US1411554A - Display rack - Google Patents

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E. ALLEN. DISPLAY RACK.

' APPLXCATION FILED JULY I6, 1921- l 1,41 1,554. Patented p 4, 1922.

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DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION Fl'LED JULY I6. 1921.

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1,41 1,554. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EREARD ALLEN, or narrow, 01110, iissieno-R TO THE DAYTON DISPLAY FIXTURE COMPANY, or DAYTQN, 031:0, A CORPORATION or 0310.

DISPLAY RACK.

Application filed July 16,

To (all whom it may concern:

Be known that 1 ERHARD ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Dayton in the countyof Montgomery and State of @hio have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Backs, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a display rack that maybe readily taken apart for shipment in a small space,

user.

()ther important and incidental objects will be brought out in the following specification and particularly set forth in. the

I subjoined 1 claims. y

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front View of the display rack, the right half being in assembly and the left half showing the means forattaching the braces to the upright members. Figure 2 is an end View oi the assembled rack, showing one tray in place. Figure 3 is a detail end view, showing a tray on one side inplace. Figure 4t is aplan View of the same.

ing how the cross strips are riveted thereto. Figurefi is a. cross section taken onthe line 6-;6 of Figure 41-, showing the brace and Figure? is an end view of one bottom side oi the raclr, showing the means for holding the entire frame in alinement after the cross braces are fastened to the upright members by the win nuts. And Figure 8 is a top plan view thereof. I

.Throughout the specification and drawings similar reference characters denote corresponding parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numerals 1, 1 designate two runners respectively. each of which is supported by tworollers 2, 2. Each runner is constructed of two angle irons between the ends oi whose upturned fiangesare; bolted the ends of an arch-shaped supporting member 3.x lrovided in the front top portion oi. each arch shaped member 3, are two hoolzshaped notches 4-, 4-, while inthe rea-rto-p portion of each arch shaped member 3 are two hoole shaped notches 5 5 that are inclined in the opposite direction. (See Figures 2 and 7).

Adapted to be supported upon each side of the display rack, by the notched arch shaped members 3, 3, a combined box and basket holder (3. The latter preferably com- Specifioationof Letters Patent.

1921. Serial No. 485,183.

prises a rectangular frame divided into box and basket receiving spaces by pairs of transverse members. 7, 7 connected between the longitudinal sidemembers 8, 8 of said frame. The transverse members 7 7 that fit over the arch shaped members 3, 3 are disposed suflicient distance apart by spacers 9, 9 to straddle said arch shaped members. Referring to Figure 8, each spacer is a cylindrical piece of metal that is turned down at its middle part to enter a notchprovided to receive it in an arch shaped member 8. Accordinglmwhen it is desirechfor example, to mount one of the combination boX and basket holders upon the front portion oi? the rack, theholder is brought .to a position-to permit the reduced-middle portionsiof its spacers 9, 9 to enter the notches t, 4 respectively in each arch shaped member 3, by which it will be supportedi-n an inclined position, as shown in F igure 4.

' lVhen the combination box. and basket holders are secured as above described, upon the arch-shaped members 1 3. 3, they-serve to hold the latter inalinement. 'Yl hen it is. desired to remove the box and basket hold ers to conservespa-ce in shipping the display rack, it is'only necessary to withdraw the reduced middle portions of the spacers 9, 9 from the notchesthat received-hem in the arch shaped members 8, whereupon the holder may be easily lifted from the rack.

Straddling the middle portions of the upturned flanges of the angleirons forming each. runner 1, are the lower ends of a pair of vertically disposed channel members 10. 10. A short distance above each arch shaped member 3, there is connected between each pair of channel members 10, 1.0, by a long bolt '11, apair of transverse bars 12, 12, whose outer ends incline. downwardly as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Connected be-- is secured between the channel members 10,

10. (See Figures 3, 4i and A. tray 16 is adapted tobe supported upon the inclined portionsofthe bars 12 oneach side of the channel members 10, the bars 14; acting as braces forthe bars 12 to assist them. insupporting the weight of the trays. (See Figure For the purpose of firmly holding a tray Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

1-6 upon the bars 12, there are. riveted to the bottom 17 of each tray 16 two pairs of cross strips 18, 18 having downwardly turned outer ends 19. The cross strips 18,18 of each pair are spaced a sufficient distance, apart a. d they are so located on the bottom 17 o a tray 16, as to Straddle the inclined portions of the bars 12. when the tray is set upon them as shown in Figure 3. When mounted on said bars, the downwardlturned ends- 19 of the cross strips 18 will bear against transverse locking pins 20 in the outerends of the bars 12 to prevent the tray from slipping off the rack. (See Figures 3 and 4). The tray may be easily lifted from the bars 12 to conserve space in shipping the display rack, and may be readily replaced thereon when the rack is amembled by'the user.

For the purpose of bracing the two pairs of channelmembers 10, 10, that they may be maintained in vertical alinement when the rack is assembled, the following me e are provided. Referring to Figures 1 an] 6, the numerals 21', 21 designate two bracing members that are connected at their middle a in these ends the long portions in scissor fashion by a pivot pin 22. @Each bracing member 21 has ends 23, 23 that are turned in the same direction as the channel members '10, 10. Through holes threaded ends of the bolts 11, and the long threaded ends of similar bolts 11 in the channel members. 10.

10"below the first bolts 11, are. adapted tov pass Against nuts 24 which, with the heads ofthe bolts'll, the channel members 10. 10 arefirmly held together, the ends "23 of the bracingmembers 21 are adapted to be tightly pressed by wing nuts 25 or other suitable fastening elements on said bolts. When the ends 23' of the bracing members21 are so connected to the channel members 10, 10, they firmly maintain the two pairs of the latter in alinement. By removing the wing nuts 25, the bracing members 21, 21 may be easily disconnected from the channel members 10, 10 to conserve space in the shipmentof the display rack.

Upon bars 12 secured to the channel members 10 above the first bars 12, trays 26 are mounted similarly to the trays 16. (See Any number of trays \Vhen it is desired to ship the display rank, the trays are lifted from the bars 12 in the manner-hereinbefore described, after 1 which the box and basket holders 1 are re moved and the'bracing members 21, 21 detached fromthechannel members 10. The various detached members of the display rack may now be placed together for shi ment in less than half the space thatwourd be occu ied by the rack in its assembled state. lpon its arrival at destinatiomthe user may readily assemble it in a short time.

I do not wish to be limited to the details of construction and arrangement herein shown and described, and any changes or modifications may be made therein within the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a display rack, the combination with a pair of horizontal base members, of a standard projecting. upwardly from each base member, a horizontal bar secured. to each standard, a receptacle mounted on said bars on each side of the standards, a transyeise locking element carried by the outer end of each horizontal bar, and means on the bottom of said receptacle. adapted to fit over said horizontal barsbetween the standards and the locking elements, for the purpose'specified.

2. In a display rack, the combinationv with a pair of horizontal base members. of. a standard projecting upwardly from each base member, a horizontal bar secured to each standard. a receptacle mounted on said bars on each side of said standards. a transverse pin carried by the outer end of each horizontal bar, a pair of cross pieces secured to the bottom of said receptacle, to straddle a respective horizontal bar, and turneddown outer ends on said cross pieces adapt ed to engage said transverse pins, for the purpose specified.

3. In a display rack, the combination with a pair of" horizontal base members, of a standard projecting, upwardly from each base member. a horizontal bar secured to each standard. a receptacle mounted on said bars on each side of said standards, a box holder removably connected between the lower ends of saidstandards, and removable bracing members removably connected be tween the side portions of said standards to co-operate with the box holder in maintainin; said standards in alinement. 4. In a display rack, the combination with a pair-of horizontal base members. of a pair of channel members projecting; u-p-' wardly from each base member, a horizontal bardisposed between said channel members. a bolt having an elongated threaded end passing through said channel members and the horizontal bar. a receptacle mount-- ed on said bans on each side of said standards, a bracing member through a hole in one end of which thethreaded end of said bolt projects. and a threaded element adapted to press the end of said bracing member toward the channel members, for the purpose specified,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of July. 1921.

ERHARD ALLEN.

Vitness HOWARD S. SMITH.

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