Display rack for floor covering materials

Claim 1

A DISPLAY RACK FOR GROUPS OF SAMPLES OF FLOOR COVERING MATERIALS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING, AN UPRIGHT FRAME OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION OPEN AT THE UPPER END THEREOF, SAID FRAME HAVING MEANS AT SAID UPPER END FOR REMOVABLY SUPORTING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED RODS SPACED APART ONE RELATIVE TO OTHER TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID OPEN END WITH EACH ROD HAVING A GROUP OF SAID SAMPLES SUSPENDED THEREFROM THROUGH SAID OPEN END INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE FRAME AND SAID RODS DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE ANGLED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE REAR TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE FRAME, AND HOOK MEANS SPACED ABOVE THE SAID COMMON PLANE AT THE REAR OF THE FRAME FOR SUPPORTING A SINGLE ROD WITH THE GROUP OF SAMPLES THEREOF ENGAGED UPON THE RODS SUPPORTED ACROSS SAID OPEN END, SAID RODS HAVING OPPOSITE END PORTIONS PORTRUDING OUTWARDLY OF THE OPPOSTIE SIDES OF THE FRAME.