GB1576266A

GB1576266A - Display and stocking stands

Info

Publication number: GB1576266A
Application number: GB4037377A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1977-09-28
Filing date: 1977-09-28
Publication date: 1980-10-08

Description

(54) IMPROVEMENTS IN DISPLAY AND STOCKING STANDS (71) I, EIGIL KRISTIAN NIELSEN, a Swedish subject, of 3-5 Lundavagen, S-141 22 Huddinge, Sweden, do hereby declare the invention, for which I pray that a patent may be granted to me, and the method by which it is to be performed to be particularly described in and by the following statement-: This invention relates to a stand for displaying and stockage of goods, for holding folders, brochures or leaflets, for mounting placards and posters etc., which comprises identical standards and components such as baskets, trays, shelves and transparent poster and placard pockets, for coupling together such standards and which may be mounted in desired positions on said standards by means of coupling members.

It has been proposed to construct stands of the character described using standards joined together of a plurality of tubular elements and coupling members. Such standards have to be assembled before use, and this requires that they are manufactured to rather close tolerances to render the erected structures reasonably stable. In some cases the user may have some difficulty in finding the correct manner of assembling the parts. It is an object of the invention, therefore, to provide a standard forming an integral unit and allowing of a great number of variations of the stand structures erected with use of these standards and of trays, shelves, baskets, etc. for stockage and displaying of goods, brochures, leaflets, posters and the like.

According to the invention, there is provided a stand for displaying and stocking goods, brochures, posters and the like and comprising identical standards and components such as baskets, trays, shelves and transparent poster and placard pockets carried by the standards for coupling together such standards to form a rigid, self-supporting stand, wherein each standard comprises an elongate rod-like member carrying at longitudinally spaced intervals therealong sleeve members circumscribing said rod-like members and being permanently fixed thereto, said sleeve members having an inner cross-sectional shape different from the outer crosssectional shape of the associated rod-like member, whereby spaces are defined between the associated rod-like member and said sleeves for engagement by coupling members connected to the components to couple each standard to a further standard to form said stand.

The invention will now be described in greater detail, reference being had to the drawings which illustrate some preferred embodiments.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a stand in a basic form and comprising two standards and two trays; Figure 2 is a cross-section view along line 2-2 in Figure 1 on a larger scale; Figure 3 is a similar cross-section view of a standard according to an alternative embodiment; Figure 4 is a similar cross-section view of a standard according to a further embodiment; Figure 5 is an elevation view of a bracket member; Figure 6 is a perspective view of a combined stand.

The stand illustrated in Figure 1 is assembled of two identical standards 1 which are formed of an elongate tube 2 having square cross-section, a transverse member 3 being attached to one end of the tube to serve as a base.

Short tubular members or sleeves 4 are attached at spaced intervals to at least an upper portion of the tube 2 and surround the tube engaging the corners thereof being secured as by welding or brazing or by any other suitable means (Figure 2). The spacing of sleeve members 4 is preferably equal, to match the dimensions and spacing of wire baskets or wire trays 5 connecting two standards 1 and carried by the latter. The wire structures 5 are formed with hook members 6 (Figure 2) for engaging into the spaces between the tubes 2 and sleeve members 4. Figure 2 also illustrates that the hook members 6 can engage the sleeves 4 obliquely (chain lines), and this facilitates the erecting of multistandard stands having a staggered or broken disposition. The provision of four separate spaces between the tube 2 and the sleeve members 4 greatly enhances the possibility of building stands of an angular configuration and in different combinations.

The standards may alternatively be made of circular tubes 2a, the sleeve members 4a having square cross-section as seen from Figure 3. By this arrangement four separate spaces-between the tube 2a and each sleeve member 4a will also be defined.

'The wire structures S or other components carried by the standards 1 may render- the åssembled stands sufficiently stable, but the rigidity will be increased by providing detachable transverse struts 7, 8 between the standards, as illustrated in Figure 1. These struts may be joined tò the standards by threaded connections.

Figures 2 and 3 show standards~manu- factured of commercially available tubing of circular and square cross-section. Figure 4 is a cross-section view of a standard formed of a member having a cruciform crossffection and circular sleeves having a mating interior shape.

The standard shown in Figure 4 comprises a structural rod member 11having a substantially cruciform cross-section and formed of extruded aluminium or aluminium alloy. A longitudinal groove 13 is formed in the end face of two diametrally opposed cross arms 12.

Cylindrical sleeve members 14 are slid over the rod 11 and are guided by two diametrally opposed axially extending ridges or ribs 15 formed at the inside of the sleeves 14 and engaging the grooves 13 but leaving free a space between the top of the ridges and the bottom of the grooves.

The radial dimension of the ridges is such that a slender circular rod 16 of steel lodged in the bottom of the groove will engage the top of the sleeve ridges bond will expand the sleeves somewhat along a diameter thereby making them also engage the two non-grooved cross arms tightly.

The sleeves 14 accordingly will become firmly and rigidly attached to the rod 11.

The spaces defined between the cross arms and the sleeves will receive hook members 6 belonging to baskets, trays, shelves or other components supported by the standards and forming with these a rigid stand.

Figure 5 illustates a bracket suitable for mounting shelves and the like. This bracket 17 is formed of two rigid metal strips, a longer strip 18 and a shorter strip 19 welded together at a point some distance from one end of the longer strip 18. The strips diverge towards their opposite ends and those ends are bent hook-like downwards as at 20 and 21 and are spaced corresponding to the spacing between two sleeve members 14 on the rods 11. When the hook portions 18, 19 are engaged in aligned spaces along the rod 11 the bracket will form a support for a shelf or the like which may be held in its position by having studs at its underside passing through corresponding holes in the upper bracket strip 18.

In Figure 6 there is shown how a eombined stand can be constructed. The stand section A to the left is like the on,e illustrated in Figure 4 and comprises standards 11 and 12 with wire trays 5. To this section A there are connected two further sections B and C. Section B is connected to the standard 12 belonging to section A by being coupled by hook members, not illustrated but similar to hook members 6, to this standard, whereas its other side is coupled to a standard 13, the latter in its turn serving as a support of the section C carried at its other side by a further standard 14.

As illustrated the different sections form an angle to each other, and it should be appreciated that the shape and nature of the elements forming the structure afford great possibilities of varying these angles.

The sections B and C are different from the section A by comprising, instead of wire structures, flat or curved holders 9, 10 for posters, photographs or the like. These holders are preferably formed of double transparent flat or curved sheets of plastic joined together along their lateral edges by a metal strip having hook members like those belonging to the wire structures for coupling to the standards. The plastic sheets will accommodate between them the posters or other flat objects to be shown or exhibited.

It is easily appreciated from the foregoing that the invention provides means of constructing stands having a practically unlimited number of supporting standards and wire structures or other components connecting the standards and extending in different horizontal directions. This makes for easy adjustment to different requirements and localities without the need for any extensive planning or assembling work.

It is also, of course, possible to build stands in which the components carried by the standards radiate in more directions than two, for instance three or four.

WHAT I CLAIM IS: 1. A stand for displaying and stocking goods, brochures, posters and the like and comprising identical standards and components such as baskets, trays, shelves and transparent poster and placard pockets carried by the standards for coupling together such standards to form a rigid, self-supporting stand, wherein each standard comprises an elongate rod-like member carrying at longitudinally spaced intervals therealong sleeve members circumscribing said rod-like member and being permanently fixed thereto, said sleeve members having an inner cross-sectional shape different from the outer cross sectional shape of the associated rod-like member,'whereby spaces are defined between the associated rod-like member and said sleeves for engagement by coupling members connected to the components to couple each standard to a further standard to form said stand.

2. A stand according to claim 1 wherein a transverse base member is provided at the bottom of each standard.

3. A stand according to claim 1 wherein the standards comprise tubes having a square cross-section and the sleeves are annulus-shaped tube sections secured to the corners of the tubes.

4. A stand according to claim 1 wherein the standards comprise tubes having a circular cross-section and the sleeves are square-shaped tube sections secured between the ends of their sides to said tubes.

5. A stand according to claim 1 wherein the standards comprise rod members having a cruciform cross-section and the sleeves are circular.

6. A standard according to claim 5 wherein each of said rod members is formed with a longitudinal groove along at least one of said cross arms, said sleeves being formed with corresponding ridge means for engagement with said at least one groove, circular rod means being located at the bottom of said at least one groove for engaging said ridge means.

7. A stand according to claim 1 wherein components formed with hook-shaped portions engage selected sleeve members of at least two standards.

8. A stand according to claim 7 wherein said components comprise wire structures.

9. A stand according to claim 1 wherein said components comprise superposed transparent plastic sheets having their lateral edges joined together by metal strips and leaving between them space for posters and the like, hook members associated with said metal strips being capable of engaging in the said spaces.

10. A stand according to claim 1 wherein said coupling members are formed of angularly bent wire portions.

11. A stand according to claim 1 constructed and arranged substantially as herein particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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Claims

**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. the standards radiate in more directions than two, for instance three or four. WHAT I CLAIM IS:

1. A stand for displaying and stocking goods, brochures, posters and the like and comprising identical standards and components such as baskets, trays, shelves and transparent poster and placard pockets carried by the standards for coupling together such standards to form a rigid, self-supporting stand, wherein each standard comprises an elongate rod-like member carrying at longitudinally spaced intervals therealong sleeve members circumscribing said rod-like member and being permanently fixed thereto, said sleeve members having an inner cross-sectional shape different from the outer cross sectional shape of the associated rod-like member,'whereby spaces are defined between the associated rod-like member and said sleeves for engagement by coupling members connected to the components to couple each standard to a further standard to form said stand.