US2573376A - Display board - Google Patents

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S. R. WIRTH DISPLAY BOARD Oct. 30, 1951 Filed Sept. 1l, 1948 Patented Oct. 30., 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY BOARD Sidney R. Wirth, River Forest, Ill., assignor to Advertising Metal Display Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporationof Illinois ApplicationSeptember 11, 1948, Serial'No. 48,793

(Cl.v 211-87) 1 Claim. l

This invention relates to improvements in display boards and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The boards with which the present. invention is more especially concerned includes a supporting panel and members that project forwardly from the bottom of the board for the hanging support of the articles displayed on theboard. A display board of this general type is illustrated and described in Patent 1,998,243 of'April 16, 1935, to Herbert H. Krueger.

One of the objects of to provide an improved structure for attaching the article supporting hangers to the panel of the board and this in a manner whereby the hangers are better able to withstandthe load of the articles supported andv will not so easily loosen up from thepanel.

A further object of the invention is to so form the panel with a part which not only stiiiens the same, better to resist warping, but which part also is employed forv engagement by portions of the hangers to resist the tendency of the hangers to tip under the weight of the articles supported thereby.

The above mentioned objects of the invention, together with others, as well as the several advantages thereof, will more fully appear as the specification proceeds.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a display board embodying the preferred form of the invention, as viewed from the front thereof.

Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation of the display board appearing in Fig. l, but on a scale slightly enlarged over that of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view through a part of the improved display board as taken on the line 3-3 and on a scale enlarged over that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail perspective of parts of the board as viewed from the back thereof, on substantially the scale of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to and substantially on the scale of Fig. 4 and shows a modified arrangement for securing the hangers to the panel of the board, and which will be more fully referred to later.

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the improved board includes the sheet metal panel or front I, which is of a horizontally elongated rectangular shape and is provided along the top and sides thereof with rearwardly extendthe present invention is Y ing flanges II and I=2 respectively and is,` further provided at the bottom with a rearwardly extending ledge I3- of the same depth as said iianges. The rear margin ofsaid ledge is turned back upon but is spaced above the remainder of said ledge to form a forwardly facing flange III,y which not only stiffens the ledgebutralsol defines a forwardly opening groove or channel I5 along the, back margin of the ledge. The panel is provided along its bottom With pairs of longitudinally spaced openings II,A the bottoms ofV which are substantially iiush with the top of the ledge, as best appears in Fig. 4.

Associated with said panel thus far described is a plurality of hangers, one forl association with each pair of openings I6 and indicated as a Whole by the numeral I'i. Each hanger isl made of a length of wire bent into substantially a 'U-shape so as to include a pair of laterally spaced. side legs I8;-I8 each oi" which is turned upwardly at its front free end as a hook i9, the other end offsaid legs being operatively connected together by a cross member 20'. This` member spaces the. legs apart a distance corresponding to the distance between the openings I6 of each pair. The wire from which the hangers are made is of such a diameter as to readily pass through the openings, as Well as to permit entry of the cross bar 2Q into the groove I5 from the open front thereof.

On the back of the panel and disposed in a vertical plane between the axes of the opening I 6 of each pair is pivotally mounted a hanger conflning member 2|, which includes a pair of side anges 22 and a web 23. The flanges 22-22 have a depth approximating the distance between the front edge of the flange I4 and the back of the panel. The member 2| is somewhat elongated and it is pivoted to the panel for swinging movement by means of a rivet 24 that passes through the top end of the web and the panel, centrally between the openings I6 of each pair.

To apply a hanger to the panel, the procedure is as follows: The associated hanger confining member 2I is swung into a substantially horizontal position, such as appears at the left hand side of Fig. l, and wherein its bottom end is spaced above the ledge I3. A hanger I'I is then taken in hand and from the rear of the panel the hooks IS-IS are passed through the associated pair of openings It, while the hanger is disposed at an angle extending upwardly and rearwardly from the junction of the panel and its ledge I3. The hanger is then moved forwardly and downwardly until the cross bar 2!) thereof engages the ledge I3 forwardly of the flange I4. Thereafter the hanger is moved rearwardly so that the cross bar 2B thereof enters the groove I5 under the flange I4 at the rear of the ledge and at which time the legs IIS-I8 are disposed in a plane parallel with the ledge and with the rear end of said legs engaging on said ledge. Thereafter the associated hanger confining member 2i is swung downward- 1y to extend in an upright position (as at the right hand side of Fig. 4), at which time the flanges 22-22 close the open front of the channel I5 to confine the hanger in place against any forward movement.

It is to be noted that those portions of legs I8 forwardly of the panel are longer than those portions to the rear thereof. When the articles to be displayed are hingingly engaged upon the longer front portions of the legs, the legs function as a lever tending to fulcrum about that part thereof disposed in the associated opening. This action, however, is resisted by the engagement of the cross bar 20 of each hanger, under the ange I 4 and which acts as a hold down action thereon. Thus the member 2l, in this instance, is not relied upon to prevent the swinging movement of cross bar 29 but merely to prevent the hangers from moving forwardly by blocking the open front of the channel and thereby conning the cross bar therein.

In the structure thus far described, the cross bar 20 of the hangers is straight and without bends or bows therein. However in Fig. 5, the cross bar 20 is illustrated as having a centrally arranged bowed portion 26a, which when the end portions of said bar are disposed in the channel, projects forwardly to a point beyond the front edge of the ange I4. With such a structure, a slightly modified form of hanger coniining member 2Ia, is employed, which includes a web 22a and front and rear ilanges 23a-23a with the rear ilange pivotally mounted on the panel by a rivet 24a. The web 22a is of such a width that lwhen the member 2Ia stands in the upright operative position, as in Fig. 5, the front ilange 23a engages the central bowed portion 20a of the cross bar and confines the hanger in place.

With the construction described, by the provision of the turned over flange I4, the ledge I3 is materially stiffened against warping and this ange also acts to hold down the rear end of the hangers upon the ledge, the members 2| merely blocking the open front of the groove and in no way having a hold down function so far as the cross bar of the hangers is concerned.

While in describing the invention I have referred in detail to the form, construction and arrangement of the parts involved, the same is to be considered only in the illustrative sense and therefore I do not wish to be limited thereto, except as may be specically set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

A display board embodying therein a panel having a pair of laterally spaced openings therein, a ledge projecting rearwardly from said panel below said openings, hook-like means carried by said ledge and facing toward said panel, a hanger comprising laterally spaced legs and a member connecting the rear ends of said legs, with said legs inserted through said openings and said connecting member being engaged under said hooklike means, and including a portion bowed forwardly, and means engageable with said bowed portion for confining said connecting member in position under said hook-like means.

SIDNEY R. WIRTH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,211,574 I-Iale Jan. 9, 1917 1,486,928 Sivley Mar. 18, 1924 1,998,243 Krueger Apr. 16, 1935

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