US1462390A - Self-service-store directory - Google Patents

Description

O. STAVIG SELF SERVICE STORE DIRECTORY 3 Sheets-Sheet 1,

Filed May l25,v 1922 Juny 37,1923. 11,4639@ O. STAVIG SELF SERVICE STORE DIRECTORY Filed may 25, 1922k 3 Sheets-Shea?I 2 4 f5 Patented July l?, 1923..

OLAF STAVIG, OF SEATTLE, EVASHNGTON.

SELF-SERVICE-STOR-E DIRECTORY.

Application filed 'May 25, 1922. Serial. No. 563,563.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that OLAF SrAvrG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in.

the county of King and State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Self-Service-Store Directory; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a sign and more particularly to one adapted for use as a directory.

lt is aimed to provide a novel means whereby customers of stores of the self-serv-` ice type where the customer himself removes the article or commodity from the shelf, counter or the like, may be apprised 0f the exact location of the article, commodity or goods to thus perhaps overcome the greatest drawback tol self-service stores, namely the necessity of customers searching at random through the store to locate the article or commodity desired.

Another object is to provide in such an article al novel construction of sign board which may be normally mounted in a protective casing or frame and employ novel fastening means thereon to maintain it in a utile position.

A third object is to provide a new construction of sign board utilizing channel elements to receive display panels and with the elements overlapping each other and secured together in a novel and efficient manner to conserve space without sacrifice of strength of the board between the panels and in a manner which will appear in detail hereinafter. A

With the above and additional objects such as will become apparent from a consideration of the description following, in view, the invention has been embodied in one practical form as illustrated in accompanying drawings. y.

ln said drawings Figurel is a front elevation;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation;

Figure 3 is an edge view;

Figure 4 is a transverse section on line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section on line 5-,5 of Figure 1;

y Figure 6 is a.v bottom view with the closure bar open and. the sign boards removed.

Figure 7 is an enlarged elevation of one of the sign boards.

Figure 8 is a rear view of one of the sign boards.

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional'view through one of the sign boards.

Figure 10 is a detail perspective viewV partly in section illustrating the mounting of the latch for the sign board, and

Figure 11 is a plan view of a directory sheet.

Like reference characters designate or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing` the invention to practice, a protecting frame is provided at A and may be made from any suitable material. jacent the top thereof a suitable'title may be delineated as at 11, and if desired covered by a transparent protecting panel at 12. The frame has longitudinally extending rails 13 with a longitudinally extending partition rail 14a` intermediate the same and which rails are connected with an upper transverse rail 15 and lower transverse rails 16 and 17, spaced apart as at 18 and the latter being narrower than the former and spaced above its lower end. Thel rails 13, 14 and 15 are grooved or rabbeted as at 19 and in line with the spaces 18. Disposed in said grooves 19 and insertible through the spaces 18 are glass 0r other transparent panels at 20. Securing strips 21 are screwed or otherwise removably fastened as at 22 to the back of the rail 16, whereby the panels are held within the grooves 19, particularly against downward movement. Grooves 19 of the rails 13 and 14 preferably have metallic channel members or strips'23 nailed or otherwise secured therein as at 24. The strips 23 overlap the panels 20 and assist in securing them in place.

Slidable into and out of the channels strips 23 are suitable sign boards generally designated A. rEhe construction of frame 10 shown accommodates two sign boards but of course it is to be understood that it may be adapted to a single lsign board or to a greater number than two, if desired. Adjacent the lower ends of the boards A', latches 26 are provided having shanks 27 swiveled in the sign boards and at one end provided with manipulating heads 28 and at the other end with a lug 29 movable into and out of a slot 30 of the board. When the lug 29 is projected, it overlaps the top of like the rail 17 thus preventing'downward slid-4 ing movement or displacement of the sign. board. However, through turning move-A ment of the portions 28, the lugs 29 are retracted within the slots 30, whereupon the: boards A- may be readily withdrawn.

A closure 'or supplemental securing meansl for the boards A is provided in the nature` of a bar 31 hinged as at 32 to one of they rails 13 for movement toward and from the. space 18. Any suitable means may be pro vided whereby the closure bar 31 is secured'. in a closed position, either temporarily or4 permanently. To ,this end, the bar may havea securing leaf 33 pivoted thereto and'` providedy with an opening 84 to receive a, staple 35, located on one of the rails 13. A. padlock or the like, if desired, may be passed. through the staple 35 as indicated at 36.

The space intermediate the bar 31 and the rail 17 provides sufficient clearance formanipulation of the heads or ends 28.

Referring now to the specific construction.

of the boards A', a base or backboard consisting of a sheet of metal may be provided. as at 37. Display panels are provided at 384 for Vdisposition in holders or retainers 39. Each retainer39 is of channel construction having grooves at each longitudinal edge.` provided by a loop-shaped flange 40 integral. therewith and at their upper edge and by an. S-shaped flange or double loops as at 41.

and 42. The retainers 39-are generally in y clined with respectr to the base 37 and are: soldered yor otherwise secured thereto. rlhe loopflanges 40 are slidable4 into the flanges 41 and preferably soldered thereto. This; provides a very compact disposition of thel holders inasmuch as the lower flange of: one holder and theupper flange of they adjacent holder overlap each other and disposed substantially in the same space. rThis is. important in a directory where the conservationof space isa prime factor.

The base 37 is provided with a forwardly and downwardly extending flange 44 at its uppery end ywhich overlaps the uppermost flange 40 and is preferably soldered thereto. The lower extremity of the base 37 may be vreturned as at 45 and at its upper end soldered or secured to the lowermost flange or loop 42. The shank 27 is yjournaled intermediate the back of base 37 and the returned portion 45. Also intermediate the said back and returned portion, a block 46 is disposed to prevent downward displacement of the shank `27 when the lug 29 is completely within the slot 30.

The display panels 38 may be of any suitable material for instance paper, pasteboard, Celluloid or metal and each one has ydelineated thereon in any suitable manner, the

Lacasse of an index panel and contain for instance,

the wordl section and shelf l" of the former heading a column of numerals provided by the different numerals and the latter heading a column of letters of the alphabet provided byl thediflerent panels. Longitudinal reinforcing` strips 47 may be soldered or otherwise secured to the flanges v42 and serve to definefthe space in which the names of articles or commodities occur, the space in which the numerals occur and 'the space in which the letters occur.

1t will be seen that the display panels 38 may be readily removed and replaced in the board A so that the directory will accord with the arrangement of the goods or coin- .modities to be sold according to the sections and shelves, or the equivalent where they are located. Also it will be obvious that the boards A may be readily removed by manipulation of the latches 26 and the bar 31. The arrangement of the directory is particularly useful in a self-service storesince the main drawback is the fact that the grou i cery commodities are difiicultto locate. Bv arrangingrthe goods and commodities ac@ -cording to sections and shelves,"in combination with the directory,pthis drawback is overcome. f

The same directoryidea may be carried 4out on a single sheet or the equivalent,-by

having the commodities listed in rows as at i 50 in Figure 11 of the drawings, the section numbers being indicated as at 51 andthe yshelves as at 5,2.y 1

It is to be understood thatthe title of the directory as shown thereon maybe varied -or even omitted if desired and also that the ltitles section and shelf may be varied according to conditions. f

As merely one practical embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details maybe resorted to lprovided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

1 claim as my invention 1.`A sign of the class described consisting of a frame, a transverse rail on said frame, a sign board insertible"4 into said frame, fastening means on the sign board to engagel said rail, a closure bar below said rail, and said closure bar and rail being spaced apart to permit access to said fastening means for operation.

2. A sign of the class described Vconsisting loe of the board having a lug movable into and out of the board, and said llug adapted to overlap the frame tol prevent detachment of the board. y 3. A sign ofthe class described consisting of a frame, provided with grooves, a transverse rail on said frame, a sig'nboard insertible into said grooves, fastening means on the signboard to engage said rail, a closure bar below said rail, said closure bar and rail being spaced apart, and manipulating means for said securing means disposed and operable intermediate said rail and bar.

4. A sign of the class described consisting of a frame provided with grooves, a transparent panel disposed therein, channel members disposed in said grooves in retaining relation with said panel, transverse rails in spaced relation, and boards intermediate said rails into said retaining members, a securing strip for the panel secured to one of said rails the other rail being disposed above the vlevel of' the first mentioned rail, a closure bar for the frame disposed below saidl loops, said flanges adapted for disposition in said outer loops, said base having a flange secured to the uppermost flange of the holder, and said base having a returned portion secured to the outer loop of the lowermost holder, and securing means mounted by said base intermediate the same and the returned portion.

6.*A sign board consisting of a base, a panel holder thereon having a loop, said base having a returned portion secured to the loop, securing means intermediate the returned portion, and adjacent part of the base, said means having a latch lug, said base having a slot through which said lug may be projected, and a rest means for the lug intermediate the returned portion and adjacent parts of the base to prevent displacement of the securing means.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLAF STAVG. Witnesses:

EINAR S'rAviG, F. W. ROBERTS.

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