US1402635A - Dispensing and display device - Google Patents

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H. I. MEYER. DISPENSING AND DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAYIZ, 1921,

Patented Jan. $1922. I

'ing the inclined braces in UNITED STATES HAROLD J. MEYER, OF

s'r. JOSEPH, mssouiu.

DISPENSING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed May-12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD J. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing and Display Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of easels, which de-tachably hold and display a number of articles which are removed from the easel as they are sold, or for other purposes, and the objects of my improvements are first: To so construct an easel of this class, that the display board of the easel shall detachably hold a number ofpaper bags, containing goods and which board shall not be marred or injured in any way by securing said bags thereon or by removing them therefrom; thereby providing an easel which can be used continually, by replenishin said bags of goods, and securing them on. t e display board after the first ones are sold and removed therefrom, second; to so construct and proportion the display board that said secured thereon and removed therefrom and on which board there is ample room for the a plication thereon of appropriate matter which is descriptive of the contents of the bags, etc, third, to provide foldable supporting means, by which said display. board is substantially supported in an inclined position when in use and can be folded, to occupy the minimum amount of space, for storage and shipment.

I attain these objects by the devices illus- -trated in the accompanying drawings, in

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Figure 1 is a front view of the easel and of a number of bags detachably secured thereon. ,ig. 2 is a side view of the easel. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the supporting means, in detail, folded flat against the display board. Fi 4 is a top viewrof the parts seen in Fig. 2, fiioking downward toward the left, showposition for use. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view of a portion of the easel, showing the bag holding means in detail.

The easel comprises the display board 1, through which. the incisions 2 are made. Said board is preferablyv formed of substan-, tial cardboar The upper end portions of the bags 3, are folded flat and are inserted Specification of Letters Patent.

ba s can easil and uickl g y q y the displa board 1,

Patented Jan. 3, 1922. 1921. Serial N... 468,958.

through said incisions, as seen in Fig. 5. The reenforcing piece 4, the legs 5 and the braces 6, which are provided with the notches 7 formed in their respective edges are formed preferably of one piece of cardboard, as seen in Fig. 3.

-The incisions 8 are formed through said legs, for the reception of the notched ends of said braces.

Said reenforcing piece is glued or otherwise secured on the back of the display board 1. The braces and the legs are bent on their respective dotted lines 9 and 10, are moved from the position seen in Fig. 3 to the position seen in Fig. 4, and the ends of said braces are passed through the incisions 8, until the notches 7 are moved into engagement withv said legs, at the lower ends of said incisions by the elastic movement of said braces. it will be seen that the lower ends of said incisions are on the level with the upper endsof said notches, v(in Fig. 3,) and that the end portions of said braces are forced upward, before inserting them into said incisions, thereby causing their above described movement.

which bound the longitudinal e ges of the incisions 2, are forced into the position shown, when the upper end ortion of the ba 3 is passed therethrough. against said portion of said bag, thereby clamping the latter between them for detachably holding said bag in place.

It will also be seen in igs. 2 and 4, and understood, that the braces 6 detachably hold the legs 5 against lateral movement.

In removin the bag 3, from the display board 1, said ag is lifted from the position shown and its upper end portion is thereby drawn from the incision 2. The ends of the braces 6 are lifted and their notches disengaged from the le ,5, after which said legs and braces are f0 ded against the display board 1, when they are not in use.

Havin fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A display board provided witha plurality of horizontally disposed incisions formed therethrough, the portions of said display board which form the longitudinal boundaries of said incisions forming clampin means whereby the u per end portions of foiled paper bags may he clamped for de- It will be'seen in Fig. 5, that the edges of.

aid edges of said board elastically press tachably holding said bags in place, on said display board.

2. A dispensing easel comprising; a display board for detachably holding a plurality of paper bags thereon; a reenforcing piece secured on the back of said display board; a pair of legs formed integrally with said reenforcing piece for supporting said display board in an inclined position, each 10 one of saidlegs being provided with an 1n cision formed therethrough; and a brace for each one of said legs said braces being cut from the same blank forming the reenforcing piece and legs and provided with notches formed therein for engagement legs respectively at the lower ends of said incisions, for detachably holding said legs against lateral movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HAROLD J. MEYER.

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