Abstract: The foldable cantilever comprises a supporting arm formed by a U-profile. A supporting flap extends obliquely from the web of this profile section. The supporting arm is hingedly connected to a jib. A strut is, furthermore, also hingedly connected to the jib. The supporting arm, the jib and the strut are U-shaped profile sections. In use the U-profile which forms the strut supports itself on a supporting flap formed on the web of the profile section forming the supporting arm. A strut controlled slider is arranged in the supporting arm. The strut is connected by a tension spring to the jib. This tension spring leads to the lower edge of the strut being biased against or towards, respectively, the supporting arm. Accordingly, the foldable cantilever occupys in its shipping state only a small space and it is possible to open it to its operating position by means of only one manually made movement thereof.

Abstract: A self-storing meal rack for a microwave oven having an indexing mechanism for holding the rack in a lower or cooking or an upper storage position. The rack is rotated about a pivot between the cooking and storage position. Clearance is provided in the upper storage position so that the rack does not interfere with the polarization of excitation of the oven even though it is stored adjacent the upper wall of the oven cavity. In the lower or cooking position, the rack is spaced from the lower wall of the oven cavity a distance sufficient to permit food to be placed on the bottom wall of the oven cavity.

Abstract: A corrugated paper merchandising display device for use at the end of a store aisle for displaying large quantities of merchandise. The device comprises three interconnected panels, each of which is in the form of a closed corrugated paper box. The boxes may be opened and overlaid one upon the other for shipment in a flat knock-down condition. When erected, the three boxes form a pair of wing panels and a center panel. Merchandise supporting spring-away shelves are attached to opposite sides of the center panel.

Abstract: A tray is adapted to conveniently attach to the siderail of a hospital bed such that when not in use it can be easily collapsed and swung out of the way in depending position from the upper rung of a standard hospital bed siderail.

Abstract: A component adapted for attachment to a library unit stand for use in storing magazines, pamphlets and other information-bearing media, said component comprising a frame assembly having means for attaching it to a library unit stand, and a shelf assembly mounted to the frame assembly so as to be movable from a first media-storing position where it is in a plane that is horizontal or nearly horizontal and a second media-displaying position where its rear end has been advanced and its front end has been lowered so that it is inclined at a selected angle for displaying the media stored thereon.

Abstract: A corrugated paper display stacker having a plurality of vertically arranged springs and upwardly biased pivoted trays secured to a back panel. A double acting torsion spring having hooks on protruding fingers that are inserted into the fluting of the tray and a stablizing U-shape loop on the other side of the spring maintain each of the trays in a vertical position when not loaded with merchandise. The torsion spring is held to the back panel by securing means in the form of a dowel.

Abstract: A stock rack of the type used in tire plants for transporting tread forming blanks and wherein a plurality of trays are supported on end upright supports and one or more intermediate upright supports for swinging movement between a generally horizontal position and a raised position. Each tray has a plurality of axially aligned rolled rim sections along its rear edge, the rolled rim sections being dimensioned to extend between adjacent ones of the upright supports and having adjacent ends spaced apart to receive an intermediate upright support therebetween. The upright supports have hinge rod receiving openings at vertically spaced locations therealong and hinge rods extend through horizontally aligned ones of the hinge rod receiving openings in the upright end and intermediate supports and through the rolled rim sections on a respective one of the trays.

Abstract: A rack for dispensing articles which includes a plurality of shelves divided into discrete channels and positioned one above the other. The shelves are each pivoted to supporting means at a point between the ends thereof and means are provided to position the shelves at one inclination for loading and at another inclination for dispensing the loaded articles.

Abstract: Interlocking hinges are attached to printed circuit boards and coupled together to form a stack of printed circuit boards. Access to each board is possible by rotating the stack at a selected hinge to expose a selected board. A projection and an opening on each hinge mate with openings and projections on other hinges to allow easy removal or addition of a board from the stack when the hinges are in one relative position, but to create an interference fit in a second relative position, thereby causing the hinges to lock together and form a rigid structure.

Abstract: A display rack in which articles are disposed in rows parallel one to the other, each row on an upper shelf being disposed in the same vertical longitudinal plane as an underneath row on a lower shelf. In preferred form, the display rack's upper shelf is comprised of a plurality of separably operable floor frames, each floor frame being structured to serve only one row of articles. The floor frame for each of the upper shelf's rows is comprised of a right hand support section and a left hand support section, each support section being separably pivotable on a pivot axis disposed parallel to the row's vertical longitudinal plane, and the pivot axes being disposed on opposite sides of that longitudinal plane.

Abstract: A container is provided for bulk mail, and the like, which has the form of a wheeled rack. The container is constructed to have a lower shelf and an intermediate shelf, both of which are hinged to a supporting frame, and each of which may be turned from a horizontal load supporting position to an upright position when the container is not in use to enable the container to be nested into other like containers so as to conserve space. The container also includes an intermediate frame which surrounds the intermediate shelf and which supports the intermediate shelf in its horizontal position, and which also is hinged to the supporting frame and may be turned with the intermediate shelf to an upright position. Also, the intermediate shelf may be turned up when the container is in use to provide sufficient space within the container for large or bulky packages or mail sacks, the same extending through and being restrained by the intermediate frame which remains in its horizontal position.

Abstract: Display rack having tray supports which tilt from a horizontal transport position to an inclined display position and in which the movement of the racks from the first to the second position actuates a brake to lock the rack in place on the floor.

Abstract: A container is provided for bulk mail, and the like, which has the form of a wheeled rack. The container is constructed to have a lower shelf and an intermediate shelf, both of which are hinged to a frame, and both of which may be turned to an upright position when the container is not in use to enable the container to be nested into other like containers so as to conserve space. Also, the intermediate shelf may be turned up when the container is in use to provide sufficient space within the container for large or bulky packages or mail sacks. The container also has a flexible webbing member attached to the forward edge of a hinged frame which supports the intermediate shelf. The webbing member may be extended upwardly and downwardly from the forward edge of the frame across the open front of the container to enclose the upper and lower portions of the open front so as to retain the load within the container.

Abstract: A dispensing cart for use in supporting food packages in a cooking and thawing oven, and for further use in dispensing the packages to the consumer, includes a main frame on which a plurality of shelves are pivotally mounted for movement between a first horizontal position and a second inclined position which is tilted towards one side of the main frame. In the horizontal position of the shelves, the cart can be inserted in an oven adapted to receive the cart while in the tilted position of the shelves, the cart can be used to display the food packages on the shelves for selection by the consumer. Means are provided for tilting all of the shelves on the cart simultaneously when it is desired to display and distribute the packages on the cart shelves.

Abstract: A nestable merchandise cart including a rear frame and hinged side frames which pivot outwardly until limit stops are engaged, and a movable shelf which, when in place to support a load, locks the side frames into positions generally perpendicular to the rear frame. The shelf can be raised and stored, which releases the side frames to pivot outwardly and form a tapered nest into which a like cart will fit nestingly. The side frames may be biased outwardly by springs and pivot outwardly automatically when the shelf is raised, and may also pivot inwardly against the rear frame to a collapsed position suitable for high density packing and shipment of the cart.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shelf which is pivotably mounted on a wire cart, and an arrangement for pivotably mounting the shelf. The wire cart has at least one horizontally extending rod for pivotably supporting the shelf, and the shelf includes a first side which is disposed adjacent to the rod, and a plurality of wires which extend in parallel with the first side and which are disposed in the interior of the shelf. The shelf further includes the pivoting arrangement consisting of at least one elongate wire perpendicular with the first side, and having a loop at one end encircling the rod, and a loop at the other end encircling one of the plurality of wires in the interior of the shelf. The loops make the elongate means pivotable relative to the rod and the one of the plurality of wires, so that shelf is movable upwards and backwards relative to the rod.

Abstract: A transporter is provided for bulk mail, and the like, in the form of a wheeled rack. The wheeled rack is constructed to have a lower shelf and an intermediate shelf, both of which are hinged to the frame of the rack, and both of which may be turned up to an upright position when the rack is not in use to enable the rack to be nested into other like racks so as to conserve space. The rack also has upper and lower extensible gates which are hinged to the forward edge of the intermediate shelf, and which may be turned to an upright position within the rack with the intermediate shelf when the rack is not in use. The gates, moreover, may be turned and extended to enclose the upper and lower portions of the open front of the rack, and locked in place, when the intermediate shelf is turned down to its operative, load-supporting position.