Display stand construction

Claim 1

A DISPLAY STAND CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING: (A) A PAIR OF FLAT, APERTURED PLACARDS JOINED TOGETHER AT OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF; (B) A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART, T-SHAPED SUPPORTING STANDARDS, EACH COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE MOLDED MEMBER INCLUDING AN UPRIGHT PORTION AND A BASE PORTION HAVING OPPOSED ARMS EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION, THE UPRIGHT PORTIONS OF SAID STANDARDS BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PLACARDS INTERMEDIATE THE JOINED ENDS THEREOF; AND (C) MEANS FOR FASTENING SAID PLACARDS TO SAID STANDARDS COMPRISING A RETAINING MEMBER EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID UPRIGHT PORTION AND BEING BIFURCATED TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE ARMS HAVING TAPERED ENDS DEFINING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED RETAINING DETENTS INWARDLY THEREOF, SAID BIFURCATED ARMS BEING FURTHER ARRANGED TO PROTRUDE THROUGH AN APERTURE OF A RESPECTIVE PLACARD, AND A LOCKING WASHER HAVING AN APERTURE ARRANGED TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE SAID BIFURCATED ARMS WHEN COMPRESSED TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER AS SAID APERTURED PLACARD AND SAID WASHER ARE FORCED INWARDLY OF SAID TAPERED ENDS, SAID WASHER BEING RETAINED IN LOCKING POSITION IN SAID DETENT OUTWARDLY OF SAID PLACARD UPON RELEASE OF SAID FLEXIBLE ARMS TO NORMAL POSITION.