Display rack

• US 4,884,702 A
• Filed: 12/05/1988
• Issued: 12/05/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John A. Rekow
• Original Assignee: John A. Rekow
• Inventors: Rekow, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US07/279,728
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 211/87, 211/90, 211/193, 211/181, 211/119, 211/103, 211/106, 211/189, 211/208, 211/190, 211/187, 248/222.2, 248/220.2., 248/220.3, 248/249
• US Class Current: 211/90.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/01 made of tubes or wire A47F5/0807 takes precedence foldable or adjustable A47F5/13
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/083 Grids; Article supports therefor

Abstract

A rack for freestanding use or wall installation having several pairs of horizontal rods which receive inserted brackets of various types of supports for merchandise. Vertical stiffeners are spaced apart along the rods to prevent rod displacement. A shelf assembly includes a wire bracket and a shelf having an offset rear edge for locking engagement with a pair of rods. A modified form of rack is mountable directly to a wall surface.

Claims

1. A store display rack comprising in combination,

mounting means for floor installation,

upright end members for attachment to said mounting means,

pairs of horizontal rods vertically spaced from one another and carried by said end members, vertical stiffeners at points along said rods,

bracket means for supporting articles to be displayed, said bracket means having an upright segment for rested engagement with a pair of said horizontal rods and an upper end segment offset from said upright segment so as to engage and be supported by a superjacent pair of rods, and

a shelf, said shelf including edge structure having an offset portion insertable between a pair of said rods, said shelf supported by said bracket means and the last mentioned pair of rods.

2. The display rack claimed in claim 1 wherein said bracket means includes a horizontal bracket segment subjacent said shelf.

3. The display rack claimed in claim 2 wherein said offset portion includes an inclined surface to engage one of said at least mentioned pair of rods to prevent unintentional shelf separation from the pair of rods.

4. A store display rack comprising in combination,

mounting means for installation on a wall,

upright end members,

pairs of horizontal rods vertically spaced from one another and carried by said end members, vertical stiffeners at points along said rods,

bracket means for supporting articles to be displayed, said bracket means having an upright segment for rested engagement with a pair of said horizontal rods and an upper end segment offset from said upright segment so as to engage and be supported by a superjacent pair of rods,

a shelf including edge structure having an offset portion insertable between a pair of said rods, said shelf supported by said bracket means and the last mentioned pair of rods, and

said mounting means comprising members each defining a recess into which one of said horizontal rods may be placed.