Product display stand with reduced movement

A product display stand for reducing displayed product movement, the product display stand comprising:

• a damping assembly configured to attach to a display platform, the damping assembly comprising:
• a damping assembly housing configured to attach to the display platform, the damping assembly housing defining a damping chamber;
• a damping flange disposed within the damping chamber;
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• damping material disposed between the damping flange and walls of the damping chamber;
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• a display post fixed to the damping flange, the display post extending from the damping flange to outside of the damping chamber, the display post configured to extend to an opposite side of the display platform and to retain and display a product,
• wherein a lower wall of the damping assembly housing defines an opening therethrough,
• wherein the damping flange has a diameter larger than a diameter of the opening, and
• wherein a portion of the damping material is disposed between the flange and the lower wall around the opening.

A product display system for reducing product oscillation, the product display system comprising:

• a retail display fixture comprising a display platform defining an opening therethrough, the retail display fixture configured to support displayed products disposed on or above the display platform;
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• a display stand comprising:
• a damping assembly attached to an underside of the display platform at the opening;
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• a display post extending from the damping assembly through the display platform to a position above the display platform, the display post configured to retain a displayed item above the display platform,
• wherein the damping assembly absorbs forces applied to the display post to diminish movement of the display post by transmitting the forces to foam within the damping assembly through compression of the foam.

A method for reducing movement of a product displayed on a display stand, the method comprising:

• in response to a force applied to the product, transferring the force through a display post to a damping chamber disposed below a display platform;
• absorbing the force by compressing resilient damping material within the damping chamber using movement of a structure disposed within the damping chamber and fixed to the display post, wherein the resilient damping material comprises a first damping material and a second damping material, wherein the second damping material has a different damping characteristic from the first damping material;
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• repeating the absorbing step until the product is still,
• wherein the first damping material and the second damping material are disposed on the same lateral side of the structure relative to the display post.