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US 5,078,283 AGranted
Customer convenience center
OwnerJewell E. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A customer convenience center, or merchandise display stand, for use principally in convenience stores, the stand having a metal base frame on legs or casters or a combination thereof, perforated hardboard panels resting on the frame, said panels retained in place by metal uprights, and said uprights retained in place by a top frame enclosing the uprights. A planar top covers the top frame. Shelf bracket standards may be attached to the perforated hardboard panels as desired for support of shelf brackets and shelves.
Claims13
A merchandise display stand comprising:
- a base frame formed of horizontally disposed members joined at their ends to form a polygon;
- a plurality of rectangular planar backboards supported by the members of the base frame, the number of backboards being equal to the number of members forming the polygon of the base frame, and each such backboard having a horizontal lower edge, a horizontal upper edge, and vertical side edges, and the upper and lower edges of each backboard being of equal length and being slightly shorter in length than the base frame member on which it is supported;
- a plurality of upright members, the number of upright members being equal to the number of members forming the polygon of the base frame, each upright member having a lower end and an upper end, each upright member being supported at its lower end by the base frame within an interior angle of the base frame, and said upright members providing a positioning and retaining means for the side edges of the backboards;
- a means on the base frame to support the lower edges of the backboards;
- a means on the base frame for supporting the lower ends of the upright members;
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- a top frame formed of horizontally disposed members joined at their ends to form a polygon of the same shape as the base frame, said top frame resting on the upper ends of the upright members and enclosing said upper ends of the upright members in a retaining relationship.
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