Abstract: Document storage equipment to be housed in the forward driver compartment of a service van, separated by a bulkhead from a rear compartment carrying parts, supplies and tools required for service calls. Said document storage equipment comprises a shelf or table for supporting documentary materials such as orders, service manuals, records and the like to facilitate the operations of a service man. Said shelf is disposed for ready access adjacent the driver's position, having a free outer end and an inner end adjacent to and supported by the bulkhead. Said shelf is provided with a diagonal strut supporting the shelf from the floor and engaging the shelf at a point remote from the bulkhead, allowing space under the shelf for mounting additional document support means. The means securing the shelf to the bulkhead, and strut to floor, are preferably quick-detachable devices.

Abstract: A wall structure for merchandise display in a retail store or the like that stands free of attachment to any fixed element of the building such as floor, ceiling or wall. The wall of the invention may be set up in a variety of forms such as rectangular, zigzag, linear, polygonal, etc., and comprises in all arrangements uprights providing corner units and spacer struts for supporting display panels. To said uprights are secured by quick-detachable means upper and lower stringers, the interconnecting elements being preferably in the form of simple channel members. The corner units comprise structural shapes with detachable corner covers to enhance appearance. Means for detachably mounting panel members is provided in the form of grooved channel members in opposed, spaced relation on the uprights.

Abstract: A dispensing container for beverage straws and the like, intended for disposition on a restaurant table or counter, comprises a base portion on which rests a cylindrical housing having a concave, preferably frustoconical, floor and a vertically elongated side aperture for egress of straws. A dome-like closure rests over the housing with a hinged door for feeding straws into the housing. An axial rod extends from the dome through the housing and carries one or more radial, resilient vanes or pushers for feeding straws toward the egress aperture. The rod is keyed at its lower extremity to a rotary element having radial lugs extending through the base portion and exposed for digital engagement, whereby rotation of the rotary element turns the pushers, the latter acting on the straws to feed them toward the aperture. Consequently, a single straw at a time is tipped outwardly from the container for convenient grasping by the user.

Abstract: A napkin dispenser for disposition on a restaurant table or counter and normally housing a stack of paper napkins. The dispenser is in the form of a parallelepiped with a top access opening for loading and removing napkins. Said opening is generally rectangular except for a concavely arcuate edge on one side from which napkins are normally extracted. Two opposed sides of said opening normal to the arcuate edge are provided with a pair of relatively narrow spring biased leaves resiliently extendable into the container to facilitate loading, the free edges of said leaves being longitudinally gently oblique and widening toward the aforesaid arcuate edge. Each of said leaves has a longitudinal outwardly turned lip and the exposed corners of the leaves are rounded. All of said features contribute toward convenient extraction of a napkin without damage.

Abstract: Equipment for housing and displaying, in a retail establishment, merchandise disposed on tables, drawers, cabinets, shelving, etc. The present invention represents an improvement over that disclosed and claimed in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,297,374, dated Jan. 10, 1967, and is particularly concerned with a skeletal tandem frame, i.e., a construction characterized in display units extending in opposed relation to a central support. I have solved certain problems previously encountered in this type of equipment by making certain basic changes in the structural elements of the frame structure. In general, my invention contemplates the use of channel members in lieu of tubing, along with other changes. My invention is also applicable to wall disposed equipment as well as tandem.

Abstract: A container especially adapted to hold a plurality of loose articles, comprising bottom, side, back and front walls, at least certain of said walls being reticular to permit visibility of contents from outside the container. Support means for the container extend rearwardly and laterally, providing generally three-point support, and the front wall is hinged to permit quick access to the interior of the container. In preferred embodiments the container is essentially of wire construction and is generally wedge-shaped in horizontal configuration, the support means extending from the periphery of the container at the back and sides thereof, and the front wall being hinged at the bottom thereof to permit dropping of the front wall, with means latching said front wall in closed position.

Abstract: A bicycle rack comprising one or more standard wheel-retaining modules arranged in multiples of any desired number and configuration on a suitable support, e.g., radial or horizontal, so as to provide maximum bicycle parking facility for a given outdoor or indoor area. The module is of simple, inexpensive mass-produced construction capable of supporting any standard wheel and cooperating with any standard bicycle lock. A preferred form of module comprises a pair of parallel bent rods or the like, vertically disposed.