Hinged display rack

Claim 2

A display stabilizing device adapted to be placed between adjacent vertically spaced articles supported in a vertically stacked array comprising; a retractable stabilizing member, said stabilizing member detailed in dimension to provide a number of article-supporting areas for supporting a number of said articles in a horizontal row, said retractable stabilizing member being progressively movable from a fully extended position, to a number of retracted article-supporting positions and to a fully retracted inoperable position, said stabilizing member including a plurality of partitions hingedly connected in side-by-side relationship, with each of said article-supporting areas including at least two partitions, with said partitions of each of said article-supporting areas including biasing means operatively associated therewith for individually moving said partitions of said article-supporting area to a retracted position in response to an article being removed therefrom and wherein said biasing means are collectively operable to move all of said partitions of said stabilizing member to said fully retracted inoperable position when all of said articles supported on a row have been removed.

Claim 3

A display device capable of stabilizing a number of Articles in a vertically stacked array comprising: a. support means, said support means including means defining a vertically oriented supporting surface; and b. at least one retractable stabilizing member supported on said vertically oriented supporting surface, said stabilizing member detailed in dimensions to provide a number of article-supporting areas for supporting a number of said articles in a horizontal row, said retractable stabilizing member being progressively movable from a fully extended position, to a number of retracted article supporting positions and to a fully retractable inoperable position, said stabilizing member including a plurality of partitions hingedly connected in side-by-side relationship, with each of said article supporting areas including at least two partitions, with said partitions of each of said article-supporting areas including biasing means operatively associated therewith for individually moving said partitions of said article-supporting areas to a retracted position in response to an article being removed therefrom and wherein said biasing means are collectively operable to move all of said partitions of said stabilizing member to said fully retracted inoperable position when all of said articles supported on a row have been removed.

Claim 4

A display device capable of stabilizing a number of Articles in a vertically stacked array comprising: a. support means, said support means including means defining a vertically oriented supporting surface; and b. at least one retractable stabilizing member supported on said vertically oriented supporting surface, said stabilizing member detailed in dimensions to provide a number of article-supporting areas for supporting a number of said articles in a horizontal row, said retractable stabilizing member being progressively movable from a fully extended position, to a number of retracted article supporting positions and to a fully retractable inoperable position, said stabilizing member including a plurality of partitions hingedly connected in side-by-side relationship, with each of said article supporting areas including at least two partitions, with said partitions of each of said article-supporting areas including biasing means operatively associated therewith for individually moving said partitions of said article-supporting areas to a retracted position in response to an article being removed therefrom and wherein said biasing means are collectively operable to move all of said partitions of said stabilizing member to said fully retracted inoperable position when all of said articles supported on a row have been removed.

Claim 5

A display device as described in claim 2 further characterized in that means is operatively associated with said vertically oriented support means and said retractable stabilizing member whereby said retractable stabilizing member can be set at selected vertically spaced position on said supporting surface.

Claim 6

A display device as described in claim 2 further characterized in that a plurality of retractable stabilizing members are supported on said vertically oriented supporting surface and wherein adjusting means is operatively associated with said supporting surface and said plurality of stabilizing members whereby said stabilizing members can be adjusted to selected vertically spaced positions along said vertically oriented supporting surface.

Claim 7

A display device as described in claim 2 further characterized in that said vertically oriented supporting surface includes a pair of channel shaped supporting members with the channels of each of said members being directed toward each other and wherein said retractable stabilizing member includes means for slidably supporting a stabilizing member within said channel shaped member and wherein said stabilizing member includes means for maintaining said retractable stabilizing member in a selected vertically spaced position therealong.

Claim 8

A display device as described in claim 2 further characterized in that said support means includes a supporting base operatively connected to said vertically oriented supporting surface and extending outwardly therefrom beneath said retractable stabilizing member when moved to said extended article-supporting position and wherein said stabilizing member is connected to said vertically oriented supporting surface at a position vertically spaced above said base support means a sufficient distance to allow an article to be supported therebetween.

Claim 9

A display device as described in claim 6 further characterized in that said supporting base includes means operatively associated therewith for increasing and decreasing the effective supporting surface thereof.

Claim 10

A display device as described in claim 6 further characterized in that said vertically oriented supporting surface includes a rigid supporting member operatively connected thereto, said supporting member including means defining a substantially horizontally aligned rigid supporting surface.

Claim 11

A display device as described in claim 1 further characterized in that said stabilizing member includes an article retaining and article indicating member connected to the extended most partition and wherein the said retaining and indicating member and said movable partitions are operatively associated with each other whereby said retaining and indicating memBer is maintained in an angular position relative to said partitions when moved to each of said article-supporting positions and to said fully retracted operable position.