US1924371A - Display case - Google Patents

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N. OWITZ DISPLAY CASE Aug. 29, 1933.

Filed April 15, 1931 INVENTOR BY H15 ATTORNEY "lOl Patented Au 29, 1933 Nathan Owitz,

tion of New York DISPLAY cris s" York, N. Y.,acorpora Application 511111 13, 1931., S erial No. 5 9,6 8

p 1 Claim. (C l. 20672) This invention relates generally to display cases and more particularly to cases for displaying bolts of ribbon and the like.

In many of the cases or racks with which applicantis aware, the articles to be displayed are placed in the case in the same horizontal positicn so thatit is diflicult tolseethem without looking directly down 'uponthemJ Other cases support the articles in ah inclined plane but such articles tend to move downward by gravity coming into contact with the article next below it, and becomingsoiled. In other cases the articles such as bolts of'ribbon rest against their supporting surface and thereby become soiled. Other cases are so built that they gather dust and other foreign matter and are thus objectionable.

Iovercome the foregoing objections by providing'a case with rails or shelves that support 3 the article to be displayed, no matter what the shape of same, in an inclined plane so that each article can be seen at a distance and. to advantage and readily distinguished and recognized. When the article to be displayed is a bolt of ribbon, the rails only engage the paper portion of the bolt near each edge thereof so that the ribbon is held out of contact with, any portion of the case. Devices are provided for holding each article in its fixed position preventing it y from falling down on to the next article. A sign board is associated with the case for carrying advertising or other data.

In addition my improved case is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and is adapted to be placed on any kind of supporting surface.

Otherobjects and advantages of my improved Referring to the various views of the drawing,

the improved case or rack comprises a frame shown as rectangular in the drawing but which may of course be of any desired shape. This 1 frame includes a front wall 10, a rear wall 11,

rugged in construction, dust and dirt proof and display purposes.

ribbon 22 which it is'desired to display; The

the rear wallbeing preferably higher than the front wall. Joining thefront and rear walls. areiside walls13; ,Allof' these i walls'may' be formed-of cardboard; wood metal'or any suit- I able material sufficient tojprovide the necessary rigidity as vvillbe understood. The bottom edge 'of each wall is flat permitting the frametto be supported on almost anykind of asurface and suc ges ma -cov edv.w 9 h the protective covering in order to protect the sup-' porting surface. The upper surfaces of the side walls 13 are inclineddownwardly from the rear to' the front. When the walls are formed of cardboard as illustrated in the drawing, the lower and upper edges of all of the walls may be protected by channel shaped members 14; formed of metal; which members also add to the attractiveness ofthe case. 4

The interior of the frame isdivided by partitions 15 which form compartments 16 of varicreasing in width from left to right These 2 compartments may of course be all of the same width if desired. Mounted on the sidewalls and partitions are supports, here illustrated as shelves, rails or tracks 17. These rails 17 are J supported in an inclined plane by L-shaped' members 18 which may be made of wood'or r L metal as desired. Cross pieces' 'l9 of Woodcrmetal may be placed underneathfithe shelves or rails at spaced points in order to .brace the same. The side walls 13 are braced by U-shaped Q members 20 crossing therebetween'at their loweredges. These rails are adapted to support articles for In the drawing in Figure-l, the article shown is a cylindrical shaped bolt 21,formed of paper aro und which is woundthe rails are mounted sufliciently close tothe top thereabove. It will be understood of course' that any article having a body portion of suflicient 'width may be supported on these rails. When a bolt of ribbon is supported'as illustrated, no portion of the'ribbon touches the rails, only the edges of the paper bolt resting on the rails. The space between the rails 17 is openso that dust and dirt may, pass therethrough to the where itmay be edges of the sidewalls .and partitions to permit a portion of the bolt. and ribbon to protrudeslide down from their proper position into contact with the next article below. This is accomplished by providing spaced stop members 23 which project outwardly from the side walls and partitions at opposite points into the compart- -ments 16, and which are positioned above and adjacent to the rails 17 andvadapted to engage the ends hf the body of they bolt'21 supported on the rails. These stops are illustrated in the drawing as metal plates having one of their ends secured to the side Wall 13 and passing through the partitions 15 so as to extend out" wardly from each side thereof. While Iprefer that these stops be permanently fixed \as "illus-r trated, it will be understood that :th'eyzmay abe removably mounted in order to adjust the length of the spaces between adjacent stops as will be apparent. These stop members may be out-' struck from the material forming the walls and partitions if desired.

With reference :to the form of the invention shown in-Figure 4, "instead o'f havinga oontinueus rail or "shelf '17, the supporting meansm'ay be formed as 'a short sh'elf 24 f ormeclwith an integral 1 upstanding 'flange 25 against -the bolt rests to prevent it from moving.

The case maybe provided with an'uprig'ht sign board 26 mountedde'tazhably-on the rear wall by "means-of :pins 27 "adapted-to be inserted into sisting of vertical front, rear and side walls, a

plurality of parallel partition walls within said framehaving ends held on said front and rear walls .fnr drvidingsaid'frame into a plurality of elongated npenecmnpartments, a pair of inclined railsnn .each partition wall extending longitudifinally thereon .on opposite sides and on opposite sides of each compartment, said rails forming means to support the margins of a bolt of ribbon wound thereon accommodating the ribbon on said bolt inthe spacebetween said rails, and stop members'onfsaid partition walls spaced from each other to accommodate a boltof ribbon in the spaces .between said stop .members to hold sa'idboltsin stationary position permitting unrollingpfthe ribbon therefrom in upward and downward ldirect'ions without contact with any part of said .display case. I I

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