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User configurable stackable displayRelated Patent Categories: Supports: Racks, Shelf Type, Knockdown, Stacked Similar UnitsUser configurable stackable display description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060207957, User configurable stackable display. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS [0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/663,343, filed Mar. 18, 2005, the teachings and disclosure of which are hereby incorporated in their entireties by reference thereto. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention generally relates to displays, and more generally to stackable display shelves. BACKGROUND [0003] Office and home users use display shelves for a variety of purposes. A wide variety of such products are available, including shelves, racks, baskets, and like arrangements, which facilitate convenient storage of articles where desired. Displays for storing and merchandising a multiplicity of products having shelves which are vertically stackably arranged in spaced relationship one above the other are known. Although the known constructions have attempted to provide a connection between the shelf members and the upright support members which is durable, less susceptible to wear, and more stable, such prior art constructions still suffer from certain disadvantages and shortcomings. For example, all of the features associated with the known prior art constructions have made such units overly complex, expensive to manufacture, require a large number of parts and/or components to assemble which is both inconvenient and time consuming. Additionally, known prior art is limited in that the display shelves are fixed in length and/or width. [0004] There also exists a need and demand for an economical display unit which not only permits the spaced apart vertical stacking of one shelf member above the other, but also has modular capability in that it permits adjacent units to be arranged in side-by-side relationship in any desired modular configuration. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] Provided is a user-configurable display which can be both vertically and horizontally arranged to achieve any desired arrangement. In one aspect, the invention provides a display that has shelves that can be variable in length with shelf ends that fit within corner pieces. The corner pieces can be curve-shaped, T-shaped, and cross-shaped. A locking mechanism such as a cam engages each shelf end such that the shelves are engaged to the corner pieces. A cover piece covers the corner pieces and hides the locking mechanism from view. Each shelf end includes a raised section that fits within lips of the corner pieces and one or more bores for receiving a cam bolt that engages the cams. [0006] Each corner piece consists of a shaped material having a plurality of bores along a length of the material with a plurality of slots. Each of the plurality of slots is connected to one of the bores and has lips for receiving one of the shelf ends between the lips. [0007] Each shelf end includes a raised section that fits within lips of the corner pieces. When the locking mechanism is a cam, each shelf further comprises at least one cam bolt on each shelf end for engaging the cam. [0008] Other aspects and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] The accompanying drawings incorporated in and forming a part of the specification illustrate several aspects of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings: [0010] FIGS. 1a-1k are views of various displays that can be constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0011] FIG. 2a is an isometric view of a single corner piece with a cover in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0012] FIG. 2b is a cross-sectional view of the corner piece of FIG. 2a; [0013] FIG. 3a is an isometric view of a T-shaped corner piece with a cover in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0014] FIG. 3b is a cross-sectional view of the corner piece of FIG. 3a; [0015] FIG. 4a is an isometric view of a +-shaped corner piece with a cover in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0016] FIG. 4b is a cross-sectional view of the corner piece of FIG. 4a; [0017] FIG. 5 is an isometric view of a shelf piece in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0018] FIG. 6 is an isometric view of a different shelf piece in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; [0019] FIG. 7 is an isometric view of a display in accordance with the teachings of the present invention; Continue reading about User configurable stackable display... 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