US1694207A - Display rack - Google Patents

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Dec. 4, 1928. v 1,694,207

B. COLEMAN DISPLAY RACK Filed March 5. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l /7 y/ I 22 Qzm i.

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Dec. 4, 1928. 1,694,207

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- B. Cale/72am r amg Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES Parser ori-ics BERT COLEMAN, OF PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.

DISPLAY RACK.

Application filed March 3, 1928.

playing articles in stores, and has more particular reference to an improved raclrotl this kind wherein provision is made by which the articles may be readily placed in position and any one article removed when desired without disturbing the others.

A more specific object is toV provide an improved display rack for garment-supporting belts and like articles, wherein holders are provided which embody sn'ing-pressed followers or presser members so arranged that, as'soon as one or a number of articles are withdrawn from the holders, the presser members will serve to eli'ectively hold the articles remaining.

Another object is to provid-e holders which are readily adjustable to properly accommodate articles of differenty widths.

Still another object is to provide al display rack et the above kind, which is simple and durable in construction, e'liicient in operation, adapted to be conveniently placed into practical. use, and economical to manufacture,

Gther objects will become apparent as the nature oi the invention is better understood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement oi' parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ot a display rack embodying' the present invention. Y

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view thereot, partly broken away and insection.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation, showing one of the gates, for closing the fronts of the holder compartments, in open position.

Figure l is an enlarged fragmentary section on line 1 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the presser members and its guide pin; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view ot one of the slides for adjusting the ettective width oi the holder compartments.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the form ot holder shown embodies a stand A, a frame B having a number of open-bottomed compartments, and presser members C slidably fitted in the compartments or' said frame and each spring-pressed toward the front wall ot the associated compartment to hold a number of belts or other articles and Serial No 258,801.

permit the latter Vto be suspended below the compartments.

The stand A consists ot a base 5 and a vertical post 6 of sutlicient strength and length to carry at or near its upper end the frame Lsoy B with the articles suspended from said vtrame in the desired and easy access.

'The frame B has a number ot' compartments 7 tormedby vertical walls, andeach compartment is open at the top and bottom and has its opposite side walls formed with horizontal guide grooves 8. At the center the trame is formed or provided with a bearing 9 fitted to turn upon the upper end portion et the part 5. rllhe shape and size or' the position for exhibition `iframe and the number, size and arrangement of the compartments therein may be varied according to the nature and quantity of the articles to be displayed and other conditions.

In a like manner, the frame may be supported in other ways than by a stand.

The presser members C are slidably iittedj 1n the. several compartments ot the frame B,

one to each compartment, and having reduced ends 10 slidably engaged in the guide grooves 8. Each presser member consists of a bar or plate having a central rigid guide pin ll projecting rearwardly therefrom and slidably projecting into a bore 12 provided in the frame at the rear ot the associated compartment, a. helical compression springl 13 being interposed between the pin and the frame, within the bore 12 and a bore in the rear end of the pin, to torce the presser member toward the outer or front wall ot the associated compartment. The n presser members may thus befiiorced rearwardly or inwardly to permit the desired number of articles to be placed in the compartments outwardly therepartment without disturbing the remaining articles in such compartment.

As shown, the frame B may be formed of a l series of substantially sector-shaped platelilresections 14 rigidly connected with adjacent sideedges thereof contiguous, each sec-.

tion constituting a holder and having a single compartment 7 formed in its outer end. The

outer end ot' each compartment is preferably being provided to releasably hold the gate closed where it formstheouterwall of the compartment against which the articles are pressed. The compartment of each trame section is shown as formed by bifurcating or notching the outer end of the/frame section, the gate 15 being preferably hinged at one end to the frame section, as at 17. Stop pins 18 are provided in the outer end portions of the grooves 8 in the path of the ends of thel presser mem; bers to limit outward movement of the latter and prevent their displacement` from operative position when the gates are opened.

It very often happens that the articles to be displayed, such as trouser-supporting belts are o different Widths. Obviously, in order to properly hold articles of different Widths in an orderly and efficient manner Within any desired ones of the several compartments, the latter must be adjustable as to ei'ective Width. For this purpose, slides 19 are provided at opposite sides of each compartment, the slides being laterally adjustable toward each other inwardl of the side Walls ofthe compartment proper Vor adjustably narrowing the normal effective Width of the latter, when desired.

lThese slides preferably consist of metal plates disposed on top of theframe andhavingl transversely elongated slots 20 through which clamping bolts 21 extend, the bolts 21 passing through the frame and having nuts 22 applied thereto for being tightened to secure the slides in any desired position of adjustment. The slides have straight depending langes 23 on their inner edges for flat engagement With the opposite edges of the articles as shown in Figures 2 and 4, the flanges terminating above the presser members to permit unhindered movement of the latter.

In use, each gate 15 is opened and the associated presser member is forced rearwardly,

whereupon the articles j are introduced through the gateway into thecompartment. The gate is then closed and latched in closed position, the presser member being released to clamp the articles againstthe closed gate. The slides 19 are then adjusted against the side edges of the articles, if necessary, Whereupon the device is ready for displaying the suspended articles. Any desired ones of the articles may then be readily selected and withdrawn upwardly from the rack as occasion may demand, without disturbing the remaining articles.

Various changes in minor details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

lVhat I claim as new is:

1. In a .display rack, a frame member hav-- ing an open-bottomed compartment, a presser member carried by the frame member and slidably mounted in said compartment for cooperation With the front Wall of the latter to hold articles in suspension, spring means acting against said presser member for urging ittoward said front Wall of the compartment, means to adjust the effective width of said compartment embodying laterally adjustable slides mounted on the frame member at opposite sides of said compartment.

2. In a. display racl, a frame member having an openbottomed compartment, a presser member carried by the frame member and slidably mounted in said compartment for cooperation with the front Wall ofthe latter to hold articles inl suspension, sllriner means acting against said presser mem er Ier urging it toward said front Wall of the compartment and a gate member forming the front Wall of said compartment and adapted to be opened to facilitate insertion of the articles into the compartment, said gate being hinged at one end to the frame member, and means to latch said gate in closed position.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

BERT COLEMAN.

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