US2107669A - Shelf edging - Google Patents

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Feb. 8, 1938 E. KARFIOL 2,107,669

SHELF EDGING Filed March 17, 1936 I A ORNEY.

Patented Feb. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE SHELF EDGING Edward Karfiol,

New York, N. Y.

Application March 17, 1936, Serial No. 69,294

6 Claims.

This invention relates to shelf edgings with or Without an associated shelf covering portion adapted to overlie the upper surface of a shelf. Such edgings are sold by the running yard and are adapted to be secured, by the ultimate purchaser, to the front edge of shelving to produce desired decorative effects.

Shelf edgings are made of various materials and large quantities thereof are fabricated from strips, laminated with respect to one another, so as to embody a plurality of plies which are secured together for a greater or lesser portion of the length or width of the several plies to impart to the edgings sufficient body to permit them to be readily handled and to enable them to properly maintain their shape when secured to a shelf.

When a shelf edging is made of a plurality of plies, the best results are obtained in use when the edging is longitudinally reinforced or stiffened in a manner to lend a fair degree of rigidity thereto in order that it may better conform to the edge of a shelf and present a tailored appearance.

I have found that an edging embodying a pinrality of plies may be economically and satisfac- 'torily reinforced and stiffened by folding upper marginal portions of one or more plies over the upper edges of one or more other plies and by folding lower marginal portions of one or more plies over the lower edges of one or more plies.

This procedure, while not confined to shelf edgings having plies of any particular character, has been found to give wholly unexpected results in cases where the forward ply of the edging is of openwork material which, in many instances, may be of a frail and delicate nature having insufficient inherent strength unless properly reinforced by an associated ply. With such an edging, the folding of the upper and lower marginal portions of another ply or plies over the upper and lower edges of the frail openwork ply, will not only serve to properly support the edges of the latter and mount the same in proper cooperative relation with the other ply or plies, but these folded over marginal portions will so reinforce the whole structure as to give the stiffness desired and at the same time lend to the whole a neat and distinctive appearance.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates different practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figures 1-7 of the drawing are fragmental perspective views showing different illustrative forms of the invention.

In Figures 1-7, the arrangement is such that l5 one marginal portion of one ply is folded forwardly over an edge of another ply, while one marginal edge of another ply is folded back over the marginal edge of a rear ply. The simplest form of this arrangement is shown in Figure 1, wherein the upper marginal portion 49 of the ply 56 is folded over the upper edge of the ply 5| which has a lower marginal portion 52 folded under the lower edge of the ply 50.

Figure 2 is the same as Figure 1, except that there are four plies 53, 54, 55 and 56, the two rear plies having extensions which are folded over the upper edges of the forward plies and the two latter plies'having extensions which are folded over the lower edges of the rear plies.

Figure 3 is the same as Figure 1, except that the upper marginal portion of the front ply 51 is folded over the upper edge of the back ply, while the lower marginal portion of the back ply 58 is folded over the lower edge of the front ply 51.

Figure 4 shows a front ply 59, a back ply 611 and an intermediate ply 6|. The upper marginal portion 62 of the front ply 59 is folded over the upper edges of the other two plies 60 and 6 I, while the lower marginal portion 63 of the back ply 60 is folded over the lower edge of only the intermediate ply 6|.

The structure of Figure 5 is the same as in Figure 1, except that there is one or more added plies 64 secured to the front face of the ply 5!.

The structure of Figure 6 has substantially the same arrangement as shown in Figure 5, except that the forward ply 65, which corresponds to the ply 64, is extended upwardly, so as to underlie the folded over portion 49.

All of the structures which I have thus far shown and described have been directed primarily to edgings alone, but such edgings may, if desired, be provided with extending flaps adapted to overlie the whole or a portion of the upper surface of a shelf and form a shelf covering portion, without departing from this invention. Examples of such structures are shown in Figure '7.

In Figure '7, I have substantially the structure of Figure 1, except that the part 68, which corresponds to the part 52, is extended upwardly to the upper edge of the edging and there provided with a flap M which forms a shelf covering portion.

Figure '7 is not to .be considered as exclusive, but shows an illustrative way in which a shelf covering portion may be associated with the edgings of the other figures.

I have not shown adhesive, stitches or other attaching means in all of the figures of the drawing, as either or both may be used depending upon conditions or the materials employed, but it will be understood that the several plies, as well as the folded over edgesare secured firmly in position, as, for example, by an adhesive, so as to give a firm structure and impart backbone to the edging. An outstanding advantage of all these constructions is that the edging is not only properly reinforced and strengthened at its upper edge, but that a lower portion of the edging is also similarly strengthened and reinforced.

It should also be understood that the material entering into the edging of this invention may be of any appropriate character and in fact different plies may be made of different materials. Different plies may also be appropriately ornamented or contrastingly colored and all free edges which show from the front or exposed face of the edging may be ornamented by scallops, castellations or serrations, or in any other suitable Way made pleasing in appearance. Embossing may be availed of where desired.

In the foregoing detailed description and in the accompanying drawing, I have not attempted to show every possible way in which this invention may be carried out, but have sought merely to give a sufficient illustrative showing to demonstrate the wide variety of effects which may be obtained through the employment of this invention with that coincident reinforcement and stiffening to which the present invention is primarily directed. The invention, therefore, is to be understood as not limited to the structures which have been illustrated, but is to be construed as fully commensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies, one rear ply of which is folded over the upper edge of a forward ply and secured in abutting relation to the forward face of the latter and one forward ply being folded over the lower edge of a rear p-ly and secured in abutting relation to the rear face of the latter.

2. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies with one longitudinal margin of one rear ply folded over the corresponding edge of a forward ply and secured in face abutting relation to the forward face of the latter and with one longitudinal margin of one forward ply folded over the corresponding edge of a rearward ply and secured in face abutting relation to the rear face of the latter.

3. A shelf edging comprising two plies of material with one longitudinal margin of one ply folded over the corresponding edge of the other ply and secured to the remote face of the latter and with the other longitudinal margin of the latter ply folded over the edge of the first ply and secured tothe remote face thereof.

4. A shelf edging comp-rising two plies of material with one longitudinal margin of each ply folded over the contiguous edge of the other ply and secured thereto.

5. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies, one rear ply of which is folded over the upper edge of a forward ply and secured in abutting relation tothe forward face of the latter and one forward ply being folded over the lower edge of a rear ply and secured in abutting relation to the rear face of the latter, said forward ply being extended rearwardly of the rear ply to overlie the topand a shelf and form a shelf covering portion.

6. A shelf edging comprising a plurality of plies with corresponding margins of a plurality of rear plies folded over the edges of a plurality of forward plies and secured thereto and with the corresponding margins of a plurality of forward plies folded over the edges of a plurality of rear plies and secured thereto.

EDWARD KARFIOL.

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