US 9,775,449 B2Granted

Mattress display fixture

AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.

InventorsScott E. Denby, Nick Angvall

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Abstract

A support member configured for use in a mattress display fixture includes an integral, single-piece, unitary member that including a rear panel, a front panel, an interior side panel, and an exterior side panel. The front panel is spaced from the rear panel and is generally parallel thereto. The interior side panel is connected to and extends forwardly from the rear panel toward the front panel to a front edge. The exterior side panel is connected to and extends between the rear panel and the front panel. The front panel includes a plurality of support beams integrally formed therewith and spaced from one another. The interior side panel includes a plurality of cut-outs formed therein that are spaced from one another. Each cut-out includes a generally horizontal portion that opens through the front edge of the interior side panel and a generally vertical portion extending from the generally horizontal portion.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A support member configured for use in a mattress display fixture, comprising:

an integral, single-piece, unitary member that includes:
a rear panel,
a front panel spaced from the rear panel and being generally parallel thereto,
an interior side panel connected to and extending forwardly from the rear panel toward the front panel to a front edge that is spaced from the front panel, and
an exterior side panel connected to and extending between the rear panel and the front panel generally parallel to the interior side panel;
wherein:
the front panel includes a plurality of support beams integrally formed therewith,
the support beams are spaced from one another,
the support beams are generally parallel to the rear panel,
the interior side panel includes a plurality of cut-outs formed therein,
the cut-outs are spaced from one another, and
each cut-out includes a generally horizontal portion that opens through the front edge of the interior side panel and a generally vertical portion extending from the generally horizontal portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/332,826Filed 24 Oct 2016 · division
Priority: 3 Jul 2014
Published: US 2017/0035219 A19 Feb 2017
Granted: 3 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47F 7/30
Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials: for furniture, e.g. beds, mattresses
A47B 57/10
Consisting of grooved or notched ledges, uprights or side walls: the grooved or notched parts being the side walls or uprights themselves
A47B 96/027
Shelves: cantilever shelves
A47F
Special furniture, fittings, or accessories for shops, storehouses, bars, restaurants or the

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Application14/323,319Parent of this division · filed 3 Jul 2014
US 2017/0035219 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Feb 2017
US 9,474,393 B2Parent of this division
US 2016/0000239 A1Published application
US 9,775,449 B2This patent

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