US1608401A - Display fixture - Google Patents

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Nov. 23 1926. v 1,608,401

c. w. KRESS DISPLAY FIXTURE Filed Jan. 16, 1926 Ulaioole 10.16 655 ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES CLAUDE W. KRESS, 0F NEW' YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

Application filed January 16, 1926. Serial No. 81,857.

The present invention is concerned with,

improvements in display fixtures, particularly with the type of fixture which is employed for supporting a portable divider or partition in vertical position upon a display counter.

In the display of .merchandise upon counters, it is frequently desirable to subdivide the counter into a plurality of shallow compartments by the use of partition or divider members, the latter in many instances being of sheet glass. The sheet glass stock always varies considerably in thickness, and no satisfactory fixture has heretofore been provided for securely and effectively supporting such glass partitions.

It is a specific object of the present invention to provide a display fixture in the nature of a divider support, which will be selfaccommodating to compensate for the variations in the thickness of the glass partitions, and which will at all times hold the glass against rattling or vibration and against accidental tipping over.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a display fixture of this character which will be. of simple, practical construction, which will be rugged and durable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, and well suited to the requirements of economical Imanufacture.

With the above noted and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claim. The invention may be more fully understood from the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a partition member supported by one of my improved display fixtures.

ig. 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation, showing a partition member operative supported by the fixture.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of one of the fixtures with the partition removed.

In the drawings I have used the reference character 10 to designate a counter or other suitable supporting surface upon which merchandise is adapted to be disposed for display purposes. The conventional type of divider or partition is illustratedat 11, this partition in the present instance being of sheet glass.

My improved display fixture, which is adapted for supporting this partition in vertical position on the counter is designated generally by the reference character 12. It is preferably formed of a pair of approximately L-shaped metallic members 13 riveted or otherwise secured at 14 to a base bar 15. The bar 15 and the angle members 13 are formed of any suitable material such for instance as brass, and are preferably of similar gauge and width. The longer arms 16 of the L-shaped members l3 overlie the face of the base bar 15, and are secured thereto by the rivets. The shorter arms 17 of the L-shaped members 13 rise vertically adjacent the center of the fixture and are adapted to straddle the lower edge of the partition 11 preferably at a point near one end of the partition.

In order that the fixture may tightly engage the partition regardless of the thick ness of the latter, I provide a spring clamping element 18, one end 19 of which is clamped between the longer arms 16 of one of the-L-shaped members 13, and the base bar 15. The spring member 18 is in the nature of a flat stri of spring metal, and the free end 20 thereof defines a spring finger rising between the posts 17, and normally bearing by its inherent resiliency against one of the posts, as seen in Fig. 4. It will be noted that the freeend of the spring finger 20 projects above the posts as indicated at 21 in order to facilitate the application of the fixture to the partition 11 When applying the fixture to the partition, the partition is laid on its side with the edge projecting over. the table, and the free end 21 of the spring finger is engaged with such projecting edge. Downward pressure on the fixture will cause the finger 20 to be retracted and permit the fixture to be slipped over the edge of the glass with the finger bearing against the glass, as seen in Fig. 2. The partition is thus firmly held against rattling or vibration, and the spring finger is self-accommodatin to tightly clamp various gauge partition plates.

It will be obvious that the fixture may be used for supporting partitions other than glass partitions, and that numerous changes and alterations might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts describedwithout departing ijrom the invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the details set forth, but shall consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A display fixture for supporting plate glass counter dividers, including a base bar,

a pair of L-shaped members each having a horizontal leg overlying and secured to the of spring .of one L-shaped member,

bar, the other legs ofthe L-shaped members projectin upwardly and'adapted to straddie a divider, and spring clamping means associated with said last mentioned legs, said clamping means including a flat stri metal, one end of which is clamped between the base bar and the horizontal leg and the other end of which extends upwardly between the vertical legs of the L-shaped members.

CLAUDE W. KRESS.

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