US1099832A - Display-container. - Google Patents

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P. R. WARREN. DISPLAY CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1913.

1,099,832, Patented June 9, 1914,

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boxes of articles. Fig. 2 is a vertical section PETER R. WARREN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914:.

Application filed September 2, 1913. Serial No. 787,627.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER R. WARREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Display-Containers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a display container which may be placed upon the top of a counter or how case and which shall both contain the boxes of articles and display them for sale without their being accessible to the public from the front. Heretofore, so far as is known to me, display containers have been so constructed that the boxes of goods contained therein have been accessible only from the front and it has been ditlicult to ascertain and select readily therefrom the different boxes from the interior of the display container.

My present invention affords a display container which is so constructed, that, by lifting up the rear top or wall, the contents of the display container may be readily gotten at from the rear so that when the display container is placed on the top of a show case it is not necessary for the salesman to turn the container around to get at its contents. The container may be made from wood or cardboard and may be constructed either as a so-called solid box or as a knock down or folding box. Its construction is such that it may be used for a long time and be refilled from time to time as the goods originally contained in it have been sold.

The invention will be understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof are particularly pointed out and clearly defined in the claim at the close of thi specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a container showing therein of the container shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings at A, is shown the body of the container. It is constructed of walls of suitable thickness and material, as for instance card board. Y

At B, is shown the base, and at C an inclined front wall having therein a sight opening through which the boxes of goods may be conveniently seem The inclined front wall C is conveniently formed integral with the vertical front wall F and with the low vertical front wall G.

At D, is shown an inclined support contained within the front chamber of the display container. This inclined support is conveniently made from a single sheet of card board properly creased and scored and convenient manner or may be left loose.

At I, I, are shown boxes within which the articles to be displayed are contained. In the device shown in the drawings, these boxes are piled in three stacks and the rear edges of the boxes are in sight when the top K is raised up. In the form shown in the drawings, the top K is hinged at its upper edge, but it may be otherwise supported if preferred.

At L, L, are shown three boxes inserted within the space between the support D and the inclined wall C. These boxes are so located that the contents of each box are visible through the sight opening E. If preferred the cover of the box may be ornamented or may have thereon advertising material which will be visible instead of the contents of the box if the box is put in place with the cover on. It will be seen that the three boxes L, L, L cannot be removed through the sight opening E but must be pulled back out of the inclined space within which they are received. This construction is such that the contents of the con tainer are not readily stolen since they can be removed only through the rear of the box.

In practice it is customary to print on the edges of each of the boxes, the size, color or other description of the article contained therein. In practice, the boxes in the display container are so arranged that the edge of the box on which this information is printed is at the back. Therefore the clerk can instantly select the particular color or style called for, by looking at the printed matter on the ends of the boxes without removing, or handling them. The container therefore prevents the goods from becoming.

shopWorn and saves to alarge extent, the time of the clerk and customer.

What I claim is:

The improved display container comprising a box-shaped, storage portion ofrectangular cross-section having an opening at the rear, and an inclined'front chamber located in front of'said box-shaped portion and ope'ninginto "said storage portion-along the lower portion of its front Wall and having an inclined supperwall-being integral With said -front wall and havinga; sight opening therei n, and an inclined support for boxes to -be-displayedin said 7 front cham ber, said -svipport consistingof a triangular;

v,,shap,ed 1nember composed of cardboard and s havinga forwardly extending layer contacting With the front Wall of said chamber whereby said support may be properly positioned when inserted therein, and a rear ,surface parallel with and in proximity=to the plane of the front Wall of said box- "shape'd portion to serve as an extension of said Wall.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. V

PETER R.;VVARREN.

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