Supports – Brackets – Specially mounted or attached
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-15
2003-05-13
King, Anita (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Specially mounted or attached
C248S220310, C211S094010, C052S036400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06561474
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF USE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a display device for the presentation of goods in shops and at exhibitions. The display device comprises a supporting structure, for example a panel, at least one shaped rod fixed horizontally on the supporting structure and supporting arms which can be fitted into this shaped rod. In general, the display device has a plurality of shaped rods which are arranged systematically spaced apart from one another horontally. The supporting arms can be fitted as desired within all selectable positions and serve for the direct or indirect support of the goods to be displayed. A typical use is provided in the clothing sphere where outer clothing garments hanging on hangers are hung onto display devices fitted with supporting arms. Display devices of this type make possible presentation of the offered goods close to the customer, design of the selling areas to be variable and uncomplicated changing of the fitments. Nevertheless, the goods offered can be displayed in an accurate order so that an overall impression which is appropriate for selling prevails at all times.
PRIOR ART
Display devices of the generic types mentioned have already been disclosed in the prior art many times. GB-A-2 241 426 discloses a presentation wall having horizontal, linear plug-in slots which extend obliquely downwards into the rear wall. Hooks in the shape of the number “1”, on which a supporting arm protruding into the room is arranged in a fixed manner, are provided for fitting into these slots. A large part of the slot surface, which remains unoccupied, is freely visible, which is not visually advantageous. Furthermore, the load on the individual supporting arm may only be low in order to avoid it breaking off. The devices according to CH-A-650 137 and DE-A-34 38 759 are also based on a rear wall having horizontal grooves into which hooks can be inserted.
GB-A-2 206 033 and GB-A-2 222 070 describe display devices having oval shaped rods onto which supporting arms having hanger parts can be placed.
The shaped rods and hanger parts are relatively bulky components and so these devices do not meet every aesthetic requirement.
FR-A-2 611 468 proposes a device having shaped parts and a supporting arm, the shaped part having a hook edge at the top and the supporting arm having a wire loop which fits into the hook edge. The supporting arm is thus unable to be fitted at every desired position, and edges and loops are visually very conspicuous.
WO-A-91 14388 contains various modifications of display devices having different shaped rails and supporting arms. In this case, either complicated, rough shapes and relatively complex supporting arms are used or the slot surfaces, which for the most part are unoccupied, are externally visible.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In view of the imperfections and limited possibilities of use of the display device existing to date, the invention is based on the problem of providing an improved display device which allows great variability, has a sturdy supporting capability, permits rapid changing around of the equipment, securely supports the goods even when business is brisk and meets diverse, aesthetic requirements. The shaped rods used are to be of the simplest possible cross section, and also the supporting arms are to have an uncomplicated design so that the entire device can be produced inexpensively and can be changed in a flexible manner. If the width of the shaped rod is a multiple of the width of the supporting arms, the latter are to be fitted at any desired horizontal position along a shaped rod—i.e. in an entirely freely selectable manner or within a grid—and then securely mounted. In a design variant, the shaped rods are intended as short pieces to be able to be arranged in a grid shape in lines and rows on a panel. One thing to be avoided is that [lacuna] shaped rods which are not fitted with fitted supporting arms open, irregular slot sections can be visible.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The display device has at least one elongated, rail-shaped, rod-shaped or tubular shaped rod fastened at least essentially horizontally on a supporting structure and a supporting arm which can be fitted thereon. At one end of the rod part of the supporting arm is attached a plug-in plate perpendicularly or obliquely, protrudes over the upper side of the rod part and has a bevelled edge which points in the axial direction of the rod part and can be split up into two tongues by a central indentation. The supporting arm is fitted onto the shaped rod by raising the free end of the rod part with respect to the horizontal and bringing the bevelled edge from below the shaped rod up to the shaped rod and lowering the free end into the end position after the fitting. In the fitted end position the flat portion of the plug-in plate is supported on the front side of the supporting structure while the bevelled edge rests on an oblique surface on the shaped rod or is inserted into a groove or engages behind and partially over the shaped rod. Six different embodiments have been developed for the shaped rod.
The shaped rods extend either at least approximately entirely over the entire width of a panel so that one or more supporting arms, positioned according to choice, can fit along the individual shaped rod. In a design variant, the shaped rods are designed as short pieces into which only one supporting arm can be fitted. To erect the panel in the room—the panel is accessible from both side surfaces—the two panel surfaces can be fitted with shaped rods and/or shaped-rod pieces. It is advantageous in this case for the shaped rods and/or shaped-rod parts, which in each case lie opposite one another on both sides of the side surfaces, to be connected to one another through the panel.
Suitable supporting arms are all the types known in shop construction, i.e. first of all supporting arms which have a strut which extends horizontally in a bent or angled manner. From a supporting arm having a central strut, on which a plug-in plate is arranged for fitting into the shaped rod, a plurality of further struts can emerge as diverging branches. Between the ends of two supporting rods, which lie opposite the plug-in plates, a transverse rod, which in the fitted state runs parallel to the supporting structure, can be arranged in a fixed manner. The direct goods carrier is then the transverse rod on which, for example, clothes hangers with clothing can be hung, while the supporting rods have the function of brackets. Shelves can be fixed on two or more supporting rods—which likewise function as brackets. With such a variety of types of supporting rods it is possible to fit a plurality of supporting rods onto a shaped rod, the supporting rods themselves, or direct goods carriers fixed thereon, extending in a plurality of horizontal planes. An exemplary arrangement of this type is a transverse rod fixed between two supporting rods and a shelf which is provided above it and is supported by two other supporting rods.
First Embodiment
The shaped rod consists of a round rod which is placed, preferably screwed, horizontally and at a distance onto a supporting structure—for example, a panel surface. Spacer sleeves are placed onto the fastening bolts used to space the round rod apart from the front side of the supporting structure. The rounded bevelled edge on the plug-in plate can be inserted between the round rod and the surface of the supporting structure if the free end of the rod part is raised with respect to the horizontal. After the bevelled edge is inserted, the supporting arm is brought into a horizontal position so that the bevelled edge engages behind the shaped rod and sits partially on it. At the same time, that flat portion of the supporting plate which is situated below the bevelled edge is supported on the front side of the supporting structure.
Second Embodiment
The shaped rod is a linear section of oval-like cross section which is screwed horizontally and at a distance onto the supporting structure. An axially continuous or sectional plug-in
Uecker Manfred
Walter Herbert
Selitto Behr & Kim
Visplay International AG
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