Display panels

Claim 2

A display panel, comprising: a plurality of elongate horizontal panel sections and means for securing said panel sections together in vertically superimposed positions; said panel sections being made of sheet metal and each comprising: a front wall portion; a rear wall portion spaced rearwardly from said front wall portion; an intermediate portion extending from the top of said front wall portion to the bottom of said rear wall portion; a first channel formation at the top of said rear wall portion; and a second channel formation at the bottom of said front wall portion; each of said panel sections except the uppermost one having said first channel formation thereof interengaged with said second channel formation of an adjacent overlying one of said panel sections defining therewith a recess extending rearwardly from the top of said front wall portion of the respective one of said panel sections and upwardly behind said second channel formation of said adjacent overlying one of said panel sections; and said interengaged first and second channel formations having surfaces connected in surface-to-surface contact with one another to reinforce said display panel.

Claim 3

A display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact with one another extend horizontally and vertically for reinforcing said display panel in the horizontal and vertical directions.

Claim 4

A display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact comprise a pair of vertical surfaces disposed between and spaced from said front and rear wall portions and a pair of horizontal surfaces extending transversely of said display panel within one of said interengaged first and second channel formations.

Claim 5

A display panel as claimed in claim 3, wherein said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact include a further pair of horizontal surfaces extending transversely of said display panel within the other of said interengaged first and second channel formations.

Claim 6

A display panel as claimed in claim 1, provided with a support member for attachment to said panel sections, said support member comprising an elongate shank portion and a bent end portion at one end of said shank portion and extending laterally of said shank portion for insertion through any of said recesses into engagement with and behind the corresponding one of said second channel formations for releasably retaining the support member.

Claim 7

A display panel as claimed in claim 5, wherein said support member further includes an intermediate portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from said shank portion to said end portion.

Claim 8

A display panel as claimed in claim 1, provided with a support member for attachment to said panel sections, said support member having a first upwardly projecting edge portion for insertion through one of said recesses into engagement with and behind the corresponding one of said second channel formations and a second edge portion for insertion into an underlying one of said recesses.

Claim 9

A display panel as claimed in claim 7, wherein said support member comprises a shelf and is made in one piece and of sheet metal.

Claim 10

A display panel as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first and second edge portions are parts of a sheet metal bracket, said support member further comprising a metal rod support projecting forwardly from said bracket.

Claim 11

A display panel, comprising: a plurality of elongate horizontal panel sections and means for securing said panel sections together in vertically superimposed positions; said panel sections being made of sheet metal and each comprising: a flat vertical front wall portion; a flat vertical rear wall portion spaced rearwardly from said front wall portion; a flat horizontal intermediate portion extending rearwardly from the top of said front wall portion to the bottom of said rear wall portion; a first channel formation at the top of said rear wall portion; said first channel formation being above and downwardly open towards said intermediate portion; and a second channel formation at the bottom of said front wall portion; said second channel formation being below and upwardly open towards said intermediate portion; each of said panel sections except the uppermost one having said first channel formation thereof interengaged with said second channel formation of an adjacent overlying one of said panel sections defining therewith a recess extending rearwardly from the top of said front wall portion of the respective one of said panel sections and upwardly behind said second channel formation of said adjacant overlying one of said panel sections; and said interengaged first and second channel formations having surfaces connected in surface-to-surface contact with one another to reinforce said display panel.

Claim 12

A display panel, comprising: a plurality of elongate horizontal panel sections and means for securing said panel sections together in vertically superimposed positions; said panel sections being made of sheet metal and each comprising: a flat vertical front wall portion; a flat vertical rear wall portion spaced rearwardly from said front wall portion; a flat horizontal intermediate portion extending rearwardly from the top of said front wall portion to the bottom of said rear wall portion; a first channel formation at the top of said rear wall portion; said first channel formation being above and downwardly open towards said intermediate portion; and a second channel formation at the bottom of said front wall portion; said second channel formation being below and upwardly open towards said intermediate portion; each of said panel sections except the uppermost one having said first channel formation thereof interengaged with said second channel formation of an adjacent overlying one of said panel sections defining therewith a recess extending rearwardly from the top of said front wall portion of the respective one of said panel sections and upwardly behind said second channel formation of said adjacant overlying one of said panel sections; and said interengaged first and second channel formations having surfaces connected in surface-to-surface contact with one another to reinforce said display panel.

Claim 13

A display panel as claimed in claim 10, wherein said first channel formation comprises a flat horizontal top portion extending forwardly from the top of said rear wall portion and a vertical depending portion extending downwardly from the front of said top portion, and said second channel formation comprises a horizontal bottom portion extending rearwardly from the bottom of said front wall portion and a vertical upright portion extending upwardly from the rear of said bottom portion, said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact being surfaces of said depending and upright portions.

Claim 14

A display panel as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first channel formation includes a flat horizontal edge portion extending forwardly from the bottom of said depending portion, said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact including mutually contacting surfaces of said edge portion and said bottom portion.

Claim 15

A display panel as claimed in claim 11, wherein said second channel formation includes a flat horizontal edge portion extending rearwardly from the top of said upright portion, said surfaces in surface-to-surface contact including mutually contacting surfaces of said edge portion and said top portion.