Abstract: The present invention concerns a display case for storing and displaying golf balls. The display case is in the shape of a pyramid. When displayed with golf balls, the inside structure, which is the upper support surface that is connected to the support base and mounts the golf balls, also has the appearance of a pyramid thereon.The upper support surface that is attached to the support base of the storage and display case, includes a plurality of members of different lengths separately arranged and mounted in a vertical fashion representing a pyramid, each member supports each golf ball. The upper support surface is enclosed by a transparent cover that is also the shape of a pyramid and is removable from the top, to place or retrieve the golf balls therein. The support base is the bottom that supports the storage and display case.The storage and display case, by its simple design and attractive appearance, is considered a sculptured work of art and collectors item by the golf ball collection that it displays.

Abstract: A sample display rack is designed for displaying samples of flat materials like carpet. The sample display rack has a stand with an upper and a lower horizontal cross member connected to vertical support rods with each rod rotating about its vertical axis. A swing arm is connected to each rod and has a horizontal portion connected to the upper portion of the rod and a bracing portion angling down to the lower portion of the rod. A mounting assembly is used to connect the display sample to the swing arms. The mounting assembly has a mounting sleeve with an upper wall and two perpendicular side walls that fit around the cross section of the swing arm. The free end of each side wall has an abutting lip extending inward for preventing excessive flexing of the mounting sleeve. A display clamp extends outward from each mounting sleeve side wall. Each display clamp has an upper wall joined to the mounting sleeve and a side wall depending downward from the upper wall.

Abstract: A beverage service framework is provided which is easily and safely portable using one hand for carrying a beverage container, stemmed glasses, and other service items. The base of the framework is designed to securely retain an unopened beverage container in approximately horizontal orientation and to securely retain a beverage container opener, foil cutter, drip collar, napkins, and coasters. The base alternatively supports an open beverage container standing upright. The base is connected by one or more columns to a top member forming a carrying handle whereon are mounted a plurality of retainers for securely retaining inverted stemmed glasses, thus providing all items necessary for a comprehensive beverage service.

Abstract: A shelving system is designed for use in conjunction with a store gondola unit having a pair of uprights for conventional shelves. The system has a pair of auxiliary uprights which are mounted to a crossbar which in turn can be affixed to the gondola uprights. The auxiliary uprights are of a right-angle construction, each of the legs of the construction being provided with closely spaced apertures. Horizontal shelf supports are mounted to the auxiliary uprights, engagement occurring in two perpendicular planes to rigidly lock the shelf supports in position. A shelf is slidably mounted to the horizontal supports, and may include front and rear portions, the rear portion being pivotable between a horizontal and an elevated position. The front portion may include a well at the front thereof to further maintain product at the front of the shelf.

Abstract: A multi-purpose displaying stand including a body portion having a rectangular opening at an upper portion thereof, an electrical receptacle arranged within a lower portion of the body portion, a power switch electrically connected with the electrical receptacle and fitted at one side of the body portion, an electrical socket installed at another side of the body portion, a transparent frame fixedly fitted within the rectangular opening of the body portion, a neon light mounted within the transparent frame, and a rotatable holder pivotally fitted within the transparent frame and having an inverted U-shaped top panel, a U-shaped bottom panel, a first and a second vertical panels between the top and bottom panels, whereby an article such a poster, compact disk or the like can be attractively displayed in the rotatable holder.

Abstract: A swinging-frame clothesline having a frame (1) sized, shaped and structured to support clotheslines (2) between opposite sides (3, 4, 5, 6) of the frame. The frame has an attachment side (3) that is attached pivotally to a fence (8) and a support side (4) that hangs down vertically when not being used. The frame is supportable with support legs (15) that pivot vertically to a selectively upright attitude under the frame to position the frame in a selectively horizontal attitude for use mode. The support legs are pivotal to an attitude selectively parallel to the frame to allow the frame to pivot vertically downward to a non-use mode. Support braces (16) can be suspended between opposite sides of the frame to which clotheslines are attached.

Abstract: A gravity feed merchandise display device including a plurality of downwardly inclined track assemblies that support a row of bottles by its neck flanges. The forwardmost bottle is prevented from exiting its track by a spring mechanism that must be overcome to remove the bottle from the track assembly on which it is located.

Abstract: A modular system of racks for mounting on a wheeled container to convert the wheeled container into a tool-bearing yard and garden cart. The system of racks contains a plurality of individual racks for removably mounting to the peripheral edge of an open wheeled container. Each rack is designed to hold a specific yard or garden tool. Each individual rack is hingedly connected to adjacent racks so that the system of racks conforms to the shape of the wheeled container.

Abstract: A wicking mat for use with a drain tray and a dish rack. The wicking mat includes a plurality of strips which are adapted to wick liquid from the dish drain tray towards a sink. The wicking mat preferably is made of a cotton material.

Abstract: A bicycle workstand is mounted to a support structure, such as a wall or post. The workstand includes a handlebar support, which has two spaced-apart, concave-upward nests for supporting the bicycle's handlebars, and a saddle engagement means, mounted above, which positions the bicycle saddle in close proximity to the support structure.Thus, the bicycle is mounted vertically with its wheels extending out from the support structure, with the front wheel above the floor, free to turn, and with the center of the rear wheel at about eye level.The bicycle workstand can also serve as an economical storage rack.

Abstract: A merchandise display hook provided with an improved form of pivoting label holder. A merchandise supporting arm extends below and terminates forwardly of a label supporting arm. A cross bar provides a pivot mount for a plastic label holding device, with the end extremity of the merchandise support arm serving as an abutment stop to limit rearward pivoting movement of the label holder. The cross bar can be so positioned as to provide for a normal, slightly upwardly tilted orientation of the label holder, to facilitate viewing. In one embodiment, the cross bar is welded to the shaft of the label support arm. In other embodiments, the label support arm is bent to form a cross bar at right angles to the shaft.

Abstract: A bottle holder, for holding the neck of an inverted bottle while emptying the bottle or concentrating the bottle contents in the neck, is made as a cube-shaped hollow body having a sidewall on each of five sides defining a cavity which is open at a sixth side. Several of the sidewalls each have a single centrally situated aperture which differs in size from apertures in other sidewalls. The holder is capable of resting on a level surface with a selected one of the apertured sidewalls uppermost, this latter sidewall having an aperture capable of holding the neck of a particular bottle clear of an opposed sidewall. The different sizes of aperture allow the holder to be used with bottles of widely different sizes. The holder may also include an open-topped container suitable for being inserted into the cavity to receive liquid from a bottle.

Abstract: A clothes-hanger device of the type with upwards/downwards moving elevator means comprises carrier means (11) designed to receive the hung clothes, which carrier means are applied to at least one lever (12) extending from a linkage mechanism means contained inside at least one case (13) fastened onto a carrier surface. In a characteristic way, to said at least one lever (12) a motor unit is applied, thus said clothes-hanger device can be automatically controlled also from a remote control position, without any efforts, to move from a substantially vertical raised position, to a substantially horizontal lowered position.

Abstract: A display rack and a system for displaying merchandise are provided. The display rack includes a pair of brackets attachable to a vertical surface a remote distance apart. Rigid rods are connected between the rack and extend to the vertical surface. Between the rigid rods, an additional bracket or brackets may be attached. Alternatively, or in addition to, the rack may be provided with a shelf. Further, an additional rack may be suspended from the longitudinal rods of the rack. A number of racks of varying dimension may be mounted to the vertical surface to display merchandise in a space-saving manner.

Abstract: An injection molded grab bar for mounting to a surface comprising (a) at least one substantially rigid elongated tube having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion therebetween, wherein the diameter of the outer surface of the intermediate portion varies along the length of the elongated tube, and the first and second end portions each elongated tube have a plurality of splines on the outer surface thereof; and (b) at least one substantially rigid, integrally formed surface connector for mounting the grab bar to the surface having, at least one substantially tubular portion, wherein inner surface of at least one substantially tubular portion has a plurality of opposite splines which engage corresponding splines on the outer surface of the first and second end portions of each elongated tube to fixedly join the elongated tube to at least one surface connector.

Abstract: A display device for manually liftable small articles. The display device secures the articles in a manner which allows for close examination and which prevents their theft or loss. The display device does not require modification or alteration of the articles.

Abstract: A display stand includes a central column of a tubular configuration that assumes an upright orientation in a use condition of the display stand and includes number of vertically spaced slot rows each including a plurality of discrete, circumferentially distributed slots, and a corresponding number of support elements of shelf-like configurations separate from the central column. The support elements include respective mounting portions that extend through the slots of the respectively associated ones of the slot rows into the interior of the tubular central column. The support elements extend substantially horizontally in the use condition. When the central column is rectangular, both the slots and the mounting portions extend across the corners of the columns. The mounting portions may be lobate and neighboring ones of them may jointly extend into the associated slots in an overlapping relationship with respect to one another.

Abstract: Horizontal facing slots for receiving CD cases or other objects are formed in a rotatable vertical post. The slots face radially outwardly and they are arranged in vertical columns. At each elevation, there is a pair of diametrically opposed slots. The slots of each pair are at a same elevation, and the slots in four consecutive pairs are all in different vertical columns. Preferably, there are eight columns and they are offset from each other by horizontal angles of 45.degree..

Abstract: A baseball bat rack (10) for baseball hats (12) and related articles (14) comprising a base member (16) and a stanchion (18). A structure (20) is for retaining the stanchion (18) upon the base member (16). A plurality of pegs (22) are provided. A facility (24) is for mounting inner ends of the pegs (22) at evenly spaced vertical intervals within the stanchion (180 at opposite sides thereof, so that the baseball hats (12) and related articles (14) can be hung on the pegs (22).

Abstract: A compact holder for golf clubs which can be easily taken apart and stored in a player's pocket when not in use. When used by the player, the golf clubs are firmly held by the holder and can be used in a standing up position with the golf club heads resting on the ground or with a spike into the ground.