JPH0737560Y2 - Display equipment for flat items such as compact discs - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a display device for flat articles such as compact discs, video tapes, audio cassette tapes, and books. The present invention relates to a display device that can be exhibited in a state of being orientated to.

[Conventional technology]

Most conventional display devices such as compact discs have a structure in which the spine cover is oriented to the front and aligned sideways like a normal bookshelf, but the purchaser is compact to see the cover. Currently, flat articles such as disks are pulled out and returned each time.

Also, as in the case of a catalog display device, the front cover of a flat article is orientated to the front so that it is displayed on a multi-tiered slant plate so that it does not overlap each other, or like a normal shelving device, the front cover is displayed on the front of the shelf. Some of them stand upright and are housed in an oriented state, but the utilization efficiency of the exhibition space is poor, and therefore they are only used for displaying specific items such as new boards.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In view of the above-mentioned situation, the present invention is to solve the problem that a flat article such as a compact disc can be displayed in a multi-tiered manner with the front cover oriented and raised. In order to improve the efficiency of the above, the flat articles in the front view are arranged so as to overlap each other as much as possible, and most of the front cover of the flat article in the rear row is held by keeping the flat article in the front row in the forward tilted state. It is a point to provide a display device for flat articles such as compact discs, which can be directly viewed.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a concave groove capable of accommodating the lower edge of a flat article such as a compact disc in an upright state in which the front cover is oriented to the front, and the upper and lower intermediate portions of the back cover are A back support part for stopping is formed above the rear part of the groove, and a front support part for supporting the front-rear intermediate part of the front cover of the flat article in the forwardly inclined state is formed above the front part of the groove. A display device for flat articles such as compact discs having a step-like unit holding structure in which a step portion for locking the rear edge of the back cover is formed below the backrest portion is arranged.

[Action]

The display device for flattened articles such as compact discs according to the present invention having the above-mentioned contents is arranged so that the lower edge portion of the flattened article such as compact discs is accommodated and placed in the concave groove in a state in which the front cover is oriented to the front. At the same time, the upper and lower middle parts of the back cover are stopped by the backrest part to be displayed in an upright state.The flat article in the front row is tilted forward and the front and rear middle part of the front cover is placed on the front part. By mounting and supporting, and holding the rear edge of the back cover to the step portion and holding it in the forward tilted state, most of the front cover of the flat article in the rear row can be directly viewed from the front side.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a typical embodiment of the present invention, in which P is a flat article such as a compact disc, 1 is a unit holding structure, 2 is a groove, and 3 is a ridge.

The flat article P that can be displayed by the display device of the present invention is not limited to the compact disc described above, but can be applied to video tapes, audio cassette tapes, books, and the like that have similar external shapes. Further, in the present invention, the term "flat" is used, but the flat includes, but is not limited to, a rectangular parallelepiped and a disc.

The unit holding structure 1 has a groove 2 and a ridge 3 extending in the lateral direction.
The ridge 3 further comprises a back rest portion 4, a front rest portion 5, and a step portion 6.
Consists of.

The recessed groove 2 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section from a bottom surface 7 and a back surface 8 that form a substantially right angle, and a standing wall 9 on the rear side of the ridge 3 that projects from the front edge of the bottom surface 7. The bottom surface 7 is the lower back surface 8
And the back surface 8 is continuous with the bottom surface 7 of the upper stage, respectively, and is continuously connected in a stepwise manner as a whole.

The ridge 3 is provided at a continuous portion of the bottom surface 7 and the lower back surface 8 or at a continuous portion of the back surface 8 and the upper bottom surface 7, and has a cross section of a substantially quadrangular shape. Three
The rear standing wall 9 also constitutes the concave groove 2, the upper surface of which serves as the front contact portion 5, and the front surface projecting forward with respect to the lower rear surface 8 serves as the back support portion 4, and the back support portion 4 further. The step portion 6 is formed below the portion 4 and between the lower surface 8 and the rear surface 8.

The unit holding structure 1 includes the bottom surface 7 and the back surface 8, the standing wall 9 of the lower protruding strip 3 continuous to the bottom surface 7, the front contact portion 5 continuous to the standing wall 9, and the upper projection continuous to the back surface 8. It is composed of a step portion 6 of the strip 3 and a backrest portion 4 continuous with the step portion 6. Then, as shown in FIG. _{1, with} respect to the thickness L ₁ of the flat article P, the front contact portion 5 of the lower ridge 3 and the step portion 6 of the upper ridge 3 are arranged.
Approximately match the interval L ₂ between the extension lines of the above, and set the interval L ₃ between the extension lines of the standing wall 9 of the lower protrusion 3 and the backrest portion 4 of the upper protrusion 3 substantially equal or slightly larger. There is.

Here, in the display device of the present invention, the unit holding structures 1 are connected in a stepwise manner in a suitable number of stages, but various connecting structures are conceivable. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a structure made of synthetic resin or metal integrally formed by extrusion, a structure in which a steel plate is bent as shown in FIG.
A structure in which unit members 10 having the same shape are connected as shown in the figure is considered. That is, in FIG. 4, the unit member 10 does not necessarily correspond to the unit holding structure 1, but the bottom surface 7
Is integrally formed with a concave groove portion 11 having a substantially L-shaped cross section forming a back surface 8 and a ridge portion 12 having substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the ridge 3.
12 is a standing piece that forms the rear surface 8 of another unit member 10 from below.
A connection groove 14 into which the upper end of 13 can be fitted is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the display device of the present invention accommodates the lower edge portion of the flat article P having the front cover oriented in the front surface in the concave groove 2, that is, on the bottom surface 7. While being placed, the upper and lower intermediate portions of the back cover are stopped by the backrest portion 4 to be held in an upright state. Note that FIG. 1 shows the case where the flat article P is held substantially vertically, but when the flat article P is held in a standing state in which it is slightly tilted backward as shown in FIG. 5, the lower edge of the front cover of the flat article P is shown. Is stopped by the standing wall 9 of the ridge 3. In this way, when the flat article P is held in each stage, the upper part of the cover of the upper article P appears above the lower article P, and generally the front cover of a compact disc, a book, or the like is displayed. Since the title and the like are printed on the upper portion, the types of flat articles P on each stage can be checked at one time from the front of the display device. Further, when it is desired to confirm the substantially entire surface of the front cover of the flat article P, the flat articles P in the lower stage are successively tilted forward, that is, the flat article P is laid down forward as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. The front and rear intermediate portions of the front cover sheet of P are supported by the front contact portion 5, and the rear edge of the back cover is locked to the step portion 6 to maintain the forward tilted state, so that the flat article P of the upper stage is supported. The entire surface of the cover will appear on the entire surface of the presentation device. Then, when the flat article P in the forward tilted state is returned to the standing state, the front side of the article P is lifted and rotated by an angle of about 90 ° to return to the original standing state.

Further, by setting the flat article P in the standing state as shown in FIG. 5 in a slightly tilted state, that is, by setting the flat article P in a slightly rotated state from the arrangement state in FIG. Even when they are arranged, the flat article P can be easily seen in a standing state. Reference numeral 15 in the drawing is a cabinet for supplementing the flat article P.

[Effect of device]

According to the flat article display device for compact discs and the like of the present invention as described above, it has a groove for accommodating the lower edge of a flat article such as a compact disc in an upright state with the front cover facing forward. , A backrest portion for stopping the upper and lower intermediate portions of the back cover projecting above the rear portion of the concave groove, and the front abutting portion for supporting the front and rear intermediate portion of the front cover of the flat article in the forwardly inclined state is the concave groove. Since the unit holding structure is formed in the upper part of the front part and the step part for locking the rear edge of the back cover is formed in the lower part of the backrest part, the unit holding structure is connected in a stepwise manner. Since the front cover of the flat article can be displayed in multiple steps by orienting it upright on the front, many articles can be viewed at one time, and besides the top of the cover can be displayed in a state of overlapping in front view, It is possible to improve the efficiency of the exhibition space. It can be held before tilting state further tilted to sequentially before the flat article of the front row, direct view substantially the whole surface of the front cover of the rear row of the flat articles, it is convenient to find articles of interest.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the main part of the display device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the same main part, FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the main part of another embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a vertical side view of the main part of another embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of the display device of the present invention. P: flat article, 1: unit holding structure, 2: concave groove, 3: ridge, 4: back rest part, 5: front rest part, 6: step part, 7: bottom face, 8: back face, 9: standing wall, Ten:
Unit member, 11: concave groove portion, 12: ridge portion, 13: standing piece, 14: connecting groove, 15: cabinet.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A backrest portion having a concave groove capable of accommodating a lower edge portion of a flat article such as a compact disc in a standing state in which a front cover is oriented to a front surface, and a back cover which stops an upper and lower intermediate portion of a back cover. A front contact portion protruding above the rear portion of the groove and supporting the front-rear intermediate portion of the front cover of a flat article in a forwardly inclined state is formed above the front portion of the groove, and the rear edge of the back cover is formed. An apparatus for displaying a flat article such as a compact disc, characterized in that a unit holding structure having a stepped portion formed below the backrest portion is continuously provided in a stepwise manner.