Display system for sample articles

A sample display system for displaying carpet wares, comprising:

• a plurality of uprights adapted to be fastened to a wall, each upright having hook-receiving openings formed thereon;
• a plurality of cantilever arms each having a hook at one end to be inserted into an opening in an upright to suspend the arm thereon, the arm extending outwardly from the wall and downwardly from the point where the hook is inserted in the opening, and each arm having a row of openings;
• a plurality of carpet hangers each having a wire hook to be inserted in the opening of a cantilever arm, each wire hook supporting a clip having spaced leaf-spring flanges adapted to clamp the edge of a carpet sample;
• a plurality of shelf frames each bent from a single piece of metal and comprising a pair of side arms joined by a front bar, said side arms and front bar each having flanges bent therefrom to support a shelf, and said side arms having ends terminating in hook brackets adapted to be hooked to openings in a selected pair of the uprights so that each shelf will project forwardly from the selected uprights and downwardly from the point where the hooks are inserted in the opening;
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• an elongated hanger rail with hook means at the ends thereof adapted to be hooked to selected uprights to extend horizontally therebetween.