Merchandising display stand

• US 4,332,204 A
• Filed: 05/19/1980
• Issued: 06/01/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: MEAD Corporation (Meadwestvaco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: MEAD Corporation (Meadwestvaco Corporation)
• Inventors: Hewell, Gerald M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US06/151,376
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 108/1, 108/108, 108/111, 211/187, 248/250
• US Class Current: 108/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/12 Tiltable stands

Abstract

In a sheet metal merchandising display stand, a base shelf is converted from a horizontal bottle support to a tilted package support merely by reversing its position. Two reinforcing channels are secured to the underside of the shelf and extend from one side to the other. These reinforcing channels have web sections both of which are located in a plane forming a 3.5 degree angle with the article-supporting surface. The web sections rest on flanges which project inwardly from the side panels of a base assembly and are located in a plane which is 3.5 degrees from the horizontal. In one position of the shelf, the two angles add together to produce a shelf angle of seven degrees. In the other position the angles subtract to produce a shelf angle of zero degrees. A strong, light-weight tiltable shelf is provided which can be adjusted in the fore-and-aft direction.

Claims

1. A merchandising display stand comprising:

a base having a front and rear and shelf means having first and second opposite edges, the shelf means being removably mountable on the base and providing a substantially flat article-supporting surface, characterized by means on the base for supporting the shelf means, and means on the shelf means cooperable with the means on the base, for positioning the article-supporting surface in a first plane when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the front of the base, and for positioning the article-supporting surface in a second plane which intersects said first plane when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the rear of the base;

in which said base comprises a pair of side panels, in which the means on the base for supporting the shelf means comprises coplanar flange means formed on each side panel and projecting toward the other side panel, the flange means on each panel providing an upwardly facing supporting area disposed in an oblique plane, and in which the means on the shelf means cooperable with the means on the base comprises first and second U-shaped reinforcing channels extending in directions parallel to said first and second edges of the shelf, and secured to the underside of the shelf in spaced relationship to each other and on opposite sides of the midline between said first and second edges, the U-shaped channels having coplanar web sections disposed in a plane oblique with respect to the article-supporting surface, the ends of the coplanar web sections providing downwardly facing contact areas underneath the shelf means and adjacent the opposite side edges of the shelf means, each downwardly facing contact area being positioned for engagement with one of the flange means when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the front of the base, and with the other of said flange means when the shelf means is mounted with its first edge toward the rear of the base;

and having tabs fixed to and projecting upwardly from the flange means on each panel, and slot means formed in said downwardly facing contact areas, said slot means being arranged to receive said tabs and thereby lock the shelf against forward and rearward movement with respect to the base.

2. A merchandising display stand according to claim 1 having at least two tabs fixed to and projecting upwardly from the flange means of each panel, the tabs on each flange means being arranged one forward of the other, said slot means being arranged to receive selectively one or the other of the tabs on each flange means at least when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the rear of the base whereby the shelf means may be selectively locked against forward and rearward movement with respect to the base in first and second positions, said second edge of the shelf means, when the shelf means is in its second position, being forward of the position of said second edge when said shelf means is in its first position.

3. A merchandising display stand comprising:

a base having a front and rear and shelf means having first and second opposite edges, the shelf means being removably mountable on the base and providing a substantially flat article-supporting surface, characterized by means on the base for supporting the shelf means, and means on the shelf means cooperable with the means on the base, for positioning the article-supporting surface in a first plane when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the front of the base, and for positioning the article-supporting surface in a second plane which intersects said first plane when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the rear of the base;

in which said base comprises a pair of opposed, unitary, sheet metal side panels, each having a first inwardly projecting flange, a triangular element depending from said first flange and a second flange projecting inwardly from the lower edge of said triangular element;

said second flanges providing an upwardly facing support area disposed in an oblique plane and constituting said means for positioning the article-supporting surface;

in which said means on the shelf means cooperable with the means on the base comprises means providing downwardly facing contact areas underneath the shelf means and adjacent the opposite side edges of the shelf means, each downwardly facing contact area being positioned for engagement with one of the second flanges when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the front of the base, and with the other of said second flanges when the shelf means is mounted with its first edge toward the rear of the shelf;

and in which said first inwardly projecting flanges are located in said first plane and are flush with said article-supporting surface when the shelf means is mounted on the base with its first edge toward the front of the base.