Patent ID: 6488245
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A collapsible display stand comprising:an article display tray for receiving articles to be displayed; the tray having a bottom wall, a pair of opposing side walls and an end wall forming an article display chamber having an open front region arranged to permit an article to be placed into the chamber and visible therethrough, the bottom wall having spaced slots adjacent to the opposing side walls, the tray further including a front wall spaced from and juxtaposed with the bottom wall, the end wall being coupled to the bottom wall and front wall forming a shelf in the tray chamber; a collapsible display tray support having a deployed state and a collapsed state, the support including at least one rear wall with opposing first edges, opposing spaced first and second side walls each hinged to the rear wall at a different one of the rear wall opposing first edges, the first and second side walls each having a medial first hinge and a second edge distal the first hinge and distal the at least one rear wall such that the first and second side walls can each selectively collapse against the at least one rear wall; and at least one tab extending from each of the first and second side walls at the second edge thereof, the at least one tab being received in a different slot in the tray to releasably secure the support to the tray whereby in the collapsed state the at least one rear wall and the first and second side walls are juxtaposed with at least a portion of the tray bottom wall and in the extended state the tray serves to stiffen the support such that the tray and support cooperate to form a self supporting display stand.