US1951894A

US1951894A - Display and storage rack

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Publication number: US1951894A
Application number: US674305A
Authority: US
Inventors: John E Ziebarth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-06-05
Filing date: 1933-06-05
Publication date: 1934-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1951-03-20

Description

March 20, 1934. L E, zlEBARTH 1,951,894

DISPLAY AND STORAGE RACK Filed June 5, 1933 if 32 y' 4 :11193. w W ,j (9.

22 y -f-/Z V? 4 3 INVENTOR 29 2?" 1 d .Z/ebar/z 2 An BY l .r 7 um? ATTRNEY Patented Mar. 20, 1934 JED STATES PATENqv @FCE DISPLAY AND STORAGE RACK Claims.

My invention relates to display and storage racks and more particularly to a rack for displaying and storing a croquet set, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this i character wherein the elements of the croquet.

set are readily inserted and locked in position incidental to their assembly arrangement within the rack.

In accomplishing this and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rack constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the croquet elements in position therein.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View through the rack illustrating the arrangement, whereby the mallets are locked in position by the stakes and the balls by the handles of the mallets.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational View of the rack, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section through the rack.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

l designates the base portion of the rack which includes a channel shaped trough having a bottom 2 and upwardly extending side iianges 3 and fi to support the balls 5 of a croquet set.

The ends of the trough are preferably supported on transverse blocks 6 and '7 secured to lthe bottom of the trough and having their under sides notched, as at 8, to provide spaced feet 9 and 1) for engaging the floor.

Fixed between the side anges 3 and 4 at points spaced from the ends vof the trough and extending upwardly from the bottom 2 are end members 11 and 12 connected at their upper ends by a horizontal bar 13 havlng projecting ends 14 and l5 cooperating with the ends of the base for a purpose later described.

Formed in the end members at spaced vertical points are pairs of openings or seats 16 and 1'7 for the member 1l and aligning

openings

18 and 19 for the member 12 to accommodate the handles 20 of the mallets 21. The lower pairs of openings are spaced from the trough a sufficient distance so that the handles of the lower pair of mallets closely engage the balls to retain them in the trough as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and the upper openings are spaced from the lower pair so that when the other mallets are supported therein, in superimposed relation, the hat end faces 22 of the mallet heads 23 slightly clear each other to permit their ready insertion and 5 54 removal in the rack.

(Cl. 21l-13) When the mallets are inserted in the rack, they are preferably placed so that heads of the inallets supported in one side of the rack are engaging the end member l1, while the heads of the mallets at the opposite side engage the end member 12, as shown in Fig. 2, for the sake of compactness and to provide a balanced structure when the rack is being transported.

In order to lock the mallets in position and prevent their accidental displacement, I mount the

croquet stakes

24 and 25 at the ends of the rack, so that they closely engage the periphery of the mallet heads. This is accomplished by providing the

projecting ends

14 and 15 of the bar 13 with openingsY 26 for slidably receiving the upper knob ends 27 of the stakes, and the bottom 3 with smaller openings 28 to receive and support the pointed ends 29 of the stakes, as shown in Fig. ,3, the openings being formed in the longitudinal centerline of the rack. The mallets are, of course, prevented from movement in the opposite direction from the stakes by engagement of the heads with the end members 11 and 12 of the rack.

In order to mount the wickets 30 in the rack, the bar 13 is also provided in its longitudinal center with spaced

openings

31 and 32 to pass the

legs

33 and 34 into the space between the handles 20 of the mallets so that the handles prevent the wickets from swinging out of the boundaries of the rack, Fig. 2.

To make the rack portable, so that it may be readily carried from place to place, the bar carries a handle 35 iixed thereto by screws 36, Fig. 1.

In assembling the croquet set in the rack, the balls 5 are placed in the trough between the end members 11 and 12. A pair of mallets 2l are then inserted from opposite ends of the rack in the rst pairs of openings 16, 1'7 and 18, 19 to retain the balls therein.

In this position the handle 20 of one mallet lies adjacent the head 23 of the other mallet, and the heads 23 engage the respective end inembers 11 and 12 of the rack. The remaining inallets of the set are similarly placed in the upper pairs of openings, after which the

stakes

24 and 25 are inserted in their places at the ends of the rack to retain the mallets.

'I'he assembly is iinally completed by inserting the wickets 30 through the

openings

31 and 32 so that the ends thereof depend between the handles of the mallets, as shown.

The rack thus described not only provides a better and more attractive display of the set, but

also replaces the conventional box for storage purposes. In the latter respect, it has a decided advantage, since the parts of the set are readily placed in their proper positions and are removed in their natural order of use. For example, the wickets 30 are first removed and placed in position on the playing eld, then the

stakes

24 and 25, and finally the mallets 21 and the balls 5 are removed.

For display purposes, the attractive stripings 0n the balls, mallets, and stakes are accentuated and enhance the appearance, making the set more desirable to the purchaser.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A rack for the component parts of a croquet set including a ball support, mallet supports carried at the ends of the ball support and having aligned seats for carrying the handles of the mallets in horizontal position over the ball support to retain the balls in the ball support, and means for supporting the stakes of the set to lock the mallets in the mallet supports.

2. A rack for the component parts of a croquet set including a ball support, mallet supports carried by and spaced from the ends of the ball support, and a tie bar connecting the mallet supports and provided with Wicket receiving openings and having projecting ends opposite to the ends of the ball support, said ends of the ball support and the tie bar being provided with means to carry the stakes of the set.

3. A rack for' the component parts of a croquet set including a ball support having openings in its opposite ends, mallet supports carried by the ball support and having vertically spaced pairs of openings to receive the handles of the mallets of the set, a tie bar connecting the mallet supports and having openings opposite to the rst named openings to support the stakes oi the set.

Ll. A rack for the component parts of a croquet set including a base having side ianges to form a trough shaped ball supportand having openings in its opposite ends, mallet supports/carried by the trough support between said anges and having vertically spaced pairs of openings to receive the handles of the mallets of the set, a tie bar connecting the mallet supports and having openings opposite to the first named openings to support the stakes of the set.

5. A rack for the component parts of a croquet set including a ball support having openings in its opposite ends, mallet supports carriedv by the ball support and having vertically spaced pairs of openings to receive the handles of the mallets of the set, a tie bar connecting the upper ends or" the mallet supports having openings therein to pass the legs of the wickets of the set between the handles of the mallets and having openings aligning with the openings in the ball support to hold the stakes in the set.

JOHN E. ZEBARTH.

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