Stairstep display rack
AssigneeChampion International Corporation
InventorVernon Dumond
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Abstract
A display rack for a counter top display provides a stairstep effect and is adaptable to a wide variety of display styles and products. The rack includes an outer casing, a support member and a plurality of pockets. The support member has a planar support panel which is inclined when the support member is folded and mounted within the outer casing. Each pocket has depending legs which are mounted within aligned slots in the support panel so as to be arranged in a stairstep manner. The casing, support member and pocket are each in the form of a flat, planar sheet of material which is folded to its assembled configuration.
Claims11
A stairstep display rack for displaying items in a stairstep arrangement on a horizontal surface comprising:
- an outer casing;
- a support member adapted to be mounted within said casing;
- said member having a generally planar support panel, means for supporting said support panel so that it is inclined relative to the horizontal surface and exposed in said casing when said member is mounted in said casing, and a plurality of aligned slots in said support panel;
- at least one generally channel shaped pocket means for receiving a quantity of items to be displayed;
- said pocket means including a front panel, two side panels attached to opposite side edges of said front panel and two back panels respectively connected to the remaining side edges of said side panels, said pocket means further including at least two legs extending downwardly from the lower edge thereof and adapted to be received in said aligned slots, and wherein the lower edges of said side panels are inclined upwardly towards said back panels, with the angle of inclination of the lower edges of said side panels being equal to the angle of inclination of said support panel such that the lower edges of said side panels rest against the upper surface of said support panel thereby maintaining said pocket means in a vertical orientation;
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- said casing, support member and pocket means each being in the form of a flat, planar sheet of material which may be folded to its assembled configuration;
- whereby said casing, support member and pocket means may be stored and shipped in a flat configuration, and assembled easily on location without any preassembly.
A stairstep display rack comprising
- a generally planar support panel;
- means for supporting said support panel at an angle relative to a generally planar surface on which the rack is to be mounted;
- a plurality of aligned slots in said support panel;
- a plurality of generally channel shaped pocket means said pocket means including a front panel, two side panels attached to opposite side edges of said front panel, and two back panels respectively connected to the remaining side edges of said side panels, said pocket means further including at least two legs extending downwardly from the lower edge thereof and adapted to be received in said aligned slots, and wherein the lower edges of said side panels are inclined upwardly towards said back panels, with the angle of inclination of the lower edges of said side panels being equal to the angle of inclination of said support panel such that the lower edges of said side panels rest against the upper surface of said support panel to maintain said pocket means in a vertical orientation;
- at least some of said pocket means arranged in a line extending up the incline of said support panel;
- whereby said pocket means are arranged in a stairstep manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.