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The present invention provides a rotatable tower for holding and displaying books, video cassettes, and like articles on a plurality of square shelves which extend in horizontal planes and are supported in vertically spaced relation to one another by a plurality of vertically extending rods, groups

The present invention provides a rotatable tower for holding and displaying books, video cassettes, and like articles on a plurality of square shelves which extend in horizontal planes and are supported in vertically spaced relation to one another by a plurality of vertically extending rods, groups of which are interconnected into L-shaped configurations by L-shaped, horizontally extending rods. The shelves include an elongated slot formed from the midpoint of each edge inwardly towards the shelves' geometric center, and two laterally spaced notches formed in each edge to one side of the slot. Each edge of the shelves includes a downwardly extending flange along their entire lengths and an upwardly extending flange along a portion of the length to the opposite side of the slot in which the notches are formed. Each L-shaped group of vertically extending rods is comprised of four rods, two rods forming each leg of the L. The rods in each group are spaced from one another a distance corresponding with the length and spacing of the slot and notches formed in each edge, thereby permitting one group of rods to engage the slot and notches formed in each edge of each shelf. Each shelf can be slid downwardly on the rods until they engage the adjacent horizontally extending L-shaped rods which interconnect the vertically oriented rods. The shelves' downwardly extending flanges will prevent the horizontally oriented rods, and hence the vertically oriented rods, from becoming disengaged from the shelves. Moreover, the engagement of one set of L-configured rods with each edge of each shelf systematically divides each shelf into four distinct article supporting regions.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A tower having a central, vertically extending axis for use in displaying video cassettes, books, and like articles, comprising:a) a plurality of article supporting shelves positioned in vertically spaced relation to one another and extending in respective horizontal plan

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A tower having a central, vertically extending axis for use in displaying video cassettes, books, and like articles, comprising:a) a plurality of article supporting shelves positioned in vertically spaced relation to one another and extending in respective horizontal planes, radially outwardly from said vertically extending axis, each of said shelves having opposite upwardly and downwardly facing surfaces, a predetermined periphery defined by a plurality of edges;b) said plurality of edges each including a respective, first elongated slot extending radially inwardly therefrom each along a respective first longitudinal axis, each of said first elongated slots being of substantially identical, first predetermined lengths, said plurality of edges each further including at least one respective notch formed therein and positioned adjacent to one side of and at respective, predetermined lateral distances from said first elongated slots, with each of said at least one notch extending along a respective, second longitudinal axis and in essentially parallel relation to said adjacent first elongated slot, each of said at least one notch being of a second predetermined length shorter than said first predetermined length; andc) shelf supporting means including at least one first vertically extending member each of which is physically positioned within said at least one elongated slot, and a first plurality of essentially horizontally extending members each fixedly attached in vertically spaced, perpendicularly extending relation to said at least one vertically extending members, and at least one of said first plurality of horizontally extending members being positioned in supporting relation to said downwardly facing surface of each of said shelves.