Greeting card display assembly and method

Claim 1

A greeting card display assembly, comprising: (a) a plurality of straight slats of progressively decreasing lengths, each of said slats including (i) a substantially flat top side, (ii) a substantially flat bottom side, and (iii) a through hole extending from said top side to said bottom side and centrally located along the length of the slat; (b) a vertical center post extending successively through said centrally located holes of said slats such that (i) the largest one of the said slats is nearest to the bottom of said post with the remaining slats successively decreasing in size upwardly along the length of said post, (ii) said slats are rotatable about said post for positioning in a common plane through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in two dimensions and in angularly differing planes through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in three dimensions, and (iii) any two adjacent slats are positioned relative to one another so that their confronting sides extend horizontally and slidably engage one another for holding a greeting card therebetween; and (c) means for supporting said post in a vertically extending position.

Claim 8

A method of displaying greeting cards, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of straight slats of progressively decreasing lengths, each of said slats including (i) a substantially flat top side, (ii) a substantially flat bottom side, and (iii) a through hole extending from said top side to said bottom side and centrally located along the length of the slat; (b) placing a vertical center post successively through said centrally located holes of said slats such that (i) the largest one of said slats is nearest to the bottom of said post with the remaining slats successively decreasing in size upwardly along the length of said post, (ii) said slats are rotatable about said post for positioning in a common plane through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in two dimensions and in angularly differing planes through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in three dimensions, (iii) any two adjacent slats are positioned relative to one another so that their confronting sides extend horizontally and slidably engage one anohter for holding a greeting card therebetween, and (iv) said post includes a top end section which extends up beyond the uppermost one of said slats; (c) supporting said post in a vertically extending position; (d) mounting a top cap around said top post section to hide the latter and prevent said slats from sliding off of the post at its top end; (e) rotating said slats so as to position them in said angularly differing planes; and (f) placing greeting cards between certain ones of said slidable surfaces for support therebetween.

Claim 9

A method of displaying greeting cards, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of straight slats of progressively decreasing lengths, each of said slats including (i) a substantially flat top side, (ii) a substantially flat bottom side, and (iii) a through hole extending from said top side to said bottom side and centrally located along the length of the slat; (b) placing a vertical center post successively through said centrally located holes of said slats such that (i) the largest one of said slats is nearest to the bottom of said post with the remaining slats successively decreasing in size upwardly along the length of said post, (ii) said slats are rotatable about said post for positioning in a common plane through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in two dimensions and in angularly differing planes through said post to simulate a Christmas tree in three dimensions, (iii) any two adjacent slats are positioned relative to one another so that their confronting sides extend horizontally and slidably engage one anohter for holding a greeting card therebetween, and (iv) said post includes a top end section which extends up beyond the uppermost one of said slats; (c) supporting said post in a vertically extending position; (d) mounting a top cap around said top post section to hide the latter and prevent said slats from sliding off of the post at its top end; (e) rotating said slats so as to position them in said angularly differing planes; and (f) placing greeting cards between certain ones of said slidable surfaces for support therebetween.