Display fixture with cantilevered shelf

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9468312-B2
Application number	US-201514599683-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2015
Priority date	Jan 19, 2015
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A display fixture includes a display structure having at least two uprights and at least one cross bar that spans between the at least two uprights. At least one shelf is mounted on the at least one cross bar and includes a deck, a pair of side panels each located on opposing sides of the deck and each having a slot and an elongated channel extending between the pair of slots in the pair of side panels. Each slot is separated from a back edge of each side panel. The channel is defined by a front that extends between front edges of the pair of slots, a back that extends between back edges of the pair of slots and a top that extends between upper edges of the pair of slots. The pair of slots and the channel engage with the cross bar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display fixture comprising:
a display structure including at least two uprights and at least one cross bar that spans between the at least two uprights;
at least one shelf toollessly mounted on the at least one cross bar, the at least one shelf comprising:
a deck;
a pair of side panels each located on opposing sides of the deck and each having a slot, wherein each slot is separated from a back edge of each side panel; and
an elongated channel extending between the pair of slots in the pair of side panels,
the elongated channel being defined by a front that extends between front edges of the pair of slots, a back that extends between back edges of the pair of slots and a top that extends between upper edges of the pair of slots;
wherein the pair of slots and the elongated channel engage with the cross bar without any additional hardware so that the shelf is cantilevered from the cross bar to support merchandise; and
wherein the shelf includes a plurality of apertures extending through a thickness of the deck, each aperture includes a hollow receiver that is configured to receive and securely hold a mannequin; wherein
a block is mounted to an underside of the deck, the block includes a plurality of apertures that align with the plurality of apertures in the deck so as to support a length of each hollow receiver that extends for a greater distance than the thickness of the deck.

2. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the at least two uprights comprise a plurality of spaced apart holes for receiving a first bracket located on a first end of the cross bar and a second bracket located on a second end of the cross bar.

3. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the at least one shelf has a width that is less than a distance between the at least two uprights.

4. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein bottom edges of the front and the back of the elongated channel are located above bottom edges of the pair of side panels.

5. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the front and the back of the elongated channel is less than a width of the slots in the pair of side panels at bottom edges of the pair of side panels.

6. A display fixture comprising: at least two upright support members; at least one substantially horizontal rail having a first end that mounts to one of the
upright support members and a second end that mounts to another of the upright support members;
at least one shelf including a main shelf body, wherein a U-shaped rail defining a u-channel is coupled to an underside of the main shelf body and extends substantially across an entire width of the main shelf body, wherein the u-channel is engaged with the at least one substantially horizontal rail so that the at least one shelf is cantilevered from the at least one substantially horizontal rail;
wherein a right side of the u-channel is aligned with an upper portion of an opening in a right side frame member of the at least one shelf, a left side of the u-channel is aligned with an upper portion of an opening in a left side frame member of the at least one shelf, such that a distance between a front of the u-channel and a back of the u-channel is substantially similar to widths of the upper portions of the openings in the right side frame member and the left side frame member and the front of the u-channel extends between front edges of the openings in the right side frame member and the left side frame member and the back of the u- channel extends between back edges of the openings in the right side frame member and the left side frame member;
wherein the u-channel is spaced apart from a back edge of the shelf and in closer proximity to the back edge of the shelf than a front of the shelf; and
wherein the widths of the upper portions of the openings in the right and left side frame members are less than widths of where the openings in the right and left side frame members intersect bottom edges of the right and left side frame members to guide the at least one shelf to sit on the at least one substantially horizontal rail.

7. The display fixture of claim 6 , wherein the u-channel and the openings in the right and left side frame members engage with the at least one substantially horizontal rail without any additional hardware.

8. The display fixture of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of apertures extending through a thickness of the main shelf body, each aperture includes a hollow receiver for receiving a portion of a display stand.

9. The display fixture of claim 8 , further comprising a mannequin including a mounting rod for being securely held in the hollow receiver of one of the apertures located through the thickness in the main shelf body.

10. The display fixture of claim 8 , further comprising a block mounted to an underside of the main shelf body and including a plurality of apertures that align with the plurality of apertures in the main shelf body so as to support a length of the each hollow receiver that extends for a greater distance than the thickness of the main shelf body.

11. The display fixture of claim 6 , wherein the at least one shelf has a width that is less than a distance between the at least two upright support members.

12. The display fixture of claim 6 , wherein bottom edges of the front and the back of the u-channel are located above bottom edges of the right and left side frame members.

13. A display fixture comprising:
a display structure including at least two uprights and at least one cross bar that spans between the at least two uprights;
at least one shelf toollessly mounted on the at least one cross bar, the at least one shelf comprising:
a deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a pair of side panels each extending downwardly from opposing sides of the deck and each having a slot, wherein each slot is separated from a back edge of each side panel; and a front panel extending downwardly from a front edge of the deck; wherein the side panels and the front panels are combined to form a border; wherein a cavity is defined from the underside of the shelf by the border and the deck;
wherein the cavity defined by the corresponding panels is configured to receive a support beam that is configured to be mounted to the bottom surface of the deck within the cavity;
an elongated channel extending between the pair of slots in the pair of side panels,
the elongated channel being defined by a front that extends between front edges of the pair of slots, a back that extends between back edges of the pair of slots and a top that extends between upper edges of the pair of slots;
wherein the pair of slots and the elongated channel engage with the cross bar without any additional hardware so that the shelf is cantilevered from the cross bar to support merchandise; and
wherein the shelf includes a plurality of apertures extending through a thickness of the deck,
a mannequin mounted to the shelf using a post that is inserted within an aperture in the deck.

14. The display fixture of claim 13 , further comprising a display accessory mounted onto the at least one cross bar and next to the shelf so as to support additional merchandise other than merchandise displayed by the shelf.

15. The display fixture of claim 13 , wherein the shelf has a width that is less than a width between the first upright and the second upright.

Assignees

• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Denby Scott E

Classifications

• A47F5/0043 Primary

  Show shelves (shelves in general A47B96/02; brackets or similar shelf-supporting means A47B96/06; advertising or price indication G09F) · CPC title

• A47F8/00

  Dummies, busts or the like, e.g. for displaying garments (tailors' dummies A41H5/00; {artificial limbs A61F; dolls in general A63H}) · CPC title

• A47F5/137

  having wheels · CPC title

• A47F5/103

  Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane · CPC title

• A47B96/021

  Structural features of shelf bases · CPC title