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Apparatus for supporting and displaying objects

US5341942A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1993
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 25, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47F7/0042
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention discloses a support and display apparatus for supporting and displaying disc-like objects of predetermined size and shape, the support and display apparatus comprising at least one elongated structural member having a width, a thickness, a length, and an upper surface, the length of the elongated structural member being at least equal to an overall dimension of a face of a disc-like object which is to be supported and displayed, the structural member having a uniform continuous groove formed in its upper surface, the continuous groove having a bottom surface and opposed front and back sides, the front and back sides being spaced from each other at any opposed corresponding point by a space at least equal to the thickness of a disc-like object which is to be supported and displayed. The structural members may be joined together to support and display a relatively large array of disc-like objects.

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