Modular display tower

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9668593-B2
Application number	US-201514755367-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Jun 20, 2014
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

A snap-in card top riser is provided having a riser and a display module. The riser has a hook profile that is adapted to be received into a channel on the display module so that the riser is secured to the display module in a manner that restricts removal of the riser from the display module. The channel has one or more tabs that are configured to cause the hook profile to compress while the tabs are engaging with the hook profile. A modular display tower is also provided that includes a base and one or more vertical display portions that are configurable to display different types of cards, items, and merchandise. The vertical display portions may interchangeably include curved display modules that receive one or more risers, or flat display portions, and the vertical display portions may be joined at respective edges with a bridge coupling.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display tower, the tower comprising:
a base; and
a plurality of vertical display portions coupled together, the plurality of vertical display portions supported on and extending upwardly from the base with at least one of the plurality of vertical display portions comprising:
a curved display portion having one or more curved display modules,
the one or more curved display modules each having a curved channel formed therein,
the curved channel extending laterally between first and second side edges of the curved display portion, and
the curved channel adapted for receiving one or more curved risers;
wherein the plurality of vertical display portions further comprises at least one flat display portion.

2. The tower of claim 1 , wherein the first side edge includes a first mateable coupling component and the second side edge includes a second mateable coupling component.

3. The tower of claim 2 , further comprising an additional curved display portion and a bridge coupling configured to join the curved display portion with the additional curved display portion by attaching to the first or second mateable coupling component and also to a mateable coupling component positioned on a side edge of the additional curved display portion.

4. The tower of claim 1 , wherein the one or more curved display modules comprises a plurality of curved display modules in a stacked configuration between a bottom and a top of the curved display portion.

5. The tower of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more curved display modules includes a curved riser coupled thereto.

6. The tower of claim 1 , wherein the flat display portion comprises a flat pegboard with a plurality of hooks.

7. The tower of claim 1 , wherein the tower includes a top cover coupled to top edges of each of the plurality of vertical display portions.

8. A display tower, the tower comprising:
a base; and
two or more vertical display portions extending upwardly from the base and coupled together, each one of the two or more vertical display portions being flat or curved, at least one of the two or more vertical display portions comprising:
a curved display portion having one or more curved display modules,
the one or more curved display modules each having a channel formed therein that is adapted for receiving a curved riser, and
the channel extending laterally between first and second side edges of the curved display portion,
wherein each of the one or more curved display modules includes at least one curved riser coupled thereto, and
wherein each of the one or more curved display modules includes an outer covering configured to cover at least a portion of the at least one curved riser coupled thereto.

9. The tower of claim 8 , wherein the one or more curved display modules comprises a plurality of curved display modules in a stacked configuration.

10. The tower of claim 8 , wherein the two or more vertical display portions comprises three curved vertical display portions, wherein a first side edge of each of the three curved vertical display portions is coupled to a second side edge of an adjacent one of the three curved vertical display portions to form a display tower having a rounded outer circumference.

11. The tower of claim 8 , wherein each of the one or more curved display modules includes a respective single curved riser coupled to the channel thereof.

12. The tower of claim 11 , wherein the single curved riser comprises an upper panel coupled to a lower panel, the lower panel extending from a first edge of the upper panel, the lower panel having a hook profile and a distal edge that can be received in the channel.

13. The tower of claim 12 , wherein the lower panel includes cut-out sections that segment the lower panel into a plurality of lower panel sections, and wherein the lower panel sections are moved into abutting contact at edges of the lower panel sections to provide a riser having a curved upper panel and a curved lower panel.

14. A method of constructing a modular display tower, the method comprising:
providing a base;
coupling two or more vertical display portions to the base, the two or more vertical display portions extending vertically upward from the base, at least one of the two or more vertical display portions comprising a flat display portion, and at least one of the two or more vertical display portions comprising:
a curved display portion having one or more curved display modules,
the one or more curved display modules each having a channel formed therein,
the channel extending laterally between first and second side edges of the curved display portion, and
the channel adapted for receiving one or more curved risers;

releasably coupling together the two or more vertical display portions; and
coupling one or more curved risers to the channel of each of the one or more curved display modules.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the one or more curved display modules further comprises a respective outer covering that covers at least a portion of a curved riser received by the respective display module in the channel, and wherein the outer covering is at least partially see-through.

Assignees

• Hallmark Cards

Inventors

• Cayce Craig William
• Wegstein Brian Lee
• Arness Shaun P

Classifications

• A47F7/146

  the show stands or the like being provided with compartments or pockets (with theft prevention A47F7/0246) · CPC title

• A47F7/141

  for stacking vertically, e.g. newspaper holders · CPC title

• A47F5/10

  Adjustable or foldable {or dismountable} display stands {(foldable racks in general A47B43/00; dismountable racks in general A47B47/00; assemblies of elements of the same kind, e.g. stackable A47B87/00; publicity panels G09F15/0068)} · CPC title

• A47F5/0823

  Article supports for peg-boards · CPC title

• A47F5/05 Primary

  with separate containers rotatable around the pillar · CPC title