Configurable display system and modular display arrangement for consumer electronic devices
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Abstract
A method of displaying consumer electronic devices comprises supporting a plurality of rails on a frame in a generally parallel, spaced relationship and configuring each rail for slidable movement relative to the frame in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of each rail. A first row of display units is supported between a first adjacent pair of the rails and a second row of display units between a second adjacent pair of the rails, with each display unit comprising at least one of a device support unit and a plate. The plurality of display units are reconfigurable by exchanging the display units between different lateral positions within at least one of the first and second rows of display units and/or by exchanging at least one display unit between the first row and the second row of display units.
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14. A method of displaying consumer electronic devices, comprising:
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supporting a plurality of rails on a frame in a generally parallel, spaced relationship to each other and configuring each rail for selective slidable movement relative to the frame in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of each rail;
supporting a first row of display units between a first adjacent pair of the plurality of rails;
supporting a second row of display units between a second adjacent pair of the plurality of rails; and
reconfiguring the plurality of display units within at least one of the first row of display units and the second row of display units via slidable movement of at least one rail of the plurality of rails relative to the frame to enable insertion and removal of the display units relative to the rails. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A consumer electronic device display system comprising:
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a frame configured to support a plurality of rails in a generally parallel relationship along a first direction and in a generally spaced apart relationship relative to each other in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of rails and the frame being removably coupled to each other to enable limited slidable movement of each rail of the plurality of rails in the second direction relative to the frame;
a first row of display units removably supported between a first adjacent pair of rails of the plurality of rails in a first closed position, the first row extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rails;
a second row of display units removably supported between a second adjacent pair of rails of the plurality of rails in the first closed position, the second row extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rails;
wherein slidable movement of at least the first adjacent pair of rails relative to the frame from the first closed position to a second open position, in which the display units of the first row are no longer supported between the first adjacent pair of rails, enables replacement of a first display unit of the first row of display units with a second display unit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A consumer electronic device display system comprising:
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a base including a front vertical portion having a top edge and a rear vertical portion having a top edge;
at least one support member extending from the front vertical portion of the base to the rear vertical portion of the base, and including a front edge supported by the top edge of the front vertical portion and a rear edge supported by the top edge of the rear vertical portion; and
a plurality of display units supported by, and extending in series, on the at least one support member from the front portion to the rear portion of the at least one support member;
wherein the height of the rear vertical portion is greater than a height of the front vertical portion to arrange the front edge of the at least one support member at a first elevation and the rear edge of the at least one support member at a second elevation higher than the first elevation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A modular display, comprising:
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a plurality of generally rectangular-shaped base modules with each base module supporting a reconfigurable array of device support units with each device support unit configured to removably secure a consumer electronic device; and
at least one generally wedge-shaped connecting module interspersed between an adjacent pair of base modules of the plurality of base modules to enable a front portion of the base modules and a front portion of the at least one connecting module to define a substantially continuous front display surface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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