Cantilever movable panel display rack

Claim 1

A sliding panel display rack of cantilever construction having sliding display panels which are adjustable in front to rear relationship, which comprises: a. a generally rectangular base having front, rear and side frame elements; b. vertical wall support means secured to the rear portion of the base at its one lower end; c. a top frame support member of generally open rectangular configuration having front, rear and side wall elements secured to the top of the supporting wall means in cantilevered relationship thereto and extendng outwardly in spaced overhanging and opposed relationship to said base defining a display space being completely open at the front and sides thereof; d. track supporting and adjustment means mounted on the inner surface of the top frame side members in parallel opposed relationship to each other and having formed therein a plurality of regularly spaced track receiving and holding means adjustably securing the ends of track elements extending transversely across the space between the side members and associated supporting means; e. at least one track means which is ''''C'''' shaped in cross section in a vertical direction adapted for holding roller means in rolling relationship therein, said track means extending horizontally and transversely across the interior space defined by the walls of said top member and adjustably secured at its ends by said track securing and holding means, the track in said secured position being normal to the side walls and parallel to the front and rear walls of the top frame; f. a guide means unit affixed to the upper portions of said base, said guide means defining channels for receiving the bottom portion of a panel, the channels being generally parallel to the front of the base and extending across the width thereof; and g. at least one display panel of generally rectangular configuration having a top, bottom and sides, the dimensions between the sides being less than the side-to-side dimension of the top and base, said panel having at least two rollers mounted adjacent the top edge thereof secured by and within the track elements and carrying the therefrom suspended panel which is confined at its bottom end in the guide means to permit reciprocating lateral movement of the panel on the rollers and within the guide means while maintaining the panel in generally vertically disposed relationship to the base and top frame, said display rack being further characterized by essentially supporting the entire load of the panels by the top frame, rear support wall and base and being open and free from obstructions support, and wall elements at the side and front portions thereof in the space defined by the said top frame, base and joining rear support wall, said construction being further characterized in maintaining the reciprocally movable display panels vertically and parallel to the rear wall within the space defined by the top frame and base.