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one or more mattress-holding clamps 12, and
each clamp is shown by preference to consist
of a pair of jaws 13, one of which is ordina-
rily fixed or rigid on the slide, while the other
5 jaw is slidingly and pivotally mounted by
having its shank portion 14 bent at an angle
and inserted in a sleeve or bearing 15 on the
base-plate 16, to which the fixed jaw is per-
manently attached, as clearly illustrated in
io Fig. 5. By the arrangement described the
movable jaw may be slid or swung away
from the fixed jaw for the purpose of inserting
or removing the edge of a mattress, the latter
when in place being suspended at its upper
15 edge, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In order to
allow the slides and mattresses to be removed
from the rack and yet prevented from acci-
dental displacement, each slide is provided in
its upper surface with a longitudinal groove
20 17, which terminates in a shoulder 18, that
comes in contact with a stop in the form of a
pin 19, passing through an opening in the
forward longitudinal bar of the rack-frame, at
the top, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. A separate
25 stop-pin 19 is used for each slide, and all of
the pins are held in place or prevented from
escaping by means of a single strip or strand
of cord or elastic 20, which passes through
eyes or loops at the upper ends of the pins,
30 as clearly illustrated, the extremities of such
cord or strand being secured to the rack-
frame at convenient points. The cord or
strand 20 has sufficient slack or elasticity to
permit the pins to be raised, one at a time,
35 to release the slides; but the stop-pins are
normally in engagement with the grooves in
the slides. A common stop 21 in the form of
a strip extends along the back of the frame
in line with the slides and prevents said slides
40 from moving backward beyond a predeter-
mined limit, thus keeping all of the mat-
tresses 22 in line when the same are pushed
inward. The rack as a whole is by prefer-
ence mounted on rollers or carriers located at
45 the corners thereof to enable the same to be
easily handled and moved from place to place.
From the foregoing description it will be
understood that the mattresses may be with-
drawn one or more at a time and advanta-
5o geously displayed :or exhibited without the
usual soiling and-that when the mattresses
are pushed bak they lie side by side and
serve to protect each other. The parts of
the rack are so proportioned, preferably, that
55 the mattresses may be drawn outward until
approximately two-thirds of each mattress onboth sides may be displayed. The rack may
of course be made of any size or capacity to
contain any desired number of mattresses.
Various changes may be made in the form, 6o
proportion, and minor details of construction
without departing from the principle or sac-
rificing any of the advantages of the inven-
tion.
Having thus described the invention, what 65
is claimed as new, and desired to be secured
by Letters Patent, is-
1. A display-rack comprising a frame, a se-
ries of elevated tracks or rails supported
thereby and unobstructed at one end, longi- 70
tudinally - movable slides mounted on the
rails, and suspending-clamps carried by the
slides and working between the rails, the con-
struction of the frame adapting the slides to
be moved endwise off the extremities of the 75
rails.
2. A display-rack comprising a frame, a se-
ries of slides movablealong the upper portion
of the frame, suspending-clamps carried by
the slides, and movable stops limiting the 8o
movement and permitting the removal of the
slides.
3. A display-rack comprising a frame, a se-
ries of slides movable along the upper portion
of the frame, suspending-clamps on the slides, 85
stops in engagement with the slides, and a
flexible connection common to all the stops.
4. A display-rack comprising a frame, a se-
ries of slides movable along the upper portion
of the frame, suspending-clampson the slides, 90
stops in engagement with the slides, and a
flexible connection in engagement with all the
stops and having its extremities attached to
the frame of the rack.
5. A display-rack comprising a frame,slides 95
movable along the upper portion of the frame
and provided with suspending-clamps and
also having grooves, and stops mounted on
the frame and engaging said grooves.
6. A display-rack comprising a frame,slides imoo
movable along the upper portion of the same
and provided with grooves. terminating in
shoulders, suspending-clamps on the slides,
and stops mounted on the frame and adapted
to engage said grooves and shoulders. 105
In testimony whereof I affix my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAM N. WILBANK{S.
Witnesses:
H. G. CLEMENTS,
J. F. HENRY.2
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Wilbanks, William N. Display-Rack, patent, April 21, 1903; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513968/m1/4/: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.