Tape cassette display fixture

Claim 2

A fixture display comprising a plurality of upright housings rotatably supported about an inclined axis, the major faces of said housings having an opening through which objects in the housings are visible, said housings having an aperture means through which objects may be introduced into the housings, means on each housing for changing the effective length of the space for retaining objects therein so that objects may not be withdrawn from the aperture means without moving said lastmentioned means.

Claim 3

A display fixture in accordance with claim 1 wherein said aperture means is a gap in a peripheral flange on each housing.

Claim 4

A display fixture in accordance with claim 1 wherein said last-mentioned means is a threaded member at the upper end of each housing.

Claim 5

A display fixture in accordance with claim 3 wherein each housing is rotatable about an axis corresponding to the longitudinal axis of its threaded member.

Claim 6

A display fixture in accordance with claim 1 including a counter top, a storage shelf below the level of the counter top, a wall between said shelf and said housings, and partitions dividing the shelf and said housings, and partitions dividing the shelf into zones corresponding generally to the location of the housings.

Claim 7

A display fixture in accordance with claim 5 wherein said wall is inclined so as to be generally parallel to the axis of rotation of said housings, the lower end of said wall being provided with a base, said base rotatably receiving the bottom end of each housing.

Claim 8

A display fixture in accordance with claim 1 including a counter top, means associated with the counter top for rotatably supporting the upper end of each housing, said last-mentioned means including an enclosed space for receiving a threaded member on each housing and providing access to the upper end of the threaded member.

Claim 9

A display fixture comprising a counter top, a shelf below the counter top, the shelf being provided with upright partitions, a plurality of generally parallel upright housings rotatably supported, each housing being generally aligned with respect to a pair of partitions, a wall between said shelf and said housings, the major faces of said housings having openings through which the contents of the housings are visible, said housing having aperture means through which objects may be introduced into the housings, and means on each housing for changing the effective length of the space for retaining objects therein so that objects may not be withdrawn from the aperture means without moving said last-mentioned means.

Claim 10

A display fixture comprising a counter top, a shelf below the counter top, the shelf being provided with upright partitions, a plurality of generally parallel upright housings rotatably supported, each housing being generally aligned with respect to a pair of partitions, a wall between said shelf and said housings, the major faces of said housings having openings through which the contents of the housings are visible, said housing having aperture means through which objects may be introduced into the housings, and means on each housing for changing the effective length of the space for retaining objects therein so that objects may not be withdrawn from the aperture means without moving said last-mentioned means.

Claim 11

A display fixture in accordance with claim 8 wherein said housings are rotatable about aN inclined axis, said wall being generally parallel to said axis, and means for maintaining the housings in one of two positions wherein one of the aperture means is in a plane generally parallel to said wall.

Claim 12

A display fixture in accordance with claim 8 wherein the means for changing the effective length of the space within the housings includes a threaded member at the upper end of the housings, each threaded member being rotatably supported by a plate connected to said counter top, and means for preventing unauthorized access to the upper end of the threaded members.

Claim 13

A fixture in accordance with claim 8 including a ring on each housing to facilitate rotation of each housing.

Claim 14

A display fixture in accordance with claim 8 wherein the housings are rotatably supported by a base, said base having a slot therein, each housing having a pin extending into the slot, means associated with each base to prevent the pin at the lower end of the housings from moving along the length of the slot, and means associated with each pin to maintain the housings in one of two predetermined dispositions.