US1938970A - Display rack - Google Patents

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Dec. 12, 1933. I s, A MOQG 1,938,970

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Patented Dec. 12, 1933 a 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPLAY RACK Shulman A. Moog, St. Louis, Mo., assignor to St. Louis Spring Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application May 9, 1932. Serial No. 610,139 3 Claims. (Cl. 211-60) This invention relates generally to display racks vided each with a series or plurality of spaced and has more particular reference to a rack esapertures 6 respectively disposed in vertical regpecially adapted for the display of bar material, istration with the corresponding apertures in the such as, for instance, automotive spring-leaves other members 2, 3, of the frame, as best seen in 5 and the like. Figure 2. 60

My invention has for its prime object the pro- Each horizontally registering pair of tier-memvision of a sturdy, durable, and readily manufacbers 3 is adapted for supporting a plurality of tured skeleton or open rack for the efiicient storthe bar-articles B, the articles B spanning beage and display in tiers or superposed rows of tween the pair of supporting members 3, as indispring-leaves and other bar articles, the rack incated in dot-dash lines in Figure l. 5 eluding article-intervening members easily ad- For segregating or separating the displayed arjustably spaced the one from the other for mainticles B on the tier-members 3, a requisite numtaining the articles in the several tiers or rows in ber of Vertical rods 7 are inserted preferably orderly stacks or columns for convenient indidownwardly each through a particular series of vidual accessibility. the vertically registering apertures 6 for inter- And with the above and other objects in view, secting the series of superposed cross-members my invention resides in the novel features of 2, 3, of the respective frames A, each pair of adform, construction, arrangement, and combinajacent rods 7 providing between the respective tion of parts hereinafter described and pointed out pairs of superposed tier-members 3 an articlego in the claims. receptive approximately rectangular frame-open- In the accompanying drawing, ing 8, in and through which the articles B may Figure 1 is a P spect ve view of a spring-leave be endwise inserted for residing on the lower tierdisplay-rack embodying my invention; member of the pair, the frame-openings 8 in one Figure 2 is a condensed side view of the disframe A being horizontally ali n W h the play-rack, the middle portion thereof being broframe-openings 8 in the other frame A, as will be ken away, illustrating the adjustable or varied understood from Figure 1. spacing of the vertical leak-intervening bars for Each rod 7 is provided at its upper end With a reception and stacking of bar-articles of differhead 9 for engaging the upper face of the top ent widths; and l cross-member 2 for suspending the particular rod a Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view 7 removably therefrom, and a suitable retainerthrough one of the rack side-frames, taken applate 10 is mounted over the series of rod-heads proximately along the line 3-3, Figure 2. 9 residing on the member 2 for preventing dis- Referring now more in detail and by reference lodgement of the rods 7 from the frame A, th characters to the drawing, which illustrates a tainer-plate 10 being preferably detachably en- 35 preferred embodiment of my invention, the disgaged with the frame-member 2 by means of suitplayrack includes a pair of suitably spaced skeleable bolts or other suitable fastening elements 11, ton or open frames A, each comprising a pair of as best seen in Figure 2. also suitably spaced corner posts or standards As illustrated in Figure 1, all the rod-receptive 1 suitably connected or tied-together in paralap rtures 6 in the fr m A m y be upi y 40 lel relation by a top cross-member 2 and a series article-separating rods 7 provided, of course, that of lower cross or tier-members 3 disposed in suitthe respective bar-articles B are not of greater ably spaced relation one from the other and from width than the spacing between the rods 7. Howthe top-member 2. ever, as illustrated in Figure 2, a lesser number The posts 1 of each frame A are also connected of rods- 7 may be employed and adjustably dis- 45 to the corresponding posts 1 of the other frame A posed in and through the apertures 6 for mountby respective top and bottom tie-bars 4, the reing the rods 7 at different spacings in the frame spective posts 1 being suitably provided with pref- A suitable for reception of bar-articles B of vaerably integral floor-engaging members or feet 5, IiOUS Widths in t e S -D V ded am penin 8. as best seen in Figure 1, for support upon or at- The bar-articles B may, most conveniently for 50 tachment to a floor or the like. increasing the storage capacity of the rack, be 5 The respective cross-members 2, 3, of each stacked or piled oneupon another in the frameframe A are disposed in also horizontal registraopenings 8, the rods 7 then most effectively protion with the corresponding cross-members 2, 3, of viding a lateral support for the stack of articles the other frame A, the series of superposed mem- B, as illustrated in Figure 2.

6 bers 2, 3, in the respective frames A being pro- I might add that preferably the frame members 11 2, 3, are provided with flanged ends and detachably assembled on and with the posts 1 by means 'of bolts or other suitable fastening elements 12,

and the tie-bars 4 are likewise connected to the respective frames A by similar bolts 12. Hence the rack may be readily collapsed or disassembled to so-called knocked-down condition for shipping purposes and the like.

The several members of the rack are constructed of metal or other preferably unbreakable material, and I thus provide a most convenient, economical, sturdy, durable, and highly useful rack for displaying relatively awkward and bulky bar-articles, as automotive leaf-springs and the like. The displayed articles are readily visable from all sides thereof and may with ease, facility, and convenience be removed from or replaced in the rack one by one without interfering with or disturbing the other articles in the rack.

It will be understood that changes and modifications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the rack may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is,-

1. In a display rack, a pair of upstanding skeleton frames each including spaced and opposed parallel corner post-providing strips, an upper cross strip and a series of vertically spaced lower cross strips each provided at its opposite ends with lateral flanges and at said flanges abutted flatwise against the inner face of and rigidly fixed to the corner-strips, each of said cross strips having a series of spaced openings and the openings of the several cross strips being in aligning registration, a series of upright rods depending from the upper cross strip through aligning openings of and thereby intersecting the lower cross strips, and tie-plates fixed flatwise at their opposite ends to and upon the outer face of the corner-strips for tying said frames rigidly together in spaced parallel relation with the cross strips and upright rods thereof in registration for forming superposed rows of vertically aligning bar-article accommodating seats and apertures.

2. In a. display rack, a pair of upstanding skeleton frames each including spaced and opposed parallel corner post-providing strips, an upper cross strip, and a series of vertically spaced lower cross strips each provided at its opposite ends with lateral flanges and at said flanges abutted fiatwise against the inner face of and rigidly fixed to the corner-strips, each of said cross strips having a series of spaced openings and the openings of the several cross strips being in aligning registration, a series of upright rods removably depending fromthe upper cross strip through selected series of aligning openings of and thereby intersecting the lower cross strips, and tieplates fixed at their opposite ends to and upon the outer face of the corner-strips for tying said frames rigidly together in spaced parallel relation with the cross strips and upright rods thereof in registration for forming superposed rows of vertically aligning bar-article accommodating seats and apertures of selected width.

3. In a display rack, a pair of upstanding skeleton frames each including spaced and opposed parallel corner post-providing strips, an upper cross strip and a series of vertically spaced lower cross strips each provided at its opposite ends with lateral flanges and at said flanges abutted flatwise against the inner face of and rigidly fixed to said corner-strips, each of said cross strips having a series of spaced openings and the openings of the several cross strips being in aligning registration, a series of headed rods removably engaging the upper cross strip and removably depending therefrom through selected series of registering openings of and thereby intersecting the lower cross strips, tie-plates fixed fiatwise at their opposite ends to and upon the outer face of the corner-strips for tying said frames rigidly together in spaced parallel relation with the cross strips and upright rods thereof in registration for forming superposed rows of vertically aligning bar-article accommodating seats and apertures of selected width, and a cross plate disposed fiatwise longitudinally over and bolted detachably to the upper cross strip over the heads of said rods for removably securing the rods operatively in position.

SHULMAN A. MOOG.

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