US2618390A - Display device - Google Patents

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Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED lS TATES FTENT OFFICE Application December 16, 1947 Serial No. 792,049 In 'Great Britain December 16, 1946 2 Claims. Cl. 1211-13) :The invention relates to a display ydevice and `'hasiforits object to afford vsimple means whereby `ione or more articles can readily be arranged in 'a'variety lof display positions contiguous to advertising, instructive or other literary matter 'relating to the yarticle or articles displayed.

The display -device 'according to the invention comprises a frame yor 'board having a `plurality Vof supports for a plurality of movable pegs or the like constituting supports f-'cr articles to be displayed or an vanchorage for a support, in combination with a screen applied or adapted to be applied to a 'face zof the frame or board, the said screen having at least one perforation through which one of the pegs 4or the like can protrude.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood and carried into effect, reference is now made to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure ,1 is a front view, partly broken iaway, of one form of the display device according to the invention;

Figure 2 is `a vertical .section taken on the line II--II of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view to an enlarged scale illustrating part of the frame and of one of the shelves With pegs used in the construction according toFigures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective View from below illustrating a platform for use with the pegs;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View of a modified form of shelf, pegs and screen;

Figure 6 is a sectional view on the line VI-VI of Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a sectional View on the line VII-VII of Figure 5.

The construction of display device according to Figures 1 to 3 consists of a rectangular frame made up .of side frame members I and upper and lower frame members 2 and 3 of wood or synthetic resinous material, the lower frame member 3 being fitted with legs 4 so that the frame will stand vertically. The inner faces of the side frame members I are provided with a plurality of spaced horizontally extending grooves 5, each groove in one of the members lying opposite a groove in the other member.

The grooves 5 provide supports for shelves E which, for the purpose, have their ends formed with tongues 'I adapted to engage in the grooves, sufficient tolerance being allowed to enable the shelves to be withdrawn from the frame and then engaged with any selected pair of oppositely disposed grooves in the side members. In the 2 embodiment illustrated there are shown, by vway of example, sixteen pairs of grooves 5 and four shelves 6.

In the figures now being described the shelves are shownas constituted by solid boards of wood or synthetic resinous material. In the upper face of each shelf there is provided a plurality of channels 8 extending at right-angles to the front and 'rear lfaces of the frame comprised by the members I, '2 and 3. These -channels form seats 'for pegs 9 which are of circular vcross--section and are slidable along the channels so that one of their ends can project from the front face of the frame, the pegs being held in the channels `by arched strips Ill secured to the shelf. lTo limit their forward movement, the rearward ends of the pegs may be provided with stop-pins l. I adapted to engage against the edge of the adjacent strip ID. The frame is provided with a Yback pane1 4a which is removable to 'permit adjustment in the positioning of the shelves and of the pegs.

In Figure 3 the channels 8 are shown to be of VI-shape lin cross-section. They may, 'howeve-r, be of other sectional shape such as part-circular `or rectangular. In the latter event, the pegs may also Abe of rectangular cross-section.

Cross-partitions -I2 are pro-vided in the frame above and below the grooves 5 and spaced from lthe upper and lower frame members 2 and 3, thereby forming compartments in which are arranged rollers I3 upon which a screen I4 of nexible material is wound. 'I'he screen passes from one roller, over the front face of the frame, to the other roller. The compartments may contain guide rollers I5 which bear against the screen to ensure that it will lie close against the front face of the frame. One end of each of the rollers I3 extends through a side member I of the frame and is fitted with a milled knob I6 to facilitate rotation of the rollers in either direction.

The screen I4 is provided with a plurality of round holes I'I of a diameter slightly larger than that of the pegs 9, the holes being so positioned on the exposed section of the screen that all of them can be brought into register with the channels 8 in the shelves S by a suitable choice of the position of the shelves in the frame. Usually the section of the screen for the time being exposed, will have only so many holes as are necessary for the passage of the number of pegs requisite for supporting the particular number of articles to be displayed at the front of the frame.

When the shelves Iare -arranged so that certain of the channels 8 therein lie in register with all the holes provided in the exposed face of the screen I4, the pegs can be pushed forward so as to enter the holes and projectrfrom the front face of the screen, the exposed parts of the pegs acting directly as supports or anchorages for the articles to be displayed or as anchorages for supports for the 4articles according to the nature of the latter. Y

Figure 4 shows a support adapted for cooperation with any two adjacent exposed parts of the pegs. The support consists of a platform I8 having on its underface a pair of spring clips I9 adapted for engagement of the exposed ends of the pegs.

The parts of the screen I4 not covered by the displayed articles may bear literary matter relating to the articles.

Figures 5, 6 and 7 show a shelf 6 made .of sheet metal, the longitudinal edges of the shelf being bent to -form downwardly extending flanges 6c, 6d, while the ends of the shelf are extended to form tongues 6e for engagement in the grooves 5 of the frame. In this case the pegs are designated 9a and are made from lengths of metal wire bent to U-shape, each peg extending through an elongated slot in the flange 6d .sov that it canl be projected inwardly and outwardly of the shelf. When projected, the pegs pass through elongated openings I'la in the screen, these openings being provided in place of the round holes Il previously mentioned.

To limit the extent to which the pegs 9a may project from the exposed face of the screen, the

-free ends of the legs of the pegs are bent outwardly to form stops 9b. In Figure 5 the stops are adapted to engage with the rear face of the flange Bd. In Figures 6 and 7 the pegs are made longer than inFigure 5 and the extent of their forward movement is limited by the provision of projections 2l formed by bending downwardly portions of the metal of the shelf.

rlhe possibility presents itself of combining in one frame shelves and pegs like those described with reference to Figures 1 to 3, with shelves and pegs like those described with reference to Figures 5 to 7. I In this -event the screen I4 will have round holes Il as well as elongated openings lla. Y By havingv a screenvmounted on Winding rollers as described, or by providing a series of separate screens, it is possible to display various brands or types of articles With literature appropriate to each. Moreover the position of the holes or openings in the screen or screens can be chosen to suit the form of the articles to be displayed, while always ensuring that these holes can be brought into register with the channels in the shelves to permit passage of the pegs used in supporting the articles.

I claim:

1. A display device comprising a frame, a plurality of shelves removably mounted in said frame, a plurality of pegs mounted transversely of said shelves, guide means on said shelves for maintaining said pegs in spaced relation along the shelves and permitting displacement of the pegs to project beyond the front edge of the shelves, `a vertically movable screen mounted against the said front edge of the shelves, said screen having perforations which can be aligned with certain of said pegs, and can receive the aligned pegs therethrough, the ends of the pegs which protrude through said perforations forming supports at the exposed face of the screen.

2. A display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide means comprises an arched strip extending along, and secured to, each of said shelves, the pegs being slidingly engaged within the arches formed by said strip.

vFLETCHER SAMUEL JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the ille of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 721,132 Brooks Feb. 17, 1903 1,295,246v Whittemore Mar. 4, 1919 1,415,959 OConnor May 23, 1922 1,827,969 Calkins Oct. 20, 1931 2,011,962 Wheatley Aug. 20, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 19,199 Great Britain 1904 150,758 Switzerland Apr. 16, 1932 839,710 France Apr, 11, 1939

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