Display stand

Claim 1

A DISPLAY STAND COMPRISING A BASE, A SUPPORT PANEL MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AND LOCATED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLANE, SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID PANEL ON SAID BASE AND PREVENTING DISTORTION OF SAID PANEL AS WELL AS ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF SAID PANEL WITH RELATION TO SAID BASE, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING A DOWNWARDLY OPENING U-SHAPED BAR HAVING TWO VERTICALLY ARRANGED LEGS AND A JOINING SECTION EXTENDING BETWEEN UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID LEGS, SAID U-SHAPED BAR HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION THROUGHOUT, SAID CONFIGURATION COMPRISING A PERIPHERAL OUTER COEXTENSIVE PAIR OF WINGS LYING ON EITHER SIDE OF AN INWARDLY EXTENDING CONTINUOUS RIB, SAID RIB LYING ESSENTIALLY IN A SINGLE PLANE AND JOINED TO AND IN FACING RELATION WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID PANEL, MEANS LOCATED ON SAID BASE CONTACTING LOWER ENDS OF SAID LEGS FOR ANCHORING SAID SUPPORT MEANS, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY EXTENDING RIGID STANDARDS PROVIDED ADJACENT TO AND ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID PANEL IN A BACK TO BACK RELATIONSHIP FROMING PAIRS WITH SELECTED ONES OF SAID PAIRS HAVING ENDS INTERENGAGING SAID RIB TO RIGIDLY SUPPORT SAID PANEL AND INTERLOCK IT WITH SAID RIB, AND A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING SHELVES SUPPORTED BY SAID STANDARDS ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID PANEL.