1. Field
This invention relates to a display system for display of merchandise, as an item of decor for home or office, or as a simulated holiday tree or decoration.
2. State of the Art
Heretofore, display devices to provide versatility have involved interchangeable panels for releasable attachment to frames that serve as support structures. Such have however, generally been heavy and cumbersome and have had a limited potential for assembly into different shapes. An example of such a display device is shown in a U.S. Pat. by Wilkins, No. 3,756,421. Even where such a system has provided for rearrangement of panels into a number of configurations and where like the present invention, those panels have included perforated surfaces, such as are shown in U.S. Pats. by Ostring No. 3,756,422; by Bleed No. 3,917,072; and by Herzog No. 3,865,249 none have provided, for an arrangement of interconnected panels alone, for a freestanding structure as does the present invention. Nor have any provided a connection arrangement therefor for joining in edge to edge arrangement panels into into freestanding cone, star shaped, or drum configurations.
Additional to the assembly of the identical display panels of the present invention as a display system, such assembled structure can also be modified to function as a decor piece or as an artificial holiday tree or an item of decoration. Unlike such earlier arrangements of artificial Christmas trees, the present invention does not involve any center support. Such facilitates transport and storage as well as assembly over such earlier arrangements that have uniformly required support posts or stands. Examples of such earlier artificial or simulated Christmas trees are shown in U.S. Pats. by: Dieperink-Langereis, No. 1,577,207; Gutherie, No. 2,188,081; Hazelton, No. 2,447,856, by Szulewski, No. 4,057,665; and Eichenauer, No. 4,315,376.