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An article display apparatus comprises a base, a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall and an article support rack rotatably mounted within the interior of the housing which displays and supports articles stacked end-to-end in vertical columns about the circumference of the housing. The art

An article display apparatus comprises a base, a hollow housing having a transparent outer wall and an article support rack rotatably mounted within the interior of the housing which displays and supports articles stacked end-to-end in vertical columns about the circumference of the housing. The article support rack is formed of a plurality of plastic extrusions each having two semicircular-shaped columns. Each column comprises a pair of spaced, flexible gripping arms which extend vertically along the axial length of the housing. The gripping arms of each column have opposed article gripping portions adapted to receive and grip an article therebetween, and opposed outer ends which deflect apart upon insertion or removal of an article within the gripping portions. Each plastic extrusion is also formed with male and female locking elements which permit adjacent extrusions to removably interlock with one another to form the article support rack. Alternatively, the plastic extrusions are directly and permanently connected to one another to form an article display rack in which adjacent columns are either colinear or oriented at an angle relative to one another.

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An article holder for removably supporting a plurality of articles end-to-end, comprising: an elongated backing portion having an axial length; at least one pair of spaced, flexible first and second gripping arms extending along the axial length of said elongated backing portion, said first gripping

An article holder for removably supporting a plurality of articles end-to-end, comprising: an elongated backing portion having an axial length; at least one pair of spaced, flexible first and second gripping arms extending along the axial length of said elongated backing portion, said first gripping arm having an article gripping portion and an outer end opposed to an article gripping portion and an outer end, respectively, of said second gripping arm, the transverse dimension between said opposed article gripping portions being about equal to the transverse dimension of an article to be held therebetween, the transverse dimension of said opposed outer ends being less than said transverse dimension of the article wherein said opposed outer ends define an elongated access opening therebetween so that said opposed outer ends are spread apart from an undeflected position upon insertion or removal of an article through the elongated access opening; a male locking element connected to one of said backing portion and said first gripping arm, and a female locking element connected to one of said backing portion and said second gripping arm, said male locking element of a first pair of first and second gripping arms being matable with a female locking element of a second pair of first and second gripping arms for releasably connecting said first and second pairs of gripping arms together.