US2016741A

US2016741A - Drapery display device

Info

Publication number: US2016741A
Application number: US729886A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elwin L E Gossner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1934-06-09
Filing date: 1934-06-09
Publication date: 1935-10-08
Anticipated expiration: 1952-10-08

Description

Patented Oct. 8, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

This invention relates in general to display devices, and more particularly. has reference to a support for showing drapery material arranged in simulation of a drape.

Previous to this time, no satisfactory method has been provided for exhibiting drapery cloth arranged in simulation of a drape, unless actually made up in a drapery sample. This has entailed the cutting and use of fine goods and required expert workmanship to produce a drape which will probably have no other utility than a sample.

While the advantage, and often the necessity,

of displaying drapery goods in the form of samples to a prospective customer is well-known, the cost of the material and workmanship make the use of such samples a serious economic disadvantage.

Where samples are not used and cloth is merely held up and arranged by hand in imitation of a drape, it will be appreciated that only an unsatisfactory conception of the appearance of the finished drape can be gained, and, hence, for increasing sales, it is desirable to make up samples for a satisfactory showing ofthe cloth, notwithstanding the expense.

An object of this invention is to provide a support for displaying cloth in simulation of a drape.

Another object of this invention is to provide a support for making up a sample drape out of a bolt of cloth without cutting the material.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a support for displaying a portion of cloth from a bolt of goods in simulation of a finished drape.

A further object of this invention is to provide a support for attachment adjacent a window or other background for displaying uncut cloth arranged to imitate a drapery in its natural setting.

A still further object of this inventionyis to provide a support for displaying uncut cloth in simulation of a finished drapery in its natural setting, on which a curtain may also be hung.

With these and'other objects in View, it may be incident to my improvements, the invention consists in the parts and combinations to be hereinafter set forth and claimed, with the understanding that the several necessary elements comprising my invention may be varied in construction, proportion and arrangement, without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, I have shown in the accompanying drawing means for carrying the same in practical effect without limiting the improvements Figure 2 is an end view of the support, show- 10'.

ing the backing plate and drapery holding strips in section, and showing a supplemental backing plate and curtain holding strips in phantom.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a holding strip from the rear. 15 Figure 4 is a perspective View of the backing plate from the rear.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view,

partly in section, showing a modified form of support for the backing plate.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a modified form .of backing plate and holding strips.

Figure 7 is an end sectional view showing a piece of drapery material supported on the modi- 25 fied form of display device shown in Figure 6.

Referring more particularly by numerals to the drawing in which the same and similar elements are designated by like symbols of reference throughout, and more especially to Figure 1, it will be seen that my invention comprises a novel backing plate I.

The plate is formed of any suitable material, such as sheet metal, and corresponds to a drapery rod, being dimensioned to accommodate a piece of material arranged to simulate a finished drapery. The backing plate l, as is better shown in Figure 2, is formed with two spaced parallel grooves, 3 and 4, V-shaped in cross-section, forming ridges in the face of the plate, and further provided with a pair of tongues, 5 and 6, on each end, in alignment with the ridges. Each of the tongues has a slot, 1, terminating in the end thereof.

A pair of holding strips, 8 and 9, V-shaped in 45 cross-section, as is shown in Figures 1 and 2, are adapted to be fitted over the V-shaped ridges on the face of the plate I, formed-by the grooves, 3 and 4, and to extend over the tongues, 5 and 6, formed on each end of the plate. The ends of 50 the strips, 8 and 9, are chamfered as indicated at ill in Figure 3, and bolts, II and 12, carrying wing nuts, I3 and M, are pivotally mounted adjacent the ends of each strip,on pins, 15 and I6. The pins extend through the sides of the strips 55 and terminate flush with the outer surfaces thereof.

The frayed end or a piece 01' the cloth, 2, from a bolt of goods is adapted to be turned over to simulate the heading of a finished drapery, as indicated at I! in Figure 1, and laid on the plate I, and the material gathered, as indicated at I8. The cloth thus arranged to simulate the top of a drape is fixed on the plate by the strips, 8 and 9, and secured by swinging the bolts, II and I2, in the slots, 1, in the tongues on the plate I, and turning the wing nuts, I3 and I4. The V-shaped ridges in the plate registering with the hollow V- shaped back portions of the strips insure a secure fastening of the cloth on the backing plate by turning of the wing nuts, without damage to the cloth, however. It will be apparent that with the cloth thus firmly held on the plate by the strips, that only the strips over the cloth will be visible, as shown in Figure 1. The strips may be made of any light material, such as aluminum.

The backing plate, I, is adapted to be fixed on any suitable support for displaying material held thereon in simulation of a dra'pe, for example, on a tubular upright, I9, of the character shown in Figure 1. The upright comprises a pair of spaced upwardly extending U-shaped tongues, 20 and 2I, on the top, as shown in Figure 2, A clamp, 22, including a turn screw, 23, is fixed on the lower end of the upright by U-shaped bolts, 24, for attaching the member to a shelf or other suitable,

support, 25. It will be expressly understood that the invention is in no Wise limited to this particular type of support, as obviously, any other suitable support may be employed, as for example, a modified form' of attachment for the backing plate, I, which will later be described.

A bracket, 26, is fixed on the rear of the backing plate adjacent one end, as is shown in Figure 4, and a similar bracket, 21, .also fixed on the rear of the plate adjacent the other end. The brackets, 26, and 21, are intended to receive the tongue, 2 I, on the upright, I 9, for supporting the backing plate. While it is intended that the backing plate only be supported at one end, a pair of brackets are provided so that the plate may be supported at either end, which is desirable when different pairs of draperies are being displayed. And the backing plates are thus interchangeable for the display of draperies in pairs.

The purpose and desirability of my invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing description, wherein it is apparent that with the use of the backing plate and holding strips a portion of uncut cloth from a bolt of drapery goods may be readily displayed without cutting or damage to the material. As has already been described, the end of cloth is adapted to be turned over and secured between the plate and holding strips, as shown in Figure l, and gathered to simulate a finished drape.

The backing plate holding the cloth in this manner is supported at a suitable height on the upright, I9, by clamping to a shelf or other object, to display the goods arranged to represent a finished drape. The goods may hang down to the floor and turned over at the bottom, and the bolt hidden in the rear, so that the appearance of the cloth is that of a finished drape. The backing plate may be thus supported adjacent a real or imitation window so as to afiord an inspection of the material held thereon, arranged in the form of a finished drape, in its natural setting.

A hook, 28, is provided on the upright for tying back the drape with a tie, 29, in the conventional manner. A backing plate, I, similar in all respects to the plate, I, and having holding strips, 3 and 9, thereon may be mounted on the tongue, 29, in the same manner as the plate, I, on the tongue, 2 I, for displaying curtain material in conjunction with the drape material. 5

A series of apertures, 30, may be provided adjacent the top edge of the plate, I, for receiving hooks, 35, attached to rings, 32, as shown in Figure 5, the rings being adapted to be fitted over a conventional drape rod, 33, secured in any suitable manner. In this modified form of support the upright, I 9, may be omitted, and the backing plate with the drape material fixed thereon, supported only on the rings.

In Figure 6, there is shown a modified form of backing plate, 34, having spaced parallel grooves, 35 and 36, as shown in Figure '7, semi-circular in cross-section, in place of the V-shaped grooves in the plate already described. A piece of drapery cloth is adapted to be held on this form of plate, as is shown also in Figure 7, by a rod bent to form two strips, 31 and 38. The bent portion of the rod is adapted to be fixed under a hook, 39, integrally formed on one end of the plate. The ends of the rod are adaptedto extend through eyelets'provided by cut-out bent-over strips, 40 and 4|,

. integrally formed on the other end of the plate.

It will be seen that a piece of drapery cloth may thus be held against the backing plate by the bent rod in the same manner as by the screw fastened holding strips, 8 and 9, previously described, and

a two-piece, construction provided.

There is accomplished by this invention a support for displaying uncut cloth from a bolt 01' drapery material, arranged to simulate a finished drape in its natural setting and without damage or cutting of the material, which may be displayed in conjunction with curtain material, also arranged as a finished curtain.

While I have shown and described the pre- 40 ferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details of construction herein set forth, by way of illustration, as it is apparent that many changes and variations may be made therein, by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appendent claims.

I claim:

1. A display device comprising a support having a backing plate corresponding to a drapery rod for having a turned over end of a piece of cloth from a bolt placed thereagainst; a holding strip for fixing the cloth against the backing plate, gathered and headed in simulation of a finished drapery and a channel in'the backing plate under the holding strip with which said strip cooperates to insure a secure fixing of the cloth 'therebetwe'en.

2. A display device comprising a support having a backing plate corresponding to a drapery rod for having a turned over end of a piece of cloth from a bolt placed thereagainst, a pair of holding strips having V-shaped recess in the rear for fixing the cloth against the backing plate in simulation of a. finished drapery; .V-shaped ridges formed on the backing plate under the holding strips to insure a secure fixing of the cloth therebetween and means to detachably secure the holding strips on the backing plate.

3. A display device comprising a backing plate corresponding to a drapery rod, holding strips for securing a turned over end of a piece of cloth from a bolt thereagainst, in simulation of a finished drape; brackets on the rear of the, backing plate; an upright'having U-shaped tongues, one for either bracket in the backing plate, and the other for engaging in a bracket on a similar backing plate for displaying curtain material.

4. A display device comprising a backing plate corresponding to a drapery rod, holding strips for securing a turned over end of a piece of cloth from a bolt thereagainst in simulation of a finished drape and means to hang the backing plate 10 on a conventional drapery rod.

5. A display device comprising a support having a backing plate corresponding to a drapery rod for securing a turned over end of a piece of cloth from a bolt fixed thereagainst; spaced parallel grooves in the face of the backing plate and a U-shaped rod secured at its open and closed ends to the backing plate for holding the cloth against the backing plate and in the grooves.