Modular display unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9795230-B2
Application number	US-201414486180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Sep 15, 2014
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A display unit includes an upper component that has a top panel, four side panels having bottom edges, exterior surfaces and interior surfaces that define a hollow interior. A base frame includes a lower portion having an outer periphery and an upper portion that extends upwardly from a top of the lower portion and has an outer periphery. Four corner members are coupled to and extend inwardly from the interior surfaces of the upper component and are positioned at a distance from the bottom edges of the four side panels. The four corner members engage with a top of the upper portion of the base frame such that the bottom edges of the four side panels of the upper component are spaced apart from the top of the lower portion of the base frame to expose a section of the upper portion of the base frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display fixture comprising:
a plurality of substantially identical box assemblies attached together to form an elevated runway for displaying mannequins, each box assembly comprises:
a cover including a top wall, four side walls having bottom edges that define an opening in a bottom of the cover, a hollow interior and corner members, each corner member being directly attached to interior surfaces of two of the four side walls;
a four-sided pedestal including a base portion having an inner periphery and an outer periphery with a perimeter and a protruding portion that protrudes upwardly from the base portion and having an inner periphery and an outer periphery with a perimeter that is less than the perimeter of the outer periphery of the base portion, wherein the protruding portion engages with the corner members to support the cover so that the cover is located entirely above and separated from the base portion of the four-sided pedestal by a space; and

wherein each box assembly is attached to at least one other box assembly using at least one fastener that is inserted through the space between the cover and the base portion of the four-sided pedestal of each box assembly and into at least one hole in the protruding portion of the four-sided pedestal.

2. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a single, homogenous material.

3. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the base portion of the four-sided pedestal comprises a length, a width and a height and wherein the protruding portion of the four-sided pedestal protrudes from a top of the base portion to a top of the protruding portion, the protruding portion having a length that is less than the length of the base portion, a width that is less than the width of the base portion and a height.

4. The display fixture of claim 3 , wherein the space between the base portion of the four-sided pedestal and the cover comprises a distance between the bottom edges of the four side walls of the cover and the top of the base portion of the four-sided pedestal.

5. The display fixture of claim 3 , wherein each corner member is coupled to and extends inwardly from one of four corners of the hollow interior, wherein each corner is defined by the abutment of two of the four side walls.

6. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the four corner members are spaced apart from the bottom edges of the four sides of the cover by a distance.

7. The display fixture of claim 6 , wherein the height of the protruding portion of the pedestal is greater than the distance between the four corner members and the bottom edges of the four sides of the cover to provide the space between the cover and the base portion of the pedestal.

8. The display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the top wall of the cover comprises at least one through hole for receiving an insert for securing a mannequin to the top wall of the cover.

9. A display unit comprising:
an upper component including a top panel, four side panels having bottom edges that define an opening in a bottom of the upper component, interior surfaces that define a hollow interior and exterior surfaces;
a base frame including a lower portion having an outer periphery and an inner periphery and an upper portion that extends upwardly from a top of the lower portion and having an outer periphery and an inner periphery, wherein a perimeter of the outer periphery of the lower portion is greater than a perimeter of the outer periphery of the upper portion; and
four corner members coupled to and extending inwardly from the interior surfaces of the upper component and positioned at a distance from the bottom edges of the four side panels, each corner member being directly attached to the interior surfaces of two of the four side panels; and
wherein the four corner members engage with a top of the upper portion of the base frame such that the bottom edges of the four side panels of the upper component are free and are vertically spaced apart from and located entirely above the top of the lower portion of the base frame to expose a section of the outer periphery of the upper portion of the base frame to an exterior of the display unit.

10. The display unit of claim 9 , wherein the exterior surfaces of the four side walls of the upper component are in alignment with the outer periphery of the lower portion of the base frame.

11. The display unit of claim 10 , wherein the outer periphery of the upper portion of the base frame is recessed from the outer periphery of the lower portion of the base frame and from the exterior surfaces of the four side walls of the upper component.

12. The display unit of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of corner members has a triangular shape and is mounted to an interior of the upper component at one of four corners of the upper component, wherein each corner of the upper component is defined by the abutment of two of the four side walls.

13. The display unit of claim 9 , wherein the upper portion of the base frame comprises at least one through hole for receiving a fastener and is located in the section of the upper portion that is exposed to the exterior of the display unit.

14. The display unit of claim 9 , wherein the upper component comprises a single, homogeneous material.

15. The display unit of claim 9 , wherein the top panel of the upper component comprises at least one hole that extends between the interior surface and the exterior surface to receive mounting hardware for supporting a display item.

16. A display fixture comprising:
a plurality of four-sided pedestals located adjacent to each other so that a side of one of the four-sided pedestals is adjacent to a side of another of the four-side pedestals, wherein each of the four-sided pedestals comprise:
a lower portion having an outer periphery;
an upper portion that extends upwardly from a top of the lower portion and having an outer periphery;

a plurality of fasteners that fasten the plurality of four-sided pedestals together by inserting each fastener into holes located in a section of the upper portion of each four-sided pedestal;
a plurality of covers placed on top of the plurality of four-sided pedestals to form a runway, wherein each cover includes a top wall, four side walls having bottom edges that define an opening in a bottom of the cover and a hollow interior; and
at least one mannequin attached to the top wall of each cover using at least one through hole located in the top wall; and
wherein the upper portion of each four-sided pedestal supports one of the covers so that each cover is spaced apart from the lower portion of each four-sided pedestal by a distance, the distance being the section of the upper portion of each four-side pedestal that includes the holes for the fasteners.

17. The display fixture of claim 16 , further comprising a panel support mounted to a bottom of one of the four-sided pedestals located at an end of the runway such that a portion of the panel support protrudes from a back side of the one of the four-sided pedestals and includes mounting components.

18. The display fixture of claim 17 , further comprising a back panel attached to the mounting components on the panel support such that the back panel is adjacent to the back side of the one of the four-sided pedestals and adjacent to a back side of the corresponding cover that is on the one of the four-sided pedestals, wherein the back panel is fastened to the back side of the corresponding cover with fasteners.

Assignees

• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Martell Timothy J
• Clark Jeremy A
• Johnson Jason W

Classifications

• 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

• A47F5/16 Primary

  Platform-type show stands with flat, inclined, or curved upper surface · CPC title

• A47B87/008

  Rectangular cabinets or racks in a side-by-side arrangement · CPC title