US2219145A

US2219145A - Display rack

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Publication number: US2219145A
Application number: US301481A
Authority: US
Inventors: Morris A Wolf
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-10-26
Filing date: 1939-10-26
Publication date: 1940-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 1957-10-22

Description

Oct. 22, 1940. M A, WOLF 2,219,145

- DISPLAY RACK Filed Oct. 26, 1939 mvsmon Patented Oct. 22, 1940 UNITED STATES rare-NT. orrlce DISPLAY RACK Morris A. Wolf, Dallas, Tex.

Application October 26, 1939, Serial No. 301,481

3 Claims.

This invention relates to merchandise display racks having particular reference to a rack for the display of mens shirts as disclosed in applicants Patent No. 2,160,050 issued May 30, 1939.

In the former invention covered by the patent referred to above, the principal objects of the invention were to provide a merchandise display rack wherein the merchandise displayed thereon is readily available for inspection, relatively small counter space being necessary for the display, and having a series of independent merchandise display units or frames in the form of hinged wickets whereon the shirt or other article was displayed. The connecting ends of the wickets were hinged by pins to the base of the structure which was open at the top.

The present invention seeks to improve the display rack by providing a better and more neat appearance of the base structure, by connecting the wickets to the base in a more suitable manner, and by providing a shell which covers the entire arrangement whereby the wickets are hingedly connected to the base without the pins referred to above. Slight alterations are also made in the wicket structure.

The invention will be better understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and in the drawing:

Figure l. is a perspective view of the improved rack illustrating a plurality of mens shirts displayed thereon;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the wickets removed from the rack;

Figure 3 is a bottom view of a portion of the base of the rack;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 3, had on the line 44 of said figure, but in a reversed position; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in side elevation. of part of the base and wickets of the rack.

In carrying the present invention there is pro-.

vided a base which consists of a shell of metal such as l, the sides and ends 2 being directed downwardly in such a manner as to provide a relatively flat and forwardly-slanting top wall 3. Strips 4 are placed along the sides of the shell and act as a means of support. in connection with the rubber buttons 5 to prevent counter abrasure.

Within the shell thus formed are provided angular strips 6 which may be fastened to a projecting portion 1 of the underside of the top, preferably by welding. These strips extend from end to end of the base or shell and the outer marginal portions thereof are formed into channels 8. The channel portions are provided with spaced apertures for reception of the ends of the wickets. The wickets, one of which is shown in Figure 2 and indicated by the letter W are so formed that their lower ends at N project through the spaced holes referred to, no pins being re-' quired, and are thus free to swing forwardly or backwardly as indicated in Figure 5. This forward or backward movement of the wickets is limited by slots S formed in the top 3 of the shell, and through which the legs 9 of the wickets pro ect. portions and extend downwardly forming the auxiliary loops H and are then bent backward-- ly as at l2 and then upwardly to provide the main loop l3 (see Figure 2). The loop l3 in the present invention instead of being straight as in the former structure is bent as at M, providing a curve to more conveniently conform to the collar of the shirts indicated at 15. The shirts as will be obvious, are held in position between the loops II and I 3 of the wickets W, and may be swung either forwardly or backwardly as indicated in Figure 5 for convenient display, each of the wickets being independent of the other. The improved base, including the shell, provides a covering which presents a neat appearance.

The invention, however, is susceptible to further modifications, such as would be within the meaning of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A merchandisedisplay rack including a base portion, a plurality of individual units hingedly mounted in said base portion, said base portion comprising a shell or covering with top, side and end walls, and open at the bottom, the top wall including a depression, each of said units adapted to be swung forwardly or rearwardly to display the front and rear portions of merchandise-upon said units, and means on said base adapted to co-act with said units for holding the same in spaced apart relation throughout at both limits of their swinging movement whereby merchandise on each unit may be maintained out of contact with merchandise on the adjacent unit in both the forward and rearward positions of the units.

2. A merchandise display rack as set forth in claim 1, wherein the base is provided with parallel spaced angular strips having a channel in each strip and a plurality of spaced apertures within which the legs of the units are mounted, and wherein the top of the shell,or base is for- The legs 9 are bent over at the upper parallel thereto, the auxiliary loops each including a vertical leg portion adapted to be hingedly secured at its lower end to said base, said main loop including a curved portion to lie adjacent the collar of the shirt, said main and auxiliary loops being of substantially the same height and suificiently high to support the shirts between them when the wickets are tilted either for wardly or rearwardly of the vertical position.

MORRIS A. WOLF.