US3266634A

US3266634A - Rotary display stand

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Publication number: US3266634A
Application number: US389547A
Authority: US
Inventors: Tintary Raymond
Original assignee: Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corp
Current assignee: Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corp
Priority date: 1964-08-14
Filing date: 1964-08-14
Publication date: 1966-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1983-08-16

Description

R. TINTARY ROTARY DISPLAY STAND Aug. 16,1966

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HOE/115A K52 Arroeusrs United States Patent 3,266,634 ROTARY DISPLAY STAND Raymond Tintary, Covina, Calif, assignor to Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corp., City of Industry, Calif., a corporation of California Filed Aug. 14, 1964, Ser. No. 389,547 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-131) This invention relates to a merchandise display stand and, more particularly, to a merchandise display stand which is intended to serve both as a means for displaying merchandise and as a device for maintaining a relatively large stock of said merchandise in immediate proximity and accessibility to the display thereof.

' While the teachings of the invention will be disclosed as incorporated in a display stand adapted to display and stock various types of small articles of hardware, such as drawer knobs, pulls, catches, hinges, and the like, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the teachings of the invention may be applied with equal cogency to various other types of merchandise.

The problems of displaying and stocking relatively small articles of hardware in retail establishments become more acute as the variety and number of such articles increases. Conventionally, such small articles are displayed upon a display board or card and are either kept in stock in a cabinet or other relatively inaccessible place or must be bagged and hung from pins and pegs. In addition, the retail merchant is continually confronted with the diminishing space available for both display and inventory purposes, and there is a constant struggle on the part of the supplier and his sales force to obtain adequate display space to permit potential customers to make a selection of hardware from an adequate display.

It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a merchandise display stand which is characterized by the fact that, in a relatively small space, it will both display fiftysmall articles of hardware and store in excess of thirteen hundred of such articles in immediate juxtaposition to the samples on display.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a display stand of the aforementioned character which ini cludes a plurality of vertically spaced containers which incorporate a large number of receptacles adapted to receive and store small hardware articles such as knobs, pulls, catches and hinges, and which incorporates mounting means for display samples in the perimeter thereof in immediate adjacency to the receptacles so that supply of a display article is located immediately adjacent the displayed article, and a customer can serve himself from said supply.

An additional object of the invention is the provision of a display stand of the aforementioned character which can be readily re-stocked by merely depositing a supply of a desired part in the designated receptacle, the displayed element in juxtaposition to said receptacle providing the indication of the type of article which should be located in the receptacle.

A further object of the invention is a display stand of the aforementioned character whose component parts can be readily supplied in knock-down condition, so that they may be shipped in a relatively small package and assembled at the place where the display stand is to be utilized.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a display stand of the aforementioned character which can be manufactured at a relatively low cost, which is of relatively small overall size, and which can be assembled from the knock-down components with great facility.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a I display stand of the aforementioned character which includes a vertical supporting standard having a plurality of supporting frames mounted thereupon in vertically spaced ice relationship with each other, said supporting frames being adapted to receive and support containers which are disposed in overlying relationship with said supporting frames, said containers incorporating a plurality of receptacles which are adapted to receive a variety of merchandise deposited therein.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the construction, arrangement and combination of the various elements of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the device of the present invention, partially in cross section;

FIG. 2 is a view taken on line 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view taken on line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, exploded, isometric view of a portion of the device of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, I show a display stand manufactured in accordance with the teachings of the invention and including a base 10. Secured to the base 10 is a vertically oriented collar 12 adapted to receive the lower extremity of a vertically oriented support or standard 14. The lower extremity of the standard 14 incorporates a reduced portion having a radially protruding spur 16 which is received in a bayonet slot 18 formed in the collar 12.

To facilitate the fabrication and shipment of the standard 14, it is provided in a plurality of sections 20, FIG. 5, each of which is provided with a reduced lower extremity adapted to fit within the contiguous upper extremity of the section disposed therebelow.

The standard 14 is transversely drilled at spaced intervals to provide openings or apertures 22 for the reception of cotter pins 24 whose protruding heads and extremities serve as locating and supporting means for washers 26 mounted in encompassing relationship with the standard 14, as best shown in FIG. 1 of the drawings. A plurality of wire frames 30, as best shown in FIG. 5 of the drawings, is disposed in spaced relationship upon the standard 14. Each frame 30 incorporates a centrally located upper annulus or ring 32 and a coincidentally located lower annulus or ring 34.

A plurality of radially extending wire locating and supporting arms 36 have their inner extremities secured to the perimeter of the upper annulus 32. Any number of wire locating arms 36 may be utilized but, in the present embodiment of the invention, ten arms 36 are provided being equidistantly spaced from each other about the perimeter of the annulus 32. The outer extremities of the arms 36 are secured to a polygonally shaped wire frame element 38 in the shape of a decagon, said outer extremities intersecting the angles of said frame element.

Operatively connected at their inner extremities to the perimeter of the lower annulus 34 are radially and upwardly extending wire braces 40. In the present embodiment of the invention, five braces 40 are provided equidistantly spaced about the perimeter of the annulus 34. At their upper extremities, the braces 40 are secured to the frame element 38 and intersect alternate angles thereof.

A plurality of polygonal containers 54 in the shape of decagons are mounted upon the standard 14 in spaced relationship with one another. Each of the polygonal containers 54 includes a centrally located fiat portion 50 incorporating a centrally located aperture for the reception of the contiguous portion of the standard 14.

The polygonal containers 54 are preferably formed from synthetic plastic material, such as polyethylene, and are fabricated by the vacuum forming process in a manner well known to those skilled in the art. There- 3 fore, each of the containers 54 is relatively light in weight and can be fabricated as a unitary structure.

Incorporated in each of the containers 54 is a plurality of receptacles 56 which are provided with rear walls 52 and side walls 58, said side walls being constituted by downwardly opening, hollow ribs which are adapted, as best shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawings, to receive the locating and supporting arms 36 and the wire braces 40. Therefore, the containers 54 are located and supported upon the standard 14 by the wire frame members 30 associated therewith and the arms 36 and braces 40 serve to support the containers 54 at uniformly spaced intervals about the circumference thereof.

The perimetrical surface 60 of each of the containers 54 is angularly and outwardly inclined from the top to the bottom thereof and a plurality of recesses 62 is formed therein, each of said receptacles 56 having a corresponding recess 62 associated therewith. At the opposite extremities of the recesses 62 are provided angularly inclined surfaces 64 which serve to support mounting plates 66 secured in operative relationship therewith by means of screws 68.

In a typical utilization of the display stand 60, the receptacles 56 are filled with draw pulls and knobs of different design configurations and finishes and the mounting plates 66 are provided with centrally located openings adapted to facilitate the securement thereto of a knob or pull, such as the knob 70 illustrated in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5 of the drawings. In addition, the mounting plates 66 can be provided in various colors and finishes to permit the simulation of the actual surfaces with which the knobs or pulls will be associated and, thus, facilitate the selection of a proper color combination or provide a suggestion as to a desirable color combination or surface finish with which the knobs or pulls can be associated.

Therefore, a relatively large inventory of knobs and pulls can be stored in the receptacles 56 and a person making a selection from. the display stand of the invention is guided by the knobs and pulls mounted on the mounting plates 66 on the perimetrical surfaces of the containers 54. The recesses 62 incorporate rear walls 72 which, as best shown in FIG. 4 of the drawings, serve,

. in the display stand of the invention.

Secured in encompassing relationship with the upper extremity of the standard 14 is a display card holder 90 constituted by upper and

lower rings

92 and 94 encompassing the perimeter of the upper extremity of the standard 14. Wire arms 96 are mounted on the

rings

92 and 94 and extend radially outwardly therefrom. Supported upon the outer extremities of the wire arms 96 are slightly inclined tracks 97 which are adapted to receive display cards 98.

To facilitate the shipment of the display stand of the invention it is shipped in knocked-down condition, that is, the various sections 20 of the standard 14 are dismounted from operative relationship with each other and the containers 54 are nested in conjunction with the wire frames 30 to facilitate the shipment of the display stand in a relatively compact condition.

In order to assemble the display stand, the lower extremity of one of the standard sections is secured to the collar 12 mounted on the base and additional sections 20 of the standard are successively disposed in superimposed relationship with one another.

After the assembly of the standard 14 has been accomplished in the above-described manner, the lowermost of the containers 54 is mounted in operative relationship with the standard 14 by first inserting a cotter pin 24 transversely through the associated openings 22 in the lower portion of the standard and then placing a washer 26 in overlying relationship with the cotter pin 24. A wire frame 30 is then disposed in encompassing relationship with the standard with the lower ring or annulus 34 resting upon the washer 26 and a container 54 is then deposited in overlying relationship with the wire frame 30.

To accomplish the mechanical interlocking of the frame 30 in operative relationship with the associated container 54, the arms 36 and braces 40 are located in the ribs providing the side walls 58 of the receptacles 56 and the polygonal wire frame element 38 is located in the space defined between the rear walls 72 of the recesses 62 and the front walls of the receptacles 56, as best shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings. Therefore, the ribs defining the side walls 58 of the recesses 56 are interlocked against rotation relative to the wire frame 30 by the location of the arms 36 and braces 40 in said ribs and, thus, the containers 54 are rotatable about the standard 14 upon the frames 30.

If desired, the mounting plates 66 may be secured in operative relationship with the supporting surfaces 64 and the recesses 62 prior to the positioning of the containers 54 in operative relationship with the standard 14. If desired, the securement of the mounting plates 66 in operative relationship with the associated recesses 62 may be delayed until the containers 54 are mounted in operative relationship with the standard 14.

In any event, the knobs 70, pulls, or other merchandise to be displayed upon the mounting plates 66 are secured thereto by means of screws or similar fasteners inserted from the backs of the mounting plates 66 prior to the affixation of said mounting plates in operative relationship with the inclined surfaces 64 by the aflixing screws 68.

The additional containers 54 are then secured seriatim in encompassing relationship with the perimeter of the standard 14 in the same manner as the lowermost container 54. After the uppermost container 54 has been mounted in operative relationship with the standard 14, the literature holder is disposed in encompassing relationship with the standard '14 and lowered thereupon until its lower extremity impinges upon the upper surface of the centrally located portion 50 of the uppermost container 54.

A cotter pin 24 is then inserted in corresponding openings or apertures 22 in the upper ex-temity of the standard 14 and a washer 26 is mounted in encompassing relationship with said upper extremity and permitted -to rest upon the cotter pin 24. The show card holder is then lowered into operative relationship with the washer 26 and show cards 98 are inserted into the angularly inclined tracks 97, literature being placed in the literature holder 80.

Merchandise is then placed in the receptacles 56 corresponding to the merchandise displayed on the mounting plates 66 at the forward extremities of the receptacles in overlying relationship with the associated recesses 62. Therefore, the necessity for the conventional storage of bulk mechandise in boxes or the display thereof upon peg boards or similar conventional devices is eliminated and it is possible to display and store a large number of similar articles in the display stand of the invention without the necessity for the excessive handling thereof which is characteristic of conventional display and storage procedures.

In addition, a prospective purchaser can rotate the various containers 54 to success-fully cause all of the items displayed upon the mounting plates 66 to be brought progressively into view without altering his position and, thus, it is possible for a relatively large number of prospective customers to be served from the same display stand in a self-service manner at the same time with consequent reduction in the cost of merchandising and inventorying the products disposed in the display stand.

I claim:

1. In a rotatable display stand, the combination of: a vertical standard; a plurality of rotatable wire frame members mounted on said standard in operative and rotatable relationship therewith, each of said wire frame members including a plurality of radially extending 1ocating and supporting arms having their inner extremities secured to a common annulus and their outer extremities secured to a common peripheral frame element; a plurality of open container elements, one of each of which is mounted in overlying relationship with an associated frame member, each of said container elements including a plurality of radially disposed open receptacles adapted to receive merchandise and having a corresponding recess in its perimeter adjacent an associated receptacle for the reception of a sample of the merchandise located in said associated receptacle, each of said container elements including radially oriented side walls defined by downwardly opening, radially oriented ribs for the reception of said locating and supporting arms, said arms preventing relative rotation between an associated frame memher and said container element; and a mounting panel in each of said recesses for supporting said merchandise at the front of an associated receptacle.

2. In a rotatable display stand, the combination of: a vertical standard; a plurality of rotatable frame members mounted on said standard in operative and rotatable relationship therewith, each of said frame members including a centrally located annulus and a plurality of radially extending wire locating and supporting arms having their inner extremities secured to the perimeter of said annulus and their outer extremities secured to a perimetrical frame element; a unitary, open container element mounted in operative relationship with each of said frame members, said container element including a plurality of radially disposed open receptacles adapted to receive merchandise and having a corresponding recess in its perimeter adjacent an associated receptacle for the reception of a sample of the merchandise located in said associated receptacle, said receptacles being defined by side walls constituted by inverted ribs which are downwardly opening for the reception of said locating and supporting arms; and a mounting panel in each of said recesses for supporting said merchandise at the front of an associated receptacle.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 510,744 12/1893 Warren 21756 1,156,644 10/1915 Vetter 20644.11 1,274,843 8/1918 Bekkering 27010 2,071,290 2/1937 Scriba 21 158 2,527,132 10/1950 Jackson et al. 248131 2,599,802 6/ 1952 Yzett'a 211131 2,678,253 5/1954 Rosenberg 312---285 2,738,075 3/1956 Guignard et al. 211-56 2,762,513 9/ 1956 Zaninovich 108--20 3,164,259 9/1965 DeCaccia 211131 CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner.

I. F. FOSS, Assistant Examiner.

Claims

1. IN A ROTATABLE DISPLAY STAND THE COMBINATION OF: A VERTICAL STANDARD; A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE WIRE FRAME MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID STANDARD IN OPERATIVE AND ROTATABLE RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, EACH OF SAID WIRE FRAME MEMBERS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING LOCATING AND SUPPORTING ARMS HAVING THEIR INNER EXTREMITIES SECURED TO A COMMON ANNULUS AND THEIR OUTER EXTREMITIES SECURED TO A COMMON PERIPHERAL FRAME ELEMENT; A PLURALITY OF OPEN CONTAINER ELEMENTS, ONE OF EACH OF WHICH IS MOUNTED IN OVERLYING RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ASSOCIATED FRAME MEMBER, EACH OF SAID CONTAINER ELEMENTS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED OPEN RECEPTACLES ADAPTED TO RECEIVE MERCHANDISE AND HAVING A CORRESPONDING RECESS IN ITS PERIMETER ADJACENT AN ASSOCIATED RECEPTACLE FOR THE RECEPTION OF A SAMPLE OF THE MERCHANDISE LOCATED IN SAID ASSOCIATED RECEPTACLE, EACH OF SAID CONTAINER ELEMENTS INCLUDING RADIALLY ORIENTED SIDE WALLS DEFINED BY DOWNWARDLY OPENING, RADIALLY ORIENTED RIBS FOR THE RECEPTION OF SAID LOCATING AND SUPPORTING ARMS, SAID ARMS PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN AN ASSOCIATED FRAME MEMBER AND SAID CONTAINER ELEMENT; AND A MOUNTING PANEL IN EACH OF SAID RECESSES FOR SUPPORTING SAID MERCHANDISE AT THE FRONT OF AN ASSOCIATED RECEPTACLE.