US3661271A
Expired / Lapsed
US
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
Merchandise displays
Assignee: H GOODMAN AND SONS Inc
•
Filing: 1969-10-06
•
Granted: 1972-05-09
•
Expires: 1989-10-06
Abstract
Abstract Multiple merchandise display trays are interlocked front-to-back and side-by-side. The front-to-back assembly utilizes integral interlocking formations of the trays. Barbed spring clips maintain the side-by-side assembly. Brackets at the rear of the back trays support the assembly on slotted uprights, and the brackets provide a latitude of adjustment to accommodate the positions of the uprights to the size of the tray assembly. Brackets can also be used to support the rear trays on standard apertured board.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Fisher
- 👤 Milton W Herzog
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:17
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F5/00; A47F5/0018; A47F5/0025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
Display apparatus, including a plurality of individually separate merchandise displaying trays of duplicate construction, each of said trays having a first holding means at the front thereof and having a second holding means at the back thereof, said first and second holding means being of complemental interlockable form adapted to affix two trays together separaBly when a first holding means of one such tray is interlocked with a second holding means of another such tray, said display apparatus comprising at least two of said trays including a forward tray and a back tray assembled in front-to-back relationship, said second holding means at the back of said forward tray being separably interlocked with and affixed to said first holding means at the front of said back tray, further including means supporting said back tray and thereby providing cantilever support for said forward tray, said forward tray being free of support forward of said back tray.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
Display apparatus, including a plurality of individually separate merchandise displaying trays of duplicate construction, each of said trays having a first holding means at the front thereof and having a second holding means at the back thereof, said first and second holding means being of complemental interlockable form adapted to affix two trays together separaBly when a first holding means of one such tray is interlocked with a second holding means of another such tray, said display apparatus comprising at least two of said trays including a forward tray and a back tray assembled in front-to-back relationship, said second holding means at the back of said forward tray being separably interlocked with and affixed to said first holding means at the front of said back tray, further including means supporting said back tray and thereby providing cantilever support for said forward tray, said forward tray being free of support forward of said back tray.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of said assembled trays includes front and back panels in parallel planes and a bottom panel extending from said back panel to said front panel, said interlocked holding means being arranged to secure said front panel of said back tray to said back panel of said forward tray.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said supporting means includes an upright and a bracket secured to said upright and to said second holding means of said back tray, said bracket having horizontally slidable cooperation with said back tray for accommodating a latitude of positions of said upright relative to said back tray.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, further including at least one removable transverse partition for dividing said forward tray into multiple sections, said partition including a locating portion cooperating with a corresponding part of said rear tray for keying said interlocked holding means against being separated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said second holding means of said forward tray comprises a rear formation having a downward-opening recess adapted to receive and rest on at least part of the first holding means of said back tray.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 5, wherein said supporting means for the rear tray comprises an upright channel member having slots along its length and a bracket having hooks to enter selected ones of said slots and said bracket being received in the downward opening recess of the rear formation of said back tray.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said holding means at the rear of each of said trays comprises a pair of laterally spaced apart hangers, said supporting means engaging at least one of said hangers of said back tray and providing cantilever support for said assembled trays.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
64 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the front and back of each of said trays are parallel panels that slope upward toward the rear and wherein the bottom of each of said trays slopes from the back panel upward toward the front, said supporting means of said back tray being arranged so that said front-to-back assembled trays slope downward to the front.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said means supporting said rear tray comprises an upright apertured board and at least one bracket interlocked with said apertured board and in supporting relation to said back tray.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
94 words
Display apparatus in accordance with claim 1, further including third and fourth merchandise displaying trays whose construction duplicates that of said two merchandise displaying trays, each of said trays having opposite side walls, the side walls of said third and fourth trays abutting corresponding side walls of said two trays, said assembly thereby including side-by-side backtrays, barbed spring clips at the top and bottom edges of said abutting side walls for securing said abutting side walls together, said supporting means for said back trays including a pair of supports at widely separated parts thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
Display apparatus including first and second trays each having opposite side walls, said trays being aligned with respective side walls thereof in abutment and with the remaining side walls of the trays remote from each other, said side walls havinG exposed edges at the top and bottom thereof, barbed spring clips gripping said abutting walls along said top and bottom edges, and a pair of laterally spaced supports remote from said abutting walls carrying said trays.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
76 words
Display apparatus including first and second trays each having opposite side walls, said trays being aligned with respective side walls thereof in abutment and with the remaining side walls of the trays remote from each other, said side walls havinG exposed edges at the top and bottom thereof, barbed spring clips gripping said abutting walls along said top and bottom edges, and a pair of laterally spaced supports remote from said abutting walls carrying said trays.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US986395A
Cited
US1302662A
Cited
US1625945A
Cited
US2796978A
Cited
US2812852A
Cited
US3097746A
Cited
US3146505A
Cited
US3187924A
Cited
US3468591A
Cited
US3506321A
Cited
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1975-05-09 | 1975-11-08 | 1976-05-09 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1979-05-09 | 1979-11-08 | 1980-05-09 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1983-05-09 | 1983-11-08 | 1984-05-09 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |