Patent ID: 8602230

Claim:
A modular merchandise display system, which comprises: a frame, the frame having a pair of spaced apart, parallelly disposed indexing members, each indexing member having an axial length, a thickness, a plurality of spaced apart openings formed through the thickness thereof and situated at least partially along the axial length thereof, and a plurality of spaced apart resilient locking clips situated at least partially along the axial length thereof, a respective locking clip being disposed in at least partial alignment with a corresponding opening formed in the indexing members; and a plurality of merchandise supporting units, each merchandise supporting unit having a front side, a rear side situated opposite the front side, and at least a pair of spaced apart locator protrusions extending outwardly from the rear side thereof, the locator protrusions of each merchandise supporting unit including a recessed portion defining a recess, the locator protrusions being at least partially receivable in corresponding openings formed in each indexing member of the pair of indexing members and engageable with corresponding resilient locking clips, the locking clips being receivable in the recesses of the locator protrusions when the merchandise supporting units are mounted on the frame to help secure the merchandise supporting units to the frame, each merchandise supporting unit having a release mechanism to effect the disengagement of the merchandise supporting unit from the frame, the release mechanism including a release bar reciprocatingly slidably mounted on the merchandise supporting unit, the release bar having at least one free end, the free end being selectively engageable with a corresponding resilient locking clip to disengage the locking clip from a corresponding locator protrusion to effect removal of the merchandise supporting unit from the frame.