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Disclosed are a modular food product display stand and a related method for constructing such display stand. Such display stand may comprise a plastic tray having four top corners, four bottom corners, top receiving slots located at each top corner, and bottom receiving slots located at each bottom

Disclosed are a modular food product display stand and a related method for constructing such display stand. Such display stand may comprise a plastic tray having four top corners, four bottom corners, top receiving slots located at each top corner, and bottom receiving slots located at each bottom corner. The display stand may further comprise four insertable plastic feet installed in the bottom receiving slots, and four insertable plastic posts installed in the top receiving posts. The outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic feet may match the inner dimensions of a cross-section of the bottom receiving slots, and the outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic posts may match the inner dimensions of a cross-section of the top receiving slots. The display stand may also comprise a plastic topper with receiving slots at each corner of the bottom of the topper for receiving the plastic posts.

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1. A modular food product display stand, the display stand comprising: a plastic tray, wherein said plastic tray has a top and a bottom, and the top of the plastic tray has four top corners; wherein further the bottom of the plastic tray has four bottom corners; wherein a top receiving slot is locat

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A modular food product display stand, the display stand comprising: a plastic tray, wherein said plastic tray has a top and a bottom, and the top of the plastic tray has four top corners; wherein further the bottom of the plastic tray has four bottom corners; wherein a top receiving slot is located at each top corner and a bottom receiving slot is located at each bottom corner;four insertable plastic feet installed in the bottom receiving slots of the plastic tray, wherein outer dimensions of a cross section of the plastic feet match inner dimensions of a cross-section of the bottom receiving slots;four insertable plastic posts installed in the top receiving slots of the plastic tray, wherein outer dimensions of a cross section of the plastic posts match inner dimensions of a cross-section of the top receiving slots, wherein the cross-section of the plastic posts substantially matches the cross-section of the plastic feet; wherein the plastic tray further comprises middle receiving slots, wherein inner dimensions of the middle receiving slots match the cross-section of the plastic posts, wherein the middle receiving slots are positioned adjacent to an edge of the plastic tray; anda plastic topper, wherein each corner of the bottom of the plastic topper comprises a receiving slot for receiving the plastic posts. 2. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, further comprising a plastic clip for attaching to the modular food product display stand to a second modular food product display stand. 3. The modular food product display stand of claim 2, wherein the plastic topper has a plurality of slits located on a border of the plastic topper, and wherein a leg of the plastic clip attaches to at least one of the plurality of slits. 4. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic tray comprises polypropylene. 5. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic topper comprises polypropylene. 6. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the insertable plastic feet comprise polypropylene. 7. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the insertable plastic posts comprise polypropylene. 8. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic tray is injection molded. 9. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic topper is injection molded. 10. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic posts are extruded. 11. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic posts are injection molded. 12. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the insertable plastic feet are extruded. 13. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the insertable plastic feet are injection molded. 14. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein at least one post of the four insertable plastic posts comprises an opening along the length of the at least one post. 15. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic topper comprises center receiving slots, wherein the center receiving slots are positioned adjacent to the center of the plastic topper, wherein inner dimensions of the center receiving slots match dimensions of the cross-section of the insertable plastic feet. 16. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic topper comprises a top receiving slot at each corner of the top of the topper, wherein inner dimensions of each top receiving slot matches the inner dimensions of each receiving slot on the bottom of the topper. 17. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic posts are translucent. 18. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic tray comprises sides that angle away from the center of the plastic tray. 19. The modular food product display stand of claim 18, wherein the sides of the plastic tray angle 4 degrees away from a plane perpendicular to the plastic tray. 20. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the plastic topper comprises sides that angle away from the center of the tray. 21. The modular food product display stand of claim 20, wherein the sides of the plastic topper angle 4 degrees away from a plane perpendicular to the plastic topper. 22. A modular food product display stand, the display stand comprising: a plurality of plastic trays, each comprising a plurality of corners of a top of each plastic tray, wherein each corner form top receiving slots; wherein further each plastic tray has a matching bottom receiving slot at each corner of a bottom of the tray to form bottom receiving slots, wherein further each plastic tray has a first set of middle receiving slots positioned adjacent to a first edge of the plastic tray and a second set of middle receiving slots positioned adjacent to a second edge of the plastic tray, wherein the first edge is parallel to the second edge;a plurality of insertable plastic posts, wherein outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic posts match inner dimensions of the top receiving slots;a plurality of insertable plastic feet, wherein outer dimensions of a cross-section of the plastic feet match inner dimensions of the bottom receiving slots;whereina first subset of plastic trays are positioned adjacent to each other to form a base layer of plastic trays, wherein the plurality of insertable plastic feet are installed into the bottom receiving slots of the first subset of plastic trays;a first subset of plastic posts are installed into at least one of the first set of middle receiving slots of each plastic tray of the first subset of plastic trays and into at least one of the second set of middle receiving slots of each plastic tray of the first subset of plastic trays, wherein installation of the first subset of plastic posts comprises inserting a first end of a first plastic post of the first subset of plastic posts into the at least one of the first set of middle receiving slots and inserting a first end of a second plastic post of the first subset of plastic posts into the at least one of the second set of middle receiving slots;a second end of each of the first subset of plastic posts is inserted into each bottom receiving slot of each plastic tray of a second subset of plastic trays. 23. The modular food product display stand of claim 22, wherein each tray of the plurality of plastic trays comprises sides that angle away from the center of each tray. 24. The modular food product display stand of claim 23, wherein the sides of each tray of the plurality of plastic trays angle 4 degrees away from a plane perpendicular to the tray. 25. The modular food product display stand of claim 23, wherein the sides of each tray of the plurality of plastic tray include handles. 26. The modular food product display stand of claim 22, wherein each tray of the plurality of trays is able to nest on top of another tray of the plurality of trays. 27. The modular food product display stand of claim 22, further comprising a plastic topper with a plurality of receiving slots, wherein each of the plurality of receiving slots are located at a corner of the bottom of the plastic topper. 28. The modular food product display stand of claim 27, wherein: a second subset of plastic posts are installed into the top receiving slots of the second subset of plastic trays, wherein installation of the second subset of plastic posts comprises inserting a first end of each of the second subset of plastic posts into each of the top receiving slots of each plastic tray of the second subset of plastic trays; anda second end of each of the second subset of plastic posts is inserted into each receiving slot of the plastic topper. 29. The modular food product display stand of claim 27, wherein the plastic topper comprises center receiving slots, wherein the center receiving slots are positioned adjacent to the center of the plastic topper. 30. The modular food product display stand of claim 27, wherein the plastic topper comprises a plurality of corners, wherein each corner of the top of the topper comprises a top receiving slot. 31. The modular food product display stand of claim 22, further comprising a plastic clip for attaching to the modular food product display stand to a second modular food product display stand. 32. The modular food product display stand of claim 31, wherein the plastic topper has a plurality of slits located on a border of the plastic topper, and wherein a leg of the plastic clip attaches to at least one of the plurality of slits. 33. The modular food product display stand of claim 22, wherein at least one post of the plurality of insertable plastic posts comprises an opening along the length of the at least one post. 34. A method of assembling a modular food product display stand, wherein said modular food product display stand comprises a first plastic tray, having a top and a bottom, and the top of the first plastic tray has four top corners; wherein the bottom of the first plastic tray has four bottom corners; wherein a top receiving slot is located at each top corner; wherein further a bottom receiving slot is located at each bottom corner;wherein said modular food product display stand further comprises four insertable plastic feet configured to be installed in the bottom receiving slots of the first plastic tray, wherein outer dimension of a cross section of the plastic feet match inner dimensions of a cross-section of the bottom receiving slots;wherein said modular food product further comprises four insertable plastic posts configured to be installed in the top receiving slots of the first plastic tray, wherein outer dimensions of a cross section of the plastic posts match inner dimensions of a cross-section of the top receiving slots, wherein the cross-section of the plastic posts substantially matches the cross-section of the plastic feet; wherein the first plastic tray comprises middle receiving slots, wherein inner dimensions of the middle receiving slots match the cross-section of the plastic posts, wherein the middle receiving slots are positioned adjacent to an edge of the first plastic tray; andwherein said modular food product display stand further comprises a plastic topper, wherein said plastic topper comprises a plurality of corners, wherein each of the plurality of corners comprise a receiving slot disposed at the bottom of the plastic topper;said method comprising:inserting a first end of each of the four insertable plastic posts into one of the top receiving slots of the first plastic tray;aligning a second end of each of the four insertable plastic posts to one of the receiving slots of the plastic topper; andinserting the second end of each of the four insertable plastic posts into the receiving slots of the plastic topper. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein said modular food product display stand further comprises a second plastic tray, wherein said second plastic tray has a top receiving slot at each corner of the second tray, said plastic tray has a matching receiving slot at each corner of the bottom of the second tray; wherein said modular food product display stand further comprises a second set of insertable plastic posts, wherein outer dimensions of the second set of plastic posts matches inner dimensions of the bottom receiving slots of the first plastic tray; the method further comprising: inserting a first end of each of the second set of insertable plastic posts into one of the top receiving slots of the second plastic tray;aligning a second end of each of the second set of insertable plastic posts to one of the bottom receiving slots of the first plastic tray; andinserting the second end of each of the second set of insertable plastic posts into the bottom receiving slots of the first plastic tray. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein said modular food product display stand further comprises a molded plastic clip for attaching said modular food product display stand to a second modular food product display stand. 37. The method of claim 34, wherein the topper has a center receiving slot, wherein dimensions of the center receiving slot matches the outer dimensions of the plastic posts. 38. The method of claim 34, wherein the first plastic tray comprises polypropylene. 39. The method of claim 34, wherein the first plastic tray is injection molded. 40. The method of claim 34, wherein the plastic posts are extruded. 41. The method of claim 34, wherein the plastic posts are injection molded. 42. The method of claim 34, wherein the insertable plastic feet are extruded. 43. The method of claim 34, wherein the insertable plastic feet are injection molded. 44. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the middle receiving slots are positioned in contact with the edge of the plastic tray. 45. The modular food product display stand of claim 1, wherein the middle receiving slots comprise raised lips configured to increase the depth of the middle slots.