US1120239A - Display-easel. - Google Patents

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J. A. PRIGGE, JR.

DISPLAY EASEL. APPLICATION T1LED 00126,

Patented D80. 8, 1914.

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preferably straight and which 'for nis the base of the easel with edges't, c at each cndi at right angles to the base. lVhen the blank is bent into easel shape the height of these edges 6,, c from. the base linendete'rmines top a tab e.

CHUS ETTSV Specification of Letters Patent Application filed October -26, 1911. Serial No. 656,821}.

To all whom it. may concern .Be it known that I, JOHN ALBERT PRIGGE, Jr., of New York in the county of New York and State ofNew York, a-citizen of 5 the United States have invent-eda'new and useful Improvement in Display-Easels of which the following is a specification, I

My invention relates to an easel comprising three members preferably integral and 10 forming a rest or display support for a box or other article which is to be displayed in substantiallyhorizontal position.

My invention will be understood by reference to the drawings in which it is shown Figure 1 is-a side elevation showing a n easel embodying my-invention in use. "Fig. 2, is a plan of suchan easel, Fig. 3 being a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows 20 the blank ja'dap edto befolded form the easel shown in the other views The blank as shown comprises a single piece of cardboard or sheet metal of irregu- "lar shape andv preferably scored to facilitate It has a long edge a which is the height of the rear of the easel.

The front of the easel comprises a rectangular section at boundedin the blank by the score lines 1, 2 and 3,;1nd carrying at its The score lines 1 and 3 setofi' the Wings 6% and c, the outer boundaries of which are theedges bank} 9 above-referred to. The'up'per-edge f, g of each wing slopes downwardly toward the front d to a point 4 below the level of the top line 2 of'the front a and then upwardly as at f g, to the upper-corner of the front 11. The slant of the 0d es f deter-min sthe. angle to engage the end of the pt-1i and prevent it from Sliding oil the easel.

.- king up the easel the wi 3 .1 al ng the son lines of the.

I abutment 'a' 'iie'ar lj' or substantially right angies to the lines f, g'

V the edges 'f, g which form astop or retainer for the box to prevent it from slid- .ing oil, If it is desired to give the floor a the tab by the score line In the same waythe wing c is 'providedwith a tab 0 scored as at 6 and having a hooked pro-jection c. These tabs are similarly located on the two wings and as shown the points of the hooks face the same way so -that when the wings are bent back (see Fig.2) they mflywb lllf terlocked,-..the score-line on oneof these Patented De 8,1914;

This tab. is provided tabs enabling its hook bto be-ejasily belit" to engage the other hook c .and so lock the wings in place.

The setting and utility of this easel structio'n will be apparentftdthose'skilled in the art.' As' shown it is-made from a single blankvbut this is 'not e entialin order to form a blank of the character described.

so. will be understood from the drawings'and" -f the variations; which may be madein its conr In practice the front portion d is useful not only as a support but also 'as aplace for displaying an advertisement of the goods t0.v

be displayed. The proportions shown are those well adapted forsupporting a box or package of the kinds in'which candies are usually packed, but other proportionsmay be given to the various parts enablingthe.

easel to=display other kinds of packages.

What I claim'as my invention p A knockdown (lisp l planne ..lomp member and two uprig I e hinged one at. each end of said front mem her and converging toward thercar of the ioo easel, each sidemember being of equal l height with the frontmemb er'whe i'e itj oins at and having an upper edge sloping downward from said front; member at an angle there o to form an abutment and then uptoward its rearward end, said side members; hi her at their rearward ends than where they join the front memmembers in fixed position and also adapted bar, saidjrcnt member having a tab prowhen interlocked to form a floor for the an jecting upwardly and adapted to be bent ticles restin on "the stand. 3 downward and backward against said abut- J O N ALBERT PRIGGE, J11.

6 ments, and said side members being pro- Witnesses:

vided with interiockin tabs adapted to be HENRY HERR'MANN, folded toward each other to hold the side 0111mm; WRIGHT.

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