Sliding panel display

Claim 1

Paneling exhibItion apparatus comprising housing means for confining a plurality of panels in a stepped array successively overlapping one another in generally parallel relation, said panels being disposed in generally vertical relation and extending in respective parallel directions mutually inclined relative to a vertical plane passing through a common point on each of said panels to permit display of at least a portion of each of said panels when said panels are confined in said housing means in said stepped array, brace and guide means for permitting at least partial withdrawal of each of said panels from confined position in said housing means with said panels being withdrawn independently relative to one another panel in parallel relation, said brace means being displaceable with each of said panels independently for reenforcing each of said panels against edge distortion, said brace means including generally rectangular frames spaced from one another to provide one of said frames for each of said panels, each of said frames including adjoining edge members each provided with an open groove for receiving respective edge portions of an associated one of said panels, corner means for detachably connecting one of said edge members to another of said edge members for each of said frames to define a pair of upper corner frame members and a pair of lower corner frame members for each of said panels, each of said corner frame members being provided with follower members operatively associated with said guide means, said guide means being disposed on housing means with each of said frames being displaceable along said guide means for guiding independent withdrawal of said panels relative to one another, said guide means including a plurality of pairs of horizontally extending tracks, each track of each of said pairs of tracks being vertically separated from one another to define an upper track and a lower track, each upper track receiving said follower members of associated upper corner frame members, and each lower track receiving said follower members of associated lower corner frame members.