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A system of posts and struts with which a variety of different decorative and utilitarian merchandising display assemblies are made, and display accessories for the assemblies. The posts are hollow and have a plurality of angularly spaced longitudinal grooves with slotted bottom walls, and the strut

A system of posts and struts with which a variety of different decorative and utilitarian merchandising display assemblies are made, and display accessories for the assemblies. The posts are hollow and have a plurality of angularly spaced longitudinal grooves with slotted bottom walls, and the struts have mounting brackets adjacent their ends for engagement with the slotted bottom walls, and screw mechanisms for tightening and locking the brackets. The grooves are bounded by longitudinal ribs against which the struts abut, and similar grooves and ribs are provided on the struts to receive panels, both the struts and the posts being covered, between the ribbed grooves, with decorative sheet material. Accessories such as hangers and shelves are mounted on the posts with brackets insertible in the slotted grooves and extending out for supporting engagement with the accessories. Representatives display assemblies made with these basic components are a housewares display and a combined fitting room and manikin stand with hanging racks for clothing.

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A merchandise display framework comprising: a plurality of upright posts of hollow, generally rectangular cross-section, each having four substantially flat sides with elongated, narrow grooves extending longitudinally of the post in the central portions of said sides, each of said grooves being bou

A merchandise display framework comprising: a plurality of upright posts of hollow, generally rectangular cross-section, each having four substantially flat sides with elongated, narrow grooves extending longitudinally of the post in the central portions of said sides, each of said grooves being bounded by two longitudinally extending ribs on the outer side of the post projecting a selected distance outwardly from the outer side, and by a channel having spaced sidewalls extending a selected distance into the post and a bottom wall extending between said sidewalls, said bottom wall having a series of slots therein of selected size and spacing; and a plurality of elongated struts of hollow, generally rectangular cross-section extending generally horizontally between said posts in a selected arrangement, and having two relatively broad sides, two relatively narrow sides, and two ends positioned adjacent to two of said posts, mounting brackets in said struts adjacent to said ends and each comprising a base plate supported in the strut for movement longitudinally of the strut toward and away from the adjacent end, and two hook-like tabs projecting from said base plate longitudinally of the strut outwardly through the end of the strut, said tabs having outer ends that are disposed in a common plane centered between said relatively broad sides and are sized and spaced to fit into two of the slots in said bottom wall, and having notches in corresponding sides for hooking around said bottom wall through the slots and loosely engaging said bottom wall, and a tightening mechanism for each of said brackets comprising a threaded stud secured to the base plate and extending longitudinally of the strut inwardly away from the base plate, a nut threaded onto said stud, means mounting said nut in said strut for rotation and holding the nut against movement longitudinally of said strut, whereby rotation of the nut in one direction shifts said stud and said base plate inwardly and away from the adjacent end of the strut to tighten said tabs against said bottom wall, and a plunger mounted on said base plate for movement relative thereto longitudinally of said strut, said plunger having an outer end portion that is movable along the side of one of said tabs opposite the notch therein, and having an inner end portion for extending inwardly beyond said base plate, spring means acting between said base and said plunger to urge the latter inwardly toward a retracted position in which said outer end portion is retracted away from the tab, and means preventing inward movement of the plunger with said base during tightening of the tabs and thereby causing the plunger to be extended along one of the tabs into the associated slot during such tightening, said outer end portion of the plunger being sized to cooperate with the tab to substantially fill the slot and thereby lock the bracket to the post as an incident to tightening; said struts having access slots in the sides thereof that are aligned with said nuts, and the latter being large enough to extend into said access slots for manual tightening of the brackets after the tabs thereof have been inserted in the slots in said bottom walls, whereby said posts and said struts are joined securely into a rigid display assembly with the struts in selected positions along the posts and with the exposed portions of said grooves available to receive display accessories.