Patent ID: 6880708

Claim:
A display rack structure comprising: a first rack subassembly having a pair of first front positioned upright support members and a pair of first rear positioned upright support members, said first rack subassembly being adapted to rest upon a supporting floor surface and having a first plurality of shelf members attached to at least some of said first upright support members, said first shelf members being carried in vertically spaced relationship, said shelf members being inclined downwardly in a direction from the respective first rear support members to the respective first front support members or oriented generally horizontally and having generally upwardly facing product support surfaces extending between the first front positioned upright support members and the first rear positioned upright support members; a second rack subassembly having a pair of second front positioned upright support members and a pair of second rear positioned upright support members, said second rack subassembly being adapted to be supported by said first rack subassembly in an elevated position superimposed on said first rack subassembly and having a plurality of second shelf members attached to at least some of said second upright support members with said second shelf members being carried in vertically spaced relationship in said second rack subassembly, said second shelf members being inclined downwardly in a direction from the respective second rear support members to the respective second front support members or oriented generally horizontally and having generally upwardly facing product support surfaces extending between the second front positioned upright support members and the second rear positioned upright support members; and connectors cooperating with at least some of said first and second upright support members for removably attaching said second rack subassembly to said first rack subassembly, said first and second rack subassemblies being constructed and assembled for shipping as separate subassemblies and adapted to be placed one upon the other to effect connection therebetween by said connectors thereby forming a display rack structure from said subassemblies with shelf members preattached to the respective subassembly; at least one of said plurality of shelf members including a product organizer member which defines a plurality of product receiving channels associated with said shelf member, said product organizer member forming a product retention opening at the front of each product channel, said product retention opening having a transverse dimension less than the width of a respective product channel.