Abstract: A record album storage and display device is provided which stores record albums or other media in a cabinet with one or more compartments. A database contained in printed form on an endless belt also contains a code corresponding to each catalogued record. A keyboard is provided through which the code may be entered. Entering the code activates a visual indicator placed proximate to each record so that the record may be located without examining its label. The cabinet, database and keyboard may be self contained, or a separate console may be provided containing the database and keyboard. The separate console may be connected to the record cabinet via a cable or via an infrared cableless link.

Abstract: A display panel assembly includes a display panel and a hanger element which is detachably securable in engagement on the display panel for supporting an article for display in front thereof. The display panel includes a front plate having a plurality of spaced horizontally extending slots therein and a retaining plate which is assembled on the rear side of the front plate and formed so that it defines a plurality of opposed notches adjacent the upper and lower edges of the slots. The hanger element includes an engagement portion which is receivable in engagement in a pair of the opposed notches in the retaining plate and a hanger portion which extends outwardly from the engagement portion in front of the display panel for supporting an article for display when the engagement portion is received in engagement in the notches.

Abstract: A holder for so-called pin-packs comprises two detachably connected main parts in the form of a cantilevering arm and a pin extending through holes in the upper end portions of the packs. The pin is carried by the arm at both ends. The end portion of the pin at the outer end of the arm is provided with a cutting knife blade. The outermost pack can be cut against the cutting edge of the blade from the hole in the pack and out to the outer edge thereof when the pack is pulled.

Abstract: This invention relates to a rack with two parallel trays adapted for use with a photocopy or similar machine, particularly a wide-format machine. One tray holds originals yet to be copied while the other tray holds originals already copied. The rack fits over and behind the photocopy machine so as to not require any additional workspace.

Abstract: A heavy-duty tiered compote tray in which the tray supports are cantilevered laterally of a vertical supporting column to permit facilitated replacement of trays as required during use. Each tray is supported upon a rotating frame element, including a horizontally disposed ring member underlying the tray, and a hollow vertical column having both horizontally and vertically oriented bearing surfaces to facilitate orbital movement while supporting the trays. The device may be conveniently disassembled for periodic lubrication and intermediate storage, as required.

Abstract: The instant invention comprises an improvement in hat racks useful for storing and carrying a soft-brimmed western-style hat adjacent to the ceiling of an automobile or truck passenger enclosure. The improvement resides in the shape of the frame of the hat rack. Said hat rack frame is shaped in such fashion that no pressure is asserted on the brim of a hat which is inserted in said hat rack, other than that pressure caused or asserted by the weight of the crown of the hat, as the hat is inserted in and rests within said hat rack in an upside-down configuration whereby the crown of the hat extends down from the hat rack into the automobile or truck passenger enclosure.

Abstract: A shelving system comprising a shelf, a vertical support structure, and a shelf bracket. The shelf bracket consists of a base member and a fastener to secure the base member to a vertical support structure, a lower support ledge extending outwardly from the base member, and an upper gripper arm also extending outwardly from the base member. The upper gripper arm and lower support ledge are arranged to form an opening therebetween for the reception of a shelf. A knife edge is formed an integral part of the upper gripper arm and is arranged to penetrate and mechanically interlock with the shelf, which interlocking increases with increased cantilever loading of the shelf.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for storing bicycles above ground level. The apparatus comprises an integral support rack having a vertical bracket securable to a wall and a deformable arm which has mounted thereto and a device for receiving and supportingly engaging the horizontal top tube of a bicycle. A single rack is suitable for supporting a bicycle.

Abstract: A display stand for demonstrating a distance measuring device. A planar surface having a front side supports the distance measuring device between two integral flanges. The flanges terminate at opposite ends of the planar surface. A supporting leg supports the stand in a sufficiently vertical position to permit viewing of the planar surface and the distance measuring device. A measuring indicia disposed on the front side displays the distance between said flanges when a customer initiates a measurement on the display device.

Abstract: The material handling apparatus is disclosed comprising a plurality of storage bins and a continuous pathway. The pathway includes spaced apart linear pathway segments joined by arcuate end segments. The bins are supported on the pathway to move about the pathway in a predetermined desired direction. Each of the bins is hingedly connected to one another to define a continuous chain of hingedly connected bins. A drive mechanism is provided to independently drive each of the bins with the drive means operable only when the hinge connector members of the bins are disposed in a linear pathway segment.

Abstract: A self-contained, portable dryer for use in drying articles of clothing includes a hanger bar with telescoping segments for selective collapse and extension, and a plurality of hangers stored within the telescoping segments and retrievable from within the hanger bar for erection and suspension from the hanger bar in one of two selectable configurations to accommodate the various articles of clothing ordinarily washed or rinsed out by travelers and hung out to dry at facilities available to such travelers.

Abstract: A display assembly formed from a number of individual display modules which are snap-fit together so as to provide a unitary display assembly. Each of the individual display modules is in turn formed from identical side walls and identical front and rear panels, the side walls being mounted to the front and rear panels in a snap-fitting relation so as to form a unitary structure. Further structures such as base stands and angular brackets can be provided which enhance the versatility of the display assembly as a whole.

Abstract: A combination is provided comprising a shipping rack and a support pallet therefor. The shipping rack includes a bottom wall and upstanding end walls. The shipping rack is provided with casters so that it may be rolled along a surface. The pallet includes support structure for holding the shipping rack slightly above the ground when the pallet is placed therebeneath so that the casters do not engage the ground thereby preventing unwanted movement of the shipping rack.

Abstract: Proposed is a device (1) for holding and displaying CD, audio or video cassettes (2), which with their lower edge areas are obliquely supported in grooves (5) in a case (4), the grooves (5) having support areas cooperating in pairs, between which the cassettes are held in each of their skewed positions. The groove base can be provided with median rounded-off projections (16) for the cassettes and may have a cylindrical form or at least a section. The side walls of the grooves are recessed, and the grooves are stepwise arranged and may be mutually offset in height. The base (4) may be produced as an extruded section of profiled sheet steel or by vacuum molding, wherein the support fillets corresponding to the recessed portions of the grooves are removably placed in a mold and are removed from the mold together with the molded plastic sheet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage rack comprising upright posts resting on a ground, girders fastened in each case between a pair of posts, the girders being fastened to the respective posts in a line such that a roller conveyor supported by the girders is inclined at a slope with respect to the ground, there is a row of perforations arranged in each pair of posts, a mounting plate joined rigidly to the girder, the plate having at least one slotted hole arranged therein, and a fastening member thrust through a perforation and through a slotted hole whereby the girder is pulled firmly against the post, and the mounting plate is provided with a first toothing that extends in a direction perpendicular to the girder and co-operates with and, owing to the fastening member, remains engaged with a second toothing.Preferably the second toothing is arranged in a separate retaining plate, through which the fastening member passes.

Abstract: The present loading grid assembly includes a plurality of support bars which are held together by assembly support rods which lie orthogonal thereto. The assembly support rods are terminated in end blocks which have grooves formed therein and which are formed to be substantially symmetrical about the assemby support rods. Accordingly, the assembly can be turned over so that any sag which results from a load is reversed thereby providing wear on the upper and lower sides of the assembly. In addition, the present device includes post guides, spacer blocks, stacking posts and interlocking members. The post guides fit into the grooves of the end blocks and into grooves of the stacking posts to provide a support means for a second tier of support bars. The spacer blocks fit over the assembly support rods to define a changeable separation between adjacent support bars while the interlocking members securely separate adjacent bars and provide further vertical support to an assembly.

Abstract: The extension arms (3) attached to the clothes display stand so as to be vertically adjustable are inclined obliquely downwards at an angle .alpha. of approximately 105.degree. relative to their supporting arrangements (1, 2). They are provided, on their top side, with V-shaped grooves (6), in which clothes-hangers can be suspended in a horizontally and vertically staggered arrangement.

Abstract: A plurality of factory constructed modules are user assembled to form a free standing display rack. Each module includes a pair of vertically aligned open front pans that are secured to an L-shaped frame constructed of rectangular tube elements. First and second modules are connected together to form a side-by-side array and a third module is connected to the array at right angles thereto. One end of the third module is adjacent the rear of the array and the open front of the third module is generally coplanar with a side of the array. A corner adapter interposed between the third module and the array includes a cover section that is generally coplanar with the front of the third module and bridges a narrow vertical gap between the front of the third module and array side adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A sliding shelf divider comprises a generally U-shaped channel and a divider slidable along the channel. The channel has steps at the intersections of the side and bottom walls. The divider comprises a base member having a plate portion with a tab depending therefrom. The base member also has an upstanding ridge with a portion that overhangs the plate portion bottom edge. The tab and overhanging ridge portion form a slot for receiving a channel wall. The tab free end contacts the interior surface of the channel step for supporting the base member, and the free end of the overhanging ridge has a hook that engages the step exterior surface. The base member is thus retained on and slidable along the channel. A wire frame is received within a groove in the ridge. Tilting the base member disengages the hook from the channel for easy disassembly of the base member from the channel.

Abstract: A high density pack out gondola display rack comprises a firxed base, an upright extending vertically from the rear of the fixed base, which upright has at least two parallel columns of vertically spaced slots from which at least one shelf is supported in cantilever fashion over the fixed base. Both the base and the shelf have downwardly and forwardly sloping top surfaces such that product supported on the top surfaces slide forwardly against abutments at the front edge of the base and shelf. In the preferred embodiment, a fixed display rack having multiple columns and rows of forwardly and downwardly sloping shelves is mounted on the base.