Display system and methods

• US 6,929,133 B1
• Filed: 01/10/2001
• Issued: 08/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mechtronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mechtronics Corporation
• Inventors: Anderson, Christopher S., Knapp, Edward R. III, Martin, Arthur R., Fellinger, Richard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Braun, Leslie A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, KHOA H
• Application Number:
  US09/757,842
• Time in Patent Office: 1,679 Days
• Field of Search: 211/118, 211/73, 211/132.1, 211/131.1, 211/133.1, 211/187, 211/50, 211/72, 211/70.1, 211/135, 211/189, 211/149, 248/174, 248/459, 206/741
• US Class Current: 211/118
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0807 Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor with fixed brackets A47F5/0876; packages comprising articles attached to cards B65D73/00; labels G09F

Abstract

A retail display system and related methods. A plastic strut is unitarily-formed with and depends from a header. The strut has a vertical array of engagement features. A plurality of product-holding elements are each engaged to an associated feature of the engagement features to secure the elements to the strut.

Claims

1. A retail display apparatus, comprising:

a chassis comprising;

a generally rectangular central portion of a folded box construction formed in major part of material selected from the group consisting of boxboard and corrugated plastic and fibrous materials; and

at least left and right plastic frame members secured along left and right side edges of the central portion;

a base supporting the chassis above a ground surface; and

a plurality of shelf assemblies having pairs of left and right engagement members for removable securement to left and right engagement features of the chassis;

wherein;

the base comprises a folded multi wall corrugated structure;

the chassis engagement features comprise left and right vertical arrays of apertures in a front of the central portion; and

at least one of the shelf assemblies comprises;

a corrugated tray; and

left and right molded plastic brackets respectively comprising the left and right engagement members of the shelf assembly.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a hinged header member secured to the chassis, the header hingeable between a deployed condition wherein a first surface of the header extends upward from the chassis member, substantially coplanar with the front face, and a stowed condition located substantially behind the chassis.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a pair of left and right generally quadrilateral trim panels held by associated forwardly open channels in the left and right frame members, respectively.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a tab upwardly extending from each bracket, the tab being received in a slot disposed in the associated bottom edge of the associated tray.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each chassis engagement feature comprises a tab disposed proximate a corresponding one of the vertical arrays of apertures, the tab contacts a portion of the engagement member to retain the engagement member within the aperture.

6. The retail apparatus of claim 5, wherein the tab is defined by cut lines formed in the chassis, the cut lines extending from the aperture.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the left plastic frame member is disposed between the central portion and a portion of each of the left engagement members of the plurality of shelf assemblies, and the right plastic frame member is disposed between the central portion and a portion of each of the right engagement members of the plurality of shelf assemblies.