US1591357A - Display rack - Google Patents

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July 6 1926. 7

' M. F. BENCH ET AL DISPLAY RAGK Filed March 19, 1925 Vw Mow/nap Patented July 6, 1926. i

UNITED {STATES} PATsN MARION F. BENCH, or cHILLIcorHn MIssoURI, AND OTTO n nonwnnnnnfon 1 DAVENPORT,.IOWA.-

, DISPLAY RACK.

; A Application filed March 19, 1925 .Serial No 16,761.

()urQinVentiOn relates to improvements in display racks and hasreference more particularly to one which is designed primarily I for use n display ng loaves of bread.

device of the class setfo-rth which will effect a very attractive display and will act also as a storage device in which a numberof customers other loaves of bread may be placed, independently of those on display, so that whenever a loaf is sold, the loaves in View of the need not be removed from the rack. r i

' numeral 1 designates a rectangular bot-tom which is preferablyformed of sheet metal, a portion of said bottom being preferably bent upwardly to provide a frontwall 2 p which is of infinitesimal height with respect to a pair of end walls 3 which rise from the bottom. These end walls are of ornamental shape and preferably formed with beaded] edges 4, and to secure them in place,we preferably bend their lower edges horizontally to provide flanges 5 which are secured against the lower side of-the bottom 1 by bolts or other. appropriate fasteners 6." The end walls3 are also preferably formed with additional inwardly bent flanges 7 which are disposed vertically and secured to the inner side of the front wall 2 by bolts or the like 8.

v Extending between the intermediate por tions of the end walls 3, is a shelf 9 which preferably declines forwardly, said shelf being disposed at an elevation above the front wall 2 and being spacedrearwardly from this wall, providing a space in. which loaves of bread or other articles may stand, as indicated by the dotted lines 10 in Figs. 2 and 4. In the construction shown, the front portion of the shelf 9 is bent downwardly to It is the object of the invention to provide an extremely simple and' inexpensive With the foregoing in vieW,-tl1e invention resides in'the novel subject matter here- I '11, but

' bakers, for which form. a vertical flange 'll which constitutes a barrier wall between the shelf and the bot tom 1, against which the rear sides of the articles 10 may rest, so as to f hold them against rearward displacement. -This;bar-

from the bottom 1, greaterthan the thickrier wall preferably. terminates a distance ness or width ofa loaf ofbread. Thus, the

loaves of bread 10 may be forwardly' inserted from the rear of the rack, under said barrier wall, and. angled to dispose them in i upright position. The ends ofthe shelf 9 andits flange 11 are preferably bent, laterally; to provide vertical flanges 12 secured to the endwalls 3 bolts or the like 13,.so

as to not only support the shelf and'flange to relatively. brace said end walls. 7 v The shelf 9 preferably declines forwardly, and to prevent the loaves of bread'orother articles placed thereonffrom sliding forwardly from said shelf, we h aveshown avertical plate 14; secured to-thebarrierwall 11' and projecting above the shelf toconstitute a ledge for engagement with such articles, the latter being indicated at 15 in Figs.2and4.

The rear of the rackfis open so that the space under the shelf 9 and in rear of the barrier wall 11, may be utilized for the storage of loavesof bread or other articles." Thus, whenever a sale is made, one of the beremoved from the storage 5 articles may space, without the necessity of taking an article from the. front portion of the rack or the shelf 9. Thus, terfered with. r

The primary use of the invention is inl retail stores and it'maywell be furnished to the merchants by the bakeries supplying them with bread. In exchange for this courtesy, the merchantsmay well display a the display is not indistinct advertisement for the baker or purpose, display openings 16 are provided in the lower portions of the end walls .3, said endwalls having appropriate means 17 at the upper and lower edges of these openings, to hold advertising cards 18in place, so that they. will be visible through said openings. In the device as manu actured, the major portion of each Excellent results are obtainablev from the 5 end wall 3, preferably displays an attractive f details diselosed and such details are thereforeby preference followed. However,

within the scope of the invention as claimed,

modifications may; of coursebemade.

' We claimz V r L 1. A rack for displaying and storing loaves of bread, comprising a bottom, a pair vof vertical end walls rising therefrom, a

"front wall at right angles to said bottom V to the other, a

2. A rackS-for loaves of bread-' coinprising a bottom, a pair and rising from the latter a distance less thanthelength'of a loaf of bread, said front wall eXtending-fronrone of said end walls forwardly declined shelf extendingbetween {and seenred" at its 'ends to said end walls-at a-distanceabove said bottom greater than the lengthof aloaf of bread, and a barrier-"wall projeeting down wardly fromthe'front edge of said shelf at right-angles 'to said-bottom and extending from oneof said end walls to the other, said barr-i'er'wallbeing spaced rearwardly from the pla-neof said front walla distance corresponding to the thickness of a loaf of breadysaid barrier-wall extending downward-1 from the shelf to an. extentto lie against' the loaves of bread standingon end between said front wall and said barrier wall, the rear of the rack being'open to pernii'tthe storage of other loaves of bread beneathnthe "shelf." 7

displaying and storing front wall at right angles to said bottom and rising from the'latter a distance less than other, a forwardly declined shelf extending between and secured at 1ts ends to said end walls at a distance above said bottom of vertical end walls rising therefrom, a

.35 the length of aloafof bread, said .front wall' extending from one of said end walls to the greater than the len-gth of a loaf of bread,

and a barrier wall'projeeting downwardly 7 from the front edge of said shelf at right angles to-said bottom and extending from one of said end walls to the other," said barrier wall being spaced rearwardlyfroin the sponding to the thickness of a loaf of'bread, said barrier wall extending downwardly from the shelf to an extent to' lie againstthe loaves of bread standing on end "between plane of said frontwall a distance corresaidfront wall and-said barrier wall, but 1 limRiON-F. BENCH. 7 error. BOI-I-WEDDER;

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