Patent ID: 8272519

Claim:
A rotatable display carousel for exhibiting a plurality of products within a confined area, said rotatable display carousel comprising: a central rod; a bottom plate mounted about said central rod; a plurality of shelf sections positioned above said bottom plate respectively; and a rotating means for rotating each of said shelf sections by rotating said bottom plate about said central rod such that each of said shelf sections rotate in sync based upon a rotational speed of said bottom plate; wherein said rotating means comprises: a primary pulley statically mated to said central rod and located subjacent to said bottom plate, said bottom plate being rotatably mated about said central rod; a plurality of auxiliary shafts passing through said shelf sections, said auxiliary shafts being rotatably rotatable relative to said bottom plate and statically mated to said shelf sections; a plurality of auxiliary pulleys statically mated to said auxiliary shafts and rotatable relative to said bottom plate; and a flexible belt directly engaged with each of said primary and auxiliary pulleys; wherein each of said shelf sections comprises: a plurality of planar divider members equidistantly spaced apart and radially extending outward from one of said auxiliary shafts; and a plurality of pie-shaped shelves directly abutted with adjacent ones of said divider members respectively such that each said pie-shaped shelf is isolated from an adjacent and co-planar one of said pie-shaped shelves, said pie-shaped shelves being capable of supporting objects placed thereon; wherein each of said auxiliary shafts are statically mated to said divider members and said pie-shaped shelves so that said shelf sections rotate in sync with said auxiliary pulleys.