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US 4,760,928 AGranted
Corrugated sheet plastic beverage display case
AssigneeLeggett & Platt, Incorporated
InventorRafael T. Bustos
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Abstract
A beverage display case having a back panel, side panels and a bottom panel made from corrugated sheet plastic material. The case is rigidified by a U-shaped metal rod which rests atop the top edge of the back panel and the side panels and is secured thereto by extruded plastic caps which fit over the rod and the top edge of the back panel and side panels. A pair of rigid reinforcement rods also overlie the front edge of the side panels and are secured thereto by extruded plastic caps which fit over the rods and the front edges of the side panels. An adjustable snap-up shelf is secured to the front side of the back panel.
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A beverage display case comprising
- a back panel, a pair of side panels, and a bottom panel, all of said panels being manufactured from a corrugated sheet plastic material, said side panels being connected to and extending forwardly from opposite side edges of said back panel, and said bottom panel being connected to and extending forwardly from a bottom edge of said back panel,
- a rigid, generally U-shaped, top reinforcement rod having a pair of side legs and a crossbar extending between said side legs, one of said side legs of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of each of said side panels and said crossbar of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of said back panel, and
- an extruded plastic edge reinforcement cap secured over said U-shaped top reinforcement rod and said upper edge of said side and back panels so as to secure said rod and said upper edges of said side and back panels in an assembled relationship.
A beverage display case comprising
- a back panel, a pair of side panels, and a bottom panel, all of said panels being manufactured from a corrugated sheet material, said side panels being connected to and extending forwardly from opposite side edges of said back panel, and said bottom panel being connected to and extending forwardly from a bottom edge of said back panel,
- a rigid, generally U-shaped, top reinforcement rod having a pair of side legs and a crossbar extending between said side legs, one of said side legs of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of one of said side panels and said crossbar of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of said back panel, and
- an extruded plastic edge reinforcement cap secured over said U-shaped top reinforcement rod and said upper edges of said side and back panels so as to secure said rod and said upper edges of said side and back panels in an assembled relationship.
A beverage display case comprising
- a display case blank made from corrugated sheet plastic material, said blank comprising a back panel and a pair of side panels, each of said side panels being connected by a fold line to a side edge of said back panel,
- a bottom panel, said bottom panel being connected to and extending forwardly from a bottom edge of said back panel,
- a rigid, generally U-shaped, top reinforcement rod having a pair of side legs and a crossbar extending between said side legs, one of said side legs of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of one of said side panels and said crossbar of said top reinforcement rod overlying an upper edge of said back panel, and
- an extruded plastic edge reinforcement cap secured over said U-shaped top reinforcement rod and said upper edges of said side and back panels so as to secure said rod and said upper edges of said side and back panels in an assembled relationship.
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A beverage display case comprising
- a back panel, a pair of side panels, and a bottom panel, all of said panels being manufactured from a corrugated sheet material, said side panels being connected to and extending forwardly from opposite side edges of said back panel, and said bottom panel being connected to and extending forwardly from a bottom edge of said back panel,
- said back panel having corrugations extending vertically in said back panel,
- a horizontal slot in said back panel, said slot defining spaced horizontal edges of said back panel,
- a generally inverted, U-shaped wire having a pair of vertical legs connected at the upper ends thereof, said legs each having a horizontal offset section located medially of the vertical height of said legs, and
- the lower ends of said legs being inserted through said horizontal slot of said back panel and into spaced vertical corrugations of said back panel, said offset sections of said vertical legs contacting and resting atop an edge of said back panel formed by said slot.
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