Modular greeting card rack
AssigneeVanguard Packaging, Inc.
InventorJERRY RYAN FROST
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Abstract
A rack display comprising a base having a front panel with a plurality of horizontal and vertical slots included thereon; left and right side panels extending from sides of the front panel; a back panel extending between the left and right side panels; and one or more shelf members including horizontal and vertical tabs. The shelf members are secured to the base by inserting the vertical and horizontal tabs within the vertical and horizontal slots respectively. The rack display is erected from a knockdown configuration by securing the shelf members to the front panel of the base via insertion of the horizontal and vertical tabs within the horizontal and vertical slots respectively.
Claims17
A rack display comprising:
- a base including—
- a front panel, said front panel defining a plurality of horizontal and vertical slots,
- opposed left and right side panels extending from respective left and right sides of said front panel, and
- a back panel extending between said left and right side panels;
- and
- one or more shelf members, each shelf member including—
- a bottom panel hingedly coupled to a bottom edge of a vertical panel, said bottom panel being folded inward from said vertical panel,
- side panels hingedly coupled to opposed ends of said vertical panel, said side panels being folded inward from said vertical panel,
- horizontal tabs extending from an inner edge of said bottom panel, and
- vertical tabs extending from an inner edge of said side panels,
- wherein said shelf members are operable to be secured to said base by inserting said vertical and horizontal tabs within said vertical and horizontal slots, respectively,
- wherein one or more of said vertical tabs are formed with tab fingers extending from opposed sides of each vertical tab,
- wherein each tab finger is hingedly coupled to its respective vertical tab such that said tab fingers are capable of being folded with respect to said vertical tabs so as to enable said vertical tabs to be inserted into respective vertical slots,
- wherein each set of tab fingers is capable of being unfolded so as to retain said vertical tabs within respective vertical slots, thereby securing said shelf members to said base, and
- wherein one or more of said horizontal tabs are formed with tab fingers that are capable of being folded with respect to said horizontal tabs and that are reasonable to secure said shelf members to said base.
A rack display comprising:
- a base including—
- a front panel, said front panel defining a plurality of horizontal and vertical slots,
- opposed left and right side panels extending from respective sides of said front panel, and
- a back panel extending between said left and right side panels;
- and
- first and second shelf members, each shelf member including—
- a tab panel extending approximately horizontally from said front panel of said base,
- an inner panel extending approximately vertically upward from said tab panel so as to define a pocket for supporting items between said inner panel of said shelf member and said front panel of said base,
- one or more horizontal tab extending from said tab panel of said shelf member, each horizontal tab being received by a respective horizontal slot of said front panel of said base, and
- one or more vertical tab, each vertical tab being received by a respective vertical slot of said front panel of said base,
- wherein said first shelf member is secured to said front panel of said base in a first position and said second shelf member is secured to said front panel of said base in a second position,
- wherein said second position is above said first position, and
- wherein said front panel of said base is sloped slightly backwards such that a card or book placed within said pocket of said first shelf member is capable of extending approximately vertically upward past said tab panel of said second shelf member without extending into the pocket of said second shelf member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.