US2247497A - Bag display holder - Google Patents

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5. C. HOWELL ETAL.

BAG DISPLAY HOLDER Filed March 20, 1940 0 NW0 N w e F 0 N C 7 [up 7 MM J A Z 5 Patented July 1, 1941 BAG DISPLAY HOLDER Bernard. 0. Howell and Francis E. Melvin, Elwood,

Ind, assignors to Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, Long Island City, N. Y., a corporation of New York V Application March 20, 1940, Serial No. 324,954

4 Claims.

This invention relates to means for supporting bag holders on a display'medium and relates to that type of bag holders constituting fingers on which are threaded a plurality. of bags for convenient display and dispensing. The invention further relates to that type of display meanswherein there may be an adjustability of the displayby selectively employing one or more tiers of bag supports or holders in a demountable manner.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a structure of the above indicated type which may bemanufactured and distributed at a relatively low cost and Whichmay be distributed in arelatively flat form to be set up by the user to give a neat appearing and extremely substantial construction. I

In the particular form herein shown, the invention is applied to an easel type display as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a front view in elevation of a structure embodying the invention;

Fig. 2, a side elevation;

Fig. 3, a section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4, a detail on an enlarged scale in side elevation.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views in the drawing.

In the present form of the invention a panel Ill, made out of any suitable material such as metal, is mounted in an inclined position preferably, by any suitable means such as a base I I and an upright support I2. The panel I is provided with a plurality of spaced apart holes I3 in horizontal alignment, a group of these holes being provided at diiferent elevations on the panel as may be desired to accommodate a display of bags, one above the other, or for different sizes of bags as will hereinafter become more apparent.

A plurality of wires or rods I4, herein shown as three in number, are spaced apart in parallel relation by being secured to a spacing bar or rod I5 in any suitable manner, such as by welding. The forward ends of these rods I4 are preferably turned downwardly slightly and the rear ends are each turned upwardly substantially 90 degrees to give a short leg l5. From the upper end of the leg I6 each wire is bent rearwardly substantially 90 degrees from that leg to provide a short length I! of the rod approximately parallel to the major length of the rod. From the rear end of that length I! the wire is bent around in a curving manner to terminate in an upper end portion I8 turned back over the short length I! to have the end of the wire spaced a distance r above the length I! and to be spaced a slight distanee behind the upright leg I6.

A tie bar I9 is placed behind the legs I6 of the rods and is interconnected therewith by any suitable means, such as by welding. It is to be noted that this tie rod I9 is placed above the bend between the leg I6 and the rod I l in each instance. This structure so far described consists of a rigid assembly of the three rods interconnected'and maintained in parallel relation one with the other by means of these interconnecting bars I5 and I9.

The assembly thus formed may be selectively mounted on the panel II! by entering the rear ends of the individual rods I4 through the re-' spective holes l3 in any one of the horizontally aligned groups thereof. This is done by' first presenting the assembly to have the rods turned upwardly to some such position as indicated by the dash line position A, Fig. 4, to have the rod ends inserted and carried through the holes l3. The assembly is then rocked around downwardly through the position B to bring the end portion I8 up against the rear side of the panel I0 and finally the assembly is released to allow it to drop down to the solid line position wherein the bar I9 bears against the front face of the panel II] as a fulcrum and the upper ends of the wires I4 come into contact with the rear face of the panel I0 above the holes I3 with the bends between the end portions I8 and the short lengths Il spaced therebehind. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, two assemblies of these wires I4 are shown mounted on the panel II), it being obvious that one or more of these assemblies may be employed as desired.

When the wire assemblies are thus mounted on the panel I0, bags (not shown), having suitable perforations therethrough in the usual manner, are hung on the individual rods I4 and by reason of the inclination of the panel I0 will bear thereagainst in stacked relation, one in front of the other. The downturned front ends of the individual wires I4 are of considerable help in engaging and disengaging the individual bags from the wires. The spacing bar I5, while being placed forwardly of the rear bends in the individual wires, is nevertheless sufficiently close to those bends so as to not interfere with the bags to be supported on the rods I4.

While we have herein shown and described our invention in the one particular form, it is obvious that structural variations may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention and we, therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations as may be imposed by the following claims.

We claim:

1. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality of horizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrier rods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold them in fixed alignment spaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each of said carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg then rearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly and slightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rods are entered through said holes to have said short lengths extending through the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on the front side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above the holes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith.

2. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality of horizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrier rods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold :them in fixed alignment spaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each of said carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg then rearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly and slightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rods are entered through said holes to have said short lengths extending through the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on the front side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above the holes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith, said crossbar being fixed across the rear sides of said legs to space them from said wall and. form a fulcrum.

, 3. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality ofhorizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrier rods,

same spacing as said holes, each of said carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg then rearwardly turned for a short length and. finally turned upwardly and slightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rods are entered through said holes to have said short lengths extending through the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on the front side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above the holes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith, said crossbar being fixed across the rear sides of said legs to space them from said wall and form a fulcrum, and a second cross-bar extending across and fixed to the underside of said carrier bars and spaced forwardly of the bends thereof from which said legs extend.

4. For a bag holder, a supporting member wall having a plurality of horizontally spaced apart holes therethrough, a plurality of bag carrier rods, and a cross-bar fixed to the rods to hold them in fixed alignment spaced one from another with the same spacing as said holes, each of said carrier rods having a rear end upturned to form a short leg then rearwardly turned for a short length and finally turned upwardly and slightly forwardly from that length, whereby the rear ends of the rods are entered through said holes to have said short lengths extending through the holes with said short legs dropping down therefrom on the front side of said wall and said final upturned ends extending above the holes on the rear side of the wall and into contact therewith,

said cross-bar being fixed across the rear sides of said legs to space them from said wall and form a fulcrum, said carrier bar short lengths being appreciably longer than the thickness of said wall through said holes.

BERNARD C. HOWELL. FRANCIS F. MELVIN.

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