US900406A - Display-rack. - Google Patents

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M. MAYER.

DISPLAY RAUK. APPLICATION rum) JULY 16,1908.

Patented Oct. 6,1908.

UNITED ATES PATENTOFFICE.

'MoRrrz MAYE or NEw-YonK, .Y.

lsii cifieetion .1. Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed. .fui 16,1908. Serial K01 443574.-

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MORITZ r p zen of the United States, residing in; the

borough of Manhattan, city, .'county', and

State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My present lIlVGIltlOIL relates 'to a display rack particularly adapted to receive and support boxes or packages containing mer chandise .for display and advertising purposes, and the object thereof is the provision of a display rack which is cheap in construction, readily set up foruse, which is firm and strong and which is collapsible when not in use so as 'to be readilypacked into a small space for economy in storage or shipment.

In carrying out my invention I preferably employ a frame member, a cross-bar connected to and adapted to slide upon the said frame member, a base, a top =member conas will be hereinafter more particularlydenected to the said cross-bar and a"member' intermediate of the said base and'top member; saidintermediate member being adapt ed to swing at one end on said cross-bar and at the other on one edgeqof the said base,

scribed. I p a v In the drawing, Figure 1 is a front elee vation of my improved displayrack as set up ready for use. Fig. 2 isa sectionaleleva tion on line as, m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3isa cross section on a large scale showing the rack collapsed, and Fig. 4: is a partial sectional elevation showing the rack as adapted for a modified use.

Referring'particularl to theidrawing, 10

indicates a frame mem er which is preferably rectangular in configuration and made.

of stout wire or other similar material. The;

cross-bar indicated at'll extends between the shorter sides of' the frame member 10 and the'ends of the cross bar 11 are looped around .these short sides of the frame as' indicated at 12. a

13 designates a base which ispreferably made of sheet metalor similar material, one

edge of which is hinged td one of the long sides of the frame member 10 as indicated at 14.

15 designates a top .orupper member, one. edge of which is hinged to the cross-bar 11-- as indicated at 16, and 17 'designatesan intermediate member, one'edge of which is also hinged to the cross-bar 11 as indicated at 18; the opposite'edge of the intermediate, MAYER, a cit1-,

member 17 being hinged to the edge of the her 15- and intermediate member 17 like the metal. The intermediate member 17 in. suitable the same may be setup to receive and sup= port a cigar. box shown-in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and indicated at 25, for which the displ ay'rack comprising my present invention is particularlydesigned, and as will be apparent, in placing the box in position in the rack, the lower outer edge of. the box rests against the-inner surface of the hinge I 14 while, the upper end of the intermediate member is adjusted to bear against the outer surface of the rear side of the. cigar box against the top member 15 and the upper or outer ed e of the lid passes under the tongues ported at an angle for the purpose of displaying the. contents thereof, and furtherrnore', as will be manifest, the parts of the rack may be adjusted to receive and support looped ends 12 of the cross-bar 11 slide up and down upon the short sides of the frame member 1 5 rests against the the frame member 10. I

While as hereinbeforefstated, the display V upper side of ticularly' designed for receiving and supportbe understood that the device is not limited to this purpose, as forfinstance' as shown. in Fig. 4., it ma-y beemployed to receive and support an open-ended box of almost any description in" order to display the contents -base'13 are also preferably made of sheet 24 in "w ich position the boxv will be supa cigarbox of any size, and in the adjustment. of the. cigar'box in the display rack-that the rack comprising my present invention is par-v base 13 as indicated at 19. The top mempositions is provided withslots 20 and between'the slots 20 the intermediate member position as indicated in Fig. 3 and also that i and vthecover thereof is turned back to lie member 10 and that when in position the top ing cigar boxes to display. the cigars, it will rack only that portion of the" top member thereof; in which instance as will be understood, the lower inner edge of the box will rest against the support legs 23 and the entire outer surface of the top member 15 may be employed for advertising purposes, Whereas when a cigar box is mounted in the above the tongues 2A may be utilized for advertising purposes.

I claim as m invention:

1. A collapsi le display rack comprising a frame, a cross-bar connected thereto and adapted to slide thereon, a base, a top member connected to said'cross-bar and a member intermediate of the said base and top member, and connected and adapted to swing at one edge on the said crossbar and at the other edge on one edge of the said base, the opposite edge of the said base being connected to the said frame. V g

2. A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular frame,a cross-bar connected to and adapted to slide on the opposite sides of .the said rectangular frame, a base connected at one edgeto the said frame and adapted to swmg thereon, a top member; connected to i and adapted to swing. on the said cross-bar, anda member mtermedlate of the said base and top member and connected at one edge to the said cross-bar and adapted to swing thereon and connected at the opposite edge to an edge of the said base.

3. A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular wire frame, a cross-bar extending between the short sides of the said frame and adapted to slide thereon, a base hinged at one edge to the lower long side of the.

said frame, a top member hinged to the said cross bar and an intermediate member hinged at one edge to the saideross-bar and at the opposite'edge to an edge ofthe said base.

4:- A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular wire frame, a cross-bar extending between the short sides of the said frame v and adapted to slide thereon, a base hinged at one edge to the lower long side of the said frame, a, top member hinged to the said cross-bar and. a rod pivotally mounted on.

the rear side of the said intermediate member and whose extremities are turned at right angles thereto and passed through slots provided therefor in the said intermediate member and adapted to rest upon the said base to form support legs for the boxes to be received and supported in the rack.

. 5. A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular wire frame, a cross-bar ext/end ,.tongues cut from the said top member adapted to secure in position the hinged lid of the box received and supported in the rack.

6. A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular wire frame, a wire bar connected to and extending across the frame and slidable along opposite members thereof, three sheet metal members of "equal width hinged together in parallel lines, one of said members hinged to the said wire frame and said wire bar forming the hinge pin connecting the other two of said sheet metal members.

7 A collapsible display rack comprising a rectangular wire frame, a wire bar connected to and extending across the frame and slidable along opposite members thereof, three sheet metal members of equal width hinged togetherlin parallel lines, one formin a base, another a brace and .the' third'an mclined support and display surface, one of said members hinged to the said wire frame, and said wire bar forming the hinge pin connecting the brace and support of said sheet metal members, means on the latter member engaging an object,-and, support legs pivotally connected to the intermediate of said members.

Signed by me this 11th day of July 1908. MORITZ MAYER. witnessesz.

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, 'E. ZACH'ARIASEN.

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