Display system for mobile electronic devices and associated methods

A display fixture for securely displaying a mobile electronic device in a retail setting, the display fixture comprising:

• a cross brace defining a center portion and including at least three arms radially extending outwardly from the center portion, wherein each of the at least three arms terminates in a free end opposite the center portion;
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• at least two corner members each including a first substantially planar wall, a second substantially planar wall extending substantially parallel to the first substantially planar wall, and two sidewalls extending between substantially linear closed edges of the first substantially planar wall and the second substantially planar wall, wherein:
• a cavity is defined by each of the at least two corner members between the first substantially planar wall and the second substantially planar wall and is configured to receive a corner of the mobile electronic device,
• each of the at least two corner members defines an opening to access the cavity of each of the at least two corner members opposite the two sidewalls,
• the second substantially planar wall of each of the at least two corner members is secured to a different free end of the cross brace such that the opening of each of the at least two corner members faces the center portion of the cross brace, wherein:
• each free end defines two linear edge segments intersecting to form a corner point of the cross brace,
• the sidewalls of each of the at least two corner members include a laterally extending sidewall and a longitudinally extending side wall,
• the laterally extending sidewall of one of the at least two corner members is positioned to be substantially coplanar with one of the two linear edge segments of a corresponding free end, and
• the longitudinally extending sidewall of the one of the at least two corner members is positioned to be substantially coplanar with the other of the two linear edge segments of the corresponding free end.

A mounting fixture including:

• a substantially planar X-shaped member defining four free ends;
• a first corner member coupled to one of the four free ends and defining a first cavity closed along two linear segments of an outer perimeter of the one of the four free ends and open toward a second one of the four free ends opposite the one of the four free ends, wherein the first corner member fits entirely within the footprint of the one of the four free ends of the substantially planar X-shaped member;
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• a second corner member coupled to the second one of the four free ends and defining a second cavity closed along two linear segments of an outer perimeter of the second one of the four free ends and open toward the one of the four free ends, wherein the second corner member fits entirely within the footprint of the second one of the four free ends of the substantially planar X-shaped member such that a mobile device is configured to have opposite corners thereof maintained within the first cavity and the second cavity.

A method of constructing a display fixture around a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

• providing a cross brace defining a center portion and including at least three arms radially extending outwardly from the center portion, wherein each of the at least three arms terminates in a free end opposite the center portion;
• securing at least two corner members to a different free end of the cross brace, each of the at least two corner members including a first substantially planar wall, a second substantially planar wall extending substantially parallel to the first substantially planar wall, and two sidewalls extending between substantially linear closed edges of the first substantially planar wall and the second substantially planar wall, wherein:
• a cavity is defined by each of the at least two corner members between the first substantially planar wall and the second substantially planar wall and is configured to receive a corner of the mobile electronic device,
• each of the at least two corner members defines an opening to access the cavity of each of the at least two corner members opposite the two sidewalls facing the center portion of the cross brace, and
• the two sidewalls of each of the at least two corner members intersect one another closing the cavity opposite the opening;
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• placing each of two adjacent corners the mobile electronic device within the cavity defined a first one of the at least two corner members and the cavity defined by a second one of the at least two corner members such that each of the two adjacent corners of the mobile electronic device are covered by a different one of the at least two corner members of the display fixture.