An Improved Collapsible Stand for Displaying Goods for Sale.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Collapsible Stand for Displaying Goods for Sale.
I, ALFRED JABEZ COOPER, of 83, Thurlow Street, Walworth, London, S.E.,
in the County of Surrey, Shop Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved collapsible stand for the display of goods
on sale, which said stand may be of any dimensions according to the nature of
the said goods, but preverably such as to be useful in the display of jewellery,
scents and other toilet requisites, and the like, the object of my invention being
to provide a stand that may be folded within its own length, when not in use,
for the purpose of economizing space.
In order that my invention, the manner of placing the several parts together
when in use, and the manner in which the whole may fold-up when out of use,
may be fully understood, I hereinafter refer to the accompanying sheet of
drawings, of which.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the supporting boards
Fig. 2 is the base board upon which Fig. 1 rests when in use.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the top or crown piece for Fig. 1, while Fig. 4
a perspective view of one of the rectangular endless shelves adapted to be fitted
upon Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the entire device when in use while Fig. 6 is a
side view of same when not in use and collapsed and packed away.
My invention consists of a pair of suitably shaped boards A and B, hinged or
otherwise pivotally connected together at their upper ends, at a point C, the lower
ends of A and B being each provided with two or more metallic tongues E,
which are adapted to slide into metallic sockets G, fixed in suitable positions
upon a base board H, and may be therein retained by the means of any suitable
fastening, which may conveniently be thumb screws or their equivalents J, passing
through holes K in G, and engaging with holes L in E.
Upon the outer surfaces of the boards A and B is screwed or otherwise fixed as
many pairs of angle clips M M as there are to be shelves upon the stand, and in
the accompanying drawings it is assumed that there are to be three such shelves
or frames, these being constructed of wood, vulcanite, glass or other suitable
material, and preferably of the shape and configuration shewn by Fig. 4. Each
pair of the angle clips M M upon one board are so placed as to be horizontally
level with the corresponding pair upon the other board, and each pair horizontally
level with each other, and adapted to carry a metallic, vulcanite, wood, glass,
or other rod P, a pair of such rods being shewn in position by dotted outline in
Fig. 1.
In placing the apparatus in position for use, as at Fig. 5, the boards AB would
be spread out at their lower ends, and their metallic tongues be caused to engage
with and fixed as stated to the sockets G of the base-board H. In the four lower
and first row of clips M would then be placed a pair of rods P, when the lower
shelf or frame N, of suitable dimensions, would be passed over A B until at

page_text: rest upon the said rods, when the second and smaller shelf or frame N would
in like manner, be caused to rest upon a pair of like rods P, in the second row
of clips M, and upon the rods P in the upper row of clips M I place a like but
still smaller frame or shelf N2, upon the upper surface of which is fixed a canopy R,
this then forming the crown piece Fig. 3, the upper surface of which may itself
be employed as a shelf or stand for displaying an article for sale, the whole
now appearing as at Fig. 5.
In order to guard against the tilting of the shelves when placing thereon or
removing therefrom the articles for sale, I provide upon the inner surfaces of
both A and B a pair of metallic swivel pieces such as S, (Fig. 1) for each shelf
or frame, these being so arranged that their lower ends would recede inwardly
as the shelves are passed down on to their respective rods P, but when the said
shelves are in position and past the said pieces S the latter would automatically,
by their own weight, swing outwardly and return to their original position, when
their lower ends would be above and engage with four points of the upper surface
of each shelf, as shown in Fig. 5, thus preventing any part of either shelf from
rising until such pieces S have been pushed inwardly out of the way. The whole
when not in use may be folded up and packed away substantially as at Fig.6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
(1) The collapsible stand for displaying goods on sale, substantially as herein
described and shewn.
(2) In a collapsible stand for displaying goods on sale, the combination of a
pair of pivotally connected boards A and B, mounted and fixed by the means
of tongues E and sockets G upon a base-board H, the said boards A and B each
carrying any number of pairs of clips such as M, each pair carrying a rod such
as P, each pair of such rods supporting a rectangular frame or shelf such as N N¹,
the top pair of rods supporting a frame and crown piece such as N2 R, substan-
tially as at Fig. 5 the whole being adapted to fold up when not in use substantially
as at Fig. 6, as herein described and shewn.
Dated this 4th day of March 1899
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
Agent for the Applicant.
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.