Mobile carpet display system

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This invention relates to the display of carpet samples, particularly displays of multiple carpet samples as a unit.

By reason of their bulky nature, carpets are most commonly displayed in the form of relatively small samples at a retail (or wholesale) outlet for evaluation by prospective purchasers. It is not unusual for a retail outlet to display multiple relatively small samples of available carpets in groupings so that a potential purchaser may view multiple carpet designs without meandering among large bulky displays of carpets. Even so, there is little, if any, opportunity for a potential purchaser of carpet to “match” a carpet design to other decorative features of a room, office or other enclosure where the carpet is to be installed.

Even when relatively small size samples of a carpet are made available for viewing by a potential purchaser, the bulky nature of the carpet samples and their weight may inhibit or even preclude the potential purchaser from taking multiple carpet samples to their home or office for evaluation purposes, particularly for matching of a carpet to existing decorative features of the house or office. Moreover, even small carpet samples can be flexible and difficult to handle when attempting to position a carpet sample alongside one or more of the existing decorative features of a home or office in a manner as allows the purchaser to make their choice of carpet.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention there is provided a mobile system for the display of multiple carpet samples mounted in a concise and orderly array on a convenient unitary carrier, yet which are readily accessed when comparing each of the samples to the decor at locations remote from the retail outlet. In the present system, the carpet samples are individually affixed to a strong, but light-weight carrier comprised substantially exclusively of paperboard and which is particularly resistant to flexing, tearing or rupture in the course of conveyance of the multiple samples to and from a retail outlet and/or when exposing each sample for evaluation in the actual environment within which the carpet is intended to be installed.

In the present system, the carrier preferably comprises a unitary carrier formed from a laminate of paperboard which includes specifically selected components that are combined in a specifically selected order of formation and of specifically selected paperboard elements which in combination exhibit enhanced strength, rigidity and minimized overall weight of the carrier. The present invention envisions multiple sizes of carriers, depending in major part by the number and/or size of samples which are to be affixed to the carrier for display purposes. The carriers of the present invention further may be designed as a planar panel onto which the samples are affixed, or “book” of samples, or some geometrical combination intermediate a folding book and a planar panel. In the instance of planar panel carriers, the top end of the carrier is folded over and provided with means for grasping the carrier with a handle for transport of the carrier and its samples. In a “book” type carrier, the closed book is of a size which is readily carried by a prospective purchaser.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of one embodiment of a multilayered laminate formed essentially of paper and adapted to be formed into a carrier embodying various features of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial end view of the laminate depicted in FIG. 1 minus the overwrapping outer layer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a corner of the laminate depicted in FIG. 1 and taken generally along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of one embodiment of a cut unit of a laminate as depicted in FIG. 1 and including an overwrapping outer layer of paperboard;

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of the cut unit of FIG. 4 taken generally along the line 5-5 of FIG. 4:

FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of one embodiment of a carrier formed from a cut unit as depicted in FIG. 1 and embodying various features of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a further schematic representation of the carrier depicted in FIG. 6 and depicting intersecting ribs defining individual panes adapted to each receive a carpet sample therein;

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