US2222690A

US2222690A - Display cabinet

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Publication number: US2222690A
Application number: US259543A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin A Shank
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-03-03
Filing date: 1939-03-03
Publication date: 1940-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 1957-11-26

Description

E. A. SHANK DISPLAY CABINET Nov. 26, 1940.

Filed March 5, 1959 INVENTOR Edwm A. Shan/ u SYM ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES DISPLAY CABINET- y Edwin A. Shank, New Rochelle, N .,Y. f

Application `March 3, 1939,'Se1'ial No. 259,543

1 Claim.

My invention relates to display cabinets and particularly relates to multi-compartment display cabinets of the folding or knock-down type; that is, cabinets which may be folded and collapsed when not in use so that their bulk is materially reduced for storage and transportation purposes.

The main object ofpmy invention is the provision of a display cabinet comprising a plurality of wall members hingedly secured to a rear wall member so that when opened they define, with the wall member, a multi-compartment display cabinet, and when closed, will lie flatly against one another.

l5 A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which has a number of intermediate wall portions dividing the cabinet into a plurality of compartments.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of the character described which is simple and easy to manufacture and assemble and of relatively low cost.

Referring to the drawing annexed hereto and forming a part hereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of device constructed according to and embodying my invention; l

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the device of my invention in folded or collapsed form;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of one end wall member;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4--4 of Fig; 3; and

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

Fig. 1.

Reference numeral I0 indicates my new and improved cabinet generally, which comprises a rear wall I2, a front wall I4 and a plurality of compartment wall members I6 pivotally connected to the wall members I2 and I4. In the herein-described and illustrated embodiment of my invention, three compartment wall members I6 are shown, dividing the cabinet into two compartments, A and B, but this is for illustration only and my invention is not to be limited to a double-compartment cabinet. My invention will operate equally well with any reasonable number of compartments.

The rear or base wall I2 comprises a sheet of light gage metal of generally rectangular shape. The compartment wall members I6 are similarly formed of light gage metal, and may be of any desired size or shape, limited only in that the lower horizontal edge I8 is straight and the rear spaced in from the extremities thereof, as at 10 25, 25. The peripheral edges of each wall member are bent or rolled into hollow tubes and a suitable wire threaded into the tubes, which wires serve not only to stiffen the wall members and impart rigidity thereto, but also to secure the wall members to the base member I2.

I provide a plurality .of

tubular members

26, 26 which are formed of small narrow strips of suitable light-gage metal, doubled over to form open-ended tubes. These

tubes

26, 26 are arranged in pairs and disposed and secured in vertical alignment on rear Wall I2, as by spot welding or threading through suitably formed slits in said rear Wall (not shown). These loops are of such size and are so spaced as to be received Within

openings

25, 25 in the rear vertical edge 20 .of each of the compartment wall members.

The tube formed along the horizontal lower edge I8 of each compartment wall member I6 is indicated by reference numeral 30, and the tube formed along the vertical rear edge 20 of each wall member is indicated by reference numeral 32. A single wire 34 is threaded through these tubes and through the

rear wall tubes

26, 26 aligned therewith. The wire 34 is of such length that the front end 36 thereof projects outwardly from the wall into the cut-outportion 2I, and is bent up, at right angles, as at 38. 'Ihe remaining edge 40 of each Wall I6 is similarly formed into a tube 42, and a wire 44 threaded thereinto. The lower-edge 46 of wire 44 is extendeddownwardly into thecut-out portion 2l in linewith the upstanding end 38 of wire 34.

Front wall member I4, also a stamping, is of such height as to t within the cut-out portions 2| of each wall member, and is of width equal to the width of rear wall I2. The longitudinal edges of front wall member I2 are bent or rolled over as at 50, 50, and a plurality of vertically aligned

openings

52, 52 are formed in the bent over portions 50, 5U into which openings are passed the extensions 46 of wires 44 and the aligned extensions 38 of Wires 34, completing the assembly of my cabinet and secur- 55 ing the parts in position. The number of pairs of openings 52 correspond to the number of compartment wall members. The vertical edges 55 of wall I4 are also bent or rolled over to form tubes into which the two wire components of the endmost wall members may be passed.

To open the device for use, the wall members I6 are pivoted out at right angles to the base wall I2 defining the two compartments A and B, and the device as a whole disposed to rest on its horizontal lower edges I8, I8. When not in use, or when arranged for shipment or storage, the device is collapsed and the parts arranged so that the compartment wall members I6, IE are disposed flatly against each other, sandwiched in between the front and rear walls I4, I2, resulting in a neat, compact, easily handled unit.

I claim:

A knock-down display cabinet comprising a rear wall portion, a plurality of compartment wall portions each having a straight horizontal lower edge and a straight Vertical rear edge and having cut-outs at the front thereof adjacent the lower edge, a front wall portion of size to iit within the cut-outs, means to pivotally secure said compartment walls to the front and rear walls, the marginal edges of all the compartment wall members being provided with tubular members having wires threaded therethrough, the ends of which wires project at the cut-outs, and the front wall portion has means thereon to receive the projecting ends of the wires for pivotal engagement with said compartment wall portions.

EDWTN A. SHANKy