Point of sale display

Abstract

A point-of-sale display unit for engagement with a cantilevered support member has at least one shelf and a base member. The base member defines a track configured to receive a portion of the cantilevered support member. The unit engages with the cantilevered beam through a sliding arrangement and is rigidly maintained thereon through a combination of various mechanical forces in a position without obstructing access to the primary load held and displayed by the cantilevered system.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wire display unit for engagement with a cantilevered I-beam having a longitudinal web extending between and spacing a lateral upper flange and substantially parallel lower flange, comprising:
 an elongate base extending from a front end to a rear end and having an upper portion spaced from a lower portion defining a track therebetween, the upper portion defining an elongate open upper slot extending the entirety of the track; 
 at least one elongate shelf for storing objects, the at least one shelf extending from an open front end to a rear end, the at least one shelf being rigidly secured to the base; and 
 a pair of laterally spaced upper shoulders positioned rear of the base and longitudinally offset from the track, the space between the respective lateral shoulders defining a rear longitudinal slot being substantially laterally aligned with the base slot, wherein 
 the display unit is attachable to the cantilevered I-beam by sliding the display unit in the rearward direction with the lower flange of the I-beam being inserted within the track and the web of the I-beam extending through the base upper slot and rear longitudinal slot with the upper shoulders abutting the upper flange, and wherein 
 the web has a lateral width and the rear slot is narrower than the web width when the rear shoulders are in a relaxed state, and the rear shoulders are outwardly flexible to an expanded position for accommodating the web during installation to securely attach the display unit to the I-beam. 
 
     
     
       2. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein the spaced shoulders pinch the web when returned to the relaxed position from the expanded position with the web positioned in the rear slot. 
     
     
       3. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein the base is positioned between two opposed shelves. 
     
     
       4. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein the base terminates at its rear end which is forward of the rear end of the at least one shelf. 
     
     
       5. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein the base comprises two substantially parallel laterally spaced U-shaped members. 
     
     
       6. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one shelf extends rearward substantially parallel to the base. 
     
     
       7. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one shelf comprises a bias member positioned rear of the front open front for providing bias in the frontward direction. 
     
     
       8. The display unit of  claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a pair of parallel laterally spaced wire members with U-shaped lateral profiles, the space between the wire members defining the upper slot and a substantially parallel lower slot. 
     
     
       9. The display unit of  claim 8 , wherein each wire member has a front portion that transitions laterally toward the other wire member, thereby laterally narrowing the upper slot and lower slot toward the base front end. 
     
     
       10. The display unit of  claim 9 , wherein the narrowed front portion of the upper slot is sized and shaped to receive the web when installed on the cantilevered beam. 
     
     
       11. The display unit of  claim 9 , comprising a pair of parallel shelves laterally spaced from each other with the base positioned substantially parallel therebetween in rigid attachment to both shelves.