Sunglass and sunglass case display stand

Claim 1

A sunglass and sunglass case display stand made substantially of bent metal wire formed into an integral unit comprising: a base member; at least one stem member extending upwardly from said base member and serving as a rear restraining means for paired sunglass cases and sunglasses which are displayed together on said display stand; a plurality of support means extending forwardly at vertically spaced intervals from said stem members, each of said support means comprising; means for supporting a spectacle case against a pair of spectacles supported in a position forward of said case, said means comprising a piece of wire bent to form a pocket, said pOcket including a depressed bottom portion extending substantially horizontally from said rear restraining means and a front portion extending upwardly therefrom, said wire also bent to form a substantially horizontal shelf extending forwardly from the upward most portion of said front portion of said pocket, said shelf terminating in an upwardly extending forward restraining means, said front restraining means being spaced from said rear restraining means such that a single pair of sunglasses supported by its bridge portion on said shelf is held in a position such that the spectacle case supported behind is in contact with the closed temples of said sunglasses, said case being slightly compressed, so that said case in attempting to return to its original shape urges said spectacles forward against said forward restraining means to maintain said sunglasses in their proper position on said display stand.