US1086690A - Display-stand. - Google Patents

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B. ROSENBERG. DISPLAY STAND. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2B, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Apr'il 28, 1913.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914. Serial No. 764,068.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ROSEN- BERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York,'borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display stands, and the primary object thereof is to produce an improvedstand of this description which can be used not only for the exhibition of goods, wares and merchandise,-but for advertising purposes as well.

A further object of my invention is to devise an improved display stand which can be easily and cheaply manufactured; given sufficient capacity to adapt it for show windows, stores, shops and other places where articles are intended to be placed for inspection and sale; and yet be so simple in its construction that any one can set it up at an instants notice.

In its preferred form my display tand is made of a single piece of any suitable material that can be worked into the desired shape. out of which I form a blank having a central portion and ends bent to extend at an angle therefrom to support the central portion; and out of the central portion I cut a section which is bent back to form a shelf on which the things to be exhibited are put. The shelf is provided with extensions which engage and interlock with the ends, whereby all the parts of the standare retained in proper relative positions. Advertising matter can beapplie'd to the whole of the front and end surfaces of the stand to indicate not only the character of the articles it carries, but also the name of the maker or seller. i

' These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fully appear from the accompanying detailed description, taken in connection with the drawings forming a part of the same; the same reference characters being used on the said drawings I Figure 1 shows in plan view a blank of any suitable material,.such as 'pasteboard;

showing how the same is formed and worked to give it the shape required to enable'my improved stand to be made therefrom; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my stand,

Ordinarily I use pasteboard showing the appearance of the'same when the blank shown in Fi 1 is bent to give the parts their proper re ative positions and secured to one another.

Describing my invention in detail I take a piece of pasteboard indicated by the numeral 1 and give the same the shape shown on Fig. l of the drawings. This depth into the same, as willbe readily understood.

The central section 2 will have its lower edge 5 made straight, to enable, the front to rest thereon; but the upper edge 6 will be curved or made other than straight, to give the stand a better appearance As for the ends 3 they will have their upper and lower edges made convergent; so. that when the stand is set up, as shown in Fig. 2, the front will be inclined slightly toward the rear, and the upper edges of the ends will slope downward; thus providing a very neat efi'ect.

In order to exhibit in the most advantageous manner the articles to be exposed on the stand and at the same time efficiently advertise them, I provide a shelf which extends between the ends 3, and I form the front 2 with an opening through which the shelf can be seen. I accomplish this by de-v lineating on the face of the front or central portion 2 a section. 9 which is adapted to be cut out, except along one side, which is of course the lower side, andbent back to form the shelf in question. This section 9 ,will have a transverse or horizontal cut or crease 10, similarto the cuts or creases 4:; and the section will be bent along this crease and turned up to form a back 12. Between the back 12 andthe front 2 will be the body of the shelf, indicated by the numeral '11. The ends of the shelf will be secured to the ends 3 to hold the ends 3 in position to supportthe front 2; and the surfaces of the v ends 3 and of the front 2 above and below the opening formed by the section 9 when the same is-bent back toform the shelf can 7 becovered' with any kind of words or designs that may be desired.

For the purpose of efiiciently securing the enough to keep the notches and the lower ends of the slots 14 in touch with each other, and thus there will be no likelihood of the end members 3 and the shelf 11 ever getting out of assembled relation.

I form the section 9 by first making a longitudinal cut 16 which is located a certain distance from the edge 6 of the central portion 2, referring of course to .Fig- 1. This cut extends across the creases t'into the end members 3. Then I make diagonal cuts at each end of the first but, these diagonal cuts being shown at 17 and extending a short distance toward the edge 5. I then make cuts 18, parallel to the cut 16, and each extending from an end of one of the cuts 17 across the adjacent crease 4 back into the section 2.

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From the inner ends of the cuts 18 I make cuts 19 in the front portion 2 extending parallel to. the cuts 4, and I join the lower ends of the cuts 19 by means of a crease or cut 20, similar to the crease 10. This completes the section 9 and it can then be bent back along the crease 20 and up along the crease 10, to bring the projections 13 into position to enter the slots 14. I may form the notches 15 after making or cutting out the section 9; or I may form the notches at the same time;

thus creating points 25 which may be re-f moved or allowed to remain for ornament if The opening formed in the front 2 when the section 9 is bent inward to make the shelf will have the shape illustrated on Fig. 2, and through it the goods of whatever description they may be will be exposed to view'. On the remainder of the surface of the front 2 and all of the surface of the end'members 2 may be put advertising to show character,

and quality.

In the preferred form of my invention I do not give the crease 20 the same length as the shelf 11. Instead I extend-the crease 20 only a certain distancefrom each cut 19. Then I make a pair of. short cuts 21 and unite their outer ends by a curved out 22. Thus I provide a flange 23 which serves to hold the articles carried by the stand in place. v

on the shelf 11, making removal less easy, and minimizing the risk of theft. Similar flanges 24 will be provided by the portions of the front 2, between the cuts .19 and the "the projections.

creases 4. Greases 26 may be. used to enable I that I have produced a stand having superior advantages for exhibition and advertisis easy and cheap; and it can be packed,

stored or shipped in knockdown relation. At the same time it is so'simple that any one can set it up in an instant; or take itdown and put it away when it is no longer to be used. 1

I of course can utilize any suitable material that can be cut and bent; and while I prefer pasteboard because of the low cost and other advantages thereof I do not limit myself thereto. The blanks of which the stand is made can be cut and printed or otherwise covered with advertising matter to suit the needs of any particular manufacturer or merchant; or if desired theycan be delivered with their surfaces free of anything of that nature, leaving the buyer to have them finished for advertising purposes in any manner that he likes.

I wish to have it understood that I-can make these stands of any size; and-while I prefer to make them in one piece as described I wish to reserve the right to make them inseveral pieces or parts to be. joined 1 herein set forth; but reserve to myself the right to make any changes in the shape, size and arrangement of the several parts that fall within tion.

" Having described my invention, what I the scope and spirit of my inven ing purposes. The manufacture of my stand 70 v claim as new and desire to secure and protect by Letters Patent (of the United States 1s:-

In a display stand, the combination of a front and ends to support the front, the said ends having vertical slotstherein, the said front having a portion extending rearward to form a shelf, the shelf having a section extending upward to form a back, the back carrying projections in the plane thereof and being in line with the slots, whereby the projections' will hold the shelf and the ends in proper position, and the weight of the shelf and its contents exerted edgewise against Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 21st dayof April A. D. 1913.

BENJAMIN RHO-SENBERG. I

} Witnessesz'.

LAWRENCE J. GALLAGHER, WILLIAM F. NICKEL.

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