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Title: Merchandise multiplying display
Claims: We claim: 1. In a display device for displaying a sheet-material sample in such a way that it appears to extend over an area greater than that of the sample, cabinet means having a hollow interior and formed with a viewing opening through which the hollow interior of the cabinet means may be viewed, said cabinet means including at least one pair of parallel walls which are spaced from each other and which have inner, flat, parallel, light-reflecting, image-forming surfaces facing each other and defining part of the hollow interior of said cabinet means, and said cabinet means also including a support means situated adjacent said walls for removably supporting a flat sheet-material sample in a position extending between said walls directly next to edges thereof in a plane perpendicular to parallel planes occupied by said image-forming surfaces thereof, in such a way that images of the sheet-material sample provided by said image-forming surfaces appear to form extensions of the sample, so that a viewer viewing the interior of said cabinet means through said viewing opening thereof will see the sample and the images thereof formed by said image-forming surfaces so as to achieve from the sample the effect which would be provided by the sample when extended over an area greater than that actually occupied by the sample. 2. The combination of claim 1 and wherein said walls are vertical. 3. The combination of claim 2 and wherein said support means supports the sheet-material sample in a horizontal plane. 4. The combination of claim 3 and wherein said cabinet means includes a second pair of vertical walls extending between the first-mentioned pair of vertical walls and also having inner flat light-reflecting, image-forming surfaces spaced from and facing each other, the latter surfaces extending perpendicularly across the image-forming surfaces of the first pair of walls and also having edges next to which the sheet-material sample is situated by said support means, so that the hollow interior of the cabinet means is partly surrounded by the image-forming surfaces of all four walls, said viewing opening of said cabinet means affording a view directed toward said support means and a sample supported thereby, so that the images extend the area which appears to be occupied by the sample in a pair of mutually perpendicular directions. 5. The combination of claim 4 and wherein said support means is situated beneath said walls for removably supporting a sheet-material sample in engagement with bottom edges of said walls. 6. The combination of claim 5 and wherein said viewing opening is situated in a plane which is situated over and inclined with respect to the horizontal plane in which the sample is supported by said support means. 7. The combination of claim 6 and wherein a transparent glass sheet covers said viewing opening. 8. The combination of claim 6 and wherein said support means is in the form of a removable tray which carries said sample. 9. The combination of claim 2 and wherein said support means supports said sheet-material sample in a vertical plane which is situated opposite the viewing opening of said cabinet means. 10. The combination of claim 9 and wherein said cabinet means includes an adjusting means for adjustably supporting one of said walls for movement toward and away from the other of said walls so as to adjust the distance between said walls to the width of the sheet-material sample. 11. The combination of claim 9 and wherein said support means is in the form of a wall of said cabinet means which is hingedly mounted for swinging movement to and from a position supporting a sheet-material sample in a plane perpendicular to and extending across said pair of parallel walls. 12. The combination of claim 11 and wherein said wall of said support means carries adjacent an edge an exterior ledge on which a roll of wall paper may be supported with a portion of the wall paper extending along and lying flat against an inner surface of the wall of said support means. Other info: Inventors: Lewis, David G. A. (Darlington, GB) Connolly, Michael G. (Darlington, GB) Application Number: 730460 Filing Date: 1976-10-07 Publication_date: 1979-01-02 Assignee: Dacon Display Services Limited (GB2) Primary Class(es): 312/126 312/224, 312/225, D6/471 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Primary Examiner: Gilliam, Paul R. Assistant Examiner: Attorney: Steinberg & Blake |
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