US 11,166,572 B2Granted

Modular wall system for displaying a product

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsVasco Agnoli, James Andrus, Sam Brown, James Casey Feeney, Christopher M. Green, Kully Kraig Mandon, Christopher Daniel Peak, Jonathan P. Siegel, Stefan Behling, Kevin Fenton Smeds, Andrew Charles Deffenbaugh, Gregory James Ranes, Charles A. Schwalbach, Sheng Yang, Graham O'Brien

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Abstract

A system for displaying a product is disclosed. The system includes a wall having a recess therein and a display structure that defines the recess. The display structure extends through a front surface of the wall and includes a frame having a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels. The top and bottom panels are longer than the side panels. The system further includes a plurality of modular display units disposed within the display structure. Each modular display unit extends from the bottom panel to the top panel. At least a first one of the modular display units includes a frame open to a front exterior of the display structure and at least a second one of the modular display units is not open to the front exterior of the display structure. The system further includes a plurality of display elements disposed within the plurality of display units.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A retail environment having a side wall extending from a floor to a ceiling, the retail environment comprising:

a display structure built into and extending along the side wall, the display structure having a frame and a cavity open to a front side of the wall, the frame defining the outer periphery of the cavity, the cavity being recessed within the frame, the cavity having a total cavity length N, the total cavity length N being configured in increments of n;
and
at least two modular display units disposed within the cavity, the modular display units having a unit length of n, 2n, 3n, or 4n, the total length of all the modular display units being equal to the total cavity length N, at least two of the modular display units having different display characteristics formed at least in part by products presented for sale in different configurations,
wherein the modular display units are reconfigurable within the cavity,
wherein at least a first one of the modular display units has a length of n, and
wherein at least a second one of the modular display units has a length of 2n.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/907,998Filed 28 Feb 2018 · continuation
Priority: 21 Aug 2015
Published: US 2018/0184817 A15 Jul 2018
Granted: 9 Nov 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

A47F 10/00
Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not
A47F 3/004
Show cases or show cabinets: adjustable, foldable or easily dismountable
A47F 3/005
Show cases or show cabinets: with glass panels
A47F 3/063
With movable or removable shelves or receptacles: with pull-out receptacles, e.g. drawers

Family

Application62/208,432Us provisional application · filed 21 Aug 2015
Application62/327,674Us provisional application · filed 26 Apr 2016
Application15/215,215Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Jul 2016
US 2018/0184817 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Jul 2018
US 9,936,826 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0049253 A1Published application
US 11,166,572 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.