Show case, in particular for displaying shoes or the like

Claim 1

Show case, in particular for displaying shoes or the like, in which horizontal shelf plates (2) as well as shelf plates (3) tilted from the rear toward the front are provided, said tilted shelf plates (3) being disposed each above a horizontal shelf plate (2) and supported by a horizontal pivot axis located in a rear area of the show case and being upwardly tiltable around said pivot axis, wherein the pivots (7, 22) of the tilted shelf plates (3) as well as the support elements (8, 14, 29) disposed in the frontal area of the show case and which determine the slope of the tilted shelf plates (3) are upwardly displaceable within side plates (1) provided on the two sides of the shelf plates (2 and 3), and support elements (6, 14) supporting the horizontal shelf plates (2) also are upwardly displaceable within said side plates (1), and wherein provisions are made to lock the pivots (22) and the support elements (14) for the tilted shelf plates (3) and the support elements (14, 22) for the horizontal shelf plates (2) in position within recessed slots (12, 13) running vertically within said side plates (1) and formed e.g. in profiles (11), and further wherein bearing boxes (24) receiving the pivots (7, 22) fastened onto the side plates (1) are connected in particular with the tilted shelf plates (3) at the rearward regions thereof, said bearing boxes (24) being disposed in lateral glued parts (23) which may be provided, e.g. of wood or plastic, running perpendicular to the plane of the tilted shelf plate (3), and further wherein each bearing box (24) is provided with an angled slot (25) open toward the side plate (1) and having one leg (26) running perpendicular, and another leg (27) running parallel to the tilted shelf plate (3), said perpendicular leg (26) being open at its bottom and said parallel leg (27) being closed toward the rear.