AU2006200806A1

AU2006200806A1 - Display stand

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Publication number: AU2006200806A1
Application number: AU2006200806A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Carl Gasper
Original assignee: House Of Ozk O Eyewear Australia Pty Ltd
Current assignee: House Of Ozko Eyewear (australia) Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2006-02-24
Filing date: 2006-02-24
Publication date: 2007-09-13
Also published as: AU2013206481A1

Description

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Applicants: The House of OZK.O. Eyewear (Australia) Pty Ltd A.C.N. 113 815 464 Invention Title: DISPLAY STAND The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to us: 2 A DISPLAY STAND SField of the Invention The present invention relates to a product display stand. More specifically the invention relates to rotatable product display stand. The present invention 00 has particular, although not exclusive, application to Seyewear display stands.

INO Background of the Invention Conventional rotatable product display stands generally include a support base and an upstanding rack 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 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 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 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 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 the arms provides a clamping force when the spectacles are H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 3 Sfitted to a user and thereby assists to secure the Sspectacles on a wearer.

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 O eyewear stand. Even when this is accomplished, the user 0 00 must adjust the vertical location of the frame such that Sthe bridge of the frame rests on the lug.

O 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 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 catered for.

Summary of the Invention It is an object of the present invention to 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 displayed in the stand is improved.

The present invention provides a product display stand including: 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 H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 4 S(b) product display means associated with the Sside walls and the end walls for displaying Sproducts, the product display means associated with the side walls comprising a plurality of vertically spaced product receiving means and one or more of the Nproduct receiving means extend to each end 0 00 wall located adjacently to the opposed ends of the panel.

INO 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 product display stand.

Preferably, the body is adapted for mounting on a base for rotation relative to the base about a substantially vertical axis.

The product display stand is preferably an eyewear display stand.

The product receiving means may have a tray 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.

Preferably, the product display means associated with each side wall comprises six vertically spaced product receiving means. 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. Accordingly, the display stand may display eyewear of twelve different specifications.

H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 5 Q) The specification of the eyewear may be the lens sphere or frame design or a combination thereof.

Preferably, each product receiving means on each side wall is stocked with eyewear and comprises a range of spectacles with different frame designs and with the same Nlens sphere.

00 The product receiving means on one side wall may O 10 be stocked with eyewear having a positive lens sphere and the product receiving means on the other side wall may be stacked with eyewear having a negative lens sphere.

The side walls preferably have a width that is greater than the width of the end walls.

The side walls preferably includes means enabling selective spacing of the product display means.

The product display means may extend outwardly and downwardly from each side wall.

The end walls preferably include a portion having a width greater than the width of the remainder of the end walls, the portion engaging a floor member of the body to stabilise the panel.

Preferably, the panel includes a product information display. The product information display may be located above the product display means and may include a mirror.

The product display means preferably comprises a tray formed with receptacles for receiving individual products, such as eyewear. The receptacles are formed, in the 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, H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 6 Sthe receptacles are formed to receive eyewear frames with Sthe arms of an eyewear frame folded to a location adjacent Sto lenses of the eyewear.

S 5 In this form, the eyewear rests in individual compartments in each tray under the influence of gravity Swithout the need for additional means for retaining the 0 0 eyewear in each compartment. Accordingly, the customer Smay retrieve and replace eyewear from the trays by simply is picking up the eyewear from the tray and returning the eyewear to the tray by folding the arms of the eyewear C toward the lenses and replacing the folded eyewear into the free compartment without any specific orientation of the eyewear.

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: Figure 1 is an isometric view of a product display stand in accordance with an embodiment to the present invention.

Figure 2 is an isometric view of a product display means of the product display stand in Figure 1, including eyewear.

Description of Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figure 1 as an eyewear display stand The display stand 10 includes a base 20 for 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).

H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 7 SThe unit 30 is formed of a central upstanding Spanel 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 walls in the form of uprights 40 are adjacently located to Nand in an abutting relationship with the edges 34. The 0 00 uprights 40 are located perpendicular to the front side wall 36 and rear side wall.

INO The uprights 40 include a portion in the form of c plates 42 that have a width that is greater than the width of the uprights. The plates 42 are fixed to the uprights and to a floor 44 of the unit 30 to stabilise the upstanding panel 32 and uprights 40 from collapse in the event that the display 10 is knocked or in the event that people inadvertently bump into the display The panel 32 further includes a product information display in the form of segment 38. The 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 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 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 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 H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 8 Q) tray 62 may be selected by a user. Accordingly, the

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Svertical spacing of the trays and, even the number of Strays on the front side wall 36 and rear side wall can be adjusted at the discretion of a user. Naturally, any means, other then vertically spaced horizontal slots, that enables the vertical disposition of trays 62 to be Nadjusted on the front side wall 36 may be adopted.

00 The display 10 includes six trays 62 fitted to O 10 front side walls 36 and which trays 62 extend to each upright 40. The rear side wall also includes six c vertically spaced trays 62.

Each tray 62 on the front side wall 36 and rear 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.

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 in a grid formation to form recesses 68 (Figure 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 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 respectively, such that a pair of spectacles located in a 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 recesses in any orientation and because the spectacles H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 -9remain seated in the recesses 68 under the influence of

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gravity, i.e. without a means that retains the spectacles Sin the recesses 68.

It will be appreciated that seating spectacles in the recesses 68 makes them easily retrievable and NOreplaceable in their recesses.

00 Additionally, arranging the display 10 with trays O 10 62 and trays 64 of spectacles enables a greater number of spectacles to be displayed in comparison to the c cylindrical barrel type displays described above. For example, each tray 62 may include twelve recesses 68 and 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 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.

Although not shown in Figure i, 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 cavity or drawer for location on the display 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 invention.

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 H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 10 implication, the word "comprise" or variations such as S"comprises" or "comprising" is used in an inclusive sense, Si.e. to specify the presence of the stated features but not to preclude the presence or addition of further S 5 features in various embodiments of the invention.

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Claims

2. A product display stand as defined in claim 1, wherein the body is adapted for mounting on a base for 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 may has a tray formation.
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 end wall.
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. H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 12
6. A product display stand as defined in any one of Sthe preceding claims, wherein, each product receiving means on each side wall is stocked with eyewear having a specification different from the specification of eyewear stocked in the other product receiving means on each side O wall. 00
7. A product display stand as defined in claim 6, O 10 wherein the specification of the eyewear is the lens sphere or frame design or a combination thereof.
8. 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 the same lens sphere.
9. 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 lens sphere and the product receiving means on the other side wall is stocked with eyewear having a negative lens sphere. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the side walls have a width that is greater than the width of the end walls.
11. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the side walls include means enabling selective spacing of the product display means.
12. 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. H:\Leanne\eep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06 13
13. A product display stand as defined in any one of Sthe preceding claims, wherein the end walls include a Sportion having a width greater than the width of the remainder of the end walls, the portion engaging a floor member of the body to stabilise the panel. O 14. A product display stand as defined in any one of 00 00the preceding claims, wherein the panel includes a product Sinformation display. O 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.
16. 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.
17. A product display stand as defined in claim 16, 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.
18. A product display stand as defined in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the product display stand is an eyewear display stand.
19. A display stand substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Dated this 24th day of February 2006 The House of OZK.O. Eyewear (Australia) Pty Ltd By their Patent Attorneys GRIFFITH HACK Fellows Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia H:\Leanne\Keep\P59700 DISPLAY STAND.doc 24/02/06