Display system

• US 5,101,989 A
• Filed: 04/16/1990
• Issued: 04/07/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rollup Industries Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Rollup Industries Pty Limited
• Inventors: Jones, Stephen R.
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSS, J
• Application Number:
  US07/509,678
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 211/94, 211/59.1, 211/87, 211/189, 248/220.3, 52/36, 52/38, 52/588
• US Class Current: 211/94.01
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0846 Display panels or rails with elongated channels; Sliders, brackets, shelves, or the like, slidably attached therein

Abstract

A modular merchandise wall display system having decorative slats is provided that may be easily changed without dismantling a display arrangement of hooks or shelves. The decorative slats are supported by guide members which are inserted into longitudinal channels provided in the backing plate of the wall display system. The weight of the displayed goods is transferred from the display brackets through the guide members and channels to the wall supporting frame. The backing plate can be fabricated at low cost and of relatively light weight material because the weight of the goods is transferred to the load bearing wall studs or supports rather than to the backing plate. A variety of display brackets is provided such that the weight of the display goods can be supported by either one or two guide members.

Claims

1. A display system for shops and like commercial enterprises, said system comprising a backing plate having this sections and adapted to be directly mounted to a wall supporting frame, said plate having a plurality of channels formed therein;

said channels extending across said plate and having an interior, a plurality of guide members each of which is received in said interior of a corresponding one of said channels, said guide members having an upper extension and a lower extension protruding from said interior defining a longitudinally extending opening leading to a hollow guide member interior, said upper and lower extensions each having a horizontally extending substantially vertical groove on an upper and lower surface, respectively, bracket means for supporting display goods and a plurality of decorative slats each of which is retained between an upper and lower groove of a pair of adjacent guide members.

2. A display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said backing plate has top and bottom edges which are substantially parallel to said channels, said edges being formed respectively as first and second partially formed complementary channels whereby a plurality of said backing plates can be interconnected by locating one partially formed channel of one backing plate inside the other partially formed channel of another backing plate.

3. A display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide members have an external configuration that is substantially complementary with the interior shape of said channels, each said guide member being slidingly retained within a corresponding one of said channels.

4. A display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide members are extruded from materials selected from the group consisting of:

aluminium, steel, rigid plastics and lightweight alloys.

5. A display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supporting bracket means comprise a plurality of brackets acting as supports for displayed goods, each of said brackets supported by a pair of said guide members, at least one end of each bracket being retained in said guide member interior.

6. A display system as claimed in claim 5 wherein each said bracket has one (upper) end adapted to be received within the upper guide member of an adjacent pair of guide members, and each said bracket has a second adapted to abut against the lower guide member of said adjacent pair of guide members.

7. A display system as claimed in claim 5 wherein each said bracket has its first and second end adapted to be received within the corresponding one of a pair of adjacent guide members.

8. A display system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said brackets have formed thereon hooks arranged to directly support said goods.

9. A display system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said brackets have formed therein slots engageable with cantilever shelf supports.

10. A display system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said brackets have formed thereon hooks arranged to directly support said goods.

11. A display system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said brackets have formed therein slots engageable with cantilever shelf brackets.

12. A display system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said backing plate is rolled from galvanised sheet steel.