Rapidly assembleable and disassembleable display rack

Abstract

Opposed walls of three hingedly attached grid walls are secured to one another by a first strap having folded back ends for partially encircling a segment of a wire element of each opposed grid wall. A second strap is placed adjacent the first strap with the ends of the second strap bearing against the partially encircled wire elements to retain the wire elements within the respective folded back ends. Nylon ties or bolts may be used to secure the first and second straps to one another. Two or more pairs of first and second straps support a grid wall serving as a shelf and the shelf may be secured to the straps by pairs of nylon ties. To provide mobility to the display rack, fixed or pivotable wheels are supported by the lowermost pairs of first and second straps and may be secured thereto by nylon ties or by nut and bolt combinations. A billboard unit having four panels is formed by two three-segmented panels placed orthogonally upon one another to permit upward bending of the pairs of outer panels. A slide having two orthogonal channels interconnect with and retain adjacent edges of the upwardly bent panels. The billboard unit may be secured in place at the top of the display rack with nylon ties. To disassemble the display rack, each nylon tie is snipped to permit removal of the elements of the display rack and the first and second straps a re disengaged from one another, whereby the display rack is quickly dismantled for storage and/or transport.