Display shelf assembly

Claim 1

A carpet display shelf assembly comprising, at least three elongated support bars supported in a parallel upright relation, said bars each being provided with a double row of selectable bracket support slots, a pair of laterally spaced elongated side arm members of stamped metal each presenting a side plate having an attaching bracket at one end with at least a pair of hooks formed thereon to slidably fit into a corresponding pair of slots in adjacent support bars, a front lip member of stamped metal joined at the ends thereof to the ends of said side plates opposite the brackets thereby to afford a three-sided enclsoure, said pair of hooks on each side plate bracket being aligned on an axis which when extended in the direction of said bars intercepts the likewise extended axis of the related side plate at an acute included angle, said plates and lip each having a shelf supporting flange bent inwardly therefrom along a fold line at the lower edge thereof and which collectively afford a three-sided support frame for a flat shelf inside the enclosure, said suport frame being located beneath the upper edges of the side plates and front lip so that a carpet sample will be walled in by the enclosure defined by said side plates and front lips, and a flat piece of shelving supported by said support frame to constitute the shelf, said double rows of support slots enabling at least two of said three-sided support frames and related shelving to be hook-supported in laterally adjacent relation by the three support bars.