Patent ID: 7175034

Claim:
A display stand comprising: a generally vertical back wall having a front face, a back face, a first side, and a second side, said front face including a plurality of parallel, generally horizontal slots that continuously extend for a majority of the distance from said first side to said second side; a shelf releasably attachable to said front face of said back wall, said shelf adapted to be selectively inserted into at least one of said slots to thereby support said shelf on said back wall, said shelf being attachable to said back wall at a plurality of different heights and at a plurality of different side-to-side positions between said first and second sides; wherein said shelf includes a shelf base and a bracket, said bracket including an insert that fits into said at least one of said slots to thereby support said bracket and said shelf base on said back wall, said shelf base including a bracket engaging portion and a wall engaging portion, said bracket engaging portion of said shelf base being adjustably engaged at said bracket, said shelf base being adapted to be adjusted relative to said bracket of said shelf to support said shelf base of said shelf in a selected one of a plurality of different angular orientations relative to said back wall, said wall engaging portion of said shelf base engaging another one of said slots of said back wall when said shelf base is supported at said bracket and said back wall; and a vertical end panel attached to the back wall adjacent each one of the sides of the back wall, said end panel being oriented generally perpendicular to said back wall.