US1098897A - Ribbon-display cabinet. - Google Patents

Description

P. GARDNER.

RIBBON DISPLAY CABINET.

APPLIoAToN FILED Nov. 21, 1913.

1,098,897, Patented June 2,1914.

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PERCY GARDNER, OIE" NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNDR TO GARDNER t HIGHE-T CO., 0F NEWl YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

RIBBON-DISPLAY CABINET.

Application led November 21, 1913.

T0 all whom it may cof/cera Be it known that l, Pitney GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ribbon-Display Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to boxes or containers for holding and displaying ribbons, braids and analogous goods put up in stick forni, and the object of the invention is to provide a light :inexpensive cabinet in--which such goods may be mounted and conveniently displayed for selection by the purchaser.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show the invention as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure l is a front elevation of a filled cabinet in the open condition. Fig. 2 is a corresponding end view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the same in the closed condition. Fig. l is a plan view of the cabinet, partially lilled and with the cover omitted. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through a portion` of the cabinet, on a larger scale. Fig. 6 is a face view of one of the small packages or sticks of ribbon.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The body of the cabinet is rectangular in plan view, formed of pasteboard by the usual paper box methods and having its front A preferably of less height than the back A1, and its ends A2 A2 of correspond ing shape with the upper edge of each 1nclined upwardly from the front to the back as shown. The bottom Aa is preferably extended slightly on all faces to form an ornamental flange.

B is a hinge of paper, reinforced by a strip of fabric if preferred, extending along the top edge of the back A1 and flexibly joining the latter to the back C1 of the cover which is similar in construction to the body and has a front C equal in height to the back A1 of the body, and inclined ends O2 O2 from the free edge of such front to the hinge, so that when closed the cover will Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1914.

serial No. 802,198.

overlap upon the body and its contents at the front and ends and offer the desired rectangular form of cabinet.

D is a flexible strap attached to the ends A2 C2 of the body and cover respectively, to maintain the latter while in the raised or open position.

IWithin the body, preferably on a level with the ton edge of the front A is a horizontal deck F filling the whole area of the body and having a plurality of small rectangular apertures jf arranged in parallel rows longitudinally of the body. The deck is of pasteboard scored along the margins and bent to form the flanges El by which it is glued to the interior of the body at the desired height therein. The apertures y are of a size to receive snugly the goods to be held and displayed.

GiV is a sheet of pasteboard, scored and folded or bent as shown to produce a series of continuous pockets G1 having converging sides, secured to the under face of the deck F, one pocket for each row of apertures f, with the wide upper portion of each matching approximately to the side margins of such apertures. The angular pockets extend at a forward inclination from the under face of the deck F toward and preferably to the upper face of the bottom A3.

The material to be held and displayed may be understood to be narrow ribbon M wound lengthwise upon a strip of paste board M1, and secured by a band M2 of paper around the middle, leaving the ends of the ribbon exposed to view. The sticks thus formed are inserted in the apertures f, one in each, and forced downwardly into frictional engagement between the angular walls of the pockets which by reason of the V-shape and resiliency grasp the ends of the sticks gently but with sutlicicnt strength to resist successfully the slight displacing strains or shocks to which the cabinet is subjected in handling and transportation.

llVhen the cover is turned back the goods are displayed projecting from the deck in inclined ranks, each stick exposed for examination by the purchaser without the usual danger of damage by handling and consequent soiling in making' a selection, and the selected sticks may be easily removed without disturbing the others.

The pockets G1 and holes may be S0 shaped and located relatively to each other as to display the sticks all inclined backward at approximately the saine angle, or so arranged that one or more of the ranks may stand at a different inclination to the rest. In the drawings the rear rank is shown as less inclined or more nearly perpendicular than the others thus permitting the width of the cabinet to be reduced while displaying such rank to advantage by reason of the slight elevation of the ends of its sticks above the ends of the forward ranks. The sticks may be easily removed and replaced as desired in arranging the goods attractively and in making sales and replenishing stock, and the cabinet may be ornamented Vas desired to enhance the attractiveness of the display.

The simple pasteboard construction is eX- ceedingly economical in manufacture and well adapted for the display of the class of goods described. In constructing the cabinet to contain and display other classes of goods it may be made of more substantial materials adapted for a longer term of service.

claim 1. In a device of the'character set forth, a body portion, a deck therein having apertures arranged in rows, a series of pockets beneath said deck arranged parallel with said rows, secured to the under face of said deck and lying at an inclination thereto,

said pockets having converging sides constructed to receive and engage frictionally the ends of goods in stick form inserted through such apertures.

2. in a device of the character set forth, a body portion, a deck therein havingapertures arranged in rows, a series of pockets beneath said deck arranged parallel with said rows, secured to the under face of said deck and lying at an inclination thereto, said pockets having converging sides extending from the margins of such apertures, and constructed to engage frictionally the ends of goods in stick form inserted through such apertures, and a cover for said body adapted to inclose said deck and the goods thereon.

3. A device for the purpose described, comprising a body portion, a deck therein and having apertures, and a plurality of pockets formed of one continuous piece of material secured to the under side of said deck, said pockets extending at a forward inclination from the under face of the deck and bearing against the bottom of the body portion and each with coni/*erging sides tc form a tapered pocket to frictionally grasp the end of goods in stick form, the open end of each pocket being coincident with an aperture in the said deck.

n testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERGY GARDNER.

lllitnesses J. P. BEUSCHER, E. H. DOULIN.

Uopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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