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US 5,487,473 AGranted
Belt rack vending fixture
AssigneeReborn Products Co., Inc.
InventorAllan L. Ford
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AssigneeReborn Products Co., Inc.
InventorAllan L. Ford
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A belt fixture comprising a frame supporting plural racks therefrom. Each of the racks is arranged for displaying and vending plural belts of a respective style, with belts of each of the styles being in plural groups of different sizes, and with the number of belts in each group being directly proportional to the popularity of belts of that size. Each of the racks comprising a pair of elongated, spaced-apart rods, and a plurality of elongated prongs projecting perpendicularly thereto. Each rack is supported from the frame by respective threaded fasteners extend between the rods. Each of the projecting prongs is arranged to suspend a respective group of belts therefrom and is of a length directly proportional to the number of belts in the group so that when that group of belts is suspended from the rod the rod appears full. A slidable, color coded strip is mounted on each rack to indicate the style of belts on that rack and the size(s) of the belts of the group suspended by the various prongs of that rack.
A rack for displaying and vending plural belts, said belts being in plural groups of different sizes, with the number of belts in each group being directly proportional to the popularity of belts of that size, said rack comprising a base and a plurality of prong members, said base comprising at least one elongated member from which said plurality of prong members project outward, said elongated member including a pair of ends and a center, said base being arranged for mounting the rack onto a support, each of said prong members being arranged in increasing length order from the ends of said elongated member inward to said center and being of length directly proportional to the number of belts in the group suspended therefrom, so that when said group of belts is suspended therefrom said prong member is full.
A belt fixture for displaying and vending belts, said fixture comprising a frame supporting plural racks therefrom, each of said racks for displaying and vending plural belts of a respective style, said belts of each of said styles being in plural groups of different sizes, with the number of belts in each group being directly proportional to the popularity of belts of that size, each of said racks comprising a base and a plurality of prong members, said base comprising at least one elongated member from which said plurality of prong members project outward, said base being arranged for mounting said rack onto a support, each of said prong members being arranged to suspend a respective group of belts therefrom and being of length directly proportional to the number of belts in the group suspended therefrom so that when said group of belts is suspended therefrom said prong member is full, each of said racks additionally comprising size indicating means bearing indicia representing the size of the belts in each of said groups located adjacent the prong members suspending the belts of said groups, said size indicating means of each of said racks comprising an elongated plate releasably securing an elongated strip thereto, said elongated strip bearing said indicia and being of a respective predetermined color to indicate a particular style of belt.
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