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Combination shelf and display unit

  • US 20030201203A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2002
  • Published: 10/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In combination, a shelf and a display unit, said shelf comprising a generally planar support member having front and rear ends and an upper surface, a depressed well formed toward said front end, said well being defined by a front wall, a rear wall and a bottom wall, said well having a depth measured from said bottom wall to said upper surface of said support member, and a length measured between said front and rear walls, and a channel communicating with said rear wall of said well and underlying said support member to define a lip at that end of the well, said display unit comprising a first panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, said first panel having a height between its upper and lower edges greater than said depth of said well, a second panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, said upper edge of said second panel being hingedly connected at an angle to said upper edge of said first panel, said second panel having a length between its upper and lower edges greater than said length of said well, a third panel having a front edge and a rear edge, said rear edge of said third panel being secured to said lower edge of said first panel, said third panel having a length between its front and rear edges less than said length of said well, a fourth panel having a lower edge and an upper edge, said lower edge of said fourth panel being secured to said front edge of said third panel, said fourth panel having a height between its lower and upper edges greater than said depth of said well, and a fifth panel having a rear edge secured to said upper edge of said fourth panel and having portions with an upper surface extending forwardly therefrom, a locking member having a lower edge secured to a lower portion of said first panel, said locking member extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom to a free upper edge, and complementary, selectively interengageable, members on said lower edge of said second panel and said upper surface of forwardly-extending portions of said fifth panel to secure said panels together to form a relatively rigid, generally right-triangular, upper portion and a relatively rigid lower portion formed from the lower portion of said first panel together with said third and fourth panels, said lower portion of said display unit adapted to be seated in said well with said locking member extending into said channel and engaged under said lip to secure said display unit to said shelf and with the upper portion of said first panel extending above said upper surface of said support member to define a stop for articles carried by said support member.

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