Patent ID: 6974028

Claim:
An assembly for transporting, storing and merchandising plural suspended articles of merchandise, said assembly comprising a shipping container and a fixture, said fixture and plural articles of merchandise being located in said shipping container, said fixture comprising an elongated display member and a bracket, said elongated display member being arranged to be oriented in a horizontal direction and having a longitudinal axis, a pair of ends and plural hangers from which the articles of merchandise are suspended, said plural hangers being elongated generally linear members fixedly secured to said elongated display member and extending in a horizontal direction perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis, said bracket comprising a first section and a second section, said second section extending at an angle to said first section and including a portion arranged to be oriented in a horizontal direction for releasably connecting said bracket to either one of said ends of said elongated display member, said first section of said bracket including a connector arranged to engage a portion of a vertically oriented structural member to mount said fixture and said container on the vertically oriented structural member so that said elongated display member extends outward from the vertically oriented structural member in a horizontal direction, said container including perforations to enable a portion of said container to be removed from said assembly to uncover both of said ends of said elongated display member, whereupon said portion of said second section of said bracket can be releasably connected to either one of said ends of said elongated display member to mount said fixture on the vertically oriented support member, said container including perforations adjacent at least one other portion of said container, whereupon said at least one other portion of said container can be completely removed from said assembly while said fixture is mounted on the vertically oriented structural member, whereupon the plural articles of merchandise hang downward from said fixture for display.