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US 6,439,399 B1Granted
Molded display rack with snap-in retainer and hinged mold insert tool
AssigneeHallmark Cards, Incorporated
InventorsBrian Lee Wegstein, Phil James Davis
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Abstract
A display unit for displaying various flat or flat-packaged articles, such as greeting cards, magazines, brochures, and the like includes a molded backboard having a plurality of walls joined to one another by a plurality of horizontal channels and a snap-in retainer for holding the displayed articles which is easily inserted into and removed from the channel of the backboard.
Claims16
A display unit for displaying articles, the display unit comprising:
- a backboard including a plurality of steps, each of the steps having:
- a generally upright wall;
- a sloped wall extending at an angle downwardly and forwardly away from the upright wall;
- and
- a dovetail shaped channel extending generally horizontally between the upright wall and the sloped wall;
- and
- a retainer for holding said articles, the retainer including:
- a bottom wall;
- and
- first and second extensions projecting from the bottom wall at a diverging angle to relative to each other, the first and second extensions shaped to be received within the dovetail shaped channel so that the first and second extensions complementarily fit outwardly against opposite sides of the dovetail shaped channel to securely mount the retainer to the backboard.
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