US872411A - Merchandise-holder. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

D. P. GREENAWALT. MERCHANDISE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 001 .25. m.

N TOR A YTOR/VEYS DAVID F. GREENAWALT, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

MERCHANDISE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed October 25. 1906- Serial No. 340.583.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID F. GREENA- WALT, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful l\. [erchandise-I-Iolder, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present invention isto provide a protecting case or holder for the reception of rolls of silk or other articles of merchandise, the case or holder being I so arranged as to protect the contents by precluding the entrance of dust or dirt, by

' excluding moisture and light, and, when the article is in roll form, preventing the formation of wrinkles.

. A further object of the invention is to pro vide amerchandise holder in the form of a case made of sheet material or the like which may be rolled, lapped or folded for the purpose of accommodating rolls of articles of any diameter and which may be contracted as the size of the roll or other article is gradually decreased through sales.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a flexible case or holder which may be secured in position at any convenient point, either on a wall, counter, table, rack or withina suitable casing as desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a casing or holder formed of relatively stiff material adapted especially for containing rolled silk or other fabric, and which may serve not only as a means for inclosing and protecting the fabric, but will, also, hold the same smooth and free from wrinkles.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a casing or holder constructed in accordance with the inven tion, parts being broken away in order to more clearly illustrate the construction. Fig. 2 is a similar view With the case open, showing the manner in which the goods may be withdrawn, without the removal of the entire roll from the holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the holder. Fig. 4 is.a view similar to Fig. 3 illustrating a slight modification.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the thawmgs.

The casing or holder is provided with a back piece, which in the present case is shown in the form of a strip 10, and said strip may be secured in any suitable position to any support as by bolts 12 and may be arranged either vertically or horizontally, or in any other position. Secured to this strip is a sheet 15 formed of any suitable material, such, for instance, as leather, leatherboard, oilboard, aluminium, or other sheet material, the material being sufliciently flexible to permit its being rolled properly around the fabric or other merchandise to be protected. The central portion of the sheet is secured to the strip, and the ends are arranged to overlap, the extent to which they overla being controlled, of course, by the bulk of t 1e merchandise and when used for the protection of rolls of fabric, the ends of the sheet will overlap more and more as the diameter of the roll decreases through the sale of the goods.

The sheet is held in position around the roll by one or more straps 17, these being preferably provided with suitable take up buckles or hooks forming convenient fastenings which may be readily cast oil, and adjusted as the diameter of the holder decreases, so that the holder may be pressed around the goods and hold the same free from wrinkles. In some cases the sheet may be formed in two sections connected together by a hinge 20 at the back strip, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 4, or the sheets may be ar ranged to inclose packages of non-circular shape as required.

In order to support the silk or other article of merchandise when placed in vertical position, a suitable foot piece 22 is secured to the back strip and extends under the lower end of the casing. This foot piece is preferably formed of a pair of overlapping members, so that its area may be gradually reduced as the diameter of the roll decreases. In order to protect the top of the roll from dust, dirt and the like, a disk or other cover, such as 26, may be secured to the back strip as by nails 27.

The device is found of considerable value in the protection of expensive articles of merchandise, such, for instance, as silk or other textile fabrics, and Will thoroughly protect the same from exposure, so that the outer portion of the roll Will not be soiled and rendered unfit for sale. In use, the roll as a Whole may be removed from the casing, if desired, but the casing is preferably formed of material of sufficient stiffness to retain the roll While the desired quantity is drawn off, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 2.

' I claim 1. A merchandise holder comprising a flexible sheet rolled to form a tubular casing of variable diameter, adjustable securing means for maintaining the same at the desired diameter, and an exterior rigid support attached to the sheet and bearing thereon throughout its length.

2. A merchandise holder comprising a flexible sheet rolled to form a tube of variable diameter, adjustable securing means for the foldable casing, a longitudinal strip secured to the casing, and a flexible securing band encircling the casing and held in place by said strip.

5. A merchandise holder comprising afoldable casing, a longitudinal strip attached thereto, and a base and ca secured, respec tively, to the extremities o the strip for closing the ends of the casing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

DAVID F. GREENAWALT. Witnesses:

EIIUME TALBERT, M. J. WARRINER.

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