Patent ID: 6012243
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
An article of manufacture comprised of a base structure and a display structure;said base structure is a first three dimensional figure comprised of a ground contact member and a spindle member wherein said spindle member is perpendicularly and rigidly attached to and extends upwardly from said ground contact member and further wherein said spindle member is adapted to axially and rotatably support said display structure;said display structure is a second three dimensional figure and has a longitudinal axis, an interior and an exterior and provides a plurality of rectangular planar areas at said exterior useful to display goods, wherein a transverse cross section of said display structure through said planar areas produces a geometrical shape of a regular polygon,said display structure is comprised of a bottom plate, a top bracket, an intermediate support bracket, positioned between said bottom plate and said top bracket, and a number of elongated mounting rail members of equal length, said number being at least 3 and no more than 15, wherein each of said mounting rail members has an upper end and a lower end, further wherein each of said rail members has a ""T"" shaped cross section consisting of two flanges and a web, and still further wherein a ""T"" angle is formed between said web and each of said flanges,said bottom plate, said top bracket and said intermediate support bracket are positioned in parallel in said display structure, wherein said bottom plate has vertices equal in number to said number of said rail members, said top bracket has vertices equal in number to said number of said rail members and said intermediate support bracket has vertices equal in number to said number of said rail members and further wherein said bottom plate vertices, said top bracket vertices and said intermediate support bracket vertices are in alignment at said exterior of said display structure,each of said mounting rail members is perpendicular to said bottom plate, said top bracket and said intermediate support bracket, wherein said lower end of each of said mounting rail members is rigidly attached to said bottom plate at one of said bottom plate vertices, said upper end of each of said mounting rail members is rigidly attached to said top bracket at one of top bracket vertices and each of said mounting rail members is rigidly attached to said intermediate support bracket at one of said intermediate support bracket vertices and further wherein said web of each of said mounting rail members faces the interior of said display structure along a radial line extending from the longitudinal axis of said display structure,whereby each of said rail members is disposed in a fixed position at said exterior of said display structure, is parallel to and equidistant from said longitudinal axis, is perpendicular to a plane of said polygon, and at an equally spaced distance from any of said rail members immediately adjacent thereto, andfurther whereby one of said ""T"" angles of one of said rail members-faces one of said ""T"" angles of an immediately adjacent rail member to thereby form two opposite sides of one of said rectangular planar areas which is adapted to hold and visually display goods.