US1464241A - Display fixture - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 7, 1923.

C. V. DAIGER DISPLAY FIXTURE Filed April 22, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -c. v. DAIGER DISFLAY FIXTURE Aug. 7, 1923. 2 v 1,464,241

Fileg April 22. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patents Aug. 7, 1923.

Jar wa CHARLES \V. DAIGER, OF NEWTON, IIIASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

Application filed April 22, 1921.

fication, like characters on the drawing rep resenting like parts.

This invention relates to display fixtures,

and more particularly to fixtures for supporting a plurality of lamp shades in spaced relation one above the other.

In displaying or exhibiting lamp shades or storing them, it is now the general prac tice to pile the shades one upon the other, or lay them upon a supporting surface such as a table or counter. Where the articles are formed of delicate material, such, for instance, as silk or the like, and especially when they are provided with delicate ornaments, the material of the shade soon becomes injured or so far creased or rumpled that the attractiveness of such shades is pre maturely lost. This is more especially the case with highly ornamented silk shades.

With the above general conditions in view, the present invention has for one of its objects the provision of a display rack so constructed and arranged as to support a plurality of lamp shades in separated or spaced relation, thereby obviating the in urious contact between the shades themselves, or with the supporting means.

When the lamp shades are stacked in separated relation in accordance with the present invention, it is desirable that they not only be accessible for display purposes but that they be protected from improper or unauthorized handling or the floating particles of dust.

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A further feature of the invention, there.

fore, consists in providing a transparent shade-protecting covering which shall be adaptable to the varying height of the stack of shades and yet permit, by its transparency, a full display of the shades within.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a good, practical form of the invention, the details of which may be modified within the true scope thereof, as defined by the claims.

Serial No. 463,595.

In the drawings F gure 1 s a perspective view of means constructed in accordance with this inven- 1. J men, 101 supporting a number of lamp sha es one above the other;

F 15;. is an enlarged detail view of parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view 1 of arts shown 111 Fig. 2,- and p Fig. 4 on a reduced view showing a protecting cover placed over the shades of Fig. 1.

In. the drawings: 10, 11, l2, l3 and 14 designate lamp shades supported in spaced relatipn one above the other by means to be described. The shades shown are of the type which commonly consist of a frame formed of wire or other suitable'material which is covered with silk or other mate rial. Shades of this type are commonly provided with a central supporting plate or the like 15, connected to a ring 16 of the shade frame by wires 17, and the plate or the like 15 is commonly provided with an aperture 18 adapted to receive a pin or threaded projection upon the lamp stand, upon which the shade is to be mounted. lamp shades of the type herein referred to i-requently vary extensively in size, shape, and appearance, but they are invariably provided with a perforated member such as indicated by 15, which serves to support the shade when mounted upon its stand. The means herein disclosed for supporting the lamp shades one above constitutes a sectional support or display rack having means for reinovably securing the sections together, the construction being such that a shade may be supported upon each section by mounting the perforated plate 15 of shade upon the upper end of one section and securing the plate between the section upon which it rests, and the adjacent end of the next section. v

The sectional support may conveniently consist of a lower section 19 having a suitable baseQO for holding the section l9 in an upright position. and upon the section 19 may be mounted. any desired number of sections 21 secured in axial alignment one above the other. In the embodiment shown, four .ections :21 are shown, but obviously scale, is a perspective the other I them. In the present instance of the invention, this is accomplished by providing; each section with a projecting pin 22 at one end thereof, and which may be secured to its section by a socket member fitting an end of the section, and havi the pin 22 secured to the socket n'ieinber, or the pin may be secured to the section. 21 without the socket -member. Each of the sections 21 preferably has a soclretil ll at its opposite end, in which may be mounted a metal sleeve or cup shaped member adapted to snu 'l receive the pin 22. The diameter of the pin is such that it may be readily inserted in the aperture 18 of the lamp shade plate 15, in order that the plate oi? any lamp shade may be mounted upon. the upper end oi a section with a pin '22 extending); through its aperture, as shown in Fig. 2, v

The sections 21 are preferably of sulfficient length to hold. the shades clear of each other as shown in l, and the pins 22 should be of su'l'licient length. and size to hold the sections 21 firmly in alignment. A knob may be mounted. upon the pin 22 of the uppermost section to give the same a more pleasing appearance.

As above pointed out, it desirable to provide means for protecting lamj shades of the type referredv to, from dust and dirt and suitable means to this end will now be described. While the lamp shades are supported one above the other as shown in Fig. 1, they may be conveniently protected by placing a cover over them as indicated by 27 Fig. d. This cover is preferably made of? transparent material, such as thin paper or woven. in atcriaL that the general appearance of a lamp shade may be determined through the cover 27.

Since the sectional. support or display rack may have its he it increased or decreased,

desired, by varying the number of sections 21, it is desirable that the length of the cover 2? may be correspondingly varied, and to this en the cover 27 is provided with a pluralit raw-strings 28 extending upwardly from the lower portion of the cover. This onstruction permits the length of the cover to be reduced as desired, by drawing up the strings 28 and tying them. at the top of the rack at 29. The cover 27 may be made to he slipped. over the shades, or it may be constructedv to be fastened around the shades.

The shade supporting means herein described serves to support a number or" shades in such a manner that each is displayed to tions, and the length of the sections form an advantage, and shouldit be desired to remove any one of the shadeslfor example, the shade 13), all that is necessary is to lift the section 21 immediately above this shade, clear of the pin 22 while the shades l0, 11 and 12 remain undisturbed relative to their supporting sections, whereupon the shade 13 may be removed.

lVhat is claimed is i l. A display stand for supporting a number of lamp shades of the type having a central perforated.supporting member, comprising a plurality of detachable sections having axially extending sockets at one end thereof and smooth pins projecting from the opposite end'of the sections, the pin of each section being adapted to enter the central perforation of a shade supporting member and to slide freely into a socket of another section to secure the sections together in an upright position and with a lamp shade suspended at the juncture of each pair of sections, whereby the lamp shades are supported in spaced relation one above the other and any lamp shade may be removed from the stand by pulling the adjacent sections apart at the juncture where the shade is supported and while the other sections remain connect-ed.

A display stand for supporting a number of lamp shades of the type having a small perforated supporting plate, comprising a plurality oi? detachable sections having axially extending sockets at one end thereof and smooth pins projecting from the opposite end of the sections, the pin of each section beii'ig adapted to enter the perforation 01 said shade supporting plate and to slide freely into socket of another section to secure the sections together in an upright position with a lamp shade suspended at the juncture oi each pair of sections, and the sections of the stand having a diameter sufficiently large to cause the small plate to be practically obscured by the ends of the sections between which the plates are secured.

A. display stand for s pportinga num ber of lamp shades of the type having; a small. perforated supporting portion in spaced relation one above the other, comprising a plurality oi. detach-able sections havingaxially extending sockets at one end thereo'l and smooth pins projecting from the opposite end of the sections, the pin oi each section being adapted to enter the central supporting portion or each shade and to slide freely into a socket of another section to secure the sections together in an i i right position and with a lamp shade suspended at the juncture of each pair ofsc the stand being such that theshades are s ported sufficiently close to each other to practically obscure the supporting sections.

1. A display stand for supporting lamp shades in spaced relation one above the other comprising in combination an upright sectional support having means for removably securing the sections of the support together to vary the length of the support, means for securing a lamp shade to and for suspending it from the upper end of each section, a flexible cover surrounding the plurality of shades to protect them While supported one above the other, and means for 10 adjusting the length of said cover to conform to the number of shades supported by the adjustable support.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES V. DAIGER.

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