EP0321205B1 - Conteneur pour voyageur de commerce - Google Patents

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EP0321205B1
EP0321205B1 EP88311820A EP88311820A EP0321205B1 EP 0321205 B1 EP0321205 B1 EP 0321205B1 EP 88311820 A EP88311820 A EP 88311820A EP 88311820 A EP88311820 A EP 88311820A EP 0321205 B1 EP0321205 B1 EP 0321205B1
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Alan Mcneil Scott
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45C—PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C9/00—Purses, Luggage or bags convertible into objects for other use

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  • the present invention relates to bags, suitcases or other similar containers for use by travelling sales persons in transporting goods from one retail outlet to another.
  • An object of the present invention is to overcome the above difficulties and to provide the sales person with a means for displaying sales goods more quickly and conveniently and to better effect.
  • US-A-2,476,932 discloses a travelling container with a display stand secured therein and movable between a collapsed state within the container for transportation purposes and an erect state projecting from the container for display purposes.
  • the present invention is characterised in that the display stand is a garment display stand comprising a base, a single multisectional vertical column which is telescopic between a collapsed contracted state and an erect extended state and a horizontal rail mounted centrally at the top of the column, there being locking means biassed into a locking position for securing each of the sections of the vertical column to a next section when the vertical column is brought from its collapsed state to its erect state, the locking means being releasable to allow contraction of the multisectional vertical column.
  • a garment display stand of the above type allow the sales person to display garments to the retailer in a manner similar to the manner in which the retailer would in turn display the garments to customers. Furthermore, the garment display stand of the above type occupies very little of the internal volume of the bag.
  • the horizontal rail is telescopic from a contracted state in which, with the vertical column also contracted, the display stand fits entirely into the bag, to an extended state in which, with the vertical column also extended, the horizontal display rail projects beyond the dimensions of the bag increasing the effective size of the display stand.
  • the garments may be densely packed one against the other all along the length of the contracted horizontal rail so as to fill the bag with garments, and for display purposes the garments may be spaced apart along the extended rail to allow individual garments to be viewed.
  • the locking means comprises a plurality of spring loaded plungers one of which is fixed on the lowermost of any pair of interengaging sections of the vertical column and the walls of the sections of the vertical column are provided with a plurality of apertures, each aperture being adapted to receive and engage with the plunger of the locking means to retain the telescopic vertical column at one of a number of preselected heights on extension of the said vertical column.
  • the bag consists of flexible walls and a three dimensional open frame for supporting the walls when the container is to be used in the transportation or display mode, the open frame being capable of being collapsed or disassembled into two dimensions, and the display stand may also be capable of collapsing further beyond the storage mode or of being disassembled into two dimensions.
  • the container can then be conveniently stored when not in use by collapsing or disassembling the open frame and the display stand into two dimensions and storing these in the bag, the walls of which also collapse when not supported by the open frame.
  • castors may be provided on the bag to enable the bag to be wheeled by a user.
  • the container comprises a bag 1 and a garment display stand comprising a base 2, a vertical support column 3 which is telescopic, and a horizontal display rail 4 which is also telescopic.
  • Figure 1 shows the container in the transportation mode.
  • the vertical support column 3 is in the contracted state.
  • the horizontal display rail 4 is also in the contracted state.
  • the garments have been omitted from the drawings for clarity, but in the transportation mode the garments are mounted on garment hangers (also omitted) suspended from the horizontal display rail 4, and the garments are densely packed one against the other.
  • the flap 5 of the bag 1 is folded over and is closed by means of a zip fastener 6.
  • the bag 1 may be carried by the sales person by means of handles 7. Alternatively, the bag 1 may be pulled from place to place by the sales person by means of strap 8, with the bag rolling on castors 9.
  • the bag 1 is of a suitable size to fit into the trunk of a car.
  • Figure 2 shows the container in the display mode.
  • the sales person simply unzips the flap 5 and moves it to the open position, and then pulls the horizontal display rail 4 upwardly thus extending the vertical support column 3.
  • the garments are now on view to the retailer.
  • the sales person may extend the horizontal display rail 4 telescopically from the contracted state shown in Figure 2 to an extended state thereby allowing more space on the rail.
  • the garments on each side of that garment may be pushed away along the rail 4 so as to allow better viewing.
  • the sales person When viewing has been completed the sales person first pushes all the garments back together onto the central section of the telescopic horizontal display rail 4, then telescopes the horizontal rail 4 to its contracted state, and then operates the securing mechanisms 10a, 10b and 10c in sequence to allow the vertical column 3 to telescope to its contracted state within the bag 1, and finally folds over the flap 5 and secures it in the closed position by means of the zip fastener 6.
  • Figure 3 shows the display stand disassembled when it is not required for transportation or display purposes. It will be seen that the display stand can be disassembled into three smaller sub-assemblies, namely the base 2, the vertical support column 3 and the horizontal display rail 4 and uppermost telescopic section of the column 3, each of which sub-assemblies is generally planar. The sub-assemblies can be placed in the bag 1. The bag 1 can also be collapsed to a flat state. Collapsing of the bag 1 is effected by removing and collapsing the internal frame 11. Figure 1 shows some but not all of the elements of the frame 11. The disassembled display stand and the collapsed internal frame 11 can then be put in the bag 1.
  • Each securing mechanism comprises a spring loaded plunger 12 near the top of one telescopic section and a complementary socket near the bottom of the next section.
  • the telescopic section may be lowered again by withdrawing the plunger 12 against the spring bias. In this way the vertical column 3 may be extended or contracted in a stepwise manner.
  • the base 2 of the display stand has a seat 14 for receiving and locating the lower end of the vertical column 3.
  • the seat 14 is recessed thereby preventing the vertical column 3 rotating and thus unscrewing from the base 2.
  • the base 2 comprises four feet 15 each of which is provided with a downwardly facing socket 16 for receiving the screw threaded shank of a castor 9.
  • the shank of each castor 9 extends upwardly through a castor protection plate 17 (see Figure 3) immediately above the castor, through an eye in the single continuous strip of material which forms the two handles 8, through an eye in the material of the bag 1 and into the socket 16.
  • the bag 1 is provided on the inside end faces with pockets (not shown) for receiving sales literature.
  • the base of the display stand may comprise a rectangular board (not shown).
  • the construction according to the invention may also be used by a traveller to transport the traveller's personal clothing.
  • a traveller may use the container to transport business suits and shirts.

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  • Purses, Travelling Bags, Baskets, Or Suitcases (AREA)
  • Table Devices Or Equipment (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • Medical Preparation Storing Or Oral Administration Devices (AREA)
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  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)

Claims (5)

  1. Conteneur, du type sac (1) ou valise, destiné à être utilisé par un voyageur de commerce pour transporter des marchandises de chez un détaillant à chez un autre, pourvu d'un présentoir qui peut passer de l'état replié, à l'intérieur du sac (1) pour le transport, à l'état déplié. dépassant du sac (1) pour l'exposition, caractérisé en ce que le présentoir est un présentoir pour vêtements comprenant une base (2), une colonne (3) verticale, unique, faite de plusieurs tronçons, télescopique entre un état replié et un état déplié dressé, et un rail horizontal (4) fixé de façon centrale au sommet de la colonne (3), des moyens de verrouillage (10a, 10b, 10c) étant poussés vers une position de verrouillage qui permet de solidariser chaque tronçon de la colonne verticale (3) au tronçon suivant lorsque l'on fait passer la colonne (3) de son état replié à son état déplié dressé, les moyens de verrouillage pouvant être libérés pour permettre de replier la colonne verticale (3) en plusieurs tronçons.
  2. Conteneur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le rail horizontal (4) est télescopique entre un état contracté dans lequel, la colonne verticale étant également contractée, le présentoir rentre complètement dans le sac (1), et un état déplié dans lequel, la colonne verticale (3) étant également dépliée, le rail horizontal (4) dépasse au-delà des dimensions du sac (1), en augmentant la taille utile du présentoir.
  3. Conteneur selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le sac (1) est fait de parois souples et d'un cadre (11) ouvert, tridimensionnel, servant à supporter les parois lorsque le conteneur doit être utilisé en mode de transport ou en mode d'exposition, le cadre ouvert (11) pouvant être replié ou démonté en deux dimensions et le présentoir pouvant également être davantage replié, en mode de stockage, ou être démonté en deux dimensions.
  4. Conteneur selon l'un quelconque des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de verrouillage (10a, 10b, 10c) comprennent une pluralité de boutons poussoirs (12) à ressort, dont l'un est fixé sur le tronçon inférieur de toute paire de tronçons de la colonne verticale (3) coopérant ensemble, et les parois des tronçons de la colonne verticale (3) sont munies d'une pluralité d'orifices, chaque orifice étant apte à recevoir le bouton poussoir (12) du moyen de verrouillage (10a, 10b, 10c) et à coopérer avec lui pour retenir la colonne verticale (3) télescopique en l'une d'un certain nombre de hauteurs présélectionnées d'extension de ladite colonne verticale (3).
  5. Conteneur selon l'une quelconque des précédentes revendications, caractérisé en ce que des roulettes (9) sont placées sur le sac pour permettre à un utilisateur de faire rouler le sac.
EP88311820A 1987-12-14 1988-12-14 Conteneur pour voyageur de commerce Expired - Lifetime EP0321205B1 (fr)

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AT88311820T ATE90528T1 (de) 1987-12-14 1988-12-14 Behaelter fuer handlungsreisenden.

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IE296287 1987-12-14
IE296287A IE60729B1 (en) 1987-12-14 1987-12-14 "Container for use by travelling sales person"
CA000585566A CA1325796C (fr) 1987-12-14 1988-12-09 Emballage utilisable par les commis voyageurs

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EP0321205A2 EP0321205A2 (fr) 1989-06-21
EP0321205A3 EP0321205A3 (en) 1989-09-20
EP0321205B1 true EP0321205B1 (fr) 1993-06-16

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CA (1) CA1325796C (fr)
DE (1) DE3881849T2 (fr)
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ZA (1) ZA889342B (fr)

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NL1006523C2 (nl) * 1997-07-09 1999-01-12 Gaalen Georgius J J Van Kledingrek voor in de koffer.
GB2457883A (en) * 2008-02-26 2009-09-02 Hannah Nicole Beaumont A suitcase with an extendable garment support

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US2476932A (en) * 1947-09-27 1949-07-19 Arthur C Tucker Traveling case having divided fabric cover and extensible support for garment hangers

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CH29517A (de) * 1903-09-17 1904-08-31 Willy Wohlrabe In einen Kleiderständer umwandelbarer Koffer
CH60886A (fr) * 1912-05-28 1913-09-01 Anita Kinen Porte-manteau de voyage
GB890964A (en) * 1959-05-03 1962-03-07 Robert Fitzhugh Hillas Drake Improvements relating to baggage

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IE872962L (en) 1989-06-14
ZA889342B (en) 1989-09-27
IE60729B1 (en) 1994-08-10
DE3881849D1 (de) 1993-07-22
DE3881849T2 (de) 1994-01-20
CA1325796C (fr) 1994-01-04
EP0321205A2 (fr) 1989-06-21

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