LOCKABLE SUPPORT FOR ARTISTIC RENDERINGS ON DISPLAY

• US 3,801,055 A
• Filed: 09/08/1972
• Issued: 04/02/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Roy T. Stenger
• Original Assignee: Roy T. Stenger
• Inventors: Stenger, Roy T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Parsons, Jr., Marion
• Application Number:
  US05/287,238
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 248/154,158,176,203 70/167,168,169 292/101 232/41 161/20
• US Class Current: 248/176.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/00 Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/00 Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices motorcycle helmets A42B3/0413; supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening helmets B62J11/24; gun racks A47B81/005; showcases with theft protection A47F3/002; anti-theft means for peg-boards, grids or rods for hanging merchandise A47F5/0861; show stands, hangers, shelves with provision against unauthorised removal A47F7/024; for self-service hand-carts A47F10/04; locking skis A63C11/004; locking bolts, nuts or pins F16B41/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5584 Dead bolt

Abstract

A lockable support for artistic renderings on display, in a preferred embodiment, comprises a hollow column, a floor-secured upright frame positioned centrally within the column having a lock acceptor means at its top, and a lockable top cover which accepts the base of the artistic rendering to be displayed. This lockable support protects the displayed article from theft and from falling, when the top cover with the artistic rendering is positioned on the column and locked to the frame, making unaccessible all fastener means used to secure the displayed object so long as the locking mechanism remains engaged. In another embodiment, the upright frame is weighted near the floor, in lieu of bolting to the floor. Each embodiment makes a secure and attractive pedestal for use in museums, public buildings and elsewhere, where both stability and securability of the artistic renderings, such as sculptures, is sought.

Claims

1. A lockable support for artistic renderings protecting one or more artistic renderings such as a sculpture displayed thereon both from theft and damage by falling as several fasteners concealed inside and made unaccessible when locked, secure both the artistic rendering and the lockable support in their respective display positions, comprising:

a. an upright frame to be firmly positioned below to a support structure such as a floor or table and having a lock mechanism acceptor, and having guides which insure the concentric placement of a hollow column about the upright frame;

b. a hollow column surrounding the upright frame;

c. a top cover on which one or more artistic renderings may be secured with fasteners from below, having a locking mechanism to secure it to the lock mechanism acceptor of the upright frame, after the hollow column has been placed around this upright frame thereby making unaccessible, so long as the locking mechanism is locked, both a positioning means maintaining the upright frame on a selected structure such as a floor and fastening means securing the displayed artistic rendering to this top cover and consequently to the overall lockable upright support.

2. A lockable support for artistic renderings, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lock mechanism acceptor of the upright frame is a bar to which a key-movable hook may be engaged, and wherein the top cover has flanges extending downwardly about the hollow column.

3. A lockable support for artistic renderings, as claimed in claim 2, wherein a barrel lock with keyhole aperture is mounted on a flange of the top cover and a portion thereof is secured to a shaft which in turn is fitted with a hook so upon turning of a key the shaft and hook pivot to become engaged with the lock mechanism acceptor bar of the upright frame, thereafter preventing the removal of the top cover from the upright frame and securing the artistic rendering in place.

4. A lockable support For artistic renderings which protects them when displayed thereon from theft and from falling by lockably making unaccessible both the fastening means securing the artistic rendering and components of the lockable support in their respective display positions, comprising:

a. an upright frame to be secured with threaded fastener means to a principal support structure such as a floor, having guide means to insure the concentric placement of a hollow column about the upright frame, and also having a lock mechanism acceptor to which a key lock movable hook may be engaged;

b. a hollow column substantially the same length as the upright frame to be slipped around the upright frame; and

c. a top cover for the column and upright frame on which one or more artistic renderings are to be displayed and to be secured with one or more threaded fasteners, having a surrounding flange extending downwardly about the outside of the hollow column after the hollow column has been slipped around the upright frame, and having a locking mechanism incorporating a barrel lock with a keyhole aperture mounted on the surrounding flange and including a shaft secured to part of the locking mechanism and fitted with a hook pivoted, as the key is turned, to engage the lock mechanism acceptor on the upright frame, thereafter making inaccessible, both the fastening means securing the upright frame to its principal supporting structure below and the fastening means securing the displayed artistic renderings to the top cover, until the lock mechanism is unlocked.

5. A lockable support for artistic renderings which protects them when displayed thereon from theft and from falling by lockably making unaccessible both the fastening means securing the artistic rendering and components of the lockable support in their respective display positions, comprising:

a. an upright frame to be positioned on a principal support structure, such as a table, using weights positioned on the upright frame, having receiving structure to position the weights and guiding structure to insure the concentric placement of a hollow column about the upright frame, and also having a lock mechanism acceptor to which a key lock movable hook may be engaged;

b. a hollow column substantially the same length as the upright frame to be slipped around the upright frame; and

c. a top cover for the column and upright frame on which one or more artistic renderings are to be displayed and to be secured with one or more threaded fasteners, having a surrounding flange extending downwardly about the outside of the hollow column after the hollow column has been slipped around the upright frame, and having a locking mechanism incorporating a barrel lock with a keyhole aperture mounted on the surrounding flange and including a shaft secured to part of the locking mechanism and fitted with a hook pivoted, as the key is turned, to engage the lock mechanism acceptor on the upright frame, thereafter making inaccessible both the weights maintaining the upright frame on its principal supporting structure below and also the fastening means securing the displayed artistic renderings to the top cover, until the lock mechanism is unlocked.