Merchandise display panel
First Claim
1. A merchandise display panel defining a plurality of parallel grooves in at least one side of the panel for receiving and holding various types of display hardware having mounting members with different upwardly and downwardly projecting mounting elements, comprising:
- a rear wall adapted to be positioned in an upright display position;
a plurality of elongated, parallel slats extending across one side of said rear wall in vertically spaced, generally parallel relation when the rear wall is in the display position, said slats having substantially flat outer sides for engaging mounting members on display hardware and upper and lower edges forming, respectively, the lower and upper boundaries of a plurality of grooves in said panel, and said slats being spaced outwardly from said rear wall to receive mounting elements between the slats and the rear wall;
a supporting web for each of said slats extending between said rear wall and the slat and joined to the latter between the upper and lower edges thereof, thereby to form upwardly and downwardly opening channels above and below said webs;
a first abutment rib on each of said slats along the lower edge thereof extending back toward said rear wall and terminating in a free inner edge spaced below the web and spaced a first preselected distance inwardly from the outer side of said slat;
and a second abutment rib on said rear wall below the level of the upper edge of each slat and above the corresponding web of that slat and projecting outwardly toward the slat, each such second rib having a free outer edge spaced a second preselected distance inwardly from the outer side of said slat;
said upper edges of said slats being substantially straight continuations of the outer sides and of relatively narrow thickness for receiving hook-like mounting elements, and said first ribs forming positioning abutments in the upper portions of the grooves for engaging upwardly projecting mounting elements, and said second ribs forming positioning abutments in the lower portions of the grooves for engaging downwardly projecting mounting elements, whereby said display panel accommodates numerous different types of display hardware.
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Abstract
A merchandise display panel having a rear wall with parallel T-shaped ribs on one or both sides forming alternating slats and grooves for receiving merchandise hooks, shelf brackets, earring cards and the like, each groove including an upper locating abutment rib extending inwardly a preselected distance from the bottom of the slat above the groove and a lower locating abutment rib extending outwardly to a second preselected distance from the top of the slat below the groove. The preferred embodiments are extruded in sections of thin-walled aluminum with angles providing high strength, and with complementary extruded coupling elements along the upper and lower edges of each section to be clamped tightly together, and with an extruded fastener-receiving channel in each section for attachment of an optional frame. Alternative embodiments are one-piece cold-rolled sheet metal panels with bends providing functionally similar slats, grooves and upper and lower abutment ribs.
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25 Claims
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1. A merchandise display panel defining a plurality of parallel grooves in at least one side of the panel for receiving and holding various types of display hardware having mounting members with different upwardly and downwardly projecting mounting elements, comprising:
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a rear wall adapted to be positioned in an upright display position; a plurality of elongated, parallel slats extending across one side of said rear wall in vertically spaced, generally parallel relation when the rear wall is in the display position, said slats having substantially flat outer sides for engaging mounting members on display hardware and upper and lower edges forming, respectively, the lower and upper boundaries of a plurality of grooves in said panel, and said slats being spaced outwardly from said rear wall to receive mounting elements between the slats and the rear wall; a supporting web for each of said slats extending between said rear wall and the slat and joined to the latter between the upper and lower edges thereof, thereby to form upwardly and downwardly opening channels above and below said webs; a first abutment rib on each of said slats along the lower edge thereof extending back toward said rear wall and terminating in a free inner edge spaced below the web and spaced a first preselected distance inwardly from the outer side of said slat; and a second abutment rib on said rear wall below the level of the upper edge of each slat and above the corresponding web of that slat and projecting outwardly toward the slat, each such second rib having a free outer edge spaced a second preselected distance inwardly from the outer side of said slat; said upper edges of said slats being substantially straight continuations of the outer sides and of relatively narrow thickness for receiving hook-like mounting elements, and said first ribs forming positioning abutments in the upper portions of the grooves for engaging upwardly projecting mounting elements, and said second ribs forming positioning abutments in the lower portions of the grooves for engaging downwardly projecting mounting elements, whereby said display panel accommodates numerous different types of display hardware. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 2. A merchandise display panel as defined in claim I wherein said slats and said grooves are arranged on one-inch centers and the slats and the grooves between the slats are substantially equal in width.
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17. A merchandise display panel defining a plurality of parallel grooves in at least one side of the panel for receiving and holding various types of display hardware and hooks having mounting members with different upwardly and downwardly projecting mounting elements, comprising:
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a substantially flat and generally rectangular, rear wall adapted to be positioned in an upright display position; a plurality of elongated slats extending across one side of said rear wall in vertically spaced, generally parallel relation when the wall is in the display position, each of said slats being T-shaped in cross-sectional shape with the base of the "T" integrally joined to the wall and the cross-bar of the "T" spaced outwardly from the wall and parallel thereto, and having upper and lower edges forming, respectively, the lower and upper boundaries of a plurality of grooves in said display panel; a first abutment rib formed integrally with each slat along the lower edge of the cross-bar of the "T" extending toward the wall and terminating in a free inner edge spaced inwardly from the cross-bar to form a first internal gap along the lower edge of the cross-bar; and a second rib for each slat formed integrally with the rear wall and extending outwardly therefrom below the level of the upper edge and above a corresponding base of the T of that slat, said second ribs having a free outer edge spaced inwardly from the cross-bar to form a second gap along the upper edge of the cross-bar; said gaps being of preselected sizes for receiving mounting elements of display hardward of different standard configurations and sizes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A merchandise display panel defining a plurality of parallel grooves in at least one side for receiving and holding display hardware having mounting elements engageable in the grooves, comprising:
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a rear wall adapted to be positioned in an upright position; a plurality of elongated, substantially parallel slats mounted on and extending across one side of said rear wall in spaced relation with the rear wall and with each other to define grooves between said slats, each slat having a substantially flat outer side with upper and lower edges forming boundaries of grooves above and below the slat; and an abutment rib extending inwardly from the lower edge of each slat and spaced a preselected distance inwardly from the outer side of the slat, thereby to form a restricted gap between the slat and the rear wall for engagement with mounting elements that extend upwardly into the grooves; and a second abutment rib below the upper edge of each slat in each groove extending outwardly toward the upper edge of each slat and spaced a second preselected distance from the outer side of the slat to form a second restricted gap between the slat and the rear wall for engagement with mounting elements that extend downwardly into the grooves; the upper edges of the slats being relatively narrow and substantially straight and aligned with the flat outer sides of the slats for engagement with mounting elements that are hook-like in shape. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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