Supports: racks – Sorting type
Patent
1994-11-16
1996-03-12
Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
Supports: racks
Sorting type
211 50, 211189, 312107, A47F 500
Patent
active
054978882
ABSTRACT:
A modular display system for the efficient storing and displaying of a variety of substantially flat products, such as alphanumeric sign characters, includes a first display module having a width of a single length unit, an open front, a first arrangement of internal divider elements separating the internal volume of the first module of a plurality of predetermined volumes, each shaped to receive a predetermined amount of a particular product, a second display module having a width of two length units, a second internal divider arrangement separating the internal volume into a second plurality of volumes, each shaped to receive a predetermined amount of a particular product, a strip extending along the first and second modules for receiving indicia indicative of the contents of each of the first and second volumes and a connector for interconnecting a first and second module such that a plurality of first and second modules can be attached to each other and arranged in a plurality of configurations to form displaying units of different sizes, shapes and footprints to fit a variety of product mixes and spaces. Also in the preferred embodiment, modules are provided having a width of four units and dividers having a sawtooth shape which receive product and store display it in shingled fashion. Preferably, the modules include hinged panels to display representative product, and vertical dividers to support incicia which indicate particular product in the discrete volumes formed by the dividers.
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Cole Stephan W.
Fioritto Michelle L.
Hughes Sharon D.
Michaels Dean
Sheiler Steven T.
American Consumer Products, Inc.
Gibson , Jr. Robert W.
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