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The multi-purpose columnar support of this invention is an aesthetically pleasing structural support primarily adapted for use in creating displays for merchandise in stores and exhibits. A tubular column extruded from heavy gauge metal or other structural material and cut to any desired length is t

The multi-purpose columnar support of this invention is an aesthetically pleasing structural support primarily adapted for use in creating displays for merchandise in stores and exhibits. A tubular column extruded from heavy gauge metal or other structural material and cut to any desired length is the principal element of the columnar support. The diameter of the column is three inches in the illustrated embodiment, but may be of any desired diameter. The extruded column has a core and four holding areas that diverge outwardly from the core to the cylinder wall and support connectors selected from a group of connectors that are each configured to engage and support one or more items of conventional hardware, such as brackets, slotted strips, slatwalls, decorative panels and wire slat grid panels, that are used in the display of merchandise, The unused holding areas are closed by trim caps to provide the appearance of a substantially solid column with an unbroken surface except for the active holding areas.

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A columnar support for conventional items of hardware selected from a group of conventional hardware items that are normally used in the display of merchandise, the columnar support comprising a tubular column having a core and the tubular column including: (a) a plurality of holding areas diverging

A columnar support for conventional items of hardware selected from a group of conventional hardware items that are normally used in the display of merchandise, the columnar support comprising a tubular column having a core and the tubular column including: (a) a plurality of holding areas diverging outwardly from the core, (b) a plurality of connectors, each connector including an inner portion and an outer portion, (c) each holding area including means for frictionally retaining the inner portion of each connector, and (d) the outer portion of each connector including means for frictionally retaining one item in said group of conventional hardware items, whereby each item of conventional hardware in said group of conventional hardware items can be supported in any selected holding area in the tubular column.