US866634A

US866634A - Package-display rack.

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Publication number: US866634A
Application number: US31889306A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Archibald Dunlap
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-05-26
Filing date: 1906-05-26
Publication date: 1907-09-24
Anticipated expiration: 1924-09-24

Description

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PACKAGEl DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 26, 1906.

PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

` J. A. DUNLAP. PACKAGE DISPLAY RACK.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.-

PAoKAGE-DIsrLAY RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed May 26,1906. Serial No. 318,393.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ARCHIBALD DUNLAP, of Nashua, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Display Racks, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to devices for holding packages of seeds in an upright position, for the purpose of dis- -playing the same, and has for its object to provide a strong and durable rack which at the same time is of small weight and is adapted to hold a number of packages securely.

The invention consists of a wire frame-work forming a plane backing or supporting surface and pocket-forming wires which are -connected to the frame-work and extend outwardly therefrom and toward each other, making pockets in which the packages may be placed and retained.

The invention is described in detail in the following specification, and illustrated in the drawings forming a part thereof, in which,-

Figure l represents a front elevation of a rack embodying my invention. iFig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a part thereof, Fig. 4 represents aside elevation of a modied form of the invention.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The back of the rackis a frame-work of wire having an outer rim consisting of the top transverse wire a, the longitudinal side wires b c, and the bottom wire d. These members are preferably all formed from one wire bent into a rectangular outline, but Ythey may, if desired, be separate wires connected together at the corners of the frame. To the longitudinal outside wires b and c are connected the transverse intermediate wires e, while to the top and bottom wires a d are attached longitudinal intermediatewires f. The intermediate wires have their ends twisted about the outermost wires of the frame, and where they cross each other at the points g h, etc., are soldered together to make a comparatively stiff and strong whole.

The pockets for the seed packages are made from wires i andj, which are arranged in pairs, each pair together being formed so as to make one pocket. They are secured in place by having their ends twisted about and soldered to adjacent transverse wires or members of the frame-work, those forming the upper row of pockets being secured to the top wire a, and the uppermost cross wire e, the lower row of pockets being attached to the bottom cross wire e and to the bottom member d of the frame, while the intermediate pocketforming wires are attached to adjacent intermediate cross wires e.

The shape into which the pocket-forming wires are bent to make the pockets is best illustrated in Fig. 3.

The uppermost portions 'i/ j of each pair of pocketforming wires extend directly away from the cross wires to which they are attached, and are separated by a distance sufficient to permit insertion of a seedY package between them. At the required distance from the plane of the frame-work to form the desired thickness of the pocket, the wires are bent toward each other, forming the horizontal transverse portions i2 j2 which are in alinement with each other, and extend partially across the front of seed packages placed in the pocket, as shown in Fig. l, to hold the latter in place and prevent lateral or forward movement thereof away from the frame. The pocket-forming wires are then bent downward at right angles to the portions i2 j2, forming parallel stretches which lie in a plane removed from and forward of the plane of the frame-work and preferably inclined thereto, extending in this direction to'the points 7'3 respectively, whence they are bent inward toward the adjacent lower cross wire and there secured at their ends, forming the parallel portions 'i4 j4.

It will be seen that the portions 2'/ j/ are parallel to each other and in a plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of the frame-work back, and they are also parallel to the portions i4 j4. The transverse lengths i2 j2 and parallel downwardly-extendinglengths are all in the same plane, which is separated from the plane aof the back, and the portions i4 j* are nearer together than are the portions i" j. Thus when a package is placed from above in the pocket, it passes between the widely-separated portions i/ y, while its lower edge is arrested by the parts t4 j4 which are nearer together. These last-named parts together with the yintermediate angularly-offset portions i2 j2 sustain the packages and also keep them from falling forward, while the parts t" j embrace the sides of the packages and keep them from displacement laterally. The longitudinal intermediate wires f are arranged approximately midway between the wires t' j of each pocket and prevent the packages falling through between the transverse wires of the back. It will be seen that the intermediate longitudinal wires f are on the forward side of the transverse wires e. This arrangement is provided so that packages placed in the pockets will not be obstructed by the cross wires, but will all rest on the lower portions i4 j4 of the pocket forming wires. If the crosswireswere in front of the longitudinal wires the rearmost package would be engaged by them and held above the tops of the forward package, but the arrangement described prevents this, and allows the up- .per edges of all the packages in the same pocket to be practically on the same level.

All of the pockets are formed alike, with the exception of some of the lowermost pockets, which differ slightly, as will be later described. The pockets are placed as closely together as possible so that the portion t" of the left-hand wire i of each pocket lies in contact with the portion j of the right-hand wire j oi the p next pocket to the left, the lower por-tions 'L4 ji* of adjacent pockets being separated. The distance between the abutments i4 j4 of adjacent pocketsA is. less, in the case of all except the two lower rows, than the height of the seed'packages, while the forward parts oi the wil es t' j are inclined upwardly andraway from the back b, This arrangement permits great compactness, allowing a large number oi packages to be held by a trame which is not excessively high. The tops of the packages ineach row are, by reason of this formation oi the pockets, set forward from the plane of the back, and while overlapping the bars oi the'pock'ets in the row next above to allow convenient withdrawing or replacing, do not hide from view the illustration on the packages next above.

In the device illustrated herein, the two lower rows of' pockets are made wider than the upper pockets, and their iront intermediate portions are parallel with the plane oi the back. The top lengths t" j/ ofthe wires forming these lower pockets are also somewhat differently supported, being wrapped about and soldered to additional longitudinal wires f{.

To the upper member a of the trame are hung two or more narrow hooks or clips lc which are adapted to receive and support an advertising or display card Z in position where it can be seen above the rows .ot packages. In order to hold the rack in an upright position, I provide a support m pivoted to one of the cross wires e and' ormed with two legs-mf. To the supportis pivoted a brace p which has a hook p adapted to catch over another oi the cross wires e and hold the legs oi the support away from theirame, also to prevent the legs slipping away from the frame. The frame may also be hung up against a wall, and for this purpose I provide a wire hanger r pivoted to one of the uppermost of the cross wires and provided with a loop r which can be slipped over a hook or nail.

In Fig. 4, is shown a modification which is adaptedy to be folded and packed awayina small compass. In`

this modification the trame is formed in two parts a and a2, each ot which is complete in itself and has a number of pockets. The two parts are connected together by links a3 surrounding the lowermost cross wire of the upper frame and the uppermost cross wire oi the lower frame. As may readily be seen, the two parts ot the frame can either be separated or doubled together and contained in a small case. This form oi the device has a hanger r by which it may be supported from a hook, it not being practicable to stand` it upon a supporting surface.

l. A display rack consisting of a Wire frame having transverse and longitudinaly members, and wires attached at their ends to adjacent transverse members; said wires being arranged in pairs to form pockets, the wires of each pair between their points of attachment being carried away from the frame and bent toward each other, said points of attachment to the upper member being further separated than the corresponding points of attachment to the lower member. v

2. A display rack consisting of a rectangular' Wire frame having intermediate transverse andv longitudinal wires con* nectedy to the. outer longitudinal and transverse wiresvre spectively of the frame; and rpocket-forming Wires ar,- ranged in pairs and attached to the transverse wires, each pair of such wires forming one pocket, their uppermost points of attachment being separated sufficiently to admit a package between` them and their lower attaching points being closer, together to support a package; each pair of said pocket-forming Wires extending inparallelism away from their upper points of attachment, then toward each other in alinement, then in parallelism in a plane removed from the plane of the frame, and nally extending ytoward the lower transverse wire to which, they are-attached.

In testimony whereof I have aixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN ARCHIBALD DUNLAP.

Witnesses: v

A. C. RATIGAN, ARTHUR H. BROWN.