DE29618870U1 - Presentation device - Google Patents

Description

G 17 626 - lens

14 October 1996

Festo KG, 73734 Esslingen

Presentation device

The invention relates to a presentation device for products for craftsmen and/or DIY enthusiasts, in particular for power tools and their accessories, with a support structure aligned in a vertical base plane, which has product holding means for products to be presented on one presentation side.

Presentation devices of this type are used primarily in sales rooms to display products for sale in the craft and DIY sector. Previously common designs have a plate-like support structure formed by a perforated wall, with at least one side of the perforated wall serving as a presentation side and being equipped with, for example, bracket-like holding devices on which the products to be presented can be hung in any distribution.

Although the construction of such presentation devices is relatively inexpensive, they only offer a limited presentation volume. If the products to be presented are to be arranged in a clear manner, this is at the expense of the variety of products that can be presented. If, on the other hand, the products are arranged in a very small space, the result is a confusing presentation, which makes it difficult for potential buyers to find the product they are looking for. All of this has little effect on sales of the products on display.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to create a presentation device that enables the clear presentation of a large number of products while maintaining a space-saving structure.

To solve this problem, it is provided that on the presentation side of the support structure two supports arranged vertically one above the other and running horizontally are provided for at least one presentation unit arranged in front of the support structure and equipped with product holding means, and that at least one presentation unit is designed as a wing element that can be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis and that is pivotally mounted on both supports at the same time in its rear area facing the support structure.

In this way, a large volume can be made available for the presentation of the products without the base area of the presentation device being disproportionately increased. While with a standard

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While a perforated wall essentially only allows a two-dimensional presentation, the arrangement of at least one presentation unit in front of the supporting structure as a third dimension also allows the depth direction to be used to advantage. This enables a very clear arrangement of the products and also a focus arrangement of the various products divided into product groups. The design of the presentation units as pivoting wing elements also enables the viewer to look at a product that interests them from different viewing angles without having to remove the product itself from the associated holder. Furthermore, with the appropriate design of the wing elements, it is possible to arrange products on both wing surfaces, so that the presentation volume is further increased. It is expedient to arrange the pivot bearing points for the wing elements only a short distance from the supporting wall, so that no space is wasted in the depth direction. It is also possible to arrange a majority of the presentation units very close to one another without impairing the accessibility of the products arranged on them. By swiveling or folding the wing elements sideways, a sufficient gap can be created between any adjacent wing elements to view the products if required.

Another advantage is that the presentation device can be designed very easily in such a way that retrofitting the already standard in many sales rooms is not necessary.

which are possible with perforated wall-like support structures. In this case, it would be conceivable to use the existing perforated wall as a support structure and to fix the supports using the fastening means available on the perforated wall, so that the costs of converting to the new presentation system are relatively low and the acceptance by the customer is quite high.

Advantageous further developments of the invention emerge from the subclaims.

It is practical to have several presentation units arranged next to each other in the longitudinal direction of the supports, which can be pivoted. This makes it possible to arrange a large variety of products in a tightly packed arrangement, while at the same time the pivoting option means that the desired areas of the individual presentation units can be made easily accessible at any time.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the wing elements have a rectangular and closed frame that surrounds a loading opening provided with product holding means. This makes it possible to accommodate the individual products in the loading opening, i.e. within the frame, so that the space is used optimally and several presentation units can be arranged particularly close to one another.

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A further increase in the presentation or assembly volume available for equipping products is achieved if, in the case of a frame-like design of the wing element, product holding means are also provided on the front frame element further away from the support structure, which are arranged and designed in particular in such a way that they protrude forwards away from the frame. In this way, even better use of space in the depth direction is achieved without impairing the use of space in the width direction, i.e. in the longitudinal direction of the supports. -

In order to obtain a particularly stable construction of the support structure, which can safely absorb the forces introduced via the supports, it is expedient to provide at least two vertical rod-like support elements arranged horizontally apart from one another, with a longitudinal shape, to which the supports are anchored in particular in a detachable manner. The space between the adjacent support elements is expediently filled by a support wall, which is designed in particular as a perforated wall. The support elements are preferably metal parts, which can be designed like rails. To fix the supports, they expediently have a row of first fastening means running in the longitudinal direction, to which the supports can be fixed with associated complementary second fastening means. The row arrangement of the first fastening means enables the height of the supports to be positioned as required, as well as a specification of the distance between them.

Distance depending on the vertically measured length of the presentation units to be installed.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. They show in detail:

Figure 1 shows a preferred design of the presentation device in a schematic perspective representation with only a rough depiction of the products to be presented, whereby the two supports and an exemplary presentation unit are additionally shown in individual representation before they are attached to the supporting structure of the presentation device,

Figure 2 . an exemplary presentation unit in individual representation with separately shown holding means and an exemplary product to be presented, and

Figure 3 is a partial view of the presentation device according to Figure 1 in plan view with the direction of view according to arrow III to illustrate the pivotability of the presentation units.

Figure 1 shows a presentation device 1 which is placed on a base 2 formed, for example, by the floor of a sales room.

The presentation device has a support structure 3 which is aligned in an imaginary base plane 4 indicated by dash-dot lines, which runs vertically and horizontally at the same time.

The exemplary support structure 3 has several support elements 5, which are designed in the form of rods or rails and run vertically in the base plane 4. There are at least two such support elements 5, which are arranged horizontally apart from one another in the base plane 4. In the space between the spaced support elements 5, a plate-like support wall 6 is arranged, which is firmly connected at its lateral edges to the respective associated support element 5. For this purpose, the support elements 5 can have a U-shaped cross-section on the side facing the support wall 6, so that the support wall can be immersed in it with its edge areas and is fixed.

The number of existing support elements 5 is basically arbitrary and depends on the desired horizontal length of the support structure 3. In Figure 1, two further support walls 6', 6" are indicated, which are fixed to the two support elements 5 and bridge the gap between the support elements 5 and other support elements not shown in detail.

The supporting wall 6 is preferably designed as a perforated wall. As shown in more detail in Figure 1 in an enlarged detail 7, the supporting wall 6 accordingly has a large number of perforated holes distributed over its wall surface and arranged at right angles to the base plane 4.

running holes 8, which are preferably continuous. In these holes 8, product holding means 32 (not shown in detail) can be anchored in a known manner, to which products to be presented can be fixed if necessary.

The presentation device 1 is used in particular to present products for craftsmen and/or do-it-yourselfers. This is primarily intended for hand-held processing machines such as orbital sanders, jigsaws or routers, which are generally referred to as power tools, as well as the processing tools used with these power tools and other accessories such as spare parts or sandpaper. The presentation device l enables these products to be displayed clearly, whereby the special structure enables the simultaneous clear presentation of a large number and variety of products.

Figure 2 shows a schematic representation of a product 12 to be presented. It is a processing tool housed in packaging, not shown in detail, for example a milling cutter to be used with a router.

The side of the support structure 3 on which the products 12 to be presented are arranged is referred to as the presentation side 13. A wall-like support structure 3 of the type shown in the example could in principle have two such presentation sides 13 on the opposing wall surfaces

In the embodiment, however, the support structure 3 is placed with its rear surface on a wall of the sales room, so that only the opposite front side is available as a presentation side 13.

Two horizontally extending supports 14, 15 arranged vertically one above the other are fixed to the support structure 3 on the presentation side 13. Both supports protrude from the support wall 6, i.e. protrude from the base plane 4. They are preferably designed in the form of plates or strips, with their extension plane running at right angles to the base plane 4. They are expediently in contact with the support structure 3 over their entire length. The structure of the two supports 14, 15 is expediently identical.

The vertical distance between the two supports 14, 15 is sufficiently large to be able to attach at least one presentation unit 16 to it with sufficient stability. It is advantageous that several such presentation units 16 can be arranged closely one after the other on the two supports 14, 15 at the same time with a horizontal distance in the longitudinal direction 17 of the supports 14, 15. For the sake of better clarity, only two such presentation units 16 are indicated in Figure 1. Figure 3 shows the state with maximum equipment, with, for example, six presentation units 16 being mounted on the two supports 14, 15.

The presentation units 16 are formed by pivotable wing elements 18. Each wing element 18 is relative to the

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Support structure 3 can be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis 22. This is achieved by a pivot bearing in the rear area of the wing elements 18 on both supports 14, 15. The pivoting option is illustrated in Figure 3 by the double arrow 23.

To implement the swiveling option, an upper pivot bearing point 24 is assigned to each presentation unit 16 on the upper support 14. Each of these upper pivot bearing points 24 is vertically opposite a lower pivot bearing point 25 arranged on the lower support 15. Each resulting pair of bearing points 24, 25, consisting of an upper and a lower pivot bearing point, serves to swivel one of the presentation units 16.

The design of the pivot bearing points 24, 25 is basically arbitrary. For example, the pivot bearing points 24, 25 are formed by bore-like holes made in the supports 14, 15, into which a respective wing element 18 with bearing pins 26 arranged coaxially to one another rotatably engages.

The vertical distance measured between the two supports 14, 15 is expediently at least slightly larger than the vertically measured overall length of the wing elements 18, so that they can be inserted between the supports 14, 15 with their rear section 27 facing the support structure 3. The bearing pins 26 or other corresponding bearing devices are expediently located on the outside of the upper and lower end sections 28, 29 of a respective wing element 18.

Preferably, the arrangement is such that the pivot axes 22 run in the immediate vicinity of the support structure 3 and are positioned in front of it in the depth direction 31, i.e. at right angles to the base plane 4, with only a small distance. This results in a particularly compact arrangement. The horizontal distance measured in the depth direction 31 between a respective pivot axis 22 and the support structure 3 is significantly smaller than the correspondingly measured depth of a respective wing element 18. Since the pivot bearing points 24, 25 are also placed in the immediate vicinity of the surface of the support structure 3, relatively narrow strip-like components can be used as supports 14, 15.

Each presentation unit 16 is equipped with product holding means 32 that enable the product 12 to be presented to be placed therein. For example, these are bracket-like product holding means 32 that are shown individually in Figure 2 before they are attached to the associated wing element 18. Preferably, the product holding means 32 can be detachably attached to the associated wing element 18 so that positioning is possible that takes the size and shape of the products 12 into account. In the embodiment according to Figure 2, each product holding means is formed by a U-shaped holding bracket that has two bracket legs 33 that run parallel to one another and have a longitudinal extension. A large number of fastening points 34 are provided on the wing element 18, which, for example, each consist of a pair of holes.

into which the retaining brackets can be removably inserted with the free ends of their bracket legs 33 as required.

The individual wing elements 18 are preferably relatively narrow at right angles to their wing plane 35. They could therefore be referred to as flat elements. The resulting advantage is particularly evident in Figure 3. Accordingly, it is possible to select very small distances between the individual pivot bearing points 24, 25 of a respective support 14, 15, so that the wing elements 18 lie next to each other with a small distance when the wing plane 35 is aligned at right angles to the base plane 4. Nevertheless, the side surfaces 36, 37 of the individual wing elements 18 can be made very easily accessible if required. It is sufficient to swing the other wing elements arranged on both sides of the wing element 18 of interest away from each other in opposite directions, as is indicated in Figure 3. This results in sufficient free space 38 on both sides of the non-pivoted wing element 18, which allows easy access to the side surfaces 36, 37 and any product holding means 32 arranged in their area. In addition, if required, the wing element 18, which is initially at a right angle to the base plane 4, can also be pivoted in one direction or the other according to the double arrow 23, so that it can, for example, be brought into the two pivot positions 42 indicated by dash-dot lines in Figure 3, in which either one or the other side surface 36, 37 of the wing element 18 is particularly easily accessible. In this way, it is also possible to pivot the wing element 18 in question according to

required in order to be able to view products 12 arranged thereon from different viewing directions.

It would be possible in principle to design the wing elements 18 in the form of a plate and to provide suitable product holding means 32 on the two closed side surfaces 36, 37 that would then be present. However, in the advantageous design shown in the drawing, the wing elements 18 do not have such a continuous wall. Here they consist primarily of a preferably self-contained frame 43 that frames a continuous loading opening 44 between the two side surfaces 36, 37.

The exemplary frame 43 is designed as a rectangular frame. It has two vertical frame elements 45, 46 that are spaced apart from one another and are firmly connected to one another at the ends by two shorter horizontal frame elements 47, 48. One of the vertical frame elements, referred to below as the rear frame element 45, is located in the vicinity of the support structure 3, with its longitudinal axis expediently coinciding with the pivot axis 22. A respective wing element 18 is thus pivotally mounted on the two supports 14, 15 in the area of its rear vertical frame element 45 adjacent to the support structure 3.

Starting from the rear frame element 45, the wing element 18 projects forward in the transverse direction 31 in the direction opposite to the supporting structure 3. The second vertical frame element, hereinafter referred to as the front frame element 46,

is therefore spaced further apart than the rear frame element 45 by an amount corresponding to the frame depth when the sash plane 35 of the supporting structure 3 is aligned at right angles to the base plane 4.

In the interests of a compact design, in the exemplary embodiment, no product holding means are provided on the two side surfaces 36, 37 of the wing elements. Instead, product holding means 32, framed by the frame 43, are found inside the loading opening 44. They are fixed there to one or more frame elements, from where they protrude into the loading opening 44 in the wing plane 35. According to the example, a vertical row of product holding means 32 is provided, which are fixed to the inside of the rear frame element 45 and protrude from there to the front frame element 46. These are preferably bracket- or hook-like product holding means 32 of a slim shape, the width of which does not exceed the thickness of the wing element 18 specified by the frame elements. Products 12 to be presented expediently have a slot-like opening 52 (Figure 2) with which they can be pushed onto the product holding means in the manner shown in Figure 1 so that they are presented hanging. The arrangement of the product holding means 32 inside the loading opening 44 leads to very good use of space and makes the hanging products 12 visible and accessible from several sides.

The number of products that can be presented simultaneously can be increased without increasing the overall width of the presentation device 1 measured in the longitudinal direction of the supports 14, 15, if product holding means 32 are also provided on the front frame element. A correspondingly designed presentation unit 16, 16' is shown in Figures 1 and 2. The additional product holding means 32, 32' are expediently arranged on the front frame element 46 in such a way that they run in the wing plane 35 and at the same time protrude from the frame 43 in the direction opposite to the support structure 3. The usable presentation depth of a respective wing element 18 is thereby increased. For example, the additional product holding means 32, 32' are arranged on the outside of the front frame element 46 facing away from the rear frame element 45, which here is provided with a large number of vertically successive fastening points 34, similar to the rear frame element 45, so that product holding means 32, 32' can be detachably attached at any height and in any distribution. The increase in the usable presentation depth does not affect the accessibility of the products presented and attached to the product holding means 32. Furthermore, the pivotability indicated in Figure 3 according to the double arrow 23 is provided, whereby the possible pivot angle is generally somewhat less than 180°. With wing elements 18 arranged close to one another, the maximum pivot range is somewhat smaller than with pivot bearing points 24, 25 on the supports 14, 15 that are further apart.

The presentation units 16 are detachably mounted on the two supports 14, 15. It is therefore not necessarily necessary to use all of the pivot bearing points 24, 25 arranged on the supports 14, 15 in the longitudinal direction 17. By omitting pivot bearing points, it is possible to arrange the presentation units 16 next to one another at different distances in order to take account of the characteristics of different products. The number of presentation units 16 provided can also be easily varied in this way.

The assembly and disassembly of the presentation units 17 as required is made easier by the anchoring of the supports 14, 15 to the support structure 3, which can also be removed. The supports 14, 15 can also be arranged step by step at different heights on the support structure 3, so that the vertical distance between them can be adjusted as required according to the height of the presentation units 16 to be arranged between them. In addition, the height position of the presentation units 16 can be specified variably in order to obtain the most convenient orientation possible.

The supports 14, 15 are preferably attached to the vertically extending support elements 5 mentioned above. These are preferably made of metal and are very strong. The supports 14, 15 preferably do not engage directly with the support wall 6, so that the support wall can be designed with a relatively small wall thickness.

On the presentation side 13, the exemplary support elements 5 have a row of first fastening means 52 running in their longitudinal direction, which are preferably designed as slot-like holes. On the rear part of a respective support 14, 15, second fastening means 53 are provided, which can be brought into engagement with any of the first fastening means 52. They are designed, for example, as pin- and/or hook-like projections, so that they can be anchored very easily in the first fastening means 52 formed by holes.

In order to give the presentation device 1 good stability in cases where it is to be set up freely in the room, a stand section 54, for example similar to a bracket, can be provided in the area of the underside of the support structure 3. The stand section 54 according to the example consists of several and in particular two cantilever-like bracket parts 55 that protrude from the support structure 3, which are attached to the support elements 5 and which increase the standing area of the presentation device. If necessary, the top of the stand section 54 can be provided with a storage area that additionally enables the storage of particularly larger products to be presented in the space below the presentation units.

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G 17 626 - lens 14 October 1996 Festo KG, 73734 Esslingen Presentation device Claims 1. Presentation device for products for craftsmen and/or do-it-yourselfers, in particular for power tools and their accessories, with a support structure (3) aligned in a vertical base plane (4) which has product holding means (32, 32') for products (12) to be presented on a presentation side (13), characterized in that two horizontally extending supports (14, 15) arranged vertically one above the other are provided on the presentation side (13) of the support structure (3) for at least one presentation unit (16, 16') which is arranged in front of the support structure (3) and is equipped with product holding means (32, 32'), and that at least one presentation unit (16, 16') is designed as a wing element (18) which can be pivoted about a vertical pivot axis (22) and which is simultaneously attached to both supports (14, 15) is pivoted. '.- 2 &Lgr; 2. Presentation device according to claim 1, characterized in that several presentation units (16, 16') arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction (17) of the supports (14, 15) are pivotally mounted on the two supports (14, 15). 3. Presentation device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the wing element (18) has a frame (43) which frames a loading opening (44) provided with product holding means (32). 4. Presentation device according to claim 3, characterized in that the product holding means (32) are fixed to at least one of the vertically extending frame elements (45, 46) of the wing element (18) and protrude into the loading opening (44), whereby they expediently extend in the wing plane (35) spanned by the wing element (18). 5. Presentation device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that a respective wing element (18) is pivotally mounted on the two supports (14, 15) in the region of its rear vertical frame element (15) adjacent to the support structure (3). 6. Presentation device according to claim 5, characterized in that product holding means (32') are also provided on the front frame element (46) opposite the rear frame element (45). 7. Presentation device according to claim 6, characterized in that the product holding means (32') provided on the front frame element (46) run in the wing plane (35) and protrude from the frame (43). 8. Presentation device according to one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the frame (43) is a self-contained rectangular frame. 9. Presentation device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the horizontal distance between the pivot axis (22) and the support structure (3) is significantly smaller than the horizontally measured depth of the wing element (18). 10. Presentation device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the product holding means (32, 32') are arranged at least partially detachably on the associated wing element (18). 11. Presentation device according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the product holding means (32, 32') are at least partially designed like a bracket. 12. Presentation device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the supports (14, 15) rest against the support structure (3) over their entire length and are preferably designed in the form of plates or strips. 13. Presentation device according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the support structure (3) has at least two vertical support elements (5) arranged next to one another at a horizontal distance and having a longitudinal shape, to which the two supports (14, 15) are anchored, in particular detachably, while bridging the horizontal distance between the support elements (5). 14. Presentation device according to claim 13, characterized in that a row of first fastening means (52) extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective support element (5) is provided, in particular in the form of holes, to which the supports (14, 15) can be anchored with associated second fastening means (53), in particular hook-like. 15. Presentation device according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that a support wall (6), in particular designed as a perforated wall, runs between adjacent support elements (5) of the support structure (3).