Display rack

Claim 2

A plurality of open, wire display racks disposed in side-byside juxtaposition for displaying items supported thereon, each rack comprising: an elongate, rigid, inverted channel member having a top wall and depending, spaced apart, parallel front and back walls; an open, rigid wire frame having opposite end portions, said end portions angularly bent and permanently secured to the front wall of the channel member adjacent opposite ends thereof in spaced apart relationship to one another, said wire extending downwardly from said end portions and in a forwardly inclined position relative to said channel member front wall and defining an inclined back support for an item supported and displayed on the rack; at least one of said racks having a wire side support at only one side thereof extending perpendicularly from the plane of the back support to provide side support for said item at one side thereof, and another rack having a wire side support at both sides thereof and disposed in juxtaposition with said one rack at the other side thereof, whereby when the channel members of the racks are positioned on a support with the front and back walls thereof engaged on opposite sides of the support, one of the side supports of said another rack comprises a side support at said other side of said one rack, and the wire racks and items supported thereon are rigidly supported in a downwardly and forwardly inclined position from the support solely by engagement of the channel member thereon.

Claim 3

A plurality of display racks as in claim 1, wherein said wire frame of said other rack comprises a first, substantially U-shaped one piece wire member having the free end of each leg thereof fixed to said front wall of said channel member adjacent the opposite ends thereof, the legs of the U-shaped wire member extend forwardly and downwardly from the channel member to define the container back support, said U-shaped wire member bent outwardly adjacent the lower ends of the legs perpendicular to the plane of the back support to define the bottom support for the container, and a pair of generally U-shaped, one piece wire side supports joined to the back support on opposite sides thereof, the ends of the U-shaped side supports bent inwardly toward one another in a direction parallel to the legs of the back support and then bent in a direction perpendicular to the planes of the side supports and toward the back support and joined at the free ends thereof to the opposite sides of the back support, respectively.

Claim 4

A plurality of display racks as in claim 1, wherein the wire frame of said one rack comprises a one piece wire member fixed at its opposite ends to the channel member adjacent opposite ends of the channel member and bent to define a substantially U-shaped container side support at one side of the rack extending perpendicular to the axis of the channel member and a substantially U-shaped container bottom support in a plane parallel to the axis of the channel member and perpendicular to the plane of the side support, adjacent ends of adjacent legs of the side and bottom supports joined by a pair of inturned, mutually perpendicular portions defining an angularly shaped container back support at the lower corner of said one side of the rack, the other leg of the U-shaped bottom support bent upwardly perpendicular to the plane of the bottom support and joined in angular relationship to one of said ends of said wire member to define a container back suppoRt at the other side of the rack, and the other leg of said U-shaped side support joined to the other end of the wire member by a pair of mutually perpendicular portions defining a container back support at the upper corner of said one side of the rack.

Claim 5

A display rack as in claim 1, wherein said one rack comprises a one piece wire member fixed at its opposite ends to said front wall of the channel member adjacent opposite ends of the channel member and bent to define a substantially U-shaped container side support at one side of the rack extending perpendicular to the axis of the channel member and a substantially U-shaped container bottom support in a plane parallel to the axis of the channel member and perpendicular to the plane of the side support, adjacent ends of adjacent legs of the side and bottom supports joined by a pair of inturned, mutually perpendicular portions defining an angularly shaped container back support at the lower corner of said one side of the rack, the other leg of the U-shaped bottom support bent upwardly perpendicular to the plane of the bottom support and joined in angular relationship to one of said ends of said wire member to define a container back support at the other side of the rack, and the other leg of said U-shaped side support joined to the other end of the wire member by a pair of mutually perpendicular portions defining a container back support at the upper corner of said one side of the rack, and said another rack comprises an elongate, one piece wire bent to define a pair of generally U-shaped, outwardly projecting side supports in spaced parallel planes perpendicular to the axis of the channel member, and an outwardly projecting, generally U-shaped bottom support in a plane parallel to the axis of said channel member and perpendicular to the planes of the side supports, adjacent legs of the U-shaped side and bottom supports joined by inturned, mutually perpendicular portions to define angularly shaped back supports at opposite, bottom corners of the rack, the ends of the other legs of the side supports turned inwardly and then upwardly to define angularly shaped back supports at opposite, upper corners of the rack, said upwardly turned ends fixed to said channel member to support said rack thereon.

Claim 6

A plurality of wire display racks as in claim 1, wherein said one rack includes at each of the opposite sides thereof a first portion extending laterally outwardly from the downwardly and forwardly inclined frame in a direction parallel to the axis of the channel member, a second portion extending forwardly from the first portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the back support, a third portion extending downwardly and forwardly from the second portion in a direction parallel to and spaced from the plane of the back support, a fourth portion extending rearwardly from the third portion in a direction parallel to the second portion, said second, third and fourth portions all lying in the same plane and defining said side supports for the commodity, a fifth portion extending laterally inwardly from the fourth portion in a direction parallel to the axis of the first portion and in the same plane as the first portion and back support, and interconnected portions extending forwardly at opposite sides of the frame in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the back support and defining the bottom support for the commodity.

Claim 7

A plurality of wire display racks as in claim 1, wherein said end portions of said another rack extend substantially perpendicularly and are welded to the front wall of the channel member adjacent opposite ends thereof in parallel, spaced apart relationship, said wire bent angularly outwardly adjacent the lower edge of the front wall and extending downwardly from said end portions and in a forwardly inclined position relative to the plane of said channel member front wall and defining said inclined back support for an item at opposite sides of the rack; a wire sidE support extending forwardly perpendicularly from the plane of the back support at opposite sides thereof to provide said side supports for said item, and a bottom support extending forwardly perpendicularly from the plane of the back support at a lower end thereof to provide said bottom support for an item supported on the rack.