Patent ID: 8549779

Claim:
A system for tool-free assembly of a multi-part tradeshow display, the system comprising: a pair of vertical members each having a weighted base and a vertical channel with a plurality of retaining flanges and an insertion point with an opening where the retaining flanges widen to receive an object into the vertical channel, wherein the opening has parallel sides and an end shape that urges an attachment mechanism into a centered position in the vertical channel as the attachment mechanism slides within the vertical channel and axially along a corresponding one of the pair of vertical members; a display surrounded by a rigid frame; and a pair of attachment heads on a left side and a right side of the rigid frame, the pair of attachment heads retained at a respective pair of connection points within the vertical channels of the vertical members away from the insertion point by the retaining flanges when the pair of vertical members and the display are positioned for use on a substantially horizontal surface, wherein the attachment heads permit rotation about the connection points and the retaining flanges limit translational movement of the connection points to a path along the vertical channel, and wherein the pair of attachment heads are positioned on a top half of the rigid frame and the insertion point is at a different height than the pair of attachment heads when the pair of vertical members and the display are positioned for use, whereby the rigid frame is retained from downward movement by the substantially horizontal surface and retained in a vertical orientation by the vertical channels and the retaining flanges of the pair of vertical members.