Inventory display rack
OwnerRoger L. Meierinventor
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Abstract
A method and a display rack apparatus for the efficient display of large or bulky inventory items. The display rack includes mounting brackets attached to sloping lateral frame arms to support similar parts of disassembled items of inventory in an inclined, raised array. The mounting brackets grip the frame arms by pressure of cam pins and may include associated fingers shaped to engage the parts being displayed.
Claims19
An inventory display apparatus for displaying a plurality of similar portions of disassembled items, comprising:
- (a) a display rack having a frame including a pair of parallel, upwardly sloping lateral arms;
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- (b) first and second mounting brackets, each engaged with a respective side of one of said similar portions and releasably engaged with a respective one of said lateral arms, so that said one of said similar portions may be supported by said first and second mounting brackets in a raised position on said frame.
A method for displaying a similar portion of each of a plurality of ones of an inventory item capable of being selectively disassembled into a plurality of portions, the method comprising:
- (a) displaying an assembled one of said inventory item in front of a display rack having a frame including a pair of parallel upwardly sloping lateral arms;
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- (b) displaying a portion of at least one disassembled one of said inventory item in a raised position with respect to said assembled one of said inventory item by securing said at least one portion to said lateral arms.
A clamp for adjustably securing a plurality of articles together, said clamp comprising;
- (a) a channel portion capable of fitting matingly about one of said articles and having a pair of opposed sides defining an aligned pair of openings;
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- (b) an engagement member extending through said openings from one of said opposed sides to the other, said engagement member being rotatable within said openings, between a first position and a second position, said engagement member having a first surface facing into said channel portion in said first position and a convexly curved locking cam surface facing into said channel portion in said second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.