Apparatus and method for displaying and dispensing chain or the like
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1. A display apparatus including:
- an upright support member;
a horizontally extending shelf member, said shelf member being attached to said support member;
two identical side plates, the side plates being attached to the shelf member, each of the side plates including spaced apart apertures;
two generally V-shaped members interconnecting the side plates, a first one of the V-shaped members being telescopically received in a second one of the V-shaped members, the V-shaped members including projections which are engageably receivable in the apertures of the side plates; and
a plurality of reels having elongated product wound thereon being disposed on the V-shaped members, the reels being independently supported by the V-shaped members thereby enabling each of the reels to rotate independently of the other reels.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a display apparatus and method for displaying and dispensing elongated product such as chain. The present invention includes identical side plates interconnected by two V-shaped members which are in turn telescopically interconnected to each other so as to provide for variable adjustment of the length of the display apparatus.
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1. A display apparatus including:
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an upright support member; a horizontally extending shelf member, said shelf member being attached to said support member; two identical side plates, the side plates being attached to the shelf member, each of the side plates including spaced apart apertures; two generally V-shaped members interconnecting the side plates, a first one of the V-shaped members being telescopically received in a second one of the V-shaped members, the V-shaped members including projections which are engageably receivable in the apertures of the side plates; and a plurality of reels having elongated product wound thereon being disposed on the V-shaped members, the reels being independently supported by the V-shaped members thereby enabling each of the reels to rotate independently of the other reels. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A display apparatus kit, including:
two identical side plates having bottom tabs with apertures for receiving fasteners; and
two V-shaped members connectable to the side plates by insertion of projections on the V-shaped members through openings in the side plates, a first one of the V-shaped members telescopically received in a second one of the V-shaped members whereby the spacing between the side plates can be readily adjusted.
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4. A method of making a display dispensing apparatus for chain utilizing an existing shelf, the method comprising the steps of:
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telescopically interconnecting two V-shaped members to one another so as to form a V-shaped support; attaching the V-shaped support to two side plates at opposite sides of the V-shaped support by inserting projections on the V-shaped members into apertures in the side plates; fastening the side plates to the shelf; and positioning reels containing chain product on the V-shaped support. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A display apparatus including:
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a pair of spaced apart side plates, each of the side plates including apertures; two telescopically engageable, generally V-shaped members including projections, the V-shaped members being connectable to the side plates by insertion of the projections on the V-shaped members through the apertures in the side plates.
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