Carpet display rack
OwnerJohn Kostigianinventor
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Abstract
A rack for hanging room sized carpets in show rooms. The rack has a plurality of uprights, each of which has a horizontal arm supporting a hanging carpet. The arm is adapted to be raised and lowered by a belt entrained on a motor-driven pulley and moved by a gear drive type motor. The belt and motor-driven pulley are mounted on the rack.
Claims7
A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising;
- at least one upright support member;
- an arm assembly carried by the upright support, the arm assembly including a horizontal member and a brace;
- an upper support roller on the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support, a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller and
- a winch at the upright support whereby a flexible tension member wound on the winch has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.
A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising:
- upright support members, a motor and a winch on each upright support member;
- an arm assembly including a horizontal member having spaced apart plates received on the upright member;
- a diagonal brace on the horizontal member;
- an upper support roller on the end of the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support;
- a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller;
- and
- a winch on the support member whereby a flexible tension member wound on a pulley on the winch has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.
A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising:
- an upright support;
- an arm assembly including a horizontal member;
- a diagonal brace on the horizontal member;
- an upper support roller on the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support;
- a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller;
- and
- a winch having a toothed drum mounted on the upright support whereby a toothed flexible tension member wound on the winch drum extends along the upright support and has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.
A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising:
- an upright support,
- an arm assembly including a horizontal member;
- a winch having a toothed drum is mounted at a lower end of the upright support whereby a toothed flexible tension member having its one end secured to the arm assembly is wound on the winch drum, extends along the upright support;
- passes over a pulley on an upper end of the upright support and has one end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.