US 4,232,791 AGranted

Waterfall carpet display

OwnerFred Howardinventor

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Abstract

A carpet display assembly including a number of carpet sample clamps for receiving an edge of carpet samples, and a pair of supports disposed at an angle of greater than 90.degree. with respect to each other. The support members mount the clamps so that carpet samples received by the clamps may lay flat in a substantially horizontal plane in a first position thereof, and may be pivoted more than 90.degree. from the first position and disposed in a second, flipped-over, supported position. In this way, each sample will be displayed in a substantially horizontal position--for proper viewing--and each sample is fully visible when the overlapping sample is flipped-over, the flipped-over samples do not require holding in their flipped-over position, but rather are naturally supported in that position. Each clamp may comprise an integral structure of resilient material having a pair of legs adapted to clamp the carpet sample therebetween, one of the legs providing an inclined portion for guiding a rod-receiving portion of the clamp into clamping engagement with a mounting rod disposed on the second support member. A stand may be provided for supporting the first support member in a substantially horizontal plane.

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A carpet display assembly comprising

a pluralityy of carpet sample clamps, each clamp including means for receiving an edge of a carpet sample, and
means for mounting said plurality of clamps so that all samples received thereby may lay flat in a substantially horizontal plane in a first position thereof, and may be pivoted more than 90.degree. but less than 180.degree. from said position and disposed in a second limp flipped-over, supported position, said mounting means comprising first and second substantially planar relatively rigid support members, said support members joined together along a co-operating edge of each, and said member making an angle .alpha. of greater than 90.degree. with respect to each other;
said mounting means further comprising rod means affixed to, and having portions extending parallel to, said second support member, said rod means receiving said clamps for pivotally mounting said clamps with respect to said support members;
and wherein said rod means include a plurality of spaced individual rod segments, disposed in pairs along the length of said second support member, each rod segment having a portion extending generally parallel to said second support member toward its paired rod segment, the rod segment of each pair having free ends that are spaced from each other.

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