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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Brian Lee Wegstein, Washburn, IL (US);
Phil James Davis, East Peoria, IL (US);
Brian Lee Wegstein, Washburn, IL (US);
Phil James Davis, East Peoria, IL (US);
Hallmark Cards Incorporated, Kansas City, MI (US);
Abstract
A display unit for displaying various flat or flat-packaged articles, such as greeting cards, magazines, brochures, and the like is provided. The display unit includes a molded backboard having a plurality of walls joined to one another by a plurality of horizontal channels and a snap-in retainer for holding the displayed articles which is easily inserted into and removed from the channel of the backboard. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method of making such a molded backboard and a mold insert tool for use in forming the channel of the backboard.