Display stand

Claim 1

A display device comprising a base member, a vertically oriented shaft secured to said base member, a series of horizontally aligned platforms rotatably mounted on said shaft, said platforms having a circular configuration, means on said platforms for retaining a plurality of display cards, said cards being removable from said retaining means, a series of horizontally aligned guard plates, said guard plates having a circular configuration, and means for securing said plates to the shaft so that each plate is positioned above a platform in close proximity therto, said plates being non-rotatable relative to the shaft, each plate including a notch proximate its periphery for permitting said display cards to be removed from the retaining means on the platforms, said platforms and plates being axially aligned along the vertical shaft in paired relationship, the diameters of the paired platforms and plates being approximately the same, the diameter of said platforms and guard plates decreasing in length in an upward direction whereby the uppermost platform and plate has the smallest diameter and the lowermost platform and plate has the greatest diameter, a plurality of sleeves mounted on said shaft, means for positioning a separate sleeve between two adjacent guard plates, means for coupling the guard plates and the sleeves together on the shaft so that the said sleeves and said guard plates are non-rotatable relative to the shaft, at least the upper end of said shaft being threaded, means for threadedly engaging said threaded shaft end and drawing said sleeves and guard plates together so that they are non-rotatable relative to each other.