Improvements in and in connection with Stands for Displaying Boots, Shoes, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 11th Feb.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Stands for Displaying Boots,
Shoes, and the like.
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JOHN JAMES ECKERT, 57, High Street, Strood, Kent, Leather Merchant, d
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I take sheet metal about one sixteenth of an inch thick, more or less, preferably
aluminium, or, tin I then by any suitable means stamp, press, or cut out a piece
say, five inches by two, I then cut through one end and two sides, three eigth of
an inch from edge, more or less, the side cuts being equal in length and meeting
the end cut, the side cuts being about three inches long; more or less; the centre
piece that is thus cut through on the three sides is turned back to the part" not
cut through, until it is say perpendicular: A stand is thus formed by which boots
and shoes and the like can be displayed. By turning the stand it will be found
that boots & shoes can be displayed at four different elevations, the stand may
be stamped in the making with any ornamental design or shape and with wording
for advertising purposes:
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Improvements in and in connection with Stands for Displaying Boots,
Shoes, and the like.
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I, JOHN JAMES ECKERT, 57, High Street, Strood, Kent, Leather. Merchant, 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:
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My invention relates to improvements in and in connection with stands for
displaying boots, shoes and the like and the object is to provide a light and
ornamental article of the kind which can be used at various inclinations and
variously arranged. It can also be used to hold a price or other card or ticket.
In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner,
making reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings in which Fig. 1 is a front
view of a piece of material from which the stand is made," Fig. 2 a perspective
view of a stand, Fig. 3 a perspective view showing several stands arranged for dis-
playing more than one article. Fig: 4 shows a back view indicating how the 'in-
vention acts as a ticket holder. Figs. 5 and 6 show front and side views re-
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page_text: spectively of attachments for increasing the height of the stand. I take a piece
of suitable sheet material, preferably metal, of any convenient shape but generally
having greater length than breadth. Such a piece of material is shown by a b
c d e f Fig. 1 and this is a particularly suitable shape for exhibiting boots and
shoes. Within the borders of this piece of material I make three cuts gh, hi, ij
and I bend the piece thus partly liberated out of and at right angles (or more or
less so) to the plane of the piece a c d f so as to form a tongue g h i j as shown
at Fig. 2. To exhibit a boot or shoe the stand can be used as shown at Fig. 2,
the heel k resting in one of the hollows 7 and the toe m resting on the surface on
which rest the points af h¹ & . By allowing the points c d h 1 to be down a
second inclination can be obtained. By reversing the stand and allowing
points a b c h or d e f ¹ to be in contact with the supporting surface a third
inclination can be had and by putting a b c d e f on the supporting surface and
allowing to be thus upwards a fourth inclination is obtained.
To enable the appliance to be used as a card or ticket holder I prolong the
cuts gh to h² and the cut ij to and bend out the intervening piece of material
so as to form a "lip or short tongue o under which can be "sprung
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one end of
the ticket or card p q r s the other end of which is retained by the end gj of
the tongue gh¹¹. The ticket may be of any kind and bear any desired infor-
mation which will be exhibited through the opening left by bending out the tongue
formed by the cuts g h i j
To heighten the stand I use an extension piece t u v w Fig. 5 having a small
clip Fig. 6 to slip over some part of the edge of the piece abcdef.
If desired the tongue may be attached to the piece a b c d e f instead of being
bent out of one and the same piece of material as above described.
The tongue may also be made to extend if required by having its side edges over-
turned and a slidable piece to work in and out under these overturned edges. The
tongue may also be slotted and a tightening screw provided for keeping the sliding
piece in its required position.
Any or all of the parts can be decorated in any desired manner.
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes or relative proportions as shown
in the drawings as considerable variation is possible without departure from the
essential features of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I dec'are that what I
claim is:-
1. For displaying boots shoes and the like, stands consisting essentially of a
piece of suitable sheet material and preferably of greater length than breadth the
said piece of material having an opening within its borders and a tongue project-
ing from one end of the said opening and at right angles or more or less so to the
plane of the piece of material, the said tongue being either integral with the piece
of material or attached in any suitable manner thereto, the whole substantially as
described in the above specification and exemplified by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accom-
panying drawings.
2. A modification of the appliance claimed in the above Claim 1 by which
modification a small lip is provided at the end of the opening opposite to that end
of it from which projects the tongue, substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified by Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings.
3. Making the tongue mentioned in the preceding Claims 1 and 2 with over-
turned edges at each side and an extension piece to slide therein, a slot and a
tightening screw being or not provided to keep the extension piece in position,
substantially as described in the above specification.
4. An extension piece for increasing the height of the appliances claimed in the
preceding Claims 1, 2 and 3 substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawing.

page_text: 5. Stands for displaying boots and shoes and the like and constructed substan-
tially as described in the above specification and exemplified by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 31st day of December 1898.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.