Display rack
OwnerRafael T. Bustosinventor
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Abstract
A display rack having a novel corner post and shelf support structure. In preferred form, the corner post is of an angular, non-tubular configuration, and includes a plurality of shelf locater hole pairs provided along the length of the post. The shelf support clip is adapted to seat on the inside surface of the corner post, the clip including a pair of fingers that extend through a cooperating pair of the holes in the post at the desired shelf level. A decor strip is slidably received in a guideway defined on the external surface of the corner post, thereby hiding the clip's fingers and the unused locater holes from sight when the corner post's external surface is viewed by an observer.
Claims4
A display rack comprising
- at least one shelf,
- a corner post of a generally angular configuration, said corner post including a corner rib positioned at the angular corner of said corner post, a decor strip connector structure laterally spaced from said corner rib and extending along each longitudinal edge of said corner post, a side wall section connected between said corner rib and each decor strip connector structure with at least one of said side wall sections being set back inwardly from a planar external face that includes an exterior surface of said corner rib, and a plurality of shelf locater holes provided along the length of said post in said set-back wall section for establishing a plurality of potential shelf support levels along the length of said post for said shelf,
- at least one shelf support clip mounted on the internal face of said corner post, said clip including at least one finger adapted to extend through one of said shelf locater holes to establish said clip at the desired shelf support level, and each shelf being located and supported by a clip relative to the ends of said post, and
- a decor strip mounted in said decor strip connector structure on the external surface of said corner post, said decor strip being structured to permit removal of said decor strip from operable combination with said corner post, said corner rib and each of said decor strip connector structures cooperating with said decor strip to define a substantially planar external face for each external face of said post, and said decor strip being structured to overlie said clip's finger for preventing inadvertent contact therewith and for hiding unused shelf locater holes from sight when the corner post's external faces are viewed by an observer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.