the features described above, the locking means is designed to lock the support legs with respect to the display stand at at least one second inclined position different from the first inclined position. . The apparatus is designed to stand in a stable state at the second inclined position only by the support legs simultaneously resting on the support surface and the bottom end of the display stand, and the support The leg portion is basically characterized in that it is disposed so as to be located between the first and second inclined positions under the display stand entirely.

  These arrangements provide great freedom in use. This is minimized, regardless of the angle of the display stand, due to the fact that the support legs are located entirely between the vertical lines extending from the upper and lower end surfaces of the display stand. This is because the user has great freedom of activity thanks to the installation area.

  In various preferred embodiments of the present invention, the user can optionally utilize any of the following arrangements.

  In the first inclined position, the support leg and the rear surface of the display stand are installed at an angle α that can vary from 0 ° to 180 °.

  The angle α varies from 30 ° to 120 °.

  The support leg can be stored on the rear surface of the display stand.

  The support leg includes a basically flat panel having a width that is less than or equal to the width of the display stand.

  The locking means includes a part of the rear surface of the display stand and a part of the support leg, which act on each other by friction.

  The support leg and the display stand are hingedly attached by a rotation shaft connected to the support leg and a part of the rear surface of the display stand designed to be rotatable. The rotation shaft is formed within the thickness of the plate.

  The rotating shaft includes a plurality of storage units. The locking means is connected to the support leg in a rotational manner and is connected to the pin and selectively connected to the pin, and at least one pin designed to slide between a fixed position and a moving position with respect to the rotation axis. And at least one tooth designed to mesh with the storage portion at the fixed position and to be removed from the storage portion at the moving position.

  The plate has a relief portion, and the device includes at least one sample holder having a plurality of relief portions that snap into the relief portion of the plate.

  At least one sample holder removably attached to the plate by magnetic means.

  The at least one sample holder is in the shape of a right-angled parallelepiped, the width is a and the length is b, b is an integer multiple of a, and the plate is a square having a width W and a length H. It has a front surface, W is an integer multiple of b, and H is an integer multiple of a.

  At least one sample holder has a length b approximately equal to twice the width a.

  The support legs are hingedly attached to the rear surface of the display stand at a center point of the rear surface, and an upper portion of a display stand extending from the center point to the upper end portion, and a display extending from the center point to the bottom end portion The lower part of the stand and the support leg part have substantially the same length.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the course of the following two of its embodiments. The description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of non-limiting examples.

  In the various figures, like reference numbers indicate identical or similar elements.

  FIG. 1 shows a device 1 according to the invention. The device includes a display stand 2 in the form of a plate 14 made, for example, of plastic, metal or other material. The plate 14 is composed of a display surface 3 which is designed to be provided with a display surface extending over a width W and a display height H, ie an article for display. On the opposite side of the display surface 3, the plate 14 has a rear surface 4 (FIG. 2) composed of an upper part 5 and a lower part 6, whose dimensions are approximately equal to the display height H when accumulated.

In the first embodiment, in FIG. 1, the plate is at the top of the rear, has a generally usual constant thickness equal to w _5. In the lower part of the rear surface, the plate has a generally constant thickness w ₆ that is greater than w ₅ .

  The display surface 3 is designed to hold an article for display, which may be placed directly on the display surface 3. In the embodiment considered, the article is placed on the sample holder 10. The article may be, for example, a sample of a size that allows several units to be placed on the sample holder. These samples can represent, for example, the characteristics of larger quantities of articles stored as inventory. In this way, for example, several indicia representing different types of lipsticks can be placed on each sample holder.

  The sample may be, for example, a colored circle attached to the sample holder 10. Alternatively, the sample holder 10 may have subsections 9 arranged in rows and columns and designed to hold a sample.

  The sample holder 10 has, for example, a right-angled parallelepiped shape, the length of the front surface in the longitudinal direction is b, and the width is a. For example, the width a matches the width of the plate 14 as shown in FIG. Or may be arranged to have a length aligned to match the length of the plate 14.

  The sample holder 10 may be firmly fixed to the display surface 3 of the plate 14 during the manufacturing process, or may be detachably and replaceably disposed on the plate, for example. For this purpose, for example, the sample holder 10 can be fixed by various known methods as follows.

A method of inserting a stopper (not shown) at the bottom of the sample holder into the corresponding opening of the plate 14.

A method using a magnet formed in the sample holder or the plate 14 or both. These magnets act on corresponding magnets or ferromagnetic elements formed in the plate 14 and / or the sample holder 10, respectively.

A combination of these two methods or other methods.

The device is a length L, a substantially equal or the width is smaller than the width of the display unit, the thickness w ₁₂ has a small support leg 12 than w _6.

  The support leg is connected to the rear surface of the display part by a connecting mechanism 13. In one particular embodiment, the coupling mechanism is placed at the center point of the rear surface 4 of the display stand, and the length of the support leg 12 is equal to half the height of the display stand.

  The device can be stably placed in a first inclined position on the support surface, at which the support leg and the display stand form an angle α, the support leg and the display stand. The bottom end of the stand rests on the support surface.

  The angle α can extend at least between 30 ° and 120 °, thus allowing numerous configurations of the device within a very small footprint. In the embodiment considered, the angle α can extend from 0 ° to 180 °. Between these two angles, the support leg 12 can be inclined and locked with respect to the display stand at a second inclined position different from the first inclined position.

  For this purpose, a hinge mechanism is shown in FIG. Nevertheless, other types of hinges that allow the same movement could also be used within the context of the present invention.

  The rotating shaft 17 is connected to the leg portion 12 and has a cylindrical recess 17a. In the cylindrical recess, the side end 30 of the central portion 16 of the rear surface 4 of the display stand is rotated by the user. Is possible. The side end portion has a shape complementary to the rotation shaft 17. If the user is not applying any force to the display stand or support leg 12, the parts are locked against each other by simple friction between the parts.

  In the modification of the locking means, a locking mechanism as shown in FIG. 5 is used at an intermediate position between the fixed position and the moving position.

  The rotating shaft 17 connected to the leg portion 12 has a cylindrical through recess 17a extending along the center axis of rotation and an inner surface 17b perpendicular to the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft 17 has a hollow housing portion 26 that is fitted on the outer surface thereof.

  The central portion 16 of the rear surface 4 of the display stand also has a cylindrical through recess 24 aligned with the central axis of rotation. The central portion 16 is also provided with a chamber 23 having a non-cylindrical cross section such as a quadrangle.

  The mechanism also includes a cylindrical push button 21. The push button 21 has teeth 28. The teeth 28 are arranged on the inner surface 21a of the push button 21 at regular angular intervals, the shape thereof is complementary to the storage portion 26 on the outer surface of the rotating shaft 17, and the mechanism is in a fixed position. Are stored in these storage units.

  The push button 21 is mounted on a rod 15 that is designed to slide in cylindrical recesses 17a, 24. The rod is also integral with the collar 22. The rod has a compression spring 20 whose first end is in contact with the collar 22 and the second end is in contact with the inner surface 17b of the rotating shaft. The rod has an enlarged end 19 with a cross-section complementary to the cross-section of the chamber 23 in the central portion 16, which extends in parallel with the rod 15 inside the chamber 23.

  With these arrangements, only translational movement of the rod 15 relative to the display stand is allowed. To actuate the mechanism, the push button 21 is moved against the pressure of the spring 20 by a person operating towards the left side of FIG. 5, and the teeth 28 come out of the storage 26 corresponding to the axis of rotation. come. Thereafter, the rotating shaft 17 and the leg can freely rotate with respect to the display stand, for example, when adjusted by the user. Once the desired angle is reached, the hinge can be locked again by releasing the push button 21 and the push button 21 is returned to the locked position by the spring 20.

  For any position of the hinge mechanism located exactly between 0 ° and 180 °, such as the position shown in FIG. 3A, the bottom end of the support leg 12 and the bottom end 6a of the lower portion are displayed. A display stand for receiving the sample on the surface and the sample holder 10 is supported.

The device 1 can also be laid down in a first prone position completely flat. For this purpose, the contact surface 12a of the support leg 12 only needs to contact the upper part 5 of the rear surface. The upper portion 5 of the rear surface forms a contact surface having a shape complementary to the support leg 12. These two contact surfaces are, for example, flat. It may be specifically envisaged that the sum of w ₅ and w ₁₂ , respectively, which is the thickness of the upper part 5 and the support leg 12, is approximately equal to the thickness w _{6 of the} lower part 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3b, the device can be positioned planarly on the lower part 6 of the device and on the support surface 12b of the support leg, opposite the contact surface 12a. Then, the support leg 12 and the rotating shaft 17 are accommodated within the thickness of the display stand.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the second embodiment, the upper part has a thickness equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the lower part and the supporting leg part. The coupling mechanism is designed such that the support surface 12b of the support leg contacts the lower part 6 of the display stand, and the contact surface 12a and the upper part 5 rest on the support surface in the second prone position. Then, the support leg 12 and the rotating shaft 17 are within the range of the thickness of the display stand.

  In yet another variation, the support leg may be narrower than the display stand. The thickness of the side of the display stand is constant from top to bottom, the top or bottom of the rear surface is at least equal in width to the width of the leg, and its shape is designed to contact the support leg Complementary to the shape of the surface. As a result, the support legs can be fully retracted in either or both of the two prone positions.

1 is an isometric front perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of an isometric projection showing a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view which shows 1st Embodiment in a respectively different angle. It is a side view which shows 1st Embodiment in a respectively different angle. It is a fragmentary sectional view of a hinge mechanism. FIG. 2 is a diagram representing one embodiment of a securing mechanism used in connection with the present invention.

Claims (13)

In a device for displaying lined items,
A display stand (2) comprising a plate (14) comprising a front surface (3) designed to display a lined article and a rear surface (4) having a bottom end (6a) opposite the front surface;
At least one support leg (12) hingedly attached by means (13) connected to the rear face of the display stand;
Locking means for locking the support leg to the display stand at a first inclined position;
The device stands in the first inclined position in a stable state only by the support leg (12) simultaneously resting on the support surface and the bottom end (6a) of the display stand. The locking means is designed to lock the support leg relative to the display stand at at least one second inclined position different from the first inclined position; Designed to stand in a second inclined position in a stable state only by the support leg (12) simultaneously resting on the support surface and the bottom end (6a) of the display stand, The support leg (12) is arranged so as to be located between the first and second inclined positions entirely under the display stand (2).   The device according to claim 1, wherein in the first inclined position, the support leg (12) and the rear surface of the display stand (2) are installed at an angle α that can vary from 0 ° to 180 °.   The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said angle α varies from 30 ° to 120 °.   The device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support leg (12) is retractable on the rear surface (6) of the display stand.   A device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support leg (12) comprises a basically planar panel whose width is less than or equal to the width of the display stand (2).   The said locking means includes a part (16, 30) of the rear surface of the display stand and a part (17) of the support leg (12), which interact with each other by friction. The apparatus of any one of these. The support leg (12) and the display stand (2) include a rotation shaft (17) connected to the support leg (12), and the display in which the rotation shaft (17) is designed to be rotatable. A hinge (16) is attached by a part (16) of the rear surface (4) of the stand (2), and the rotating shaft (17) is formed within the thickness (w ₆ ) of the plate (14). Item 7. The apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 6. The rotating shaft (17) includes a plurality of storage portions (26), and the locking means includes:
At least one rod (15) rotatably connected to the support leg (12) and designed to slide between a fixed position and a moving position with respect to the axis of rotation;
8. At least one tooth (28) coupled to the pin, selectively meshed with one storage portion in the fixed position and designed to be removed from the storage portion in the moving position. Equipment.   The plate (14) has a relief portion (11), and the device has at least one sample holder (10) having a plurality of relief portions (10a) that snap into the relief portion (11) of the plate. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:   10. Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one sample holder (10) removably attached to the plate (14) by magnetic means.   The at least one sample holder (10) is in the shape of a right-angled parallelepiped, the width is a and the length is b, b is an integer multiple of a, and the plate (14) is long and has a width W 11. An apparatus according to claim 9 or claim 10, having a square front face with a height of H, W being an integer multiple of b, and H being an integer multiple of a.   12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein at least one sample holder (10) has a length b approximately equal to twice the width a.   The support leg is hingedly attached to the rear surface of the display stand at a center point of the rear surface, and extends from the center point to the upper end (6b). 13. A device according to any one of claims 4 to 12, wherein the lower part of the display stand extending to (6a) and the support leg (12) have substantially equal lengths.

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