US1641283A - Display container - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES ALEXANDER MAOIDOUGALL, F BAKER, OREGON.

DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application filed August 19, 1926. Serial No. 130,220.

This invention relates to display containers and has for its main object the provision of means whereby the articles to be sold from the container may present a pleas ing appearance at all times. This object is attained by the provision of a container hav ing a movable supporting member adapted to be positioned on the bottom of the container when the latter is full, and capable of vertical adjustment above said bottom with a view of varying the capacity of the container from time to time as part of its contents is removed, with a view of giving the container the appearance of being full.

For a complete understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a container such as a candy pail.

Figure 2 is a sectional, view showing the supporting member positioned near the top of the container.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 38 of Figure 2.

Figure f is a vertical section showing the supporting member at the bottom of the container when the latter is full.

Figure 5 is a detail vertical section of the container and the supporting shelves.

Figure 6 is a similar view, in plan.

Figure 7 is a similar View in front elevation.

Figure 8 is a view similar to Figure 6, with a guard in position.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the guards.

Figure 10 is a detail view of a modified 0 construction detail. i

Figure 11 is a sectional view illustrating the application of the invention to a rectangular container.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character C designates a container which may be a candy pail or any other receptacle. The pail may be provided with the usual bail b. Disposed within the container in peripherally-spaced relation are a number of standards S extending substantially the depth of the container. The standard comprises a metal sheath 10 having inturned edges 11 as shown more clearly by Figure 6. Disposed within this metal 5 sheath 10 is a channeled member 12 having outturned edges 13 in juXt-a-position to the part of this inturned edges 11 of the sheath 10. The channeled member 12 is perforated at longitudinally-spaced intervals with the side walls 1 1, the perforations in the side walls being in alignment. The front of the channel 12 is provided with a number of cut-out portions 15 leaving between successive cutout portions a portion of metal adjacent to the perforation and forming a ledge 16. A projecting member 18 has outturned ends 19 which are adapted to pass through the perforations in the channels 12 forming a pivotal connection therewith. that the pivoted extensions 18 may move upwardly into planes substantially contiguous with the inner walls of the receptacle and are supported in transverse planes by the ledges 16, as shown more clearly by Figure 5.

in a container such as that represented by Figure 1 wherein the sides slope or converge toward each other, it is desirable that the projections be shorter progressively in accordance with the slope of said walls. For this purpose the projections or shelves 18 are progressively shorter from top to bottom of the container, as shown by Fi ure 2. I

A supporting member 20 is provided and is adapted to be positioned within the receptacle G and will conform to the inner contour of the latter. The supporting member 20 is adapted to be successively carried by the shelves 18 and also moved from the bottom of the container and successively to the top thereof as the articles sold are removed.

Figure 2 shows a container in which the supporting member 20 is in position on the shelves 18 after the major portion of the contents of the container has been removed. The supporting member 20 is provided with cut-out portions 21 at the periphery thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, for a purpose which will be presently described. The supporting member 20 is provided with lifting ribbons 22 for raising the supporting member as the contents of the container are diminished,

Referring to Figure 4, the matter of filling the container will. now be described. The supporting member 20 rests on the bottom. Guards 23, each consisting of a U-shaped metal piece as shown in perspective in Figure 9, are positioned over the channels 12 with the shelves 18 in planes substantially contiguous to the inner walls of the recep- It will be seen.

be removed con'ipletely.

tacle. The cut-out portions 21 in the supporting member 20 facilitate the posit1oning of the latter into the container before the filling thereof and aresometimcs necessary to permit the supporting member to be positioned, with the guards 23 extending into said cut-out portions. As the receptacle is filled either by successive layers or progressively in bulk, the guards 23 are raised so that the contents of the receptacle will maintain the shelves 18 in their nonsupporti11g position as shown. it will be undersood that after the container is tilled, the guards will Then as the contents of the contain or are gradually removed,

the bottom 20 will be raised so that the latter will. be supported by the first or lowest tier of shelves 18 andthen to the next higher tier of shelves and so on, until the top tier is reached.

I The preferred embodin'ient of my inven tion has been described'but it'will be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact construction. For example in lieu of the metal piccolo as shown by Figure 6, the inner wvall of the receptacle C may be grooved as at 24 to receive the outturned end 13 of the channel l2. It will also be understood that the contour of the container may be rectangular instead of round as illustrated. in Figure 11', as described by the reference character "C. The supporting member will. of course be rectangular in conformance to the interior contour of the rectangular container, but in other respects the construction and arrangement or the parts may be the same. It will be understood that other changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the invention as defined by the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, whr I claim is:

'1. A display container comprising a receptacle, a plurality of standards secured to the walls of said receptacle in peripherallyspaced relation, a "plurality of longitudinallyj-spaced shelves pivotally connected to said standards, a support carried by said shelves, and means secured to said supportfor lifting the latter from the bottom of the container toward the topthereot from one set of shelves to another.

25A display container comprising a receptacle, a plurality of shelves in each of a plurality of longitudinally-spaced planes above the bottom of said receptacle, the shelves in each ofsaid planes being in peripherally-spaced relation, means pivotally connecting said shelves to the inner walls of said receptacle, a supporting member adapted to be placed on said shelves in successive planes above the bottom of said receptacle, and means secured to said supporting member for raising the latter from the bottom of the container toward the top in successive planes above the bottom of said receptacle.

3. A display container comprising a' receptacle, a plurality of peripheral.ly-spaccd shelves above the bottom of said receptacle, means pivotally connecting said shelves "to the inner walls 01 said receptacle, a sup-- porting member adapted to be carried by said shelves above the bottom 01' said receptacle, and means secured to said supporting member for raising it from below said shelves to position thereon. i

4-. A display container comprising a receptacle having a plurality oi longitudinallyertemling and peripherally-spaced grooves, a plurality of periphera-liy-spacec shelves above the bottom of said receptacle,'means pivot/ally connecting said shelves in said grooves, and a supporting member adapted to be carried by said shelves above the bottom or said receptacle.

5. A display container comprising a receptacle having walls converging toward each other, a plurality of shelvesin eachof a plurality 0t planes, said shelves being progres sively shorter in planes corresponding to said converging wallsymeans OODDGClZlllg-Sflltl shelves to the innerwalls of said receptacle,'

and a supporting member adapted to be carried successively by said shelves in each of said planes.

6. A display container comprising a'receptacle, a plurality of channeled standards secured to the inner walls of said receptacle in peripherally-spaced relation, a pluality of shelves pivotally secured to said channeled standards above the bottom of said receptacle, and a supporting member adapted to be carried by said shelves above the bottom of said receptacle.

V 7. A display container comprisinga receptacle, a plurality of shelves movably secured to the inner walls of said receptacle in peripheral and longitudinal spaced relation, said shelves being adapted to be moved from planes transverse to said walls to planes contiguous with the walls 0]": said receptacles,

removable cover members ior said shelves when the latter are in planes contiguous with said receptacle walls, and a supporting member adapted to be carried by said shelves when the latter arein planes transverse to said receptacle walls and said covers are removed.

in testimony whereof, I hereunto aliix my signature.

ALEXANDER MAGDOUGALL.

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