Carpet display rack

Abstract

A rack for hanging room sized carpets in show rooms. The rack has a plurality of uprights, each of which has a horizontal arm supporting a hanging carpet. The arm is adapted to be raised and lowered by a belt entrained on a motor-driven pulley and moved by a gear drive type motor. The belt and motor-driven pulley are mounted on the rack.

1 . A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising; 
 at least one upright support member;    an arm assembly carried by the upright support, the arm assembly including a horizontal member and a brace; an upper support roller on the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support, a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller and    a winch at the upright support whereby a flexible tension member wound on the winch has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.    
   
   
       2 . A display rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the winch has a worm gear drive having a gear ratio of 50:1 and which resists unwinding of the flexible tension member.  
   
   
       3 . A display rack as claimed in  claim 2  wherein one or more of the upright supports are supported on upper and lower plate members having apertures to receive pins whereby a pin on an upper end of the upright support is received in an aperture in the upper plate, and a pin on the lower end of the upright support is received in an aperture in a lower plate member for pivotally supporting the upright supports.  
   
   
       4 . A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising: upright support members, a motor and a winch on each upright support member; an arm assembly including a horizontal member having spaced apart plates received on the upright member; a diagonal brace on the horizontal member; 
 an upper support roller on the end of the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support; a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller; and    a winch on the support member whereby a flexible tension member wound on a pulley on the winch has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.    
   
   
       5 . A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising: 
 an upright support;    an arm assembly including a horizontal member;    a diagonal brace on the horizontal member;    an upper support roller on the horizontal member bearing on a side of the upright support;    a lower support roller on an end of the brace bearing on a side of the upright support opposite from the upper support roller; and    a winch having a toothed drum mounted on the upright support whereby a toothed flexible tension member wound on the winch drum extends along the upright support and has a free end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.    
   
   
       6 . A display rack as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the motor is mounted on the winch and the winch is mounted on the upright support.  
   
   
       7 . A display rack secured in an upright position for hanging carpets, the rack comprising: 
 an upright support,    an arm assembly including a horizontal member;    a winch having a toothed drum is mounted at a lower end of the upright support whereby a toothed flexible tension member having its one end secured to the arm assembly is wound on the winch drum, extends along the upright support; passes over a pulley on an upper end of the upright support and has one end secured to the arm assembly for moving the arm assembly from a lowered position to an upper carpet display position.