US2120411A - Display device - Google Patents

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K OOOO E i W H i \ll INVENTOR i g? d/e M ATTORNEY.

A. KO EBLE DISPLAY DEVICE June 14, 1938.

4 'Sheets-Shet 2 Filed March 23, 1937 v I INVENTOR. f A/eri K'oele M ATTORNEY.

June 14, 1938. A KQEBLE 2,120,411

I DISPLAY DEVICE Filed March 23, 1937 4 Sheets-Sheet s I INVENTOR. Z43- Alfie/ f Eadie BY MM M 'AT'TORNEY.

Patented June 14, 1938 UNITED STATES DISPLAY DEVICE Albert Koeble, Irvington, N. J., assignor to American Lithographic Division of the United States Printing and Lithograph Company, a corporation of Ohio Application March 23, 1937, Serial No. 132,475

7 Claims.

This invention relates to display devices and particularly to that class thereof formed from sheet material, such as cardboard, adapted to be erected in upright position and provided with transverse shelves for the reception of merchan dise to be displayed.

With these ends in view, and others which will be pointed out more in detail herein, my improvements comprise features illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification, where- 1n:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved device in erected condition.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an upright end view looking in the direction of arrow 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a central vertical section on line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross section on line G- of Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is a rear elevation showing one step in folding the device for packing and shipping.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to that of Fig. 7 showing a further step in folding the device.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the principal blank of the device in extended position.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of one of the shelves in extended position.

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the back member.

Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive are to one scale and Figs. '7 to 11 inclusive are to one scale, about twothirds of that of the earlier figures.

Main member 2, Fig. 9, comprises a mid-panel 3, to the right vertical edge of which is articulated at 4, side panel 5 and to the left vertical edge at 6, side panel 1. To the outer edge of panel 5 is articulated at 8, end panel 9, and to the outer edge of panel I is articulated at iii, end panel These five panels are preferably formed from one piece of sheet material and are provided with openings therethrough respectively, the forms and functions of which will appear later herein. It will be noted that midpanel 3 has its lower edge l2 slightly longer than similar edges of the other panels, so that when the device is erected, the whole will be tipped back slightly to throw the center of gravity well 'within the device, thereby adding to its stability.

One or more shelves, two are shown in Fig. 1, are provided. As these shelves are alike, a description of the upper one will suffice for both. Referring particularly to Fig. 10 shelf 32 comprises mid-panel I3, opposite end panels 14, I5 articulated thereto at I6, I? respectively, and a front edge strip l8 articulated at 38 to the front or lower edges of the said three panels. Said end panels have their front edges curved at 28, 29 respectively and said strip l8 extends transversely in either direction beyond said end panels and is adapted to have its ends bent around under the opposite curved ends 28, 29 of end panels M, 55, and said strip H3 is provided with opposite hooks I9, for engagement with slots 33, 3| in end panels 9 and H of main member 2, thus providing supports for said shelf end panels, all respectively, Figs. 10, 9, 3 and 6.

Panels M, |5 have articulated to their upper or rear edges, ears 2|, 22 adapted to be bent down for engagement with ears 23, 24, cut out from end panels 9 and M respectively. Midpanel i3 of said shelf is provided with flange 25, articulated to fixed to the upper end of back member 26 by some convenient means, as an adhesive, see Fig. 4. Said shelf is thereby hinged at 21 to back member 26.

The upper portion of mid-panel 3 of main member 2 may carry printed thereon suitable legends describing the goods displayed and the lower portion is preferably provided with an opening 33, through which may be seen any merchandise displayed on the central panel of the lower shelf, see Figs. 1, 4 and 9. Panels 5 and of main member 2 are provided with openings 34, 35 respectively for the reception and support of shelf 32. Referring particularly to opening 35, lower ledge 31 thereof is adapted tosupport panel I5 of shelf 32, which rests thereon and downwardly extending slot 35 is engaged by strip l3 of said shelf.

In assembling the device, side panels 5 and. l of main member 2 are folded backwardly at right angles to mid-panel 3, and end panels 9 and l 5 are folded outwardly at right angles to panels 5 and 1, all respectively, see Fig. 2. The flanges of the shelves are fixed to back member 26, see Fig. 4, as to flange of shelf 32, and ears 2|, 22 are hooked into engagement with ears 23, 24- of end panels 9, II of main member 2, respectively.

An essential feature of my improved display device resides in its ability to be collapsed into flat form for packing and shipping. The steps in folding the device are as follows; first, hooks as i9, 29 of strip l8 are unhooked from their respective slots, as 30, 3|, in end panels 9 and N. Then back member 26 is moved vertically upward, causing the shelf ears, as 2|, 22, to release their engagement with ears 23, 24 of end panels 9, all respectively, and said shelves swing upwardly and forwardly about front edge 38 as a fulcrum in the openings, as 34, 35 of panels 5 and l, and finally fold fiat against mid-panel 3 of main member 2. Then panels I and II are folded over onto back member 26, and opposite panels 5 and 9 are folded against panels I and Fig. 8. That leaves the shelf end panels, as H: of shelf 32, free to be folded to the left,Fig. 7,

its rear edge, and said flange is,

posite end panels articulated to said side i said side panels extending backwardly from said posite end panels articulated to said side down onto panel 9 of main member 2, Fig. 8. After said folding, opposite shelf panels, as [4 of shelf 32, may be folded to the right, Fig. 8, onto panels 5 and 9 of main member 2, thereby forming a compact assembly for shipping.

I claim:

1. A display device including in combination a main member comprising a mid-panel, opposite side panels articulated to said main panel, opposite end panels articulated to said side panels, said side panels extending backwardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels, all respectively, a shelf having a mid-panel with a flange articulated to its rear edge, openings through the side panels of said main member for the reception of said shelf, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelf respectively, and a back member, said shelf mid-panel flange being articulated to said back member.

2. A display device including in combination -a main member comprising a mid-panel, opposite side panels articulated to said main panel, op-

panels,

mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels, all respectively, a

shelf comprising a mid-panel and two opposite end panels articulated thereto, said panels being provided with ears articulated to their rear edges respectively, a front edge strip articulated to the mid-panel and end panels of said shelf and having hooks at either end thereof, openings through the side panels of said main member for the reception of said shelf, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelf, ears cut from said main member end panels for engagement with said shelf ears, slots in the main member end panels for engagement with said shelf front edge strip hooks, all respectively, and a back member, the mid-panel of said shelf being articulated to said back member.

3. A display device including in combination a main member comprising a mid-panel, opposite side panels articulated to said main panel, op-

panels, said side panels extending backwardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels, all respectively, 'a plurality of shelves, each comprising a mid-panel 'andtwo opposite end panels articulated thereto,

saidend panels being provided with ears articulated to their rear edges respectively, openings through the side panels of said main member for the reception of said shelves, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelves respectively, an opening through the main member mid-panel below the upper shelf, and a back member, the mid-panels of said shelves being articulated to said back member.

4. A display device including in combination a -main member comprising a mid-panel, opposite side=panels articulated to said main panel, opposite end panels articulated to said side panels, said side panels extending backwardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels, all respectively, a plurality of shelves, each comprising a midpanel and two opposite end panels articulated thereto, said end panels being provided with ears articulated to their rear edges respectively, a

front edge strip articulated to each of said mid- .panels and end end thereof, openings through the-side panels of panels and having hooks at either of said shelves being articulated to said said main member for the reception of said shelves, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelves, all respectively, ears cut from said main member end panels for engagement with said ears, slots in wardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels all respectively, a plurality. of shelves, each comprising a mid-panel anditwo opposite end panels articulated thereto, openings through the side pan- 120 els of said main member for the reception of said shelves, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelves respectively and a back member, said shelf mid-panel flange being articulated to said back member, whereby when said back member is pushed upwardly, said shelves are caused to swing upwardly and forwardly on their front edges as fulcrums and fold against themid-panel of themain member.

6. .A collapsible display device including in combination a main member comprising a midpanel, opposite side panels articulated to said main panel, opposite end panels articulated to said side-panels, said side panels extending backwardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels all respectively, a shelf comprising a mid-panel and two opposite end panels articulated thereto, openings through the side panels of said main member for the reception of said shelf, ledges at the lower edges of said openings for the support of said shelf respectively, and a back member, said shelf mid-panel flange being articulated to said back member, whereby when said back member is pushed upwardly, said shelves are caused to swing upwardly and forwardly on their front edges as fulcrums and fold againstthe mid-panel of the main member, said side and end panels of said main member being then free to be folded backwardly onto said back member, and said shelf end panels being thereafter free to be folded onto said main member side and end panels, thus forming a compact assembly of the device.

7. A collapsible display device including in combination a main member comprising a midpanel, opposite side panels articulated to said -main panel, opposite end panels articulated to said side panels, said side panels extendingbackwardly from said mid-panel and said end panels extending outwardly from said side panels, all respectively, a plurality of shelves, each comprising a mid-panel and two opposite end panels

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