Sunglass display stand

Claim 1

A rotary display stand for sunglasses or spectacles having temples comprising: a. a pedestal; b. an axial shaft extending substantially vertically upwardly from said pedestal; c. a rotatable sunglass display rack for supporting a plurality of sunglasses and being mounted upon said axial shaft for rotation thereon; d. said rack comprising a pair of end members, each having an opening for said axial shaft to pass through, and portions extending outwardly from said opening; e. said end members having a plurality of slots therein spaced about the periphery thereof each at a predetermined minimum distance from said opening, each of said slots formed by interior walls of said end members and having a wide entrance portion which progressively narrows for a distance and then widens abruptly from its narrowest portion to form lip means which include a pair of substantially horizontal lips on said interior walls on either side of said slots; f. a plurality of display rack segments each having an attachment portion at each end thereof, each attachment portion being shaped for manual insertion in one of said slots opposing each other in a pair of aligned end members, each of said attachment portions comprising a narrow outermost portion which progressively widens for a distance and then narrows abruptly from its widest portion to form locking ledge means which include a pair of substantially horizontal locking ledges, said attachment portion being a unitary solid element so that a section taken through any part thereof will show a continuous solid cross-section of material, the pair of substantially horizontal locking ledges being engaged by the pair of substantially horizontal lip means formed in the walls of said slots for permanently attaching said rack segments to said end members; g. said rack segments each having portions for supporting a plurality of sunglasses thereon for display comprising; h. an elongated vertically oriented stem member; i. a plurality of sunglass temple engaging supporting members extending outwardly from opposite sides of said stem member, each of said temple engaging support members including a pair of spaced substantially horizontal members including an upper and lower member extending from each side of said stem member and a substantially vertically extending member connecting the pairs of substantially horizontal members, a substantially large four-sided opening enclosed by said substantially horizontal and vertical members and a portion of said stem members, the opening being of considerably greater area than the ends of the temple portions to be inserted therethrough, said lower substantially horizontal members on each side of said stem member supporting the sunglass temples and the substantially vertical members serving as cam means to cam the sunglass temples into their substantially, space saving, at least partially closed position as the sUnglasses are inserted into said temple engaging support members for display on said stand; j. a plurality of sunglass front frame supporting members extending forwardly from said stem member, each of said front frame supporting members comprising an elongated forward extending ledge and abutment means comprising a pair of spaced side members extending upwardly on either side of said ledge and extending only a portion of the length thereof and forming a shoulder at each end of said spaced side members which engage spaced portions of the sunglass front frame portions on either side of a bridge portion of said front frame portions for limiting the inward motion of said sunglasses on said display stand.