US2589641A - Wallpaper display - Google Patents

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March 2 H. E. STEWART WALLPAPER DISPLAY Filed Feb. 5, 1947 vindividually i'l wallpaper. V

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Patented Mar. 18, 1952 NI TED s TAT ES oFF QE 2,583,641 4 WALLPAPER DISPLAY liarold Epstewart, Wamego, Kans. Application February 5, 1947,. Serial No.

This invention relates to new and useful im- I provementsiin awa'llpaper-display, and has par- The jprincipal object of the present invention I is thejprovision of a wallpaper display comprising aidisplay-rack supportingaplurality-of rolls-pf j wallpaper for rotation, said rfollsFthereby being extendable to display alength of said I of wallpaper ylSJIOlIGd with .the pattern side in, the pattern thereof isindicated on the outside Other objectsare simplicity and economy of construction, and ,easeof inserting or interchanging-said rolls of. wallpaper.

With these objects in view, as well as other I objects which will become apparent during the course of thespecification, reference will be had to the drawin wherein:

' Figure .1 is a front elevation of a wallpaper displayembodying the present invention. 2is a vertical section taken on line ,I I II of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of 30' the extended end portion of a roll of wallpaper as employed-in the present invention. f

Fig. 4 isa perspective view of one of wallpaper removed from the display rack, pare tially extended and showing the front side of said ro1l..

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of'therolls, of wallpaper removed from the display rack, par- 1 tially extended and showing the rearward sideof said roll. Like reference numerals apply to similar parts of the rolls 1 Claim. (01. 40-83) ward pedgesflnfsaid side rails. Said recesses are widened attheir forward ends to permit easy insertion' of said rods, and are inclined downwardly -to the rear-to prevent accidental escape of said -rods.

Each of rods 22 is adapted to be inserted ,through a roll 26 of wallpaper and to support said roll rotatably between side rails 12, the distance .between saidrails being'slightly greater 7 than the width ofthe wallpaper to'bedisplayed.

The paper may then be drawn fr'oni-any-roll for display purposes, the extended portion hanging downwardly in front ofrolls 2,5.disposed beneath the roll being displayed, as shown in Figure ,2.

Most wallpaper is furnished'in rolls with the pattern side inward. As a;result.the pattern does not show on the outsideofthe roll, and the'roll must gb'e extended slightly to identify. the pattern.

To overcome this diiiiculty, a length of paper is (extended ifiOIn each roll, and an end portion :28 1 the eof '1 havin .-:th anthezcircumference of the roll, is folded back a length substantially greater to provide a,double thickness of paper with j the pattern showing on both sides, as shown in Fig- 5 ures 3;,4and 5. The edge of "said end portion isfas'tened to the-backside of length 30 by any suitablemeana suchas by a length of masking ;Another length of masking tape 34,. or similar material, is fixed to the yfO W lrd side of paper 30 adjacentv thecrease ill-formed by folding back end portion 28",thereof. *The end portions 36 of said length-of 'tapef'extend outwardly beyond the -sides of 'paper 30pand-are folded rearwardly'to engageend portion 2850f the paper, thus holding the paperadjacent crease 38 in close contact.

.Ta'pe 34 serves J the purpose of stiffening and v strengthening the paper atthe point where it is throughout the several views, and 'the numeral illapplies to a. display rack comprising a verti- .5 plurality of vertically spaced parallel rods 22 e end horizontally between side rails l2, and the e sftherepf are removably retained in recesses surfaces of said side rails; and extend from the forwardedges thereof to a-point substantially midway between the front and rear:

'graspedijto extend it from the provide a convenient surface on roll, and: also j to.

manufacturer, price, bin number, and other pertinentldata,

' It willthus be seen that when roll 26 is comthereof. a

in said rails. Said recesses are formed Referring to Figure 2, it will be seen that when the rolls 26 are completely rolled} the ends thereof bound by tapes 34wi1lhang downwardly behind .each roll, the indicia imprinted on said 'tapes 'being visible between adjacent rolls. To. display a paper, the end of theroll bound by-tape" v v which-may bet imprinted indicia, indicating pattern number..

3 34 is grasped and drawn forwardly between adjacent rolls to any desired length. If desired, rolls 26 need not be rolled completely, but may be left with the end portions extending forwardly between the rolls and hanging downwardly in front of the rolls to more clearly reveal tapes 34.

Other features of this invention are the ease and rapidity with which it will display a large number of patterns, ease of segregating patterns by price, style, popularity, or any other standard, easy portability of the display, and simplicity and economy of construction.

The improvements I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent are:

A wallpaper display comprising a rack, a plurality of horizontally disposed rods carried by said rack, a roll of wallpaper carried rotatably on each of said rods, the end portion of the paper on each of said rolls being doubled back on itself to provide a double thickness of paper displaying the pattern on both sides thereof, whereby when the paper is completely rolled the pattern will be displayed on the outside of said roll, means for fastening the end of said paper to the back side of said end portion of the paper, and a strip of adhesive tape or similar material binding the crease formed by doubling back said end portion of the paper, said tape being suitable for re ceiving indicia concerning advertising or informational data.

HAROLD E. STEWART.

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

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 784,613 Barnett Mar. 14, 1905 903,016 Sisler Nov. 3, 1908 906,347 Willner Dec. 8, 1908 2,034,471 Joyce Mar. 1'7, 1936 2,268,927 Demme Jan. 6, 1942

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