Patent ID: 6676232
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A frame structure for holding a plurality of display cases, each of the plurality of display cases having an upper end and an inner cavity viewable through the upper end, the frame structure adapted to permit viewing of each of the upper ends of the plurality of display cases, the frame structure comprising:a first end wall having first and second ends and a top edge; a second end wall spaced apart from the first end wall in generally parallel orientation relative to the first end wall, the second end wall having first and second ends and a top edge; a pair of sidewalls extending between the first and second end walls, a first sidewall of the pair of sidewalls connected at a first end to the first end wall first end and at a second end to the second end wall first end, a second sidewall of the pair of sidewalls connected at a first end to the first end wall second end and at a second end to the second end wall second end, the end walls and sidewalls defining a base cavity adapted to receive an associated base display case, the pair of sidewalls having upper portions that extend a selected distance beyond the top edges of the first and second end walls; a first pair of slide mechanisms mounted on the upper portions of the pair of sidewalls, a first slide mechanism of the first pair of slide mechanisms mounted on the first sidewall and a second corresponding slide mechanism of the first pair of slide mechanisms mounted on the second sidewall; and a first display case support connected to the first pair of slide mechanisms and adapted to carry an associated first display case, the first pair of slide mechanisms capable of slidably moving the first display case support between a first position wherein the carried associated first display case is positioned over the base cavity substantially obstructing viewing into the base cavity and a second position wherein the carried associated display case passes over one of the top edges of the first and second end walls thereby not substantially obstructing viewing into the base cavity.