Shoe display apparatus

A mounting assembly adapted to mount a movable structure, such as an adjustable display platform, to a base structure, such as a mounting post, said mounting assembly comprising:

• a. a slideway mounted to said base structure and defining a pair of longitudinally extending opposed mounting slots,
• b. a mounting member attached to said movable structure, said mounting member having a pair of oppositely and outwardly extending mounting flanges resiliently attached to the mounting member so as to be able to be deflected outwardly into engagement in said mounting slots,
• c. a locking cam member having a locking position where it presses said mounting flanges outwardly into locking engagement in the mounting slots, and a release position where it releases said flanges from locking engagement in said mounting slots to permit movement of the mounting member relative to the base structure,
• d. said locking cam having opposed cam faces engaging said mounting flanges, said cam member being rotatably mounted to said cam means, each cam face having opposed sets of locking faces having varying distances from a point of rotation of said locking cam,
• whereby said mounting flanges can be deflected outwardly to a greater or lesser degree to accommodate variations in the configuration of said mounting slots.

In a display apparatus particularly adapted to display articles, such as pairs of shoes in a manner that the shoes of each pair are in an upright position and in side-by-side relationship, wherein said display apparatus comprises a mounting post having a longitudinal axis and providing at least one vertical slideway in the form of a pair of longitudinally extending opposed mounting slots, a display unit adapted to be mounted as one of a plurality of display units to said post, said unit comprising:

• a. a display platform adapted to support an article, such as a pair of shoes, thereon and having an inner end and an outer end,
• b. a mounting member attached to the inner end of said platform, said mounting member having a pair of oppositely and outwardly extending mounting flanges resiliently attached to the mounting member so as to be able to be deflected outwardly into engagement in said mounting slots,
• c. locking means positioned to engage said mounting flanges, said locking means having a locking position where it presses said mounting flanges outwardly into locking engagement in the mounting slots, and a release position where it releases said flanges from locking engagement in said mounting slots to permit movement of the mounting member and its associated platform relative to the mounting post,
• d. a first outer securing device mounted to the outer end of the platform member by vertically-adjustable mounting means so that the outer securing device can be vertically-adjusted relative to the platform to engage in proper fashion one end of said article, such as a toe of a shoe being displayed,
• e. a second inner securing device mounted to said platform at a location inwardly of the first securing device and arranged to engage an inner end of said article, such as a heel of a shoe being displayed,
• whereby articles of varying sizes can be attractively displayed by adjustment of the location of the platform on the mounting post, and adjustment of the outer securing device is provided for proper engagement of the article being displayed.