Display stand

Claim 2

A display stand comprising a base, a back affixed to the rear of said base, an article-supporting element mounted on said base and including a frame structure and a planar element affixed atop saId frame structure, the depth of said article-supporting element being considerably greater than that of said base and the lower portion of said back being arranged to receive slidably the rear portion of said article-supporting element, whereby said article-supporting element may extend rearwardly beyond said back, and disjointable positioning means formed in said base and in said article-supporting structure for selectively determining the disposition of said article-supporting structure relative to said back thereby to determine the exposed supporting surface area and capacity of said planar element.

Claim 3

A display stand according to claim 1 wherein said back comprises a pair of spaced-apart vertically disposed elements and wherein a sign structure including a pair of vertically disposed spaced-apart elongated elements is mounted atop said back with the spaced vertical elements of said back and of said sign structure being adjustably and telescopically interrelated with each other respectively.

Claim 4

A display stand according to claim 1 wherein said disjointable positioning means comprises open slot means formed in the upper part of said base and selectively engageable with one of a plurality of transverse spaced-apart support beams forming parts of said frame structure for determining the part of said planar element which is disposed in front of said back and thus available for supporting articles to be displayed.

Claim 5

A display stand according to claim 1 wherein vertically adjustable feet are mounted on said base and wherein a front kick plate is mounted on the front of said base by a lost-motion connection whereby relative vertical movement of said kick plate and of said base is accommodated so as to allow said base to be elevated without imparting vertical movement to said kick plate.

Claim 6

A display stand comprising a base, a back including a pair of transversely spaced vertically disposed tubular elements affixed to said base and central panel means mounted on said tubular elements and extending therebetween, each of said tubular elements comprising a hollow tube of rectangular cross section having a slot along one side with internal flanges along the edges of said slot and a channel disposed within said tube and having a base panel with outwardly bevelled flanges in engagement with said internal flanges whereby the base panel forms a closure for said slot, an article-supporting element mounted on said base and arranged to receive thereon and to support items to be displayed, a plurality of shelves adapted for attachment along their rear edges to said back, said shelves being adjustable vertically so as to vary the vertical spacing therebetween, a pair of vertically disposed spaced-apart elongated elements, sign panel means mounted on said elongated elements and extending therebetween, said elongated elements being telescopically related with said tubular elements whereby the height of said sign means may be adjusted, and means for securing said elongated and said tubular elements in fixed relation to each other.

Claim 7

A display stand comprising a base, a back including a pair of transversely spaced vertically disposed tubular elements affixed to said base and central panel means mounted on said tubular elements and extending therebetween, each of said tubular elements comprising a hollow tube of rectangular cross section having a slot along one side with internal flanges along the edges of said slot and a channel disposed within said tube and having a base panel with outwardly bevelled flanges in engagement with said internal flanges whereby the base panel forms a closure for said slot, an article-supporting element mounted on said base and arranged to receive thereon and to support items to be displayed, a plurality of shelves adapted for attachment along their rear edges to said back, said shelves being adjustable vertically so as to vary the vertical spacing therebetween, a pair of vertically disposed spaced-apart elongated elements, sign panel means mounted on said elongated elements and extending therebetween, said elongated elements being telescopically related with said tubular elements whereby the height of said sign means may be adjusted, and means for securing said elongated and said tubular elements in fixed relation to each other.

Claim 8

A display stand according to claim 5 wherein each of said elongated elements is slidably disposed within one of said hollow tubes with a surface thereof forced into engagement with the base panel of said channel and with a setscrew threadedly related with a wall of said tube opposite from the slotted wall thereof so that said setscrew effectively holds each of said base panels in close contact with the associated elongated element when tightened.