US1278059A

US1278059A - Display-fixture.

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Publication number: US1278059A
Application number: US19677717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sigfried E Summerfield
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1917-10-16
Filing date: 1917-10-16
Publication date: 1918-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1935-09-03

Description

S. E. SUMMERFIELD.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1'6. 191?.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

,SIGFRIED E. SUMMERFIELD, on .ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

Specification of I etters'Patent. "Patented-Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed-October 16, 1917. Serial No. 196,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGFRIED E. SUMMER- FIELD, a citizen of :the United States. residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display Fixtures, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

'- tioned base which holds the supporting rod so that in the displaying of goods, the device will stand with firmness.

A further object is in providing a device with a pyramid-ica'l shaped base portion which is formed from a single piece of thin sheet material.

In the drawing forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective of the display device.

Fig. 2- is a plan view of the base portion of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the base portion in cross section as it would appear on the line3-'3 of Fig. 2, and illusto support a rod 2. The rod 2 is formed trating a portion of a shoe in displaying position upon the device.

Fig. l is a detail of a portion of the device illustrating a portion of a ladys shoe upon the same.

Fig. '5 is a geometrical development of the base portion as it would be stamped out fromv a flat piece of sheet material.

- Fig. 6 is a perspective of a detail portion ofthe device. I

In the drawing, A represents a display device having base portion 1 which is pyramidical in shape and which is adapted preferably of wire and extends through the opening 3 in the apex of the base portion 1. The base portion 1 is formed from a stamping from a thin sheet of material, the geo metrical development of the stamping 'be- 1 i-ng practically square. As illustrated, the base 1 is a triangular pyramid when put together, having three displaying faces 4:, 5 and 6 upon which advertising matter can be stenciled orprin'ted such-as is illustrated in Fig. 1. In the formation of the base portion 1, the face 4: is formed with :pro- Jecting lugs which are adapted to be inserted in the slots 8 formed along the line ofthe edge of the adjacent face 6 when the base 1 is bent on the dotted lines 9 as illustrated in Fig. 5. lVhen the lugs 7 are inserted in the slots 8,they are bent orclenched over as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 so as to hold the base 1 in thelform of a. triangular pyramid, thereby giving the three display surfaces d, 5 and 6 for advertising matter. The face 6 has a tongue portion 10 projeot'ing therefrom which is adapted to'lie against the inner surface of the face it when i the base 1' is formed into a pyramid, thus strengthening the base along the jointand materially stiffening the base portion 1. The lower edge 11 of the tongue 10 is cut away so .as to prevent the tongue from coming into engagement with the surface on which the base 1 rests when in use and, thereby, allowing easy assembling of the base. The base portion 1 is rounded off on the corners 12 so as to prevent the same from marring the surface on which the base is set and also preventing them from scratching.

The rod 2 is smaller'in diameter on its lower end and is formed with: a'threaded portion 13 upon which'the clamping nut/14 is adapted to be screwed when the rod 2 is inserted in the opening 3- and the display fixture A. is put together. A shoulder 15 formed on the rod 2 is adapted to bear against the upper surface of the opening 3 in the apex of the pyramidical base portion 1, thereby allowing the clamping nut to rigidly secure the rod 2 to the'base '1. l/Vhen the clamping nut is tightened on the portion 13 of the rod 2, the upper edges 16 of the nut 1% are adapted to bear against the inner surfaces of the. sides 5 and 6 and against the inner surface of the tongue 10,- thereby stiffening the base portion 1 and forcing the tongue 10 into close engagement 7 V with the inner surface'of the side 4. The nut 1e detachably holds the rod 2 and base 1 together and serves as a locking means for the base portion. 1 and particularly the v The upper portion of the rod 2 is bent so as to form a forward depending pear shaped loop 16 which in this construction, would lie at an angle to the surface on which the base portion 1 of the display fixture is set. T he rod extends upward from the loop 16 to form a curved portion 1? and is bent from the portion 1'? so as to form a depending elongated loop 18 having upper and lower parallel portions 19 and 20 respectively. The loop 18 bends downward from. the portion 17 and is formed so as to extend approximately at right angles to the portion 17 and the forward loop 16.

In assembling the display device, the loop 16 is preferably placed so as to lie in a plane directly above and centrally disposed in relation to one of the edges of the pyrainidical base 1 which are formed when the base is bent on the lines 9, thereby placing the loop 16 at the front of the display fixture and having the base portion extend forward under the loop 16 so as to properly balance the fixture when in use, thus the faces 1 and 5 would be called the front faces of the base and the face 6, the back face.

In use of the fixture A for displaying shoes. a mans shoe or other shoes with a low broad heel, is positioned as is illustrated in Fig. 3 on the

loops

16 and 18 and the curved portion 17 is adapted to curve downward from the arch B of the sole of the shoe. The toe portion C of the shoe rests on the side loop 16 and the heel D extends across the ends of the loop 18, thus holding the shoe in a tilted forward position so as to give a convenient position for the observer when the same is placed in a display or show window.

In the use of the fixture A for displaying ladies shoes with high heels, such as E illustrated in Fig. 4;, the lower surface 22 of the heel E is adapted to rest on the portion 20 of the loop 18 and the inner surface 23 of the heel E is adapted to engage against the portion 19 of the loop 18, thereby, holding the shoe in a very desirable way giving a neat appearance and firmness which is not found in the use of other displaying de ices.

The fixture A is of very simple con truction being made up of a small number of parts which are easily assembled and can be easily knoelmd down for shipment, packing. etc.. and in use, are very desirable as they are properly balanced and proportioned so as to hold the shoe or article to be displayed firmly and still not using a large cinnbersome device.

\Yhiie .l: have illustrated one particular form and con. ,rurtion of device, I ilesire to have it understood that the drawings are only illustrative and my device can be carried out by other means and adapted to other uses within the scope of the following claims 1. In a display fixture having a, triangular pyramidical base portion formed from a single piece of thin sheet material, a supporting rod fixed in said base portion and extending up rard from the apex of said base portion, said rod being formed from a single piece of wire and having its upper end bent so as to support a shoe in a displaying position.

2. 1n a device of the class described, comprising, a pyramirlical base portion 'tornied of thin sheet material, a supporting rod having its lower end rigidly fixed in said base portion and its upper end bent to form a de pending pear shaped loop portion with a portion extending upward from the apex of said loop and upper and lower parallel portions being positioned at approximately right angles to said upwardly extending portion, to form support on the upper end of said rod for the purposes specified.

3. In a device of the class described, comprising, a triangular pyramidical base portion formed of thin sheet material, a tongue formed integral with one of the sides of said base portion which is adapted to lie against the inner surface of the face adjacent the face carrying said tongue, to rein force said base portion alon its joint, a supporting rod extending through the apex of said pyrai'nidical base portion and a trian gular nut threaded on the end of said rod and forming a clamping means to lock said tongue in position in said base portion.

n. In a device of the class described hav ing a pyran'iidical base portion formed of thin sheet material, a. rod having supporting means formed on its upper end, an opening formed in the apex of said base portion, a shoulder formed on the lower end of said rod and a clamping nut threaded on the lower end of said rod and being adapted to hold said rod rigidly to said base portion and to hold said shoulder in engagement with the apex of said base portion.

In a device of the class described, comprising, a pyramidical base portion formed of thin sheet material, a supporting rod rigidly fixed in said base portion and formed from a single piece of material, said rod lwing formed with toe and heel engaging' loops, said heel engaging loop being formed with a horizontal portion upon which the base of the heel of a shoe is adapted to rest and a horizontal engaging portion which is adapted to engage against the inner portion of the heel of a shoe so as to hold the shoe in a tilted forward position, substantially as described.

SIGFRIICD E. SUMMERFIELD.

Oopiss of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 13, G."