US3895718A - Display stand for eyeglasses - Google Patents

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US3895718A
US3895718A US396428A US39642873A US3895718A US 3895718 A US3895718 A US 3895718A US 396428 A US396428 A US 396428A US 39642873 A US39642873 A US 39642873A US 3895718 A US3895718 A US 3895718A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/02—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
    • A47F7/021—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like for eye-glasses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • a plurality of eyeglass holders are generally V-shaped and each have a pair of like V-legs each formed adjacent its free end with a hole adapted to receive an earpiece of a pair of glasses to be displayed.
  • the holder is formed at the apex where the legs meet with an upwardly open notch in which the nosepiece of the eyeglass frame rests.
  • These holders are secured to a frame having a plurality of horizontal wires secured at their tops and bottoms to stabilizing wires. The two legs of the holders are pulled apart and hooks on their insides are snapped over two vertical wires to secure the holders to the support frame.
  • the present invention relates to a display stand for exhibiting eyeglasses or the like.
  • Eyeglasses and sunglasses are usually displayed in an arrangement having a plurality of pockets each receiving one pair of such spectacles with the side pieces or earpieces folded back behind the lenses. In such an arrangement it is difficult for the prospective customer to imagine how the glasses would look in use with the earpieces extending back at right angles to the lenses.
  • Another known arrangement is a complicated wire device which is confusing in the extreme to set up and is relatively expensive to manufacture. Additionally it is often fairly difficult for a prospective customer to reposition the glasses properly after trying them on.
  • Another object is the provision of such a stand which is of extremely simple design and construction so that it is inexpensive to produce and easy to use.
  • Yet another object is to provide an eyeglass display stand which holds the glasses in the position they would normally be worn, with the earpieces extending back away from the front lens part.
  • each pair of glasses, glasses frames, goggles or the like is held in a respective V-shaped holder having a pair of like V-legs each formed adjacent its free end with a throughgoing hole.
  • the holder is formed at its apex, the other end of the legs, with an upwardly open notch so that a pair of glasses or the like may be positioned with the bridge or nosepiece in the notch and the earpieces received in the holes in the legs.
  • the support for the individual holders is a wire frame having vertical wire portions and each holder is provided with means for engaging these wire portions.
  • the holders are made of resiliently and elastically deformably flat synthetic-resin strips and each leg has a hook which engages the wire.
  • the support frame has an annular shape seen from above, so that the holders can be clipped to it all around its periphery, and a rotatable base will allow the prospective customer to turn the entire stand.
  • the frame can be delivered to the seller in knocked down condition, with all of the holders flat.
  • the seller merely sets up the support frame and then fits the holders to it by pulling their legs apart and snapping them over the wires.
  • the whole operation is very simple and provides an attractive and efficient manner for displaying eyeglasses and the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a holder according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of the holder secured to a support frame shown in section;
  • FIG. 3 is a back view of a display according to this invention.
  • a holder 2 for a pair of eyeglasses 9 has a pair of curved V-legs 2a and 2b which diverge from each other so that their free ends are almost tangent to a common plane P (FIG. 2).
  • Each leg 2a, 2b is formed adjacent its free end with a vertically elongated oval hole 5.
  • the holder 2 is formed at its apex 2', which is the region where the other ends of the legs 2a and 2b are joined together, with an upwardly open notch 3.
  • the legs 2a and 2b are cut away in front of the notch for best mounting of a pair of eyeglasses 9 so that the nosepiece 9b of these glasses is firmly supported in the notch 3 and each earpiece passes through a respective hole 5. In this manner the glasses 9 are firmly supported in a horizontal position with the earpieces 911 back, as they would appear when worn.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show how the holders 2 are mounted on a stand 1 comprising horizontal straight top and bottom wires 8 between which extend parallel and equispaced vertical wires 7.
  • Each leg 20, 2b is formed with a forwardly directed hook just forward of its hole 5.
  • the legs 2a and 2b are spread from their normally relaxed position shown in FIG. 2 in dot-dash lines wherein the two hooks touch each other these hooks can be clipped over wires 7.
  • the natural resiliency of the holder 2 which is made of a transparent polyamide, snugly secures the holder 2 onto the support frame 1.
  • the holders 2 may be fitted to the frame 1 one above the other, or as shown alternate horizontal rows are staggered so as to create a pleasing unmonotonous effect.
  • a display stand for eyeglasses or the like comprising a support and at least one generally V-shaped holder secured to said support in a generally horizontal position, said holder having a pair of outwardly curved elastically bendable V-legs each formed adjacent its free end with a throughgoing hole adapted to receive an earpiece of a pair of eyeglasses, said holder further having an apex formed with an upwardly open notch adapted to receive the nosepiece of the pair of eyeglasses whose earpieces are received in said holes, said support having a plurality of parallel vertical elements, each of said legs being provided with a hook next to the respective hole and snugly engageable with one of said elements.

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US4150752A (en) * 1978-05-15 1979-04-24 Dentsply Research & Development Corp. Display rack for eyeglasses
US4157166A (en) * 1977-07-18 1979-06-05 Voelker Walter G Eyeglasses holder
US4718561A (en) * 1986-04-03 1988-01-12 Thomas A. Schutz Co., Inc. Eyeglass frame display
US4779938A (en) * 1987-10-23 1988-10-25 Johnston Jimmie L Display console
US4867402A (en) * 1988-08-19 1989-09-19 Benson Steven B Receptacle for eyeglasses
US4976357A (en) * 1986-11-07 1990-12-11 Pearson Robert C Article display
WO1992011790A1 (en) * 1991-01-04 1992-07-23 Reath Vern M Stand for spectacles
WO1993000273A1 (en) * 1991-06-24 1993-01-07 Vsi International Inc. Hanger for displaying eyeglasses
US5255796A (en) * 1992-11-23 1993-10-26 Josephson Lawrence B Eyeglasses supporting assembly
US5340074A (en) * 1993-12-15 1994-08-23 Accessories Associates, Inc. Eyeglass display hanger
US5363532A (en) * 1991-09-18 1994-11-15 Sargent Charles L Apparatus for clamping eyeglasses
US5423505A (en) * 1992-08-21 1995-06-13 Melco Wire Products Co. Apparatus for supporting and displaying eyeglasses
US6102346A (en) * 1998-12-16 2000-08-15 Visser; Calvin R. Eyeglass holder
US20060179624A1 (en) * 2002-08-23 2006-08-17 Glass Robert L Apparatus and methods of burial using a columbarium pod
US20070119722A1 (en) * 2005-10-06 2007-05-31 Lane Henry W Display apparatus for eyewear
US20100314344A1 (en) * 2008-02-13 2010-12-16 Chris Whelan Test Tube Management Device
US20120236407A1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2012-09-20 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Support device for three-dimensional glasses
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US3333708A (en) * 1965-07-28 1967-08-01 Foster Grant Co Inc Display rack with removable insert
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US3333708A (en) * 1965-07-28 1967-08-01 Foster Grant Co Inc Display rack with removable insert
US3351208A (en) * 1966-05-12 1967-11-07 Siegel David Display stand for sunglasses and the like
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4157166A (en) * 1977-07-18 1979-06-05 Voelker Walter G Eyeglasses holder
US4150752A (en) * 1978-05-15 1979-04-24 Dentsply Research & Development Corp. Display rack for eyeglasses
US4718561A (en) * 1986-04-03 1988-01-12 Thomas A. Schutz Co., Inc. Eyeglass frame display
US4976357A (en) * 1986-11-07 1990-12-11 Pearson Robert C Article display
US4779938A (en) * 1987-10-23 1988-10-25 Johnston Jimmie L Display console
US4867402A (en) * 1988-08-19 1989-09-19 Benson Steven B Receptacle for eyeglasses
WO1992011790A1 (en) * 1991-01-04 1992-07-23 Reath Vern M Stand for spectacles
US5137242A (en) * 1991-01-04 1992-08-11 Reath Vern M Holder for spectacles
WO1993000273A1 (en) * 1991-06-24 1993-01-07 Vsi International Inc. Hanger for displaying eyeglasses
US5363532A (en) * 1991-09-18 1994-11-15 Sargent Charles L Apparatus for clamping eyeglasses
US5423505A (en) * 1992-08-21 1995-06-13 Melco Wire Products Co. Apparatus for supporting and displaying eyeglasses
US5255796A (en) * 1992-11-23 1993-10-26 Josephson Lawrence B Eyeglasses supporting assembly
US5340074A (en) * 1993-12-15 1994-08-23 Accessories Associates, Inc. Eyeglass display hanger
US6102346A (en) * 1998-12-16 2000-08-15 Visser; Calvin R. Eyeglass holder
US20060179624A1 (en) * 2002-08-23 2006-08-17 Glass Robert L Apparatus and methods of burial using a columbarium pod
US20070119722A1 (en) * 2005-10-06 2007-05-31 Lane Henry W Display apparatus for eyewear
US20100314344A1 (en) * 2008-02-13 2010-12-16 Chris Whelan Test Tube Management Device
US8631950B2 (en) * 2008-02-13 2014-01-21 Noble House Group Pty. Ltd. Test tube management device
US20120236407A1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2012-09-20 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Support device for three-dimensional glasses
US20210157173A1 (en) * 2018-01-29 2021-05-27 SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.p.A. Spacer device for frames of spectacles
US11726352B2 (en) * 2018-01-29 2023-08-15 SAFILO SOCIETÀ AZIONARIA FABBRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE OCCHIALI S.p.A. Spacer device for frames of spectacles

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