Patent ID: 11903496
Assignee: SELECT DESIGN, LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 15:
16. A display stand, comprising:
an elongate housing that defines an interior volume configured to hold a vertically-stacked plurality of products, the housing having a top end;
at least one spring coupled to the housing at a location proximate the top end of the housing; and
a platform moveably disposed in the interior volume and supported by the at least one spring, the platform configured to support the plurality of products;
wherein the housing includes a stopper located proximate the top end of the housing, the stopper configured to contact a top surface of a top layer of the plurality of products to maintain a height of the top layer;
wherein the stopper and the at least one spring cooperate to apply a compressive force to the plurality of products; and
wherein the at least one spring includes at least one front spring adjacent a front side of the platform and at least one rear spring adjacent a rear side of the platform, wherein the front and rear springs have different spring rates and/or different lengths for maintaining the platform in a substantially horizonal orientation.