Abstract: A structural member having an elongated front panel with lateral ends. Side panels extend generally perpendicularly from the front panel at the lateral ends. Each of the side panels has a generally Z-shaped portion therein with a flange at the end of each side panel having a portion thereof extending in the same direction and generally parallel to the front panel. Each of the flanges have another portion generally parallel to the adjacent side panel, so that adjacent cooperating structural members are nestable with each other at the Z-shaped portions thereof with the flanges of nested side panels cooperating to form an interlocking construction. Reinforcing members are provided at the top and bottom of a plurality of nested structural panels, along with top and bottom plates.

Abstract: A structural member having a elongated front panel with lateral ends. Side panels extend generally perpendicularly from the front panel at each of the lateral ends; each of the side panels has a generally Z-shaped portion, a first flange at the end of each side panel extending toward the other side panel generally parallel to said front panel, and a second flange at the end of the first flange generally perpendicular thereto extending away from the front panel. Adjacent cooperating structural members are nestable with each other at the Z-shaped portions thereof with the first and second flanges of nested side panels cooperating to form a receptacle for a stud or joist to form a wall or a floor/ceiling combination for a rapidly constructed pre-fabricated structure.

Abstract: A merchandise display of two upstanding standards each forming a longitudinally extending slot positioned so that the slots face each other with two bottom side members each connected to one of the standards and extending forwardly therefrom, each of the bottom side members having a front end and a retaining member near the front end. A shelf having means engaging the retaining member on each of the side members and having a ledge at the rear thereof disposed between the standards, a panel connecting the front ends of the bottom side members and an apertured board slidably held in the slots in the standards resting on the ledge.

Abstract: A building panel includes a main body having flanges extending from lateral edges and configured to have a portion in abutting, interconnected relation when two panels are in assembled relation and the remainder defining a slot for receipt of standard building studs. The panel is configured to fit between adjacent studs having standard sixteen-inch spacing so that a building structure can be formed using one type of panel and accompanying components which can be assembled without special tools.

Abstract: A display stand having two pair of uprights with each upright having an inwardly facing flat face portion. Horizontal beams connect each pair of uprights with each beam having an upstanding tab extending from near each end thereof defining a space between the tab and the adjacent flat face of the associated upright. A display shelf has integral mounting means extending perpendicularly from the shelf in registry with each upright and having an arcuate lip portion adjacent each upright with a slot therein. There is a slot in the shelf in vertical alignment with each slot in the mounting means, and each slot is sized snugly to receive the associated upstanding tab on said horizontal beams. Also disclosed is an extension shelf slideable with respect to the main shelf with detent latching means preventing disengagement of the shelf extension.

Abstract: A shelving assembly particularly useful for displaying or storing merchandise in commercial establishments in any of several ways tailored to meet the needs of that establishment. The components are capable of being combined to produce an assembly with any selected number of inclined shelves where automatic forward gravity feed of the articles to be supported upon said shelves is desired. Alternatively, the same components may be assembled to provide a unit having any desired number of horizontal shelves. Again, depending on the needs of the user, such shelves may be oriented so that protective rims extend about their horizontal top surfaces, or they may be oriented so that no such rims are provided.

Abstract: A display unit used with an apertured support for displaying a plurality of elongated objects such as fan belts comprising a plurality of open-ended vertically spaced-apart sleeves each connected to the apertured support by two brackets. Each of the brackets is a one-piece wire having two free ends thereof formed into vertically spaced-apart engagement prongs for extending through apertures in the apertured support, the end of the bracket away from the prongs being a closed end constructed to support a sleeve thereon and lying in a plane parallel to the apertured support when the bracket is mounted thereon. The closed end of the bracket is connected to the engagement prongs by two legs respectively extending therebetween, each of the legs having a bracing portion thereof parallel to the closed end and proximate the apertured support when the bracket is mounted for use.

Abstract: A display unit used with an apertured support for displaying a plurality of objects with two fixtures each having a body portion with top and bottom edges and two spaced engagement prongs extending outwardly from the body portion at junctures spaced inwardly from the top edge and in use extending through apertures in the apertured support to mount the fixture thereto, a spacer extending from the body portion of each of the fixtures for maintaining each fixture a predetermined distance from the apertured support, a container having upstanding front, rear and side walls connected by a bottom, and mounting means on at least one of the front and rear walls including a lip generally parallel to and spaced from the associated wall defining a dome-shaped channel therebetween with spaced notches in the lip to ensure contact between the associated fixture top edge and the channel top surface and dome-shaped braces in the channel bracketing each notch to provide strength to the mounting means, the bottom edge of each f

Abstract: A display unit used with an aperture board for displaying a plurality of cylindrical objects in which four fixtures each having engagement prongs which space the fixture from the associated apertured board are used to mount spaced apart container sections. Each container section has two horizontal pairs of spaced apart channels which are tapered, thereby permitting sliding engagement of the container section with the fixture. The constructed display unit slopes downwardly at an angle of about 10.degree. to about 12.degree. from a line extending normal to the apertured board providing gravity feed of the displayed merchandise.

Abstract: An arrangement is shown for displaying and dispensing articles together with apparatus and a method for assembling the articles for display. Included is a plurality of rods mounted by first ends on boards to serve as brackets, with second ends below the first and pointing away from the boards. The rods incorporate detents to prevent packages from slipping off. Mounting members are used to support pre-prepared assemblages of packages and the assemblages are slid-off the mounting means onto the brackets to prepare displays.

Abstract: A base for an upright for forming a display stand or the like, which base is formed of a plurality of legs, said upright having a connector member insertable in the bottom of the upright and with said connector member having recesses adapted to receive the vertical bottom inner end of the legs and with the upper portion of the legs having an upper hooking end to engage openings in the upright above the bottom of the upright. The legs are capable of being readily attached to the upright without the use of extraneous fastening elements and/or tools and readily detachable for the purpose of collapsing the stand so that it occupies a minimum of space in the carton.

Abstract: A display rack so constructed that it may be shipped disassembled and may be readily assembled and interlocked without the use of any tools, bolts, nuts, or extraneous fastening elements. The display rack includes a plurality of shelves or trays each having spaced tracks for supporting a plurality of containers in each track. The shelves or trays are detachably connected to form a tier of such shelves or trays by spacer members which are detachably secured in bores formed in the corners of the trays or shelves. The assembled tier of trays or shelves is detachably supported on an inclined base which supports the tier of trays or shelves in a downwardly and forwardly sloping position so that the containers or cans on the trays or shelves slide forwardly as the foremost can or container is removed by the purchaser. While it is preferred that the tier of trays or shelves be inclined, the same may be formed to provide a horizontal support so that the trays or shelves are in a horizontal position.