US2237266A - Display card - Google Patents

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DISPLAY CARD Filed May 29, 1939 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 1, 1941 T orifice i Y v 'DISPLAY CARD William-H. Weil, Richmond Hill, N. Y., assignor to Stransky Products Corporation, New York, 'N. Y.,a corporation of New York Application vMay 29, 1939, seiai No. 276,311

3 Claims. (Cl. 20G-79) 'I'he present invention relates to improvements over the device disclosed in Patent'No. 2,009,422, dated July 30, 1935, which discloses a displayV card wherein there may be mounted supporting attachments or the like Vfor pictures, cards,` etc.,

for displaying them. y Y Y y An object of the present'invention is to provide means whereby such attachments or picture suspending devices may be held in display position on the card by so mounting the same that portions thereofare adapted to exert pressure upon other corresponding portions, so that the established pressure of each attachment or suspending device upon each other provides reliable means for securely holding a sekt or group o f the attachments in display position.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple meansV for mounting such an attachment on the card, by one simple movement of the hand or other medium, thereby rendering the mounting more expeditious, this act-of mounting deflecting certain portions of thev card so that thereupon the attachment is positioned in display position.`

Further objects are to provide simple, eilicient and reliable means for securely mounting such attachments 'or suspending devices for display on a card.

These being Vamong the objects of v the present invention, the same consists of certain'ieatures of construction and combinations of lparts to be hereinafter described and then claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing illustrating a suitable embodiment of the invention and wherein Fig. 1 is a broken plan of one of` the card blanks; v

Fig. 2 is a, vbroken plan of' a card showing how the attachments or suspending devices are mounted thereon for display;

more clearly how one ofthe attachments cooperates with an adjacent one; y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged brok-en plan showing the back of the portion of the card shown in` Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is'al Asection-Aon the line 5 5, Fig. 3, viewed in the direction of the arrows;

Fig.r6 is a section onrthe line 5 5, Fig. viewed in the direction of the arrows;

. Fig, 7 is asection on` the line 'I l, Fig. viewed in'k thedirection of the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a broken plan 'of a portion of the card showing the position which one of the attachments may takewhen in the act of mounting it on Vthe card; Y

Fig.y y9 is a section on theline 9 9, Fig. 8, viewed inthe direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 10' is a broken plan of a card blank showing a slight Vmodification thereof.

Referring to the drawing, preferably the card I0 is of suitable ilexible .cardboard adapted to be sltted through, although it willbe .obvious `herefromv that the invention` is notnecessarily restricted thereto.v The articles or devices IIv to be supported on the-card I0, preferably arethe well known picture suspending attachments, such as disclosed --by the aforesaid patent.. Each of such picture hanging devices includes a. pronged base cross-piece I2,` a narrower apertured member or eye I3 for receiving a supporting nail and a neck I4 connecting the cross-piece andthe member I3. 1

The card I0 has elongated supportingmembers I5, preferably formed as strips cut out from the card.- Theseelongated supporting members or strips extend parallel with each other and are arranged in stepped relation in the entire set or group thereof, Each member I5 or ,strip is de- `fined by slits, :comprising a 4long slit I6, shorter end slits I'I,y I8, preferably substantially at right angles to slit I5, anda slit I9,l preferably substantially parallel with slit I6, which denes the Outer longitudinal edge of the member I5, while slit lI9. denes the inner edge thereof. Each slit. I9'is of such `a lengthas` to extend for a substantially greaterdistance than the width of the neck I4 of the article, as more clearly,v shown inv Figs. 3 and 4.

Atthe ends of each elongated member or strip I5, bendable connections'20, 2| are formed late erally` of eachfmember, the connectionZI being defined by the slit I8 and the adjoiningterminal ofthe slit I9 while the bendable connection 20 isl dened by the slit I1 and by a slit 22 at the opposite terminal of slit I9. vEachpair of meeting slits I9, 22 dene a yflap 23.

. lo* Fig. 3 is van enlarged broken plan showing f It will be noted that each ilap 23'wil1 `there-- fore have two merging edges defined by the slits I9, 22,-they meeting in a corner 24, and one of said edges being opposite vthe adjoiningedge of the supporting member I5, and the other edge of the ap which is defined by the slit 22 extends away .from the adjoining edge of the supporting member and the corresponding edge of the ap.

, The edgeofthe flap which is defined by the slit 22 is formed by commencing said slit 22 at a'point located at the left hand end of lthe adjoining edge of vthe supporting member I5, and by deflecting the slit 22 slightly outwardly-away from the corner of the flap 23 and terminating'the slit `22-preferably at a distance away from slit I9 which is approximately the length of slit I9. Preferably the slit 22 is curved outwardly and then inwardly towards its outer terminal.` Hence shorter than shown, say about one-half of its length, and be even straight, and if straight it may extend at right angles to the slit I9 or it may be inclined somewhat outwardly away from the slit I9.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be noted that each displayed article has two main portions of relatively diierent widths, the wider portion or cross-piece I 2 being held under and by each sup-- porting member I5, and the narrower portion or eye I3 projecting over each ap 23. The reason Why the article to be displayed can be inserted into display position is that the distance between the outer edge of the supporting member connection 2i), which is nearest to or directly adjacent to the edge of the flap defined by the slit 22,-

and the remote end of the adjoining edge of supporting member I5, defined by slit I9, is slightly greater in length than the width of the narrow portion or eye I3. These proportions enable the narrower main portion I3 to be pushed underneath the supporting member I5 and onto the flap 23, and the insertion may be made by inclining the article as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 and by pushing the 'article inward so as to iinally position the portion or eye I3 over the iiap, and then adjusting and squaring up the position of the article to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3. On the other hand, the article may be pushed straight in to position it, but in either case the same is shifted to the right to move the portion or eye I3 fully over onto the flap 23. The positioning of the article may therefore be accomplished by one movement, and the only parts hidden will be those directly adjacent the neck I4 of the article and the neck.

Referring again to Figs. 2 and 3 it will be noted that when a plurality of articles are in a displayed position and the set of them arranged in a slanting position, as shown in Fig. 2, that portions of all but one of the articles bear in succession on corresponding ends of the strips or supporting members I5 next adjacent to them, pressing said ends inwardly at 25 upon the articles extending under the said next adjacent strips or members I5. Of course such pressure also reacts in the opposite direction, and all of the articles will eventually be retained in position by upward pressure from beneath. Preferably by using the card I0 slitted, as shown, the last article to be l inserted is the one to the extreme left.

Again referring to each flap 23 which has but two merging edges it willbe noted that it is connected with the card along a line inclined to the supporting member I5, which line passes through the outer terminal of the slit 22 and through the remote end of the adjoining edge of the supporting member I5, so that when the eye 0r narrower main portion I 3 of the article is `rst brought into engagement with the flap, the flap and the surrounding portion of the card can move relatively to each other.

A slight modification ofthe card I0 is shown in Fig. 10 wherein the slits 26 which dene one edge of each flap 2l are at'the right hand ends of the supporting members 28. Obviously this construction of card enables the articles to be positioned in a similar manner to what is shown in the remaining iigures of the drawing.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other changes are Within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is l. A display card having an elongated supporting member laterally connected at its ends therewith and underneath which an article may be mounted on the card, the card having a relatively movable flap with only two merging edges and over which a part of the article may extend, one of said edges located directly opposite the adjoining inner edge of the supporting member and kbetween the end connections, and the other edge extending away from said adjoining inner edge and starting from the point of mergence of both edges at one end of said adjoining edge, said other edge deilected slightly outwardly away from its starting point -and deflected inwardly and then terminating, the length of said inner edge of the supporting member being somewhat less than the other edge thereof and corresponding to the distance betweenV the end-connections and to the length of said one edge of the flap, and the flap connected with the card along a line inclined to the supporting member and which passes through the outer terminal of its said other edge and through the remote end of the adjoining edge of the supporting member.

2. A display card and article assembly, the card having an elongated supporting member connected at its ends therewith and a relatively movable flap with only two merging edges, one of said edges located directly opposite the adjoining inner edge of the supporting member and between the end connections, and the other edge extending away from said adjoining inner edge and starting from the point of mergence of both edges at one end of said adjoining edge, said other edge terminating at its outer end at a distance away from said one edge, and the displayed article having two main portions of relatively different widths and a connecting neck therefor, the wider portion held under and by said supporting member, and the narrower portion projecting over said ap, from between the adjoining opposite edges of the supporting member and the iiap, the distance between the outer edge of the supporting member connection directly adjacent to said other edge of the flap and the remote end of said adjoining edge being slightly greater than the width of said narrow portion of the article, and said article being insertable into display position by passing said narrower portion underneath the supporting member and engaging it over and onto the face of said flap and moving the article to an adjusted display position.

3. The combination of adisplay card and articles mounted thereon for display, the card provided with a series of flexible strips which extend lengthwise of each other and are offset from each other edgewise, andthe articles extending underneath the strips and each displayed beyond the edges of its strip, portions of all but one of the articles bearing in succession upon corresponding ends of the strips next adjacent them and pressing said ends inwardly upon the articles extending under said next adjacent strips, thereby securing all of the articles, and the card having a flexible flap next to one edge of each strip, each iiap having but two edges which converge at a point adjoining the end of the strip which is opposite to the end pressed inwardly, and each flap adapted to be deflected backwardly by one end of the article when the article is being pushed under its strip to its display position, and each strip being slightly longer than the width of said one end of the article, for the distance between the inner edge of one connection and the outer edge of the other connection, to permit said one end to be pushed over the corresponding flap.

W'ILLIAM H. WEIL.

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