System for displaying wallpaper samples

Abstract

A display system for displaying samples of wallpaper includes a display stand having a frame and a plurality of display panels, a plurality of wallpaper display samples affixed to the display panels in a pre-selected pattern, a plurality of pre-cut wallpaper take home samples correlated with the display samples and a plurality of containers sized and shaped for removably holding a supply of the take home samples. Each of the containers is mounted onto the frame so as to be located proximate to one of the display samples so as to visually associate the supply of the take home samples with the display sample correlated therewith. The display stand may include a frame rotatably mounted on a base, and upstanding members extending upwardly from the base and outwardly from a notional central axis at 90° angles to each other. The display panels may include pairs of display panels extending between adjacent upstanding frame members, wherein the display panels of each of the pairs are arranged at an obtuse angle to each other, and at an acute angle to an adjacent upstanding member.

1 . A wallpaper display system, comprising: 
 a) a display stand having a frame rotatably mounted on a base, and a plurality of display panels mounted to the frame, each of the display panels having a vertically extending mounting surface;    b) a plurality of wallpaper display samples affixed to the mounting surface in a pre-selected pattern;    c) a plurality of pre-cut wallpaper take home samples correlated with the display samples; and    d) a plurality of containing devices sized and shaped for removably holding a supply of the take home samples, wherein the containing devices are mounted onto the frame so as to present the take home samples in a generally vertically extending fashion, each of the containing devices being located proximate to one of the display samples so as to visually associate the supply of take home samples contained therein with the display samples correlated therewith.    
   
   
       2 . The display system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the frame comprises a base plate and upstanding frame members extending vertically upward from the base plate and outwardly from a central axis at 90° angles to each other, so as to form a cross-shaped frame structure when viewed from above.  
   
   
       3 . The display system defined in  claim 2 , wherein the base comprises a square block and a swivel plate extending from a top surface thereof, wherein the swivel plate is attached to a bottom surface of the base plate.  
   
   
       4 . The display system defined in  claim 2 , wherein the display panels comprise pairs of display panels extending between adjacent upstanding frame members.  
   
   
       5 . The display system defined in  claim 4 , wherein each of the pairs of display panels comprises a first display panel extending at an obtuse angle to a second display panel.  
   
   
       6 . The display system defined in  claim 5 , wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are attached to an adjacent upstanding member at an acute angle.  
   
   
       7 . The display system defined in  claim 4 , wherein the display panels comprise four pairs of display panels, wherein each of the display panels is rigidly attached along one edge to an outside edge of an adjacent upstanding frame member, and rigidly attached along its other edge to an adjacent display panel.  
   
   
       8 . The display system defined in  claim 6 , wherein the mounting surfaces of the display panels together form a four-pointed star when viewed from above.  
   
   
       9 . The display system of  claim 1 , wherein the containing devices are composed of a transparent material.  
   
   
       10 . The display system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the containing devices is mounted to a mounting surface in front of a pre-selected portion of one of the display samples, so that a significant portion of each of the display samples remains exposed for visual and tactile examination.  
   
   
       11 . A wallpaper display system, comprising: 
 a) a display stand comprising a free-standing frame having four upstanding members arranged at approximately ninety-degree intervals about a vertical central axis, each of said upstanding members projecting outwardly from the central axis, each of said upstanding members having at least two mounting surfaces associated therewith;    b) a plurality of wallpaper display samples affixed to each of said at least two mounting surfaces;    c) a plurality of pre-cut wallpaper take home samples correlated with the display samples; and    d) a plurality of containing devices sized and shaped for removably holding a supply of the take home samples, wherein the containing devices are mounted onto the frame so as to present the take home samples in a generally vertically extending fashion, each of the containing devices being located proximate to one of the display samples so as to visually associate the supply of take home samples contained therein with the display samples correlated therewith.    
   
   
       12 . The display system defined in  claim 11 , wherein the at least two mounting surfaces associated with each upstanding member comprise two oppositely faced mounting surfaces.  
   
   
       13 . The display system defined in  claim 11 , wherein the at least two mounting surfaces associated with each upstanding member comprise two mounting surfaces extending at an acute angle to each other.  
   
   
       14 . The display system defined in  claim 11 , wherein the display stand comprises a base shaped to receive the upstanding members.  
   
   
       15 . The display system defined in  claim 14 , wherein the base is a rotatable base.