US1434247A - Display-card-rack section - Google Patents

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F. D. JONES.

DISPLAY CARD RACK SECTION.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.26. 1921.

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FREDERICK D. JONES, or ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA.

DISPLAY-CABD-RACK SECTION.

Application filed November 26, 1921. Serial No. 517,934.

To all whomit may concern: parallel with the body portion 1 of the slat 55 Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. J ONES, and the out-turned lip simply serves as a a citizen of the United States, residing t guide to allOW the "cards to be inserted with- Alhambra, in the county of Los Angeles and Out difiiculty.

5 State of California, have invent d a n w In practice the slats are made from strips and useful Display-Card-Rack Section, of of thin sheet metal, the upper lap 2 being 50 which the following is a specification. folded flat against the body and on the re- Thi i ti l t t th v l verse side from the lower bend 3 which is of struction for a card rack section as embodied Sufficient Width t0 s y OI B h in my former applicatio filed J ne 8, 1920, thickness of cards intended to be inserted.

Serial No. 387,792. Such cards being freely movable horizon- 65 An object of this invention is to provide tally in the groove comprising said bend 3, chea i l a d t. means hi h upturned portion 4: and body 1. The lap 2 may be easily applied to a suitable support extends a sufficient distance down the body with slight expense of time and labor, to to give a required rigidity to the upper part provide a rack for holding perception cards of the slat, the lower bend gives additional 70 in schools, strength and rigidity. The slats are pro The invention may be applied to other uses vided at intervals with holes 6 through which of a like character. tacks 7 may be driven to fasten the slats to An object of this invention is to provide the uprights 9.

a rack, for holding various lengths of per- The slats are preferably formed with a 75 ception cards, that will a-iford maximum rounded top bend as at 8 between the supease of inserting and withdrawing said cards. port ng po t s or points f a a ment 10 Oth bj t advantages d f t f and such supporting portions 10 are preferinvention may appear from the accompany ably flattened as indicated in Figs. 3, 5, 6, 7

ing drawing, the subjoined detail description and 8. This adds to the stiffness of the slat so and the appended claim. and the completed rack is thus made more The accompanying drawing illustrates the r g dinvention. In practice the slats are easily bent up Fig r 1 i a f t i of a rack confrom the strips of thin sheet metal having structed of a wooden frame and a plurality the width required for the lap 2, body 1, of my newly invented slats applied thereto. b d 3, upturned p r ion 4 and lip 5. And

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on line 00 these parts are formed in the manner com- Fi 1 f th k Shown i Fi 1 mon in the sheet metal workers art. Then 35 Fin; 3 i a fra tal front l vation f the slats are ready for market and may be one e nd of a slat attached to its support, a Set up for use by simply nailing, tying or tacking them to some suitable support, as a fragment of which is shown.

Fi 4 i an d i f id l t d t h d, wall, not shown, or to a frame such as that Fig. 5 is a fragmental plan of the slat formed by the'uprights 9, base 11 and rail 12. 40 shown in Fig. 8. In practice the body 1 is considerably Fig. 6 is a back view of the slat fragment wider than the upturned portion 4: so as to shown in Figs. 8. 4.- and 5. engage the edge of the cards, intended to be Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmental perspecinserted into the groove formed by the uptive front view of one end of one of the slats. turned portion l and act as a guide to such 46 Fig. Sis a like perspective view of the back cards, which at times are 18 inches to 24- of said slat detached. inches in length,v or said body may deflect The novel card rack section comprises a the cards against the outwardly projecting slat made of a single piece of sheet metal upper lip 5 and thereby facilitate the introcomprising a broad elongate body 1, a lap duction of the cards into the groove.

so 2 at the top, a bend 3 at the bottom, a retain- I claim:

ing limb 4t extending from end to endof the A card rack section comprising broad slat and terminating in an outwardly bent elongate body forming the back of suit seclip 7 tion, and having a lap along its upper longi- The upturned portion 4: is practically tudinal margin, and bent at its lower edge to form an upturned portion having a groove lip, thereby facilitating the introduction of adapted to loosely hold and permit free horicards into said groove. 1 10 zontal movement of cards therein and there. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set along; and said upturned portion terminathand at Los Angeles, California, this 18th ing in an outwardly projecting upper lip; day of November, 1921.

said body being adapted to guide cards into FREDERICK D. JONES.

said groove and to deflect cards therefrom Witness: 1 and against said outwardly projecting upper I I JAMES TOWNSEND.

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