AU2013206481A1 - A display stand - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a product 5 display stand that includes a body including a panel having opposed ends and side walls and including end walls located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel. The display stand also includes product display means associated with the side walls and the end walls for 10 displaying products, the product display means associated with the side walls comprising a plurality of vertically spaced product receiving means and one or more of the product receiving means extend to each end wall located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel. C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 64 ( 70 7 *42 60 ,-20 Fig. 1

Description

- 1 A DISPLAY STAND Field of the Invention 5 The present invention relates to a product display stand. More specifically the invention relates to rotatable product display stand. The present invention has particular, although not exclusive, application to eyewear display stands. 10 Background of the Invention Conventional rotatable product display stands generally include a support base and an upstanding rack 15 that is rotatably mounted to the base. The rack has compartments in which products are placed for display and retrieval by a customer for inspection. Although the compartments are usually adapted for 20 the products being displayed, it is often a fiddly and frustrating task to retrieve a product from the compartment and replace the product in the compartment. One form of product display stand for eyewear 25 comprises a cylindrical barrel in which pairs of holes are formed so that arms of spectacle frames are passed through the holes. Associated with each pair of holes is a lug that extends outwardly from the barrel between the pair of holes. A bridge of the spectacle frames locates on the 30 lug to support the spectacle frame in conjunction with the formed holes supporting the arms of the frame. In many instances, spectacle frames are formed of resilient materials and are designed so that, in an 35 extended position, the ends of the arms on the frames are spaced by a distance that is narrower than the width of the head of the spectacle wearer. The narrow spacing of C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 2 the arms provides a clamping force when the spectacles are fitted to a user and thereby assists to secure the spectacles on a wearer. 5 Due to the narrow spacing between the ends of the arms in their extended position, it is often difficult to place each arm in a respective hole simultaneously on an eyewear stand. Even when this is accomplished, the user must adjust the vertical location of the frame such that 10 the bridge of the frame rests on the lug. In addition, the configuration of eyewear displayed on such an eyewear display stands is inefficient in terms of the number of products for the floor space 15 used in a retail store. There is a need to improve the configuration of an eyewear display to ensure that more eyewear is available for customers to choose from because a higher number of sales typically occurs in the circumstances that a greater range of preferences are 20 catered for. Summary of the Invention It is an object of the present invention to 25 provide a product display stand that alleviates, at least in part, one or more of the problems described above. The present invention advantageously provides a product display stand in which access to products 30 displayed in the stand is improved. The present invention provides a product display stand including: 35 (a) a body including a panel having opposed ends and side walls and including end walls located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel; and C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 3 (b) product display means associated with the side walls and the end walls for displaying products, the product display means associated with the 5 side walls comprising a plurality of vertically spaced product receiving means and one or more of the product receiving means extend to each end wall located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel; and 10 wherein each product receiving means on each side wall may be stocked with eyewear having a specification different from the specification of eyewear stocked in the other product receiving means on each side wall. 15 It will be appreciated that the combination of side walls and end walls with vertically spaced product receiving means increases the capacity of a display stand in terms of products and thereby provides a more efficient 20 product display stand. The body may be adapted for mounting on a base for rotation relative to the base about a substantially vertical axis. 25 The product display stand may be an eyewear display stand. The product receiving means may have a tray 30 formation and the product receiving means may comprise a single tray that extends to each end wall or a plurality of trays contiguously arranged to extend to each end wall. The product display means associated with each 35 side wall may comprise six vertically spaced product receiving means. Accordingly, the display stand may display eyewear of twelve different specifications. C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 4 The specification of the eyewear may be the lens sphere or frame design or a combination therefore. Each product receiving means on each side wall 5 may be stocked with eyewear and comprises a range of spectacles with different frame designs and with the same lens sphere. The product receiving means on one side wall may 10 be stocked with eyewear having a positive lens sphere and the product receiving means on the other wide wall may be stacked with eyewear having a negative lens sphere. The side walls may have a width that is greater 15 than the width of the end walls. The side walls may include means enabling selective spacing of the product display means. 20 The product display means may extend outwardly and downwardly from each side wall. The end walls may include a portion having a width greater than the width of the remainder of the end 25 walls, the portion engaging a floor member of the body to stabilise the panel. The panel may include a product information display. The product information display may be located 30 above the product display means and may include a mirror. The product display means may comprise a tray formed with receptacles for receiving individual products, such as eyewear. The receptacles may be formed, in the 35 case of eyewear, in a shape and size to receive eyewear frames when arms of the frames are folded relative to lens receiving portions of the frames. In other words, the receptacles may be formed to receive eyewear frames with C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 5 the arms of an eyewear frame folded to a location adjacent to lenses of the eyewear. In this form, the eyewear rests in individual 5 compartments in each tray under the influence of gravity without the need for additional means for retaining the eyewear in each compartment. Accordingly, the customer may retrieve and replace eyewear from the trays by simply picking up the eyewear from the tray and return the 10 eyewear to the tray by folding the arms of the eyewear toward the lenses and replacing the folded eyewear into the free compartment without any specific orientation of the eyewear. 15 Brief Description of the Drawings An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 20 Figure 1 is an isometric view of a product display stand in accordance with an embodiment to the present invention. 25 Figure 2 is an isometric view of a product display means of the product display stand in Figure 1, including eyewear. Description of Embodiment 30 An embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 1 as an eyewear display stand 10. The display stand 10 includes a base 20 for 35 supporting the body in the form of a display unit 30 for rotation about a vertical access 22 (shown as a dashed lined in Figure 1). C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 6 The unit 30 is formed of a central upstanding panel 32 that has walls in the form of front side wall 36 and a rear side wall (not shown) identical to the front side wall. The panel 32 has edges 34 along which end 5 walls in the form of uprights 40 are adjacently located to and in an abutting relationship with the edges 34. The uprights 40 are located perpendicular to the front side wall 36 and rear side wall. 10 The uprights 40 include a portion in the form of plates 42 that have a width that is greater than the width of the uprights. The plates 42 are fixed to the uprights 40 and to a floor 44 of the unit 30 to stabilise the upstanding panel 32 and uprights 40 from collapse in the 15 event that the display 10 is knocked or in the event that people inadvertently bump into the display 10. The panel 32 further includes a product information display in the form of segment 38. The 20 segment 38 is formed on an upper portion of the panel 32 so that product information displayed on the segment 32 is substantially at eye-level of customers standing in front of the display 10. 25 The display 10 further includes product display means in the form of vertically spaced shelves 60 that take the form of trays 62 on front side wall 36 and rear side wall (not shown) and trays 64 on uprights 40. 30 The trays 62, 64 are fixed to wall 36 and uprights 40 respectively by screws 70. While it will be appreciated that screws 70 may be replaced with other suitable conventional fastening means, such as nails or an adhesive, the front side wall 36 and rear side wall are 35 optionally formed with a series of vertically spaced horizontal slots into which a hooks associated with each tray 62 may locate so that the vertical disposition of C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 1.docx21/06/13 tray 62 may be selected by a user. Accordingly, the vertical spacing of the trays and, even the number of trays on the front side wall 36 and rear side wall can be adjusted at the discretion of a user. Naturally, any 5 means, other than vertically spaced horizontal slots, that enables the vertical disposition of trays 62 to be adjusted on the front side wall 36 may be adopted. The display 10 includes six trays 62 fitted to 10 front side walls 36 and which trays 62 extend to each upright 40. The rear side wall also includes six vertically spaced trays 62. Each tray 62 on the front side wall 36 and rear 15 side wall may include a range of spectacles. The spectacles in any given tray 62 have the same lens specification, and in particular the same lens sphere. Accordingly, the display 10 may include a range of spectacles covering twelve different lens specifications. 20 The lens specifications of the spectacles includes in the display 10 cover the typical range of lenses required by consumers. Each tray 62 and tray 64 includes partitions 66 25 in a grid formation to form recesses 68 (Figure 2). The partitions 66 are arranged such that the recesses 68 have a size and shape that enables a pair of spectacles, with the arms of the spectacles folded adjacent the lenses, to be located in each recess so as to be easily retrieved 30 from the recess 68 and replaced in the recess 68. The trays 62 and trays 64 extend outwardly and downwardly from the front side wall 36 and uprights 40, respectively, such that a pair of spectacles located in a 35 recess 68 can be easily grasped by a bridge of the spectacles for retrieval from and replacement in the recess 68 because the spectacle can be dropped into the C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 8 recesses in any orientation and because the spectacles remain seated in the recesses 68 under the influence of gravity, i.e. without a means that retains the spectacles in the recesses 68. 5 It will be appreciated that seating spectacles in the recesses 68 makes them easily retrievable and replaceable in their recesses. 10 Additionally, arranging the display 10 with trays 62 and trays 64 of spectacles enables a greater number of spectacles to be displayed in comparison to the cylindrical barrel type displays described above. For example, each tray 62 may include twelve recesses 68 and 15 each tray 64 may include two recesses 68. Accordingly, the display 10 is capable of displaying 184 pairs of spectacles. It is possible to add further trays 62, trays 64 or another conventional form of product display means on the plates 42 to increase the product carrying capacity 20 of the display 10. This is a significant advantage in terms of efficiency in displaying products for a given floor space area. Accordingly, retailers are able to make more products available for a given floor space. 25 Although not shown in Figure 1, the base 20 may be formed with a cavity or drawer 10 for stocking with additional products. In the event that the display 10 is depleted of a particular product, the display may be restocked by retrieving additional products from the 30 cavity or drawer for location on the display 10. It will be understood to persons skilled in the art of the invention that many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the 35 invention. C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 9 In the claims which follow and in the preceding description of the invention, except where the context requires otherwise due to express language or necessary implication, the word "comprise" or variations such as 5 "comprises" or "comprising" is used in an inclusive sense, i.e. to specify the presence of the stated features but not to preclude the presence or addition of further features in various embodiments of the invention. 10 It is to be understood that, if any prior art publication is referred to herein, such reference does not constitute an admission that the publication forms a part of the common general knowledge in the art, in Australia or any other country. 15 C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 1docx21/06/13

Claims (18)

1. A product display stand including: 5 (a) a body including a panel having opposed ends and side walls and including end walls located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel; and (b) product display means associated with the side 10 walls and the end walls for displaying products, the product display means associated with the side walls comprising a plurality of vertically spaced product receiving means and one or more of the product receiving means extend to each end 15 wall located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel; and wherein each product receiving means on each side wall is stocked with eyewear having a specification 20 different from the specification of eyewear stocked in the other product receiving means on each side wall.

2. A product display stand as defined in claim 1, wherein the body is adapted for mounting on a base for 25 rotation relative to the base about a substantially vertical axis.

3. A product display stand as defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein the product receiving means a tray formation. 30

4. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product receiving means comprises a single tray that extends to each end wall or a plurality of trays contiguously arranged to extend to each 35 end wall. C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 1docx21/06/13 - 11 5. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product display means associated with each side wall comprises six vertically spaced product receiving means.

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6. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the specification of the eyewear is the lens sphere or frame design or a combination thereof. 10

7. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein each product receiving means on each side wall is stocked with eyewear and comprises a range of spectacles with different frame designs and with 15 the same lens sphere.

8. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product receiving means on one side wall is stocked with eyewear having a positive 20 lens sphere and the product receiving means on the other side wall is stocked with eyewear having a negative lens sphere.

9. A product display stand as defined in any one of 25 the preceding claims, wherein the side walls have a width that is greater than the width of the end walls.

10. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the side walls include means 30 enabling selective spacing of the product display means.

11. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product display means extends outwardly and downwardly from each side wall. 35 C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13 - 12

12. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the end walls include a portion having a width greater than the width of the remainder of the end walls, the portion engaging a floor 5 member of the body to stabilise the panel.

13. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the panel includes a product information display. 10

14. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product information display be located above the product display means and includes a mirror. 15

15. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product display means preferably comprises a tray formed with receptacles for receiving individual products, such as eyewear. 20

16. A product display stand as defined in claim 15, wherein the receptacles are formed in a shape and size to receive eyewear frames when arms of the frames are folded relative to lens receiving portions of the frames. 25

17. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product display stand is an eyewear display stand. 30

18. A display stand substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. C:\NRPortbl\GHMatters\LEANNE\4451318 _docx21/06/13