This is the U.S. National Phase of International Application No PCT/FR2005/00733, filed Mar. 25, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to counter displays for articles such as perfumes or cosmetic products, these counter displays comprising a display element to which said articles are designed to be attached.
In a manner known per se, the display element is generally tilted downward while being secured to a base resting directly on the ground. However, generally, such counter displays are fairly bulky and it is thus necessary to reserve an area on the ground that is relatively large in order to accommodate them. Furthermore, this area on the ground has to be perfectly flat to prevent said counter display or, more precisely, its base, being in unstable positions.
An object of the present invention is, in particular, to palliate the abovementioned drawbacks.
To that end, according to the invention, the counter display is characterized in that it also comprises a connecting element extending between a lower end secured to the display element and an upper end, designed so as to be pivotally mounted with respect to a ceiling forming the upper part of a piece for suspending said display element from the ceiling with no contact with the ground, and in that a mirror is attached to said connecting element, said mirror being arranged such that a person standing in front of the display element can observe his/her image in said mirror.
In preferred embodiments of the invention, it is possible, optionally, also to have recourse to one or other of the following arrangements:
Further characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the course of the following description of two embodiments that are given by way of nonlimiting example, with reference to the appended drawings.
In the drawings:
In the various figures, the same references denote identical or similar elements.
This counter display 1 comprises a display element 2 designed to accommodate the articles to be displayed, this display element 2 being designed to be supported by a connecting element 3, itself designed to be suspended from a ceiling 8, forming the upper part of a room. This connecting element 3 extends between an upper end 3a secured to the ceiling 8 and a lower end 3b secured to the display element 2.
As may be seen in greater detail in
The vertical panel 4 has a front face 41 to which a mirror 6 is attached in a fixed manner, arranged such that a person standing in front of the display element 2 and thus facing the perfumes or cosmetic products can directly observe his or her reflection in the mirror 6. In the example considered here, with reference to
The angle delimited by the front face 41 of the vertical panel 4 and the front face of the display element 2 may be between 90° and 135°.
The vertical panel 4, which is substantially in the form of a rectangle, also has two lateral edges 43 and an upper edge 44 extending rearward and substantially defining a reinforcement. The support panel 5 also comprises lateral edges 53 and a front edge 54 that continue the display element 2.
The upper end 3a of the connecting element 3 also comprises a vertical bar 9 designed to be attached to the ceiling 8. This vertical bar 9 extends between a lower end secured to the upper edge 44 of the vertical panel 4 and an upper end provided with attachment means 7 comprising a first disk 10 secured to the vertical bar and a second disk 11 fixed to the ceiling 8. The first disk 10 is supported by the second disk 11 while being rotatably mounted relative to the latter. Nevertheless, provision may also be made for the attachment means 7 solely to enable the connecting element 3 to be attached to the ceiling 8 without allowing pivoting of said connecting element 3 relative to the ceiling 8 about a vertical axis. In such a case, the vertical bar 9 or, more precisely, its upper end, may be attached directly to the first disk 10, which will be fixed directly to the ceiling 8.
The attachment means 7 enabling the connecting element 3 to be suspended from the ceiling 8 may also be at least partially masked by a false ceiling 8a defining a compartment at least partially containing the vertical bar 9 and the first and second disks 10 and 11, this false ceiling 8a being fixed directly to the ceiling 8.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the rear and vertical face 42 of the vertical panel 4 and also the downward-tilted rear face 52 of the support panel 5 may be provided with a plurality of lighting systems 12 formed, for example, by neon lights arranged at regular intervals. These lighting systems 12 will be powered electrically via electrical connections passing, for example, inside the vertical bar, 9 and connected to an electrical power supply arranged in the ceiling 8 of the room.
These lighting systems 12 are covered by at least one cover 13 having shapes that substantially complement those of the vertical panel 4 and of the support panel 5. More precisely, this cover 13 comprises a rear plate 13a extending vertically opposite the rear face 42 of the vertical panel 4. This rear plate 13a of the cover 13 extends via a downward-tilted plate 13c that is parallel to the support panel 5. The cover 13 also comprises lateral edges 13b extending forward and engaging, respectively, with the lateral edges 43 and 53 of the vertical 4 and support 5 panels and with the upper edge 44 of the vertical panel 4 and with the front edge 54 of the support panel 5.
This cover 13 is produced in a substantially translucent material to allow diffuse lighting both to the rear of the counter display, via the rear part 13a of the cover, and on the sides, via the transverse edges 13b of said cover 13, but also toward the bottom, in the direction of the ground, via the downward-tilted plate 13c.
The arrangement of the lighting systems 12 on the rear face of the connecting element 3 and the presence of the translucent cover 13 thus, by reflection of the light on the direct environment of the counter display, make it possible to obtain diffuse lighting for the person standing directly in front of the mirror 6 and the display element 2 for the articles.
In this second embodiment, the connecting element 3 is formed solely by the vertical panel 4 that extends between the upper end 4a and the lower end 4b combined with the lower end 3b of said connecting element. The display element 2 for the articles itself is fixed directly to the lower end 4b of the vertical panel 4 of the connecting element 3.
The display element 2 also has a front edge 21 and also lateral edges 22 that continue the lateral edges 43 of the vertical panel 4 so as to define a reinforcement in which the lighting devices 12 are fitted. More particularly, these lighting devices 12 are attached to the rear face 42 of the vertical panel 4 and to the rear face 23 of the display element 2 that is tilted downward while being designed to be arranged facing the ground.
Furthermore, the vertical bar 9 and the attachment means 7 allowing the connecting element 3 to be suspended from the ceiling 8 are identical to those described previously in respect of the first embodiment shown in
Similarly, the cover 13 designed to cover the rear part of the counter display is also identical to that described previously apart from the fact that the lateral edges 13b of said cover interact directly with the lateral edges 22 of the display element 2 and with the lateral edges 43 of the vertical panel 4.
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