US2151387A

US2151387A - Rug display means

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Publication number: US2151387A
Application number: US208558A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lewis E Leatherbury
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-05-18
Filing date: 1938-05-18
Publication date: 1939-03-21
Anticipated expiration: 1956-03-21

Description

March 21, 1939. L. E. LEATHERBURY 2,151,387

RUG DI S PLAY MEANS Filed May 18, 1958 [77V6 77 20 7' L 644/25 5. L eawerbwy,

5min 42 Zorney;

Patented Mar. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RUG DISPLAY MEANS Lewis E. Leatherbury, Elwood, Ind.

Application May 18, 1938, Serial No. 208,558

4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for supporting and maintaining objects such as rugs, rolls of linoleum, etc., in vertical positions and has for its primary object the provision of a very simple and yet effective structure that may be produced at relatively low cost, and which will engage and permit disengagement of the roll without use of tools or the like.

Articles of the nature indicated, particularly linoleum rugs, must be stored in rolls on end to prevent damage. It has been a problem to arrange for such storage Without danger of the rolls falling over, particularly when one or more rolls are to be selected from a group for display purposes or the like.

Myinvention provides for the support of each individual roll whereby that roll is held securely in vertical position and cannot fall over even though it may be bumped into, and at the same time the roll may be quickly taken from its retaining device.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be better understood by those versed in the art from the following description of the invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a structure embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a top planview of the support for retaining the roll in vertical position;

Fig. 3, atop plan view of the base on which the roll rests;

Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5, a detail in front elevation of a securing means.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

'A supporting base Ii], on which the roll rests, is formed in any suitable shape to conform to the size of the lower end of the roll to be carried.

In the present form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,-

this base II] is in the form of a disk having a peripheral upturned flange. This base II! is pref erably mounted to be rotatable and is herein shown as being mounted on the bearing H and secured in place by the central post 12 which extends upwardly from a mounting plate l3.

Further means are provided for engaging and supporting the roll at the upperportion thereof. Such means comprises a pair of arcuate arms l4 and I which are hinged or provided together by a pin 16 at their inner or rear ends, preferably by end portions turning outwardly from the general curve of the respective arms. A mounting bracket I1 is provided and these arms M, l5 are mounted on this bracket, for opening and closing movement by means of pins or rivets i8, 19 extending through slots 20, 2| in the arms and engaging the bracket [1. These slots extend longitudinally of the respective arms.

A coiled spring 22 is interconnected at its ends, by

pins

23, 24, with the arms l4, l5 back of the pins l8, l9 and forwardly of the hinge pin 18 when the arms are in closed position, as indicated in full lines Fig. 2. By reason of the tension of this spring 22, the two arms l4 and I5 are pulled one toward the other into closed position, that is the outer ends of the arms are pulled one toward the other to their inner limit of travel as fixed by engagements of the pins l8 and ill on the side walls of the

respective slots

20 and 21 When in this closed position, the outer ends of these respective slots will be in abutment with the respective pins. In order to prevent shifting of the arms along these pins, the outer end of each of the slots 20 and 2| is enlarged by a circular portion so as to provide a shoulder in the side wall of the slot in each case to bear against the pin.

The attaching plate or bracket I! carrying the arcuate arms is mounted in an upper position spaced from the base to have the arms in vertical alignment therewith. This bracket I! may be attached to a wall member 25. Now when a roll 26 is to be carried by the device, its lower end is placed on the base member ID and the arms I4 and I5 are pulled apart or separated so as to provide a sufficient opening between their outer ends to receive the roll 26 therebetween. It is to be noted that when these arms l4 and it are thus shifted to the open position, there is sufiicient movement permitted by reason of the slots 20 and 2| in association with the pins i 8 and I9 to allow for the travel of the respective arms and to permit the spring 22 to be carried forwardly of the pins I8 and I9, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereby the arms will be maintained by the spring in the full open position and at the same time the inner hinged ends of the arms will be forward of the bracket ll. Thus when the upper end of the roll 26 is pushed against the hinged inner ends of the arms the rearward movement of the latter will overcome the pull of the spring 22 and carry the hinged end backwardly beyond the line of the pins l8 and I9 to permit the spring 22 to then pull the arms around again to a closed position, the tension of the spring in holding the arms in either open or closed position depending principally on the location of the pivotal connection Iii-in front of the spring and in the rear thereof in the respective positions of the arms.

Accidental shifting of the arms l4 and I5 while the roll 26 is supported thereby may be prevented by a link 2! having downturned ends engaging holes in the outer ends of the arms.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the one best form as now known to me, it is obvious that structural variations may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I, therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations as may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

1. The combination of a pair of arcuate arms, means hinging together the rear ends of the arms, a supporting bracket, a pair of pins carried by the bracket guiding said arms and limiting swinging thereof, and a spring interconnecting said arms back of said pins and forwardly of said hinge means, said pin means being arranged to al-lowthe hinged ends of thearms to travel forwardly of the line of the pins when the arms are spread apart, and said spring being further mounted in relation to the pins and hinged ends to be carried forwardly of the pins upon said spreading.

2. The combination of a pair of arcuate arms, means hinging together the rear ends of the arms, a supporting bracket,'a pair of pins carried by the bracket guiding said arms and limiting swinging thereof, and a spring interconnecting said arms back of said pins and forwardly of said hinge means, said pin means being arranged to allow the hinged ends of the arms to travel forwardly of the line of the pins when the arms are spread apart, and said spring being further mounted in relation to the pins and hinged ends to be carried forwardly of the pins upon said spreading, said arms having slots engaging said pins, and a shoulder in the outer portion of each slot for releasable engagement of the pins when the arms are in either the fully spread or closed positions.

3. The combination of a pair of arcuate arms, means hinging together the rear ends of the arms, a supporting bracket, a pair of pins carried by the bracket guiding said arms and limiting swinging thereof, and a spring interconnecting said arms back of said pins and forwardly of said hinge means, said pin means being arranged to allow the hinged ends of the arms to travel forwardly of the line of the pins when the arms are spread apart, .and said spring being further mounted in relation to the pins and hinged ends to be carried forwardly of the pins upon said spreading, and means interconnecting the outer ends of said arms when in closed positions.

4. The combination of a pair of arcuate'arms, means hinging together the rear ends of the arms, a supporting bracket, a pair of pins-carried by the bracket guiding said arms and limiting swinging thereof, and a spring interconnecting said arms back of said pins and forwardly of said hinge means, said pin means being arranged to allow the hinged ends of the arms to travel forwardly of the line of the pins when the arms are spread apart, and said spring being further mounted in relation to the pins and hinged ends to be carried forwardlyof the pins upon said spreading, and means interconnecting the outer ends of said arms when in closed positions, said interconnecting means comprising a link having turned ends engaging the arms.

LEWIS E. LEATHERBURY.