Apparatus for supporting and displaying paint color cards

摘要

A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate. The channels of adjacent brackets face each other for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the planar objects extending between the facing channels for visual observation and ease of removal of the objects for inspection.

主权项

1. An apparatus for supporting and displaying a planar object when connected to a mounting substrate defining at least one aperture, the supporting and displaying apparatus comprising:
an elongated body member having a longitudinal axis, the body member comprising
a planar web having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the longitudinal axis, the planar web having longitudinal edges extending between the first end and the second end,a front wall and a rear wall, each of the front wall and the rear wall having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end along the longitudinal axis, each of the front wall and the rear wall having longitudinal edges extending between the first end and the second end, the front wall depending from one of the longitudinal edges of the web and the rear wall depending from the other of the longitudinal edges of the web, each of the front wall and the rear wall extending the length of the web, the web, the front wall and the rear wall terminating at their proximal ends in free edges, andan end wall extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis and engaging the second ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web, the front wall, the rear wall and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at a first end and closed at a second end for supporting the planar object; and a pair of arms extending in a plane from the body member, a first arm of the pair of arms adjacent the closed end of the channel, and a second arm of the pair of arms longitudinally spaced from the first arm toward the open end of the channel, each of the arms formed on their ends with a lug such that the lugs extend transversely to the plane in opposite directions, at least one of the arms resiliently deflectable in a direction toward the other arm for engagement and retention of the lugs in the at least one aperture of the mounting substrate,wherein during connection of the supporting and displaying apparatus to the mounting substrate the lugs are adapted to engage the mounting substrate adjacent the at least one aperture for moving the at least one of the arms toward the other arm so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the at least one of the arms to move away from the other arm and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate to releasably connect the body member to the mounting substrate,wherein to disconnect the body member the at least one of the arms is moved toward the other arm causing disengagement of the lugs from the mounting substrate so that the lugs pass through the aperture allowing the body member to be moved away from the mounting substrate, andwherein the first arm is shorter than the second arm such that the lug on the first arm is spaced a less distance from the body member than the lug on the second arm and when connected to the mounting substrate the closed end of the channel is closer to the mounting substrate than the open end of the channel.