US 2015/0020361 A1Published application

Apparatus and Method for Product Display

AssigneeThe Marco Company

InventorJoel Van Buskirk

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Abstract

An apparatus and method to retain a product support, displaying the product in a container, in adjustment panels mounted to a frame. Each adjustment panel may mount to the frame at a particular inclination angle, and include a number of serpentine slots for engaging a number of support pins extending from sides of the product support. Each serpentine slot in the number of serpentine slots may include a notch at each end, and at each direction change, of the serpentine slot. Each notch in a particular serpentine slot may be a different distance from a top edge of its respective adjustment panel. A first product support may be retained in a notch such that a top edge of a first container with a first depth on a first product support is substantially level with a top edge of a second container of a second depth on a second product support.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus to retain a product support, the apparatus comprising:

a first adjustment panel and a second adjustment panel, each adjustment panel connected to a frame, and the product support, configured such that when a first container and a second container having different depths are on a first product support and a second product support respectively, first product support and the second product support each engage both the first adjustment panel and the second adjustment panel, such that a top edge of the first container on the first product support is substantially level with a top edge of the second container on the second product support, each adjustment panel configured to comprise:
at least a first notch and a second notch in a first slot, and a corresponding first notch and a corresponding second notch in a second slot;
and
the first slot and the second slot each configured to:
engage the first product support such that the first notch and the corresponding first notch retain the first product support, facilitate sliding the first product support to the second notch and the corresponding second notch, and retain the first product support in the second notch and the corresponding second notch.

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A method of displaying a product, the method comprising:

selecting a desired display angle for a product support;
selecting a desired display height for the product support;
producing an adjustment panel, the adjustment panel configured based upon the desired display angle, and comprising at least two serpentine slots, wherein each serpentine slot each comprises at least two notches, each notch configured to retain a support pin extending from the product support;
connecting the adjustment panel to a frame;
connecting a weld end of the support pin to a side tube of the product support such that an engagement end of the support pin extends outward from the side tube;
connecting a support panel to the product support;
receiving the engagement end of a first support pin into a first serpentine slot in a first adjustment panel;
receiving a second support pin into a second serpentine slot, the second serpentine slot being on the first adjustment panel and adjacent to the first serpentine slot;
subsequent to receiving the second support pin, receiving a third support pin into a third serpentine slot, the third serpentine slot being on a second adjustment panel, and receiving a fourth support pin into a fourth serpentine slot, the fourth serpentine slot being on the second adjustment panel and adjacent to the third serpentine slot;
receiving each support pin into a respective notch in its respective serpentine slot, each respective notch corresponding to the desired display height for the product support;
and
receiving the product on the support panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/943,442Filed 16 Jul 2013
Published: 22 Jan 2015
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Classification10 codes

A47F 5/16
Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features: platform-type show stands with flat, inclined, or curved upper…
A47F 5/12
Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands: tiltable stands
A47F 2005/165
Platform-type show stands with flat, inclined, or curved upper surface: with inclined display surface
Y10T 29/49826
Method of mechanical manufacture: assembling or joining

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