Container-display unit for articles hanging from rods

• US 5,014,847 A
• Filed: 07/24/1989
• Issued: 05/14/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Societe Anonyme DITE Droguet International
• Original Assignee: Societe Anonyme DITE Droguet International
• Inventors: Droguet, Roland
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ackun, Jr., Jacob K.
• Application Number:
  US07/383,405
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 206/291, 206/290, 206/289, 206/279, 206/280, 206/284, 206/298, 206/386, 229/23 C, 211/59.1
• US Class Current: 206/279
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/004 adjustable, foldable or easily dismountable
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/118 Combinations of cardboard and other materials, e.g. wood
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/185 Containers for shipping garments on hangers travelling or trunk wardrobes A47B61/06

Abstract

The invention relates to a parallelepipedic container comprising a bottom and a plurality of cardboard walls made of cardboard, any two consecutive walls defining a dihedron, and means arranged to support several rods (66) furnished with articles (76), by one of the ends of the said rods.

According to the invention, the said support means comprise two main uprights (64,65) made of wood arranged in two consecutive dihedrons of the container and resting on the said bottom, each upright being fixed to the dihedron, and support means (20,91,97) extending transversely between the two main uprights, and having two ends by which they are fixed respectively thereto, the said rods being fixed to the said transverse support means (20,91,97).

Application to the manufacture of container-display units for department stores.

Claims

1. Parallelepipedic display-container comprising:

a rectangular bottom wall made of cardboard delimited by four edges;

a front wall facing a rear wall and two side walls facing each other, each of said walls being made of cardboard and extending perpendicularly to said bottom wall from and along one of said bottom wall edges respectively;

four corners, each defined by an intersection of any of said front, rear and side walls with an adjacent one, each corner extending along said walls;

two wooden main uprights, each having several faces two of which define an angle, each main upright being disposed in one of two corners between said rear wall and said side walls so that said angle faces said corner and that said faces of the main upright defining said angle bear on said rear wall and side wall respectively and are fixed thereto all along said main upright, each main upright resting on said bottom wall;

main support means extending transversely between said two main uprights and having two ends each end of which is fixed to an upright;

several rods, each having a first end fixed to said main support means so as to extend substantially perpendicular to said rear wall, and a second free end so that several articles may be hung one behind the other on said rod, said front wall of the display-container being foldable or removable to give access to said articles.

2. The display-container according to claim 1, in which said main support means include at least one load bar having two opposite ends, a mortice extending transversely in each main upright from one face thereof and having dimensions adapted to house one end of said load bar so as to secure the latter against rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof.

3. The display-container according to claim 1, wherein said main support means include a load plate or a load grid extending in front of said rear wall on a substantial part of a height thereof, each main upright having a groove extending along a face thereof facing the other main upright, said load plate or load grid having two opposite edges housed in said grooves.

4. The display-container according to claim 1, including a wooden auxiliary upright having several faces, one of which is fixed to said rear wall all along thereof between said main uprights and parallel thereto, at least one other face of the auxiliary upright facing a first main upright and an opposite face of said main upright having a groove extending along thereof, a load grid or load plate extending in front of said rear wall on a substantial part of a height thereof and having two opposite edges housed in said grooves.

5. The display-container according to claim 1, including a removable auxiliary support means (50, 51) to support said free end of said rods during transport or storage, said auxiliary support means being fixed on said side walls in the vicinity of two corners disposed between said side walls and said front wall.

6. The display-container according to claim 5, wherein said auxiliary support means comprise:

wherein said auxiliary support means comprise;

an auxiliary bar (50) extending parallel to said main support means; and

two hooks (50) having a portion (52) arranged to straddle two upper edges of said side walls and a portion (54) spaced apart from the side wall, comprising a cutout (55) arranged to be traversed by one end of the said auxiliary bar (50).

7. The display-container according to claim 5, wherein said auxiliary support means comprise:

two wooden auxiliary uprights (67,

     68) each having two opposite faces, one face facing a side wall and being fixed thereto all along said auxiliary upright and another face having several mortices disposed along and extending transversely in said auxiliary upright;

several superposed auxiliary bars (69,

     71) extending parallel to said main support means each bar having two opposite ends, each mortice being adapted to house one end of one of said auxiliary bars.

8. The display-container according to claim 1, including a removable part comprising an upper portion of said front wall and upper portions of said side walls, said upper portion of said front wall and said upper portions of said side walls being removably connected by a score line (9, 10) to the display-container.