Article display apparatuses and elongated, deflectable racks
US4848856A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F11/54
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An article display apparatus comprises a base, a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall and an article support rack rotatably mounted within the interior of the housing which displays and supports articles stacked end-to-end in vertical columns about the circumference of the housing. The article support rack is formed of a plurality of plastic extrusions each having two semicircular-shaped columns. Each column comprises a pair of spaced, flexible gripping arms which extend vertically along the axial length of the housing. The gripping arms of each column have opposed article gripping portions adapted to receive and grip an article therebetween, and opposed outer ends which deflect apart upon insertion or removal of an article within the gripping portions. Each plastic extrusion is also formed with male and female locking elements which permit adjacent extrusions to removably interlock with one another to form the article support rack. Alternatively, the plastic extrusions are directly and permanently connected to one another to form an article display rack in which adjacent columns are either colinear or oriented at an angle relative to one another.
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