Patent ID: 8297569
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A merchandising support system used for supporting merchandise on a display panel, the system comprising: a. a holder adapted for secure attachment to said display panel; b. a mounting platform mounted on said holder and having a throat extending from a forward surface of said mounting platform toward a rear surface of said platform, said mounting platform also having a cavity extending from said rear surface of said platform toward said forward surface, and said mounting platform having a lip separating said throat from said cavity; c. an accessory arm cantileveringly supported in said throat and including a first magnetic material; and d. a second magnetic material disposed within said cavity of said mounting platform adjacent to said lip to magnetically attract said first magnetic material to support said accessory arm in said throat; wherein said second magnetic material being disposed in said cavity is in abutment with said lip, wherein said throat comprises a surrounding sidewall with a plurality of ridges formed along said sidewall, and wherein said lip is located adjacent to said ridges.