Patent ID: 7185771
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A foldable stepped display stand comprising: a stepped shelving portion and a separate support base removably mounting to one another, said stepped shelving portion being formed by folding various parts of a configuration formed on a sheet material, and said configuration including a plurality of panels wherein adjacent panels are foldable relative to one another along common horizontal fold lines to form said shelving portion having horizontal shelves and vertical rear walls, side extension portions extending outwards from two side edges of each of said horizontal shelves and foldable along said side edges to form side walls perpendicular to both said horizontal shelves and said vertical rear walls, a pair of parallel retaining mounting slots formed adjacent to each one of said side edges of said horizontal shelves, said support base having two opposite side walls of a step configuration and of a mirror image of one another, a rectangular rear wall and rectangular front wall, said rear wall having a larger vertical dimension than said front wall, a plurality of mounting tabs formed at stepped upper edges of said support base and adapted for engaging with said parallel retaining mounting slots of said horizontal shelves of said shelving portion for removably mounting said shelving portion on said support base, said configuration has ten panels including a first panel connected to a second panel through a first one of said horizontal fold lines, a third panel connected to said second panel through a second one of said horizontal fold lines, a fourth panel connected to said third panel through a third one of said horizontal fold lines, a fifth panel connected to said fourth panel through a fourth one of said horizontal fold lines, a sixth panel connected to said fifth panel through a fifth one of said horizontal fold lines, a seventh panel connected to said sixth panel through a sixth one of said horizontal fold lines, an eighth panel connected to said seventh panel through a seventh one of said horizontal fold lines, a ninth panel connected to said eighth panel through an eighth one of said horizontal lines, and a tenth panel connected said ninth panel through a ninth one of said horizontal lines.