Improved Show Stand or Frame for Christmas and other Cards, Booklets, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Show Stand or Frame for Christmas and other Cards,
Booklets, and the like.
I, WILLIAM JONES, of 159, Commercial Street, Newport, in the County of
Monmouth, Stationer and Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of a stand or frame for showing
or exhibiting for sale in any desired position Christmas and other cards, booklets,
and the like, in such a manner as to be adjustable to hold cards, booklets, or similar
articles, of any size, and so also that a card or cards, booklet or booklets and the
like may be easily removed from the stand without disturbing or disarranging other
cards that may be left on the stand.
I accomplish my object in the following manner: I form the show stand with a
sheet of suitably perforated metal secured in a frame of any desired shape or size.
To this frame I add attachments by which it may be hung or suspended in any
convenient place, and also for standing on counter or table or in window at any
sloping angle that may be desired.
The card or booklet holders are formed of metal in the shape of two separate
halves or two separate sides or ends of a pocket, so that when the two sides are
fixed in line with each other on the perforated metal stand, at any required
distance from each other, they form two grooved sides closed at the bottom into
which cards or booklets and the like may be easily placed and therein securely
held and from which they may be readily removed.
The metal holders are fixed to the stand or frame by means of spring clips cut
out of the holders themselves or attached thereto, and made so as to fit and slide
into the perforations in the metal frame before described. Any number of pairs of
holders or pockets may thus be fixed on the stand according to its size and the size
of the cards or booklets to be shown, and the pockets may be enlarged or made
smaller or moved in any direction without difficulty.
The method herein described of fixing and adjusting the metal pockets on the
perforated metal stand is also applicable to holders of other and different shapes
suitable for showing other descriptions of articles.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1896
WILLIAM JONES.
Improved Show Stand or Frame for Christmas and other Cards,
Booklets, and the like.
I, WILLIAM JONES, of 159 Commercial Street, Newport, in the County of
Monmouth, Stationer and Printer, 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:-
This invention relates to a stand or frame, for displaying or exhibiting for sale,
cards, booklets and other articles, the said frame or stand being constructed with
a perforated plate and furnished with racks or holders adapted to be attached to

page_text: said plate at any part thereof to suit the sizes of the cards and other articles.
Any of the cards or other articles in the holders may be removed as required
without disarranging the other articles.
The frame or stand is provided with attachments by which it may be suspended,
for instance, in a window, or which serve to support it at any desired angle upon a
counter, table or the like.
The holders are arranged in pairs at any desired distance apart and form two
grooved sides of a pocket into which the cards, booklets or the like may be easily
placed and from which they may be readily removed. The said holders are
attached to the perforated sheet by means of spring clips arranged to fit in any of
the holes in the perforated sheet, to allow of their being placed at any required
distance apart to accommodate cards or the like of different lengths. The number
of racks or pockets that may be attached to the perforated sheet is limited only by
the size of the articles to be displayed and the size of the frame.
The holders may be suitably constructed for displaying articles other than those
above indicated, for instance the holders may be furnished with hooks or the like
to admit of articles being hung upon them. The holders may be used singly
instead of in pairs when the nature of the article to be exhibited admits of
such use.
In order that my invention may be readily understood I will describe it with
reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of such a frame or stand in the position it occupies
when hanging in a window or upon a wall.
Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof as it appears when standing upon a table or
counter.
Figures 3 and 4 are back and side elevations respectively of one of the holders.
A is a frame having a plate of perforated or reticulated materia! B mounted
upon it and furnished with rings C, by means of which it may be hung upon a
wall, or in a window or elsewhere, and also furnished with folding legs or supports D
by which it may be supported in an inclined position upon a counter, table or the
like. E, E are the holders which can be secured to any part of the perforated
sheet B by means of hooks or clips F which may be cut from their backs as
indicated in Figures 3 and 4 or which may be attached to the holders. These
clips are so formned that they press upon the back of the plate B when in place
thereon and so are prevented from being accidentally displaced by the removal of
the articles from the holders. The holders E may be advantageously cut or
stamped from a single piece, the blank being then folded or bent to the correct
form. The hooks F F are so cut or placed that they correspond with any two
adjacent perforations vertically in line, and the points of the said hooks are so
curved that they can be readily inserted in the perforations. By placing the
holders near together or further apart pockets of various sizes can be formed to
accommodate articles of different lengths.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. A show stand or frame comprising a perforated plate and holders adapted to
be attached to the plate by means of spring clips inserted through the perforations
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. A show stand or frame for cards, booklets and the like constructed substau-
tially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th day of February 1907
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant..