Display system

Abstract

A display system comprising a number of upright supports ( 10 ) spaced-apart horizontally, and a number of mounting bars ( 30 ) fitted to the upright supports at vertical intervals, the mounting bars ( 30 ) being formed with forwardly-directed channels to receive the rear edges of shelves or the rearwardly-directed brackets of other accessories for carrying items of merchandise.

1 . A display system which comprises a number of elongate supports mounted or for mounting vertically at horizontally-spaced intervals, and a number of mounting bars for fitting to the elongate supports in horizontal orientation and at vertically-spaced intervals, the mounting bars being formed with forwardly-directed channels to receive therein the rear edges of shelves or the rearwardly-directed brackets of other accessories for carrying items of merchandise.  
   
   
       2 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one cover strip arranged to fit between an adjacent pair of mounting bars to cover the space between them.  
   
   
       3 . A display system as claimed in  claim 2 , in which said cover strip is arranged to engage, at or adjacent its upper and lower edges, the front edges or faces of the respective mounting bars.  
   
   
       4 . A display system as claimed in  claim 2 , in which said cover strip is arranged to permit wiring, concealed behind the cover strip, to emerge through the cover strip.  
   
   
       5 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , arranged for said mounting bars to be fitted to said elongate supports at selected vertical positions.  
   
   
       6 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , in which each said elongate support is formed with a series of lugs projecting therefrom and spaced apart along its length, on which lugs said mounting bars are rested.  
   
   
       7 . A display system as claimed in  claim 6 , in which each said mounting bar is formed with a depending flange or rib along its bottom, rear edge, arranged to engage into notches formed in the top edges of the lugs on which the mounting bar is rested.  
   
   
       8 . A display system as claimed in  claim 6 , in which each said mounting bar is formed with a depending flange or rib, along its rear and adjacent its top, arranged to engage into notches formed in said elongate supports above the lugs on which the mounting bar is rested.  
   
   
       9 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , in which each said mounting bar is formed with an upwardly-extending channel to receive an upwardly-projecting lug of an accessory bracket.  
   
   
       10 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , in which each said elongate support comprises a member which is U-shaped in section, the spaced-apart sides of which are formed with respective series of lugs to support said mounting bars.  
   
   
       11 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , in which said elongate supports are arranged to support mounting bars on opposite sides, to provide a structure enabling shelves and/or other said accessories to be mounted to both sides, projecting or facing outwardly in opposite directions from the elongate supports.  
   
   
       12 . A display system as claimed in  claim 1 , in which said upright supports are arranged to support said mounting bars at the opposite ends only of said mounting bars and each mounting bar is arranged to support shelves or other said accessories on opposite sides thereof.  
   
   
       13 . A display system as claimed in  claim 12 , in which each upright support is formed with a number of projecting lugs arranged to extend longitudinally under or into the ends of respective mounting bars.