GB418856A - Improved construction of show card or display stand - Google Patents

Abstract

418,856. Collapsable cardboard display stands. KINGSWAY PRESS, Ltd., Kingsway House, Kingsway, London.-(Arvey Corporation; Factory Terminal Building E, 16th Street, Hoboken, New York, U.S.A.) Aug. 23, 1933, No. 23450. [Class 52 (v).] A collapsable cardboard display stand comprises a plurality of angularly-joined walls forming a tubular body open at its ends, portions of some or all of the corners of which are displaced inwardly diametrically of the body to form supports for a tray. In one arrangement a hexagonal body, Figs. 4, 5, is formed from a blank, Fig. 1, which is folded about score lines 33, the end sections of the blank being secured together and the portions 31 folded inwardly in pairs to support a tray 35. This tray is secured to the blank at 36 and provided with an extension 38 having slots engaging over two of the rear sides of the body. In another arrangement a rectangular body, Figs. 16, 19, is formed from a blank, Fig. 11, which is folded about score lines 45, 46, 50, 57. Parts 58, 59, 60, 61 of the rear corners are folded inwardly and the front part 44<a> folded about the line 55 so as to be behind and parallel to the top portion 44, the said parts supporting a tray 62. In a further modification, a rectangular body, Fig. 27, is formed from a blank, Fig. 21, which is folded about lines 64, 65, 66, 67, portions 96, 97 of the rear corners being folded inwardly to support a tray 62. This tray is secured to the body at 62<b> and provided with a hinged strut 84 engaging in a slot 71<a> in the body.