Abstract In a display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material, a body, a storage rack in said body adapted to support a single file column of rolls of decorative sheet material with their roll axes parallel and horizontal, said body having a front display face that substantially conceals said storage rack, said rack having a depth greater than the depth but less than twice the depth of a roll of decorative material to be contained thereby whereby to support said rolls in a single file column as aforesaid, said front display face being formed with a dispensing opening for rolls of decorative sheet material adjacent the lower end of said storage rack whereby the bottom roll of said column can be withdrawn from said column, said storage rack terminating in a support ledge adjacent said dispensing opening, said body being formed with a filling opening for admitting rolls of decorative sheet material to said storage rack, said front display face having a vertical extent substantially coextensive with the vertical height of said storage rack and a horizontal extent substantially coextensive with the lateral extent of said storage rack whereby said front display face can display a substantial length of the decorative sheet material of the rolls of decorative sheet material in a column in said rack.
A display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material comprising a body having a series of storage racks each adapted to support a single file column of rolls of decorative sheet material with their roll axes parallel and horizontal; a front display face on said body for each of said storage racks that substantially conceals its respective storage rack and has a width substantially equal to the width of its storage rack; said storage racks being arranged one above the other and the front display faces of said storage racks being in a substantially common vertical plane; said racks each having a depth greater than the depth but less than twice the depth of a roll of decorative material to be contained thereby whereby to support said rolls in a single file comumn as aforesaid; said front display face being formed with a dispensing opening for rolls of decorative sheet material adjacent the lower end of said storage rack whereby the bottom roll of said column can be withdrawn from said column; said storage racks each terminating in a support ledge adjacent said dispensing opening; said body being formed with a filling opening for admitting rolls of decorative sheet material to said storage rack; similar rolls of decorative material being loadable in each of said storge racks; said front display faces having a vertical extent substantially coextensive with the vertical height of their respective storage rack and a horizontal extent substantially coextensive with the lateral extent of their respective storage rack whereby said front display faces can display the full width of a substantial length of the decorative sheet material of the rolls of decorative sheet material in a column in their respective rack.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
286 words
A display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material comprising a body having a series of storage racks each adapted to support a single file column of rolls of decorative sheet material with their roll axes parallel and horizontal; a front display face on said body for each of said storage racks that substantially conceals its respective storage rack and has a width substantially equal to the width of its storage rack; said storage racks being arranged one above the other and the front display faces of said storage racks being in a substantially common vertical plane; said racks each having a depth greater than the depth but less than twice the depth of a roll of decorative material to be contained thereby whereby to support said rolls in a single file comumn as aforesaid; said front display face being formed with a dispensing opening for rolls of decorative sheet material adjacent the lower end of said storage rack whereby the bottom roll of said column can be withdrawn from said column; said storage racks each terminating in a support ledge adjacent said dispensing opening; said body being formed with a filling opening for admitting rolls of decorative sheet material to said storage rack; similar rolls of decorative material being loadable in each of said storge racks; said front display faces having a vertical extent substantially coextensive with the vertical height of their respective storage rack and a horizontal extent substantially coextensive with the lateral extent of their respective storage rack whereby said front display faces can display the full width of a substantial length of the decorative sheet material of the rolls of decorative sheet material in a column in their respective rack.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
In a display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material as claimed in claim 1 wherein said body has a series of said storage racks arranged one above the other whereby their respective front display faces are in a substantially common vertical plane.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
In a display and storage device for rolls of decorative sheet material as claimed in claim 2 wherein said body has more than one of said series of storage racks the front display faces of each series being in a common plane with the front display faces of at least one other series.