Supports: racks – Tray – Stand
Patent
1987-02-13
1988-05-17
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Tray
Stand
211194, A47F 314
Patent
active
047444746
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement for a product or display stand with at least two wire baskets which have upward- and outward-inclined sides and with a frame component comprising two vertically arranged uprights on which the wire baskets are so arranged as to be in engagement in an articulated and detachable fashion at their respective rear corners one above the other in such a way that they are capable of being folded one after the other from the top downwards against the uprights.
A stand of this kind is previously disclosed, for example through SE B No. 7506381-8, which presents a stand with shelves arranged one above the other. A disadvantage of this previously disclosed stand is that the shelves contained therein are not easily detachable from the uprights of the frame component, and that special locking devices are required in order to keep the shelves folded up in the vertical position. Furthermore, this stand has a frame which reduces accessibility from the front.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to make available a product or display stand of the kind referred to by way of introduction in which the wire baskets are easily capable on the one hand of being removed from the frame and on the other hand of being folded up as they become empty. This is made possible in accordance with the invention in that the front side of each wire basket is capable of being folded inwards and downwards against the bottom of the wire basket, in that each upright has a form such that it encloses the associated rear corners of the respective wire basket, and in that there are arranged preferably at identical mutual distances along the aforementioned uprights projections facing towards one another and so arranged as to be in engagement with at least one part of a corresponding contact surface on each wire basket, which contact surface is bounded by a rear stop and a front stop acting against the aforementioned projections, in conjunction with which the rear stop has as its purpose to ensure that the wire basket can be removed only once it has been lifted so that the rear stop can pass over the projection and the front stop is so arranged that, when a wire basket is in a folded, vertical position inclined against the uprights, the front stop rests against the associated projection with the wire basket suspended, and in that the aforementioned front side of the respective wire basket exhibits upward-extending locking devices arranged at its upper edge and so arranged as to be in engagement with the lower edge of the front side of the superjacent wire basket in order to prevent the front side of the superjacent wire basket from being folded inwards and downwards before that wire basket has been folded up.
In accordance with a particular characteristic feature of the invention each wire basket has at its bottom devices so arranged as to be in engagement with the upper edge or with devices arranged on the upper edge of a subjacent wire basket, which means that a number of wire baskets can be stacked one on top of the other. Since the front side of each wire basket can be folded inwards and downwards towards the bottom of the wire basket, this means that a number of wire baskets can not only be stacked one on top of the other, but can also be stacked one inside the other on condition that the folding sides have been folded down.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention will now be described in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
FIG. 1 shows a product or display stand in accordance with the invention in diagrammatic form.
FIG. 2 shows the frame component for a product or display stand in accordance with the invention.
FIGS. 3a and 3b show a basket for the aforementioned stand, with its front side folded up and folded down respectively.
FIG. 4 shows a product stand in accordance with the invention in plan view seen from the front.
Although the display or product stand in accordance with the invention is
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Eley Sarah A. Lechok
Gibson , Jr. Robert W.
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