US1435469A - Price exhibitor - Google Patents

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L. S. HODGDON. PRICE EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAILU, |922.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922'.

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2do marks for goods to which` itis applied.- The Patented Nov. 145119.22.

i l Lewis's.nonsnoir,`orniiiiefoniivrniivnff ,rnicln'nxiiinironj Appnatimmd January 27, 1922.# seal. N, 32,0851 l' .To all whom t may con-Gera."

Be it known that I.' Lnwrs Silflonsnoii1 a citizen of the United Statesf-and resident of Bangor, county ofPenobscot, State of li/Iaiiie`7l have inventedA an improvement in Price Exhibitors7 ofA which they followingv pal'object of the yinvention is to provide a price exhibitor or thellike that/maybe cheaply manufactured and being. capable 4of selective yadjustment quickly and easily to exhibit any one of a wide rangev of price foregoing and'other objects and advantages of the invention' will more fully appear from the' following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the distinctive features of novelty claims. l

Referring to the drawings t Fig. 1 is an elevation of a* price exhibitor embodying the invention;

l but showing the device mounted on a special y Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

' Fig. 3 is an elevation similar to Figure 1 base and holder co-operative therewith;

` Fig. 4 is an end view of the device as assembledin Figure 3; i Fig. 5 is a transverse ly enlarged scale; and

section on a relative- Fig. 6 is a detail elevation ofan elbow shutter einployedwith the invention.

10 indicates la housing -or body of sheet material. of a relatively deep; U-shape with parallel fiat sides. This housing may be made of cardboard or the like crit may be made of other more durable material such as metal. One side of this housing of which may be considered its back is extended upward a substantialdistance ,l above its front side as indicated' at 10a. This house f ing is of a length to permit the pivoting therein of a number offsets of cards or slips corresponding to the number of figures in dollars and cents which it is desired the device shall be capable of exhibiting. As illustratively shown four. of these columns inwill be pointed. outfin.v theappended v.dica'tted `at" 1:1"ar`e1 provided; each .consistingl l' .preferably often lcards marked v'with figures running froinQrto-S); Eachoflthesesetsoff cards are suitably. pivoted'l attlieirtOps'to 60 l l the ba'ckfofwthe housing7 this being'Qaccoui-f. y plished as shownb'y eyelets 12 suitably headf" f.

Ied to hold thecardsfin plate.V These eyelets i l ydo notextendthrouglrthefront 'siderlOb Aof f the housing whichis thus 4capable offbeing 65 yieldingl-y pressedoutwardfto va "greater jor lessextent solas to obtain accessv4 to .the cards which depend within the housing'from-:thei pivots 12. .The `setsof.cardsllgarejthus .normally` enclosed `within thev `housing.and 70 concealedby the front 10b`thereof. f' Tofexjhz 'v hibit' any required price signitis only. neces- 4 f f i sary' to swing vupwardfthe cards bearingthe proper figures from eachfsetso thatthiese` cards extend upwardgfrgm their pivots "and ,ll-'5 j` with-'the housing extension' lO'azas abackground. This housing extension 'is provided with suitable marks Ato be read in conjunci tion withtheaiigures exhibited.' These marks may consist of adollar'signatthe `left side :S0

as indicated'at137 and one or lmore decimal .f point marks two.' of thesebeingishown asindicated; at 14,' while adj acent the-right hand side a mark'l.. indicating'cents .mayfiliel placed.' This fcentsmark is" illust'rativelye5y y shown as in: juxtapositionltothe` thirdset" of cards,`the advantage of this being .that

ywhen a price in cents'; only is exhibited7 ile. v. v

consisting of two 'figures it will be syinnietrically placed'interinediate .the ends*` of the 90 device.y For vcoiicealingall of these iiuirksl on the extension back 10a except those fre-5x) l quired'in eachparticular case,1 provide a series of L-fshutters 16 pivoted'to the respective` pivots 12 and adapted to be swung `9 5` up to cover'the several `marksg'or downwar to exhibit them selectively as required. `My I invention also comprehjends a special holder for the housing body 1Q adapted to keep the housing with its cards normally upright and 10() `also frictionally and detachably heldin as-l` sembled relation; :For this purpose/ly pro-w` vide a' holder base 17-with a curved or part 1. y

cylindrical bottom surface;` This baseh'as a socket 17a formed in itsv upper sidev`v from v10.5 which cheek plates-18 extendupwardlyinA spaced apart relation. y These cheekplates are approximately parallel' and they maybe made of sheet metal IorA other material ex hibitinga spring property. The housing 10y 11o is ladapted to be vpressedbetween these plates is to. 'be nationally han thereby.- frhs i lisa/ies holder base l? is ol relatively heavy coii struction While the housing lOwith its cards is relatively flight, and thus the base 17 will normally hold the exhibitor upright, and iil it should be displacedY casually@l as often happens as a clerk reaches for goods,

it will et once right itself and return the ysign to upright position. lt will be understood that the sets of cards ll and the t. shutters 16, being of relatively light stock may be held trictionally on their pivots l2 in adjustedposition, though it is Within the contemplation oi:kr the invention to provide suitable nieans for holding the cards as they are placed when desired. In this as Well as other particulars the present embodiment is understood to be nierely illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended clainis rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention. f

Having. described my invention, what l claiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l; A rice exhibitor or the like comprising.

a housing having pivotally inounted therein a plurality of sets of cards with provision whereby selective ones of the cards of each of said sets in'ay beinoved to an exhibiting position or concealed at Will, the arrangement of said cards being such that When selected ones oi ldie'rent sets thereoil are inovedi to exhibiting position they each present component part-s of a unitary indicia to denote a price or the like.

2. A price exhibitor or the like comprising 'a housin ",havinoa a oluralit of sets of cards pivoted thereon with each setr upon a' sepa- 3. A price exhibitor comprising a'. housing with'froiit and back sides and with its back provided with an extension? and ay plurality of sets of cards Aeach bearing acomponent part of a composite price indicia, mounted with each seton la separate pivot borne bythe back of said housing nrinally -in a concealed r position but capable of having selected cards of each set sivung into exhibiting position against the back extension of the housing, wherebyy the cards in exhibiting position together display a desired price mark.

t. A pricer exhibitor comprising ahousing With front and back sides, and with its back provided Withan'upward extension, and a plurality of sets oi cards each bearing a price indicia mounted on separate pivots borne by the back of said` housing,I normally depending therein. but capable of being swung'upvve'rdly into exhibiting posit/ion,` the beck oil said housing bea-ring' markings to be read With the indicia on said cards and equipped With ineans 'for selectively concealing such markings. i f

ln testimony whereof,e have signed my ynaine to this specii'ica-tion.

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