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US 5,480,036 AGranted
Greeting card display apparatus or the like
OwnerMark A. Oparinventor
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Abstract
A greeting card display apparatus including an upstanding card retaining assembly with concealed slot means for receiving a plurality of endless loop elastic cords in a manner that the elastic cords extend in tension along the periphery of the upstanding assembly to retain greeting cards with respect to the upstanding assembly.
Claims18
A greeting card display apparatus or the like comprising:
- an elongated, upstanding member having a pair of opposed axial ends and an axially elongated exterior periphery extending intermediate said opposed axial ends;
- a plurality of opening means formed in each of said opposed axial ends with ones of said opening means adjacent one of said axial ends being disposed essentially in axial alignment with respective ones of said opening means adjacent the other of said axial ends;
- card retention means retained by at least some of said opening means and adapted to retain greeting cards with respect to said display apparatus;
- a pair of end cap means retained with respect to said upstanding member adjacent said opposed axial ends, respectively;
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- each of said end cap means including pocket means for receiving and retaining said opposed axial ends, respectively, in a manner that said end cap means axially overlap and conceal said pluralities of opening means, respectively.
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A greeting card display apparatus or the like comprising:
- an elongated, upstanding member having a pair of opposed axial ends and an axially elongated exterior periphery extending intermediate said axial ends;
- a plurality of opening means formed adjacent at least one of said axial ends;
- said opening means being adapted to receive and retain a card retention means adjacent said exterior periphery of said upstanding means;
- an end cap means retained with respect to said upstanding member adjacent said at least one of said axial ends;
- said end cap means including pocket means for receiving and retaining said at least one of said axial ends in a manner that said end cap means axially overlaps and conceals said plurality of opening means;
- said end cap means further including means for receiving and retaining a thematic motif;
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- a thematic motif interchangeably received and retained by said end cap means.
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