Column-shaped display device for parallelepipedic articles

Claim 1

A display stand comprising a unitary body of plastic material including oppositely base portion and an upright stand portion, said stand portion comprising a plurality of substantially parallel zig-zag strips connected together by transverse partitions which lie substantially parallel to the edges of the strips so as to form two series of pockets, the openings in each series of pockets being directed toward a respective major face of the stand, a vertically disposed upper plate mounted on the top of said stand portion extending transversly of said strips, a pair of circular sector plates and interfitting connecting means for detachably mounting said sector plates on the respective lateral edges of said upper plate so that each sector plate is disposed coplanarly with a respective outer strip, said connecting means comprising a notch in the upper portion of each lateral edge of said upper plate, a pair of oppositedly directed projections extending perpendicular to said plate at the lower portion of each lateral edge of said upper plate and projection means on each of said sector plates being shaped to form a cavity and Two lower notches engageable respectively with said notch and said pair of projections situated upon each of the two lateral edges of said upper plate.