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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
HERBERT EDWIN FORGY, OF SHAMROCK, TEXAS.
DOOR-DISPLAY RACK.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 19, 1910.
Application filed May 24, 1910. Serial No. 563,186.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HERBERT EDWIN
FORGY, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Shamrock, in the county of Wheeler
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain
new and useful Improvements in Door-Dis-
play Racks, of which the following is a
specification.
My invention relates to a display rack and
10 more particularly to display racks for doors
and similar articles, and the object is to
provide simple and inexpensive devices
which are easily operated and which will
display doors to the best advantage without
15 mutilating the doors.
Another object is to prevent the doors
from warping while held in the display
racks.
One of the advantages is that in factories,
,o lumnber yards, and in other places where
doors and similar articles are kept, the doors
may be stacked in the display racks so that
a customer or buyer may inspect the doors
readily with little effort.
25 Other objects and advantages will be fully
explained in the following description and
the invention will be more particularly
pointed out in the claims.
Reference is had to the accompanying
30 drawings which form a part of this appli-
cation and specification.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the display
racks with a door mounted therein. Fig. 2
is a plan view of the corner socket. Fig. 3
35 is a plan view of the bail for engaging the
door. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the
brace for the edge of a door, showing a
variation from the brace shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a broken sectional view of the brace
40 shown in Fig. 4, illustrating the bearing
block therein for a pivot bolt.
Similar characters of reference are used
to indicate the same parts throughout the
several views.
45 A section of a wall 1 is shown for con-
venience in illustrating the invention.
Brackets 2 are mounted on the wall by suit-
able screws. Fig. 1 shows a wooden bar 3
which forms a. support and brace for the
50 door. A corner socket 4 is provided and
the bar 3 is set in the socket 4. A cap 5 is
attached to the bar 3 to form a brace for the
bar and also to aid in forming the bearing
for a pivot bolt 6. The cap 5 will preventthe splitting of the bar 3. The cap 5 is ex- 55
tended down on the back side of the bar 3 to
form a bearing for a bail 8. The bar 3 and
socket 4 are pivotally mounted in the
brackets 2 by means of the pivot bolt 6 and
by a pivot lug 7 which is rigid with the 60
socket 4. A bail 8 is pivotally connected
with the brace 3 and adapted to swing down
and engage the door 9. The bail 8 will
brace the sides or faces of the door and the
bar 3 will brace the edge of the door. The 65
door can be swung 180 degrees or more if
necessary with very little eAort. Any num-
ber of doors may be thus pivotally connected
with the wall.
Instead of the wooden bar shown in Fig. 70
1 of the drawings a brace may be formed of
sheet metal such as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
A bearing block 11 may be attached to the
inside of the brace 10 for the pivot bolt 6.
The brace 10 will engage the edge of the 75
door and also portions of the faces of the
door.
Having fully described my invention, what
I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-
ters Patent, is- 80
1. A display rack for doors comprising
upper and lower brackets, a corner socket
having a pivot lug engaging the lower
bracket, a brace bar mounted in said socket,
a pivot bolt securing said bar in position un- 85
der said upper bracket, a perforated cap en-
gaging the upper end of said bar and form-
ing a bearing, and a bail mounted in said
bearing for engaging a door.
2. A display rack for doors comprising 90
upper and lower brackets, a corner socket
pivotally mounted on said lower bracket, a
brace mounted in said socket and pivotally
connected with said upper bracket for en-
gaging the edge of a door, said socket having 95
a large portion for holding said brace in place
and a reduced portion for bracing a door,
and a bail pivotally connected with said
brace and adapted to swing vertically at its
free end and engage and brace a door. 100
In testimony whereof, I set my hand in
the presence of two witnesses, this 18th day
of May, 1910.
HERBERT EDWIN FORGY.
Witnesses:
O. P. JoiNs,
EARL L. KoGER.965,099.
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