Improvements in Window Fittings for Displaying Goods in Shop Windows and other Places.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1900-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Window Fittings for Displaying Goods in Shop
Windows and other Places.
I, ROBERT MCDOUGALL, of 25, Westland Drive, Whiteinch, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in window fittings for displaying
goods in shop windows and other places.
In carrying out my invention, I make the upright and sockets or recesses
in which the brackets are carried in one piece, that is to say, in the case of
its being made of wood the upright is so turned that grooves are formed all
round it at equal distances apart down its whole length and the bracket is
placed into one of these grooves, which constitutes the socket. The bracket,
which may be made of twisted wires, is provided with a forked end and this
is pressed into one of these grooves and held in position by the spring on the
wires, or by a suitable catch or otherwise, or in the case of the bracket being
made of a rod or tube, the end may have a half curve which slips into one
side of the groove and clasps the upright while a sliding collar also having
a curved end clasps the other side of the upright and thereby retains the
bracket in its proper position, or any other convenient means may be adopted
for holding the bracket in position at the same time allowing the bracket to
be moved or turned from side to side as may be required.
In raising or lowering the bracket it is simply released from its hold on the
upright and placed in a higher or lower groove as the case may be.
In place of having the upright and socket in wood it may be of metal and
cast, stamped, or drawn with these grooves or recesses, which act as sockets
for the brackets, as before stated.
Dated this 25th day of April 1899.
Improvements in Window Fittings for Displaying Goods in Shop
Windows and other Places.
I, ROBERT MCDOUGALL, of 25, Westland Drive, Whiteinch, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention

page_text: 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 improvements in window fittings for displaying
goods in shop windows and other places.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect I have appended one sheet of drawings, of which,
Figure 1 is an upright (carried by a suitable base on a floor) and bracket
of a shop window fitting embodying my invention.
Figure 2 is a part plan and part horizontal section of the same.
Figure 3 represents an upright suspended from the ceiling with brackets of
wire formation.
Figure 4 is a part plan and part elevation of the same.
Figure 5 is a perspective view also of the same illustrating more fully the
method of holding the bracket to the upright.
Figure 6 is a simpler form of bracket formed of two stranded wires and
provided with an eye which is made to fit on the helically grooved upright
after the manner of a nut on a screw bolt, Figure 6ª is a modification of an
upright and bracket collar, Figure 6 is a further modification, and,
Figure illustrates another method of supporting the helically grooved
upright, all hereafter more fully described.
In carrying out my invention, I make the upright A and sockets or recesses
in which the brackets B are carried in one piece, that is to say, in the case of
its being made of wood the upright A is so turned that helical grooves Care
formed all round it at equal distances apart down its whole length, and the
bracket B is placed into one of these grooves, which constitutes the socket.
The bracket, which as shown in Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6 is made of twisted
wires of several strands and is provided with a forked end D, which is bent to
the curvature of the upright, and this is pressed into one of the helical grooves
aforesaid and held in position by the spring on the wires, or by a suitable
catch or otherwise; or in the case of the bracket being made of a rod or tube,
as in Figures 1 and 2, the end may have a half curve which slips into one side
of the helical groove and clasps the upright while a corresponding sliding
collar and hook projection E clasps the other side of the upright and thereby
retains the bracket B in its proper position, or any other convenient means
may be adopted for holding the bracket in position at the same time allowing
the bracket to be moved or turned from side to side as may be required.
Instead of forming the clasp D as shown in Figures 1 and 21 make it to ter-
minate with a loop d, and the corresponding member E is formed with a straight
extension e, which is made to slide along the bracket B and in and out of the
said loop in locking and unlocking the bracket to and from the upright.
In raising or lowering the bracket B it is simply released from its hold on
the upright and placed in a higher or lower groove as the case may be. The
upright A' in Figures 6 and 6b is without grooves and is of smooth form upon
which the collars D1 and D2 are capable of sliding up and down and are held
in position by the pins d¹ fixed into the holes d².
In Figure 7 the upright A, as opposed to Figures 1 and 3, has a lateral
support being carried in the two brackets F and G held to the wall, window
frame, or other structure.
In place of having the upright and socket in wood it may be of metal and
cast, stamped, or drawn with these grooves or recesses, which act as sockets
for the brackets, as before stated.
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
In fittings for displaying goods in shop windows and the like, forming the
upright or pillar, which is made of wood or metal and supported on the floor,

page_text: ceiling or wall, with helical grooves and attaching the bracket thereto by means
of a partly rigid and partly adjustable clip, which is formed at one end thereof
and constructed to fit into the helical grooves substantially as described and
shown on the drawings.
Dated this 25th day of January 1900.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.