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Combination storage and display rack

Assignee: Hallmark Cards Inc
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Filing: 1974-02-22
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Granted: 1975-07-01
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Expires: 1994-02-22
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Abstract

Abstract A low cost, multi-purpose fixture for showcasing greeting cards or the like which includes a series of upright, vertically stacked, horizontally extending card supporting racks arranged to provide full view display of each type of card. The display racks are of uniform, generally J-shaped cross section permitting relatively inexpensive extrusion fabrication thereof and normally are located in inclined, covering disposition to adjacent, rearward, open pockets adapted for storage of replacement supplies of merchandise. In preferred forms, forward upright sections of the individual racks are of transparent material to serve as keepers which do not in any way interfere with full viewing of the displayed articles and facilitate customer selection thereof without the need for individual inspection of each article in the fixture. When restocking of the fixture is required, the separate display racks can simply be swung open to permit access to the replacement supplies of merchandise stored in the pockets therebehind. In this fashion restocking time and costs are drastically reduced, and a convenient method for determining the need for reordering is provided by virtue of the fact that a dealer''s entire supply of a given article can be conveniently stored in one section of a single display fixture.

Inventors

  • 👤 Edward J Kolster
  • 👤 Jess C Bushyhead
  • 👤 Harvey L Kolster

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 17:00
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F7/00; A47F7/14; A47F7/144; A47F5/00; A47F5/0018; A47F5/0025; A47F5/0037

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim 129 words
A combination storage and display fixture, comprising: a back wall; stationary pocket-defining structure attached to the forward face of said back wall and presenting a plurality of superposed, stationary, transversely extending storage pockets; an elongated, generally transversely J-shaped display rack in covering disposition to each of said storage pockets, and including a forward keeper of lesser height than the back wall of said rack which extends substantially the entire length of the latter for retaining display merchandise within said rack; means pivotally mounting each of said racks in said disposition and permitting pivotal movement thereof with respect to the stationary storage pocket therebehind in order to allow selective access to the latter; and frame structure supporting said back wall and display racks in inclined, merchandise receiving and displaying disposition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 129 words
A combination storage and display fixture, comprising: a back wall; stationary pocket-defining structure attached to the forward face of said back wall and presenting a plurality of superposed, stationary, transversely extending storage pockets; an elongated, generally transversely J-shaped display rack in covering disposition to each of said storage pockets, and including a forward keeper of lesser height than the back wall of said rack which extends substantially the entire length of the latter for retaining display merchandise within said rack; means pivotally mounting each of said racks in said disposition and permitting pivotal movement thereof with respect to the stationary storage pocket therebehind in order to allow selective access to the latter; and frame structure supporting said back wall and display racks in inclined, merchandise receiving and displaying disposition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein said display racks include upright backwalls, forwardly extending bottom walls, and upright keepers of transparent material along the forward transverse marginal edges thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein means are provided for limiting the forward and rearward pivotal movement of said racks.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 37 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 3 including stop means on the interior face of the sidewalls of said frame means for limiting the forward pivotal movement of said respective display racks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 41 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 4 wherein said stop means comprises L-shaped stop members attached to said sidewalls with inwardly extending legs in disposition for interrupting the forward pivotal movement of said respective display racks.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 43 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein a rearwardly extending, two-section storage compartment is attached to the lower marginal edge of said backwall, there being a pivotally mounted display rack in covering disposition to said storage compartment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 37 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 1 wherein said storage pockets are defined by a series of vertically spaced, transverse, forwardly extending pocket-defining supports affixed to the forward face of said backwall.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 41 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 7 wherein each of said pocket defining supports include a forward extension having an integral, transversely extended rounded portion defining a pivot pin for pivotally mounting said display racks thereon.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 45 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 1 including sidewalls attached to said backwall, each of said display racks being pivotally mounted at the forward edges thereof to respective sidewalls at points proXimal to the forward marginal edges of the latter.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 30 words
The combination storage and display fixture as set forth in claim 9 wherein is provided inwardly extending pivot pins attached to respective sidewalls for pivotally mounting said display rack thereon.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1978-06-30 1978-12-30 1979-07-01 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1982-06-30 1982-12-30 1983-07-01 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1986-06-30 1986-12-30 1987-07-01 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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