US 9,004,300 B1Granted

Display rack with multi-position shelves

AssigneeChicago Display Company

InventorJordan Morrell

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Abstract

A display rack and display rack shelf. The display rack includes a frame which supports one or more of the shelves. The frame has first, second and lateral sides and defines a plurality of vertically-spaced pairs of horizontally-aligned apertures. The shelf includes first and second end portions. The first end portion includes a movable support element with a single piece cross member and a pair of movable engagers at opposite lateral sides of the shelf for engagement with a selected pair of apertures along the first or second sides of the frame. The single-piece cross member and each movable engager of the movable support element is slidable toward and, alternatively, away from the second end and is rotatable about a corresponding axis to permit setting of the angular position of the shelf. The second end portion side is configured for pivotal engagement with one of the front and rear sides of the frame. The shelf of the rack is adjustable for a plurality of angular orientations by a selective positioning of the first end portion with respect to the second end portion.

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Dependent claims

A display rack, comprising:

a frame having first and second pairs of upright elements, the upright elements defining a shelf space and a lateral dimension therebetween and including a plurality of vertically-spaced apertures, the apertures of such upright elements including pairs of apertures at corresponding vertical positions therealong;
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at least one shelf of a principal width at least partially within the shelf space, the shelf including (a) first and second ends, (b) a first end portion with a pair of movable engagers for engagement with a pair of apertures of one of the first and second pairs of the upright elements, and (c) a second end portion with a pair of nonmovable engagers for engagement with a pair of the apertures of the other of the first and second pairs of the upright elements, the pair of movable engagers being the ends of a single-piece cross-member defining a single axis, the single-piece cross-member being rotatable about the single axis and slidable toward and, alternatively, away from the second end, thereby allowing angular adjustment of a shelf plane by selective positioning of the first end portion with respect to the second end portion wherein the vertically-spaced apertures for supporting the pair of movable engagers face the vertically-spaced apertures for supporting the pair of nonmovable engagers.

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