Patent ID: 7728460

Claim:
A power supply system for an exhibition stand having a frame that includes upstanding posts and transverse members, the power supply system comprising: an elongate member forming in use one of the transverse members of the frame; the elongate member including a power inlet connectable to a power supply, a power outlet, and a circuit connecting to the power inlet and power outlet; a power take-off unit having a power take-off unit power inlet and at least two power take-off unit power outlets; and a plurality of electrical connecting elements; wherein the power outlet of the elongate member can be connected by means of one of the electrical connecting elements to the power take-off unit power inlet such that power can be tapped from the elongate member and directed from one power take-off unit power outlet, via another of the electrical connecting elements, to the elongate member of an adjacent exhibition stand; wherein power can also be directed from another power take-off unit power outlet, via a further one of the electrical connecting elements, to a desired portion of the exhibition stand; and wherein the electrical connection between the power outlet of the elongate member and the power take-off unit power inlet is separate from the physical connection of the frame members.