US1454038A - Collapsible display device - Google Patents

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WILLIS M. CARTER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR'TO THE CABTER- LUDWIG COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIS M. CARTER, .a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county ofv Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible .Display Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible display devices and has for its object to provide a device of the character specified of simple and rigid construction and which may be folded into compact form for stacking and shipping.

With these ends in view my improvements comprise features illustrated in their preferred embodiment in the drawing accompanying this specification, wherein Figure l is a front perspective view of my improved device in display position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear perspective view showing some details of construction. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary edge view showing the device in collapsed condition. Fig. 4 is a perspective view similar to that of Fig. 1, showing a modified form of my improvements. Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are to one scale and Fig. 3 is to a scale about twice that of the other figures.

My improved device is illustrated as representing a plurality of articles or boxes stacked in a plurality of piles, the ends of the articles or boxes in one vertical pile interlockinv between similar ends of the boxes in an acjacent pile, all having much the appearance of the well known snake fence.

For convenience, I have illustrated my improved device as comprising five vertical piles of elements but it will be obvious that a greater or less number ofsuch piles may be employed.

Each article or box element may be represented in perspective by means of lines, as 7, 8, 9, on those boxes in piles 2, 3, 5 and 6, and by the single horizontal line 7 on those boxes in mid-pile 4.

The end piles 2 and 6 are preferably unitary members, respectively, each comprising a. length-wise strip 10 of sheet material, preferably card board, having portions, as 2 of pile 2, projecting transversely therefrom. Those portions of strip 10 between the transverse portions 2*, may bear suitable prin d ma r, n t shown. The intermediatepiles, as 3, 4 and 5, aremade up of a plurality of units, as 3, and 5 Projecting backwardly fromthe opposite edges, upper and lower in Figs. 1 and 2, of portions 2*, and from similar opposite edges of the intermediate units, as 3, 4 and 5 of . piles 3, 4 and .5, respectively, are flanges 11 device occupies a minimum of'space for stacking and shipping.

In the showing of Fig. 4, the lengthwise strips 10 of end plles 2 and 6 of Fig. 1, are

carried out to the extreme opposite side, re-

spectively, of said piles and are made to represent in mammoth size articles supposed to be contained in the piled boxes, respectively. For purposes of illustration, a collapsible tube 10", containing tooth paste or the like, is represented. Also, if desired, the mid-pile l of Fig. 1 may represent an article 4 Fig. 4:, similar to articles 10 of that figure. In this case said member 49 is provided with opposite portions 4 projecting transversely therefrom, each preferably having upper and lower flanges 11, similar to those in Fig. 1, for articulation with adjoining members of the device. tions 4 may represent ends, respectively, of the boxes of pile i for instance, if desired.

Other modifications within the scope of my invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. A collapsible display device including in combination a pair of opposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having a plurality of portions projecting transversely therefrom, a flange projecting backwardly from each upper and lower edge of each transverse portion, a plurality of intermediate units of sheet material each having a flange pr je ti g backwa d y from ea h Said porgig 1,454,038

two opposite edges respectively thereof, a series of aligned holes through the flanges of the pair of strips andthrough the flanges of the several intermediate units, and pivot rods through said holes whereby the lengthwise strips and the intermediate units are assembled in an articulated whole.

2. A collapsible display device including in combination a pair of opposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having a plurality of portions projecting transversely therefrom, a flange projectingbackwardly from each upper and lower edge of each transverse portion, a plurality of intermediate units of sheet material each having a flange pr'ojecting backwardly from each of two opposite edges respectively thereof, a series of aligned holes through the flanges of the pair ofstrips and through the flanges of theseveral intermediate units, and pivot rods through said holes whereby the length wise strips and the intermediate units are assembled in an articulated whole, said flanges being adapted and arranged for nesting when the device is in collapsed condition.

3. A collapsible display device including in combination a. pair of opposite lengthwise strips of sheet material each having portions projecting transversely therefronr flanges-projecting backwardly from edges oi? said transverse portions respectively, an 111- termediate unit of sheet material having flanges projecting backwardly therefrom, a series of aligned holes through said flanges, and pivot rods through said. holes whereby the several members are assembled into an articulated whole.

In witness whereof, I hereby aflix my nature this20th day of October, 1921'.

WILLIS M. CARTER.

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