Portable display bag with support means

• US 4,632,241 A
• Filed: 10/04/1984
• Issued: 12/30/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: F Schumacher & Company
• Original Assignee: F Schumacher & Company
• Inventors: Carroll, Thomas W., Brough, C. Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): GEHMAN, BRYON P
• Application Number:
  US06/657,534
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 206/44 B, 206/487, 206/494, 206/495, 206/472, 206/493, 206/278, 206/286, 206/287, 206/287.1, 206/450, 206/526, 206/45.14, 206/45.13, 206/45.23, 190/1, 190/16, 190/18 R, 248/168, 248/169, 248/460, 248/461, 248/451, 248/452, 248/447, 248/447.1, 211/46, 211/45, 211/47
• US Class Current: 206/764
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/163 in the form of flat shaped samples G09F5/02; sample cards G09F5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 5/00 Means for displaying samples packaging per se B65
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 5/042 in paper, paperboard, or the like

Abstract

A bag which is portable and adapted to be opened and erected on a display stand on which materials including fabrics, wallpaper, rugs and the like may be displayed to a prospective customer. The materials are attached to the bag on a support bar by means of tab members which allow for easy removal or insertion of the materials into the bag.

Claims

1. A portable display bag assembly comprising:

(a) a generally upright stand means;

(b) a foldable portable display bag separate from the stand means for use in the transporting and displaying of flat materials such as fabrics, wallpaper, rugs and the like;

said foldable bag comprising;

(i) a foldable fabric cover having integral flaps and fastening means for closing said flaps, said cover capable of displaying the materials when the flaps are open and completely enclosing the materials when the flaps are closed;

(ii) median support means attached to the cover along the width of the display bag at a point approximately intermediate the length of the display bag, said cover folding over the median support means to position the display bag in a folded carrying mode;

(iii) carrying means attached to the median support for transporting the display bag in a folded carrying mode;

(iv) end support means attached to the cover along the width of the display bag at an end of the length of the display bag, said end support means including a mounting handle for mounting the display bag onto a projection of the stand means when the display bag is in an unfolded extended display mode;

(v) a plurality of generally flat pieces of display material having lengths substantially greater than the length of the display bag when in its folded carrying mode;

(vi) at least a pair of tab means attached to each piece of said display material, each of said tabs including an aperture therein and having a slitted opening communicating with said aperture;

(vii) a plurality of support bars each of which is attached only at both of its ends to the ends support means in the direction of the length of the display bag, at least a pair of said support bars receiving said pair of tab means for supporting the pieces of display material, whereby the pieces of display material may be flipped over the end support and the top of the stand means for successive display when the display bag is in its extended display mode.

2. The display assembly of claim 1 wherein said tab means has the aperture in the approximate center thereof.

3. The display bag of claim 1 wherein said end support means comprise a base support member which extends for substantially the entire width of said display bag, a pair of bar support plates mounted to said base support member, and a pair of said support bars attached to each of said bar support plates for receiving the tabs supporting the material to be displayed.