Narrow groove display panel

A display panel in combination with a cantilever bracket for support of articles, said bracket including a compact hanger end portion for mounting said bracket to said board, said compact hanger end portion having a generally s-shape profile including a central portion connecting an upper arm portion and a lower arm portion, said display panel having horizontally extending and vertically spaced grooves constructed to allow the installation of said compact hanger end portion of said bracket, said horizontally extending grooves each having a throat open to said front face and at least one throat wall extending toward said back face to a throat inner end, said throat inner end joining a socket including at least one inner wall, said upper arm portion being configured to be received in said socket in engagement with said at least one inner wall with said central portion being supported along substantially all of its length by said at least one throat wall.

A display board comprising a panel having a front face including horizontally extending and vertically spaced grooves for installation of a hanger end portion of a cantilever bracket for support of articles, said horizontally extending grooves each having a throat open to said front face, said throat including at least one throat wall extending from said front face along a throat depth to a throat inner end, said throat inner end joining a socket shaped to receive an installed hanger end, said socket including a front wall having a length extending away from said throat inner end for engaging said installed hanger end, said throat depth being at least equal to said front wall length and said at least one throat wall being contained in a throat wall plane that intersects a plane containing said front face at an angle between 77.5 degrees and 90 degrees.

A display board in combination with a cantilever bracket for support of articles, said bracket including a hanger end portion for mounting the bracket to said board, said hanger end portion having a central portion extending between upper and lower arm portions, said display board comprising a panel having a front face including horizontally extending and vertically spaced grooves constructed to allow the installation of said hanger end of said bracket, said horizontally extending grooves each having a throat including a throat opening in said front face and opposed throat walls extending along a throat depth to a throat inner end, at least one of said throat walls being contained in a plane inclined at an included acute angle with respect to a plane containing said front face, said throat inner end joining a socket having at least one inner wall remote of said at least one throat wall, upon installation of said hanger end portion in said groove with said lower arm portion engaging said front face in response to bracket loads, said upper arm portion imposing bracket load forces on said inner wall and said central portion being supported along its length by said at least one throat wall to transfer bracket load forces from said inner wall to said at least one throat wall.

A reshaped hanger end portion for a bracket adapted to be supported in a panel having a front face including a horizontally extending groove, said groove including a throat open to said panel front face, at least one throat wall extending to an inner cavity having a front wall, said reshaped hanger end portion being formed from a standardized hanger end portion, said reshaped and standardized hanger end portions each having a generally s-shaped profile including a central portion connecting an upper arm portion and a lower arm portion, said reshaped hanger end portion being reshaped to have a compact profile as compared with said standardized hanger end portion and including a reshaped upper arm portion having a length shorter than the length of said standardized upper arm portion and a reshaped central portion having a length longer than the length of said standardized central portion, said reshaped upper arm portion being configured to be received in said socket in engagement with said at least one inner wall with said reshaped central portion being supported along substantially all of its length by said at least one throat wall.

A method of forming a compact hanger end portion having an extended central portion extending at an acute angle between a shortened upper arm portion and a lower arm portion by reshaping and cutting a standardized hanger end portion having a generally s-shaped shaped profile including a central portion connecting upper and lower arm portions comprising the steps of:

• a) deforming said standardized hanger end portion to lengthen said central portion and dispose it at an acute angle between said upper and lower arm portions, and
• b) cutting said upper arm portion of said deformed standardized hanger end portion from step (a) to form said compact hanger end portion with said extended central portion and shortened upper arm portion as compared with said standardized hanger end portion.

A display panel including a front face having a plurality of grooves in horizontal parallel relationship and being vertically spaced apart, each of said grooves being generally T-shaped and symmetrical about one axis in cross-section, each groove having a throat open to said front face and extending to an inner end communicating with an inner cavity, said inner cavity having a substantially arcuate rear wall connecting diametrically opposed front walls extending to said throat inner end, an insert mounted in at least one of said grooves, said insert comprising an outer wall having a C-shape cross-section including an arcuate portion connecting opposed diametrical portions, said insert outer wall being in substantial contact engagement with groove surfaces along a horizontal extent of said groove, said insert arcuate portion engaging said arcuate rear wall of said inner cavity and said insert diametrical portions engaging said front walls.