Display stand

April 29, 1941. g. b. beaman 2,240,282

DISPLAY STAND Filed Aug. 16, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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April 29, 1941.

G. B. BEAMAN

DISPLAY STAND Filed Aug. 16, 1939

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Patented Apr. 29, 1941

2,240,282

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,240,282

DISPLAT STAND

George B. Beaman, Hackensack, N. J., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Maryland

Application August 16,1939, Serial No. 290,396

Claims. (CL 248—174)

This invention relates to display stands, particularly floor display stands of fiberboard or other bendable sheet material.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a display stand of the above type which can 5 be shipped in a flat, compact condition and readily set up to form a strong and rigid self sustaining structure capable of supporting considerable weight. The invention consists in the floor display stand and in the construction, combinations and 10 arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, 15 • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a fiberboard floor display stand embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view with the shelf and 20 back board shown removed,

Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the upper portion of the stand on the line 5—5 in Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a similar section on the line 6—6 in Fig. 3, 25

Fig. 7 is a view of the blank from which the hollow upright body of the stand is formed; and

Fig. 8 is a view of the blank from which the shelf and back board of the stand are formed.

My floor display stand comprises an upright 30 multi-sided tubular body A provided at its upper end with a sunken shelf B and an upstanding back or display board C, all made of corrugated fiberboard or other bendable material.

The hollow upright body A of the stand is made 35 from a blank D (see Fig. 7) comprising a rectangular sheet of corrugated or solid fiberboard that is divided by vertical score or crease lines I into end panels 2 and intermediate panels 3 and has its upper marginal portion slit vertically, as at 40 4, along said creases to form separate flaps or extensions 5 and 6 at the upper ends of said ends and intermediate panels, respectively. The blank D is also scored or creased along a horizontal line 7 located at the bottoms or inner ends of the 45 vertical slits 4 and also along a horizontal line 8 located near the free outer ends of the panel extensions or flaps 5 and 6. The end panels 2 of said blank have slits 9 therein from which supporting tabs 10 are bent. The flaps 5 of the end 50 panels 2 and the flaps 6 of certain of the intermediate panels 3 have elongated slots 11 and 12, respectively, cut therein along the horizontal score line 8.

To assemble the body A of the display stand, 55 the blank D is bent along the vertical score lines i into hexagonal shape with its two end panels 2 in abutting relation and secured together by a strip 13 of suitable adhesive material to form the back wall of said body, each of the intermediate panels 3 forming one of the remaining walls of said body. The connected flaps 5 at the upper ends of the end panels 2 are then folded downwardly and inwardly along the horizontal score line 7 flatwise against the inner-faces of said panels, the depending free end portions of said flaps are then bent upwardly along the horizontal score line 8 into horizontal position to form a ledge 14, and the tabs 10 of said end panels are then bent inwardly beneath said ledge to afford vertical support therefor. The flaps 6 at the upper ends of the intermediate panels 3 are then likewise bent downwardly along the score line 7 against the inner faces of the respective intermediate panels and thence upwardly along the score line 8 to form horizontal ledges 15. As shown in Fig. 4, the front panel ledge overlaps and is sustained by the next two adjacent panel ledges and these panel ledges overlap and are supported on the two remaining intermediate panel ledges, which, in turn, overlap and are sustained by the rear panel ledge 14 that seats on the two inturned tabs 19 located therebelow, thereby forming a continuous load supporting ledge made of overlapped parts that transmit the load from one to the other and finally to the ledge supporting tabs 10 of the back panel.

The shelf B and back board C are made from a blank E of corrugated or solid fiberboard, a crease or score line 17 being provided between the shelf and back board forming portions of said blank so that the back forming portion may be bent upwardly at right angles to the shelf forming portion. The shelf B is shaped to snugly fit within the upper portion of the hollow body A and seat on the ledges 14 and 15 of the end and intermediate panels; the back board C bears flatwise against the back wall of the body A and extends a suitable distance above the top thereof. As shown in the drawings, the shelf is provided at its front, back and side edges with outstanding tongues 18 that are creased along their lines of connection with said shelf and are bent downwardly at substantially right angles to said shelf and extend downwardly through the slots 11 and 12 in the flaps 5 and 6, respectively, where they are bent to form the shelf supporting ledge.

By the arrangement described, the display stand may be folded compactly for shipment

2,240,282 and readily set up to form a strong and rigid self sustaining display stand. The shelf supporting arrangement provides a firm support for the shelf without the use of supports that extend clear to the bottom of the upright body. The shelf tends to prevent crushing of the body and is adapted to support considerable weight, while the Interlocking tongue and slot connections between the shelf and the supporting ledges along the line of bending of said ledges serve to prevent said ledges from swinging downwardly and giving way under vertical load. These interlocking connections also prevent spreading of the walls of the hollow body of the display stand.