Foldable, wheeled display stand
AssigneeArrow Art Finishers, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Smith
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Abstract
A pre-assembled wheeled assembly is attached as a pre-assembled unit to a foldable, erectable display stand, and is removable as a pre-assembled unit from the stand. The wheeled assembly includes a support, at least one wheel journaled on the support, and holders on the support for quick and easy attachment and removal of the wheeled assembly.
Claims36
A foldable, wheeled display stand erectable, when unfolded, from a collapsed condition to an erect display condition, comprising:
- an upright rear panel;
- a generally planar, upright front panel juxtaposed with the rear panel in the collapsed condition and spaced apart from the rear panel in the erect display condition;
- generally planar, upright side panels spaced apart from each other and extending between the front and rear panels at opposite sides of the stand;
- each of said panels having bottom edges;
- a shelf movable from a first position overlying the rear panel in the collapsed condition, to a load-beating second position generally perpendicular to the rear panel in the erect display condition, said shelf extending between the front and rear panels and also extending between the side panels in the erect display condition;
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- a pre-assembled wheeled assembly including a support, at least one wheel journaled on the support, and holder means including a pair of end clips for slidably and frictionally engaging the bottom edges of two of said panels spaced apart from each other in the erect display condition, on the support for attaching the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit to the stand in the erect display condition, and for removing the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit from the stand in the erect display condition.
A foldable, wheeled display stand erectable, when unfolded, from a collapsed condition to an erect display condition, comprising:
- an upright rear panel;
- a shelf movable from a first position overlying the rear panel in the collapsed condition, to a load-bearing second position generally perpendicular to the rear panel in the erect display condition;
- a pair of generally planar, upright side panels at opposite sides of the shelf in the erect display position,
- biasing means for automatically moving the shelf to the load-bearing second position when the stand is unfolded from the collapsed condition, and for affirmatively biasing the side panels toward each other;
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- a pre-assembled wheeled assembly including a support, at least one wheel journaled on the support, and holder means on the support for attaching the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit to the side panels of the stand in the erect display condition, and for removing the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit from the side panels of the stand in the erect display condition, said biasing means being operative for pulling the side panels into pressed engagement with the wheeled assembly to hold the latter on the stand.
A pre-assembled wheeled assembly for attachment to, and removal from, an erect display stand, comprising:
- an elongated support;
- at least one wheel journaled on the support;
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- holder means on the support for attaching the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit to the erect display stand, and for removing the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit from the erect display stand, said holder means including a pair of end clips at opposite ends of the support, and wherein said one wheel is mounted within the support between the end clips.
A combination of a pre-assembled wheeled assembly and an erect display stand, said combination comprising:
- said stand having a pair of spaced-apart panels to and from which the wheeled assembly is attached and removed, respectively;
- an elongated support extending along an axis between the panels;
- at least one wheel journaled on the support;
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- holder means on the support for attaching the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit to the erect display stand, and for removing the wheeled assembly as a pre-assembled unit from the erect display stand, said holder means including a pair of end projections at opposite ends for the support and extending along the axis in opposite directions through the panels, and wherein said one wheel is mounted on the support between the end projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.