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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
May. 14, 1982
James L Gebhardt, Roswell, GA (US);
James Hanna, Athens, GA (US);
Douglas Whiten, Marietta, GA (US);
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
For use as a component of a display stand, an extendible shelf comprises a pair of elongated primary bracket elements each arranged for mounting at one end thereof on suitable supporting means such as a pair of upright elements forming components of a display stand, a pair of secondary bracket elements telescopically mounted respectively on said primary bracket elements, a main shelf element supported at its ends by the secondary bracket elements, and a collapsible shelf element including at least two hingedly connected parts one of which is hingedly connected with the rear of said main shelf element and the other of which is hingedly connected with said primary elements respectively, said collapsible shelf element being in collapsed condition when said main shelf element is in its retracted position and being effective to form a supplementary shelf at the rear of said main shelf element when said main shelf element and said secondary bracket elements are in their extended positions.