US1998858A

US1998858A - Inventory exhibitor

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Publication number: US1998858A
Application number: US704183A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fred J Bach
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1933-12-27
Filing date: 1933-12-27
Publication date: 1935-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 1952-04-23

Description

April 23, 1935. F. BACH l INVENTORY EXHIBITOR Filed Deo. 27, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 23, 1935. F. J, BACH INVENTORY EXHIBITOR Filed Deo. 27, 1933 2 SheebS-Shecl 2 Klo .TNENEELT cvemnl s w u u n 3 u u 5 Y 3\ IHN .1|

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St. Louis, Mo.

Application December 27, 1933, Serial No. 704,183

, 'z claims.

The invention relates to an inventory exhibitor and more especially to a visible stock record for use by mercantile establishments, as for example, shoe stores, ladies ready-to-wear, hats, hosiery, suits, etc. l

The primary object ofthe invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein a panel display is had, the'latter carrying indicia coacting with tags having indicia corresponding to certain merchandise, so as to enable a visible inventoryof stock in trade, identifying price, size, number and quality of the merchandise, and in this manner eliminating `the' laborious vwcrkof an actual inventory at determined intervals of time to rbe taken ofthe stock.

.Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein in the employment of a display board and the use of tags, these being identified in respective groups by certain indicia, both the panel and such tags have markings indicative of stock condition of a mercantile establishment so that a current inventory is visible at any time within a determined period, the device being ynovel in construction.

A further object of theinvention is the provision of a device' of this character which is extremely simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and effective for the purposes intended thereof, readily portable, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement ci parts as will be hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings: n

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line 2--2` Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

VFigure '7 is a plan view of a marking layout of a panel differently constituted fromthat shown in FigureV 5. Y

Figure 8 is an elevation of a series of tags having stock identification thereon'and suspended from a hook of the device. f

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8, showing other tags for stock identication.

Similar reference characters indicate correspending parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device comprises a base I0 preferably of substantially l5 rectangular shape having at its longitudinal center median a vertical dividing wall II, while at opposite sides oi this are formed longitudinal rows of spaced pockets I2, these being designed for accommodating groups of tags I3, I4, I5 and 20.

i6, respectively, these being shown in detail in Figures 8 and 9 of the drawings and usable in a manner presently described.

Superposed relative to the base Ill is a horizontal bridge I'I having the vertical side upright '25 portions I3 joined with the said base at the longitudinal center thereof, the rail I 'I being coextensive with the length of said base and being at a proper elevation with respect thereto to assure easy access to the pocketsl therein.

Above'the bridge rail i'i, in this instance, is a pair Vof turning panels IS, these arranged side by side and of the required size, each at its bottoin edge being fitted in a vertical centered turning stem 2i! which, at its lower end, is key formed, 3.5 at 2|, to engage in a ratchet wheel 22, thelatter conined within a housing 23 built into the rail II andY having the center bearing 24 journaled in said housing 23.' The wheel 22 has the periph.- eral ratchet notches A25 for the engagement of 4.0 aspring ratchet pawl or dog 2&5 mounted in the housing 23 so that a panel I9, when turned, can be latched under ratchet action in its adjusted position, whereby either face of the said panel may be visible at the front of the device.

Each panel IS Vhas impressed or otherwise marked thereon spaced vertical and transverse lines 2l and 28, respectively, these providing framed areas 29 arranged in vertical and transverse rows, while protruding from within these 50 areas 29, beyond opposite faces of the panel, are hooks 3B for accommodatingthe tags I3, I4, I5 and I6 to be hung thereon. Y

Heading the vertical columns of areasrZB are channeled .card racks 3l in which are removably placed interchangeable or exchangeable cards 32 bearing indicia on their exposed faces, in this instance, indicative of the price of merchandise, the racks SI being open at opposite ends for the introduction and removal of the said cards 32, as will be apparent in Figure 5 of the drawings, the price range display being consecutively from one dollar to six dollars and it is, of course, to be understood that the price range may vary according to the character of merchandise idented under an inventory display by the said panels I9.

Arranged at the Opposite side edges of the panels I9, at the ends of the transverse rows of areas 29, are channeled racks S3 for accoinmodating cards 35i bearing indicia indicative of-the kind or quality of the merchandise, these cards 34 being interchangeable or exchangeable and congruous with the display of the inventory of classed merchandise. f

In Figure 7 of the drawings thevertical columnar areas 35 are headed by size indicia, as at 3S, as for example, the width of bootwear stock, while at the left of these areas 35 is the size indicia, as at 3l, or" such bootwear stock.

The base at its underside carries the resilient feet 38 so that when the device is placed upon a support it will not mar the surface thereof nor will the device .become displaced in the handling of its panels or the tags in the placing thereof upon the hooks 3B for inventory purposes of merchandise.

The tags I3, Ill, I5 and IS bear numerals, for example, the tags I3 of this group bear numerals ranging consecutively from l to 9 inclusive; the tags It bear numerals ranging in tens, as for example, from 10 to 90 inclusive, and the tags I5 bear numerals ranging in hundreds, for example, 100, 200 to 900 inclusive. The tags I3, I4 and .I5 are of disk shape and the tags I3 of that group are the smallest, while the tags I4 are larger than the said tags I 3 and the tags I5 are the largest, so that when these tags are hung upon the hooks the numerals displayed thereby are clearly visible, particularly where these tags I3, I4 and I5 are grouped in suspension by thehooks, as will be apparent in Figure 9 of the drawings.

The tags I6, as illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings, bear numerals of the ranges alike to the tags It, I4 and I5, but one group of these tags is provided with a center opening 39, while another group of these tags has the eccentric openings M3, so that in the superimposing of these groups the numerals thereon will be clearly visible when such tags are hung upon the hooks 30.

The pockets I2 in the respective rows are identied by numerals as at I and 42, respectively, these being impressed upon the base or other'- wise marked, as is clearly shown in' Figure 3 of the drawings, and identifying the numerical order and marking of the tags I3, I 4, I5 and I as placed within the pockets l2 under numerical assortment thereof.

It should be clearly apparent thatin the use of the device `a complete current inventory display may be had of merchandise, as day by day in the placing of the tags upon the panels I9 for their suspension by the hooks 30 in the

proper areas

29 or 35 with thefnumerical markings, a person will be enabled to visually ascertain the stock or mechandise condition for acurrent inventory thereof, with respect to kind or quality, price, size, number and lots of the same.

It is, of course, understood that either a salesman, custodian or cashier of a mercantile store,

in arriving at the inventory of the merchandise or stock will, as each sale of such stock takes place, remove from the pockets I2 the proper tag or tags identifying the stock condition and place these tags upon the hooks 3B according to the kind or size identifying the

areas

29 or 35 indicative of classed merchandise cr stock.

It is, of course, apparent that the exhibitor in its make-up is capable of use for sales or purchases and also it is preferable to have the tags in the various groups colored with hues distinguishable from each other, so that the tags of Vone group, at a glance, can be determined from the tags of another group.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base having spaced rows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights joined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the panels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, and indicia bearing cards removably fitte-d in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base having spaced rows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights joined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the panels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, indicia bearing cards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels, and tags removably held within the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooksand having indicia indicative of stock inventory.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base'having spaced rows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side up rights joined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the-panels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panels, racks arranged marginally of the panels, indicia bearing cards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably held within the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and having indicia indicative of stock inventory, and ratchet 'mechanism coacting with the axes of said panels to latch the same in adjusted position. Y

4. A device of the character described comprising a base having spaced rows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights joined therewith to locate the rail between the rows of pockets, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical vand transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the panels, hooks'arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panels, racks arranged marginally vof the panels, indicia bearing cards removably fitted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably held within the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and having indicia indicative of stock inventory, ratchet mechanism coacting with the axes of said panels to latch the same in adjusted position, and means for conning the ratchet mechanism in the bridge rail.

5. A device of the character described comprising a base having spaced rows of pockets, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights joined therewith to locate the rail between theA rows of pockets, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the panels, hooks arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panels, racks arranged marginally ci the panels, indicia bearing cards removably iitted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels, tags removably held Within the pockets for detachable suspension upon the hooks and having indicia indicative of stock inventory, ratchet mechanism coacting with the axes of said panels to latch the same in adjusted position, means for coniining the ratchet mechanism in the bridge rail, and indicia markings on the base for the respective pockets therein.

6. A device of the character described comprising a base, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights, vertically disposed rotatablev of the panels, racks arranged marginally ofv they panels, and indicia bearing mediums removably iitted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels.

7. A device of the character described comprising a base, a bridge rail above the base and having side uprights, vertically disposed rotatable panels supported by said bridge rail, vertical and transverse rows of areas provided on opposite faces of the panels, suspension means arranged in the areas and projecting from opposite sides of the panelsracks arranged marginally of the panels, indicia bearing mediums removably tted in said racks to identify the areas in the respective rows on the faces of said panels, and indicia bearing mediums for detachable suspension bythe suspension :means and indicative of stock inventory.

FRED J. BACH.