Improvements in or relating to Devices for Displaying Boots, Shoes, or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Devices for Displaying Boots, Shoes,
or the like.
I, JAMES GOODWIN, of 35 and 36 Hosier Lane, Smithfield, in the County of
Middlesex, Manufacturer, 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 devices for displaying boots, shoes or the like, nud has
for its object an improved means of attaching a plate upon which the boot rests to
a bracket rod or bar or shelf. Upon the under side of the supporting plate is
fastened a spring clip preferably by means of a pivot pin, rivet, bolt or the like, in
such a manner that the supporting plate may be turned about in a plane parallel
to the axis of a rod passing longitudinally through the clip. By meaus of this
clip a supporting plate may be placed in any position except at the end of the
brackets as ordinarily constructed. In order to enable it to be attached if desired,
to the end of a bracket, I construct the latter with a "looped" or otherwise
shaped end to allow of this.
If desired the spring clip may be rigidly fastened to the supporting plate to
enable the latter to be attached to the edge of a glass or other shelf.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. is a perspective view of the invention showing the supporting plate
attached to an ordinary bracket.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one method of constructing the bracket rod
to allow of the supporting plate being attached to its end.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view partly broken away showing the construction of
the clip.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
To the underside of a supporting plate A is pivotted a spring clip B, by means
of a rivet, bolt, pin or the like C. The clip B is preferably constructed of steel
and has a strip of brass or other metal D upon its inside into which the end of
the rivet C takes. The clip may be sprung on to a bracket E whore the supporting
plate A will be securely held, the rivet C connecting the plate and clip, being so
adjusted as to allow of the former being turned about in a plane parallel to the
axis of the rod E passing through the ofip.
In order to allow of the supporting plate being arranged at the end as well as
at any point throughout the length of the bracket, the latter may be constructed
with a looped end E', that is to say, the ond portion may be formed into a closed
triangle as shown in Fig. 2, or may be bent into a circle or other shape, or, if
preferred, in order to allow two supporting plates to be arranged side by side n
short cross rod may be attached so as to form a T-shaped end to the bracket.
The brackets E may be constructed to engage with sockets F in the ordinary
manner.
Though the spring clips B have been above described as formed of steel, they
may equally well be constructed of vulcanite, celluloid or other materials or metals,
and their inner surfaces moreover may, if desired, bo roughened or faced with
rubber or the like in order to form a better gripping surface. If desired a spring
clip pivotted as above described may be attached to a metal or other strip carrying
two supporting plates such as A. in order to enable a pair of shoes to be displayed
side by side.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a device for displaying boots shoes or the like the combination with a
supporting plate of a spring clip pivotted or otherwise attached thereto substantially
as described.
2. In a device for displaying boots shoes or the like the combination with a
supporting plate of a rod having its end shaped to allow of the attachment of the
supporting plate substantially as described.
3. In a device for displaying boots shoes or the like the combination with a
supporting plate having a spring clip pivotted thereto of a rod baving a "looped
end substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. In a device for displaying boots shoes or the like the combination with a
plate A of a clip such as B pivotted to the plate substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete device
for displaying boots shoes or the like substantially as described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th dev of November 1806
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.