Collapsible Retail Display
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorEmory Brozak
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Abstract
The collapsible display of the present disclosure and related inventions includes a plurality of pre-assembled parts which can be configured, without the use of tools, to form a reusable, merchandising display fixture. The display is quickly and easily constructed and quickly and easily deconstructed and stored. The entire display, with merchandise thereon, may be placed upon or integral with a standard shipping pallet for maximum mobility around the retail floor space. The collapsible display provides an inexpensive, collapsible, reusable display requiring minimum storage space when not in use.
Claims22
A merchandise display comprising:
- a base comprising four bumper panels arranged in a substantially square shape;
- four corner posts attached to the base, each corner post attached to the base proximate to each corner of the base;
- one or more cross braces attached between each pair of corner posts;
- a plurality of channels or rows attached to the one or more cross braces between at least one pair of corner posts;
- wherein the entire display is operative to being picked up and transported by a forklift,
- wherein the entire display is operative to be assembled and disassembled without the use of any tools, and
- wherein when the entire display is disassembled, the disassembled display may be inserted into a storage space.
A merchandise display comprising:
- a base structure comprising four bumper panels arranged in a substantially square shape, two of the four bumper panels having two pivotable legs attached thereto wherein the pivotable legs move between a first position wherein the pivotable legs are parallel with the bumper panel for storage purposes and a second position wherein the pivotable legs are perpendicular to the bumper panel for supporting the merchandise display;
- four corner posts, each of the four corner posts attached to one of the four pivotable legs of the base structure;
- at least one cross-brace attached between each adjacent pair of the four corner posts;
- at least one greeting card pocket panel attached to the at least one cross-brace between at least two adjacent pair of the four corner posts, the greeting card pocket panel having at least five individual card pockets arranged in a tiered configuration;
- wherein the merchandise display is operative to be assembled and disassembled without the use of power or hand tools.
A merchandise display comprising:
- four bumper panels which are snap fit together to form a substantially square-shaped base structure;
- two of the four bumper panels having two legs permanently attached thereto for supporting the base structure;
- at least one support rail attached between two opposing bumper panels;
- four corner posts which are removably attached to the two legs located on two of the four bumper panels;
- at least one cross-brace removably attached between each adjacent pair of corner posts;
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- at least one greeting card pocket panel having a plurality of card pockets contained thereon in a tiered configuration removably attached between at least two adjacent pair of corner posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.