Abstract: A display assembly (FIG. 1) comprises a plurality of panels (1) joined together by elongate connecting members (2, 3). Each panel has a removable frame formed by extrusions (6) in each of which is a slot (13) having a restricted entrance (FIG. 2). Each connecting member (2, 3) has two heads (18) which can be slid into slots (13) in adjacent panels (1), from one end, to join the panels together, each head being too wide to pass through the restricted entrance of the slot. A central body portion (20) of the connecting member, to which the heads (18) are joined, is positioned between, and extends outwards between, adjacent panels to facilitate access to the connecting member and enable the screen assembly to be dismantled easily. A longitudinal slot (50), (FIGS. 21 to 23), can be provided in a part of the body (20) that is accessible between connected panels, to enable components such as shelf-supporting brackets to be secured to the screen assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 1989
Date of Patent:
September 4, 1990
Assignee:
Nimlok Limited
Inventors:
Mervyn Wilson, Martin Gibbons, Simon Perutz
Abstract: A screen assembly includes at least one panel with slots in its side edges, a plurality of upright poles to which the panel is fastened and a plurality of fastening elements. The fastening elements and the panel are arranged such that a foot portion of a fastening element can be inserted into one of the slots and can then be rotated in the slot about an axis transverse to the slot, whereupon the foot portion becomes progressively more securely clamped in the slot and in a final position is locked to the panel. The fastening element is thus easily fixed to the panel and provides a very secure fixing when so fixed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 1985
Date of Patent:
January 20, 1987
Assignee:
Nimlok Limited
Inventors:
Neil D. Nimmo, Michael Kenny, David Willis