Packaged Collectible Display System and Assembly

Abstract

A packaged collectible display assembly displays a packaged collectible. The packaged collectible display assembly includes a board assembly and a display base. The board assembly includes a backer board, at least one pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, and a ledge structure or element. The J-channel structures are attached to the laterally opposed portions of the backer board such as laterally opposed board edges such that channels of the J-channel structures face one another. The ledge structure is attached to the backer board adjacent the lower board end such that the ledge length extends across the board width and abuts the lower channel ends, the ledge structure and J-channel structures for supporting at least one channel-received packaged collectible. The lower board end may be preferably received in groove formed in the display base for enhancing the display of each channel-received packaged collectible.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A packaged collectible display system for displaying packaged collectibles, the packaged collectible display system comprising, in combination:
 at least one packaged collectible assembly, each packaged collectible assembly comprising a backing portion and a collectible-housing display structure, the collectible-housing display structure being attached to the backing portion;   a backer board, the backer board comprising a board length, a board width, a board thickness, an upper board end, a lower board end, and laterally opposed board edges;   a first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, each J-channel structure comprising a channel length, a J-shaped transverse cross-section, an upper channel end, and a lower channel end, the J-shaped transverse cross-section comprising a board-attachment portion, a backing-engagement portion, and a linking portion, the board-attachment portion being parallel to the backing-engagement portion, the linking portion being orthogonal to the board-attachment and backing-engagement portions, the backing-engagement portion being abbreviated in length relative to the board-attachment portion, the board-attachment, backing-engagement, and linking portions thus forming a backing portion-receiving channel, the channel lengths being lesser than the board length, the J-channel structures being attached to the laterally opposed board edges such that the receiving channels face one another; and   a ledge structure, the ledge structure comprising a ledge length, a ledge depth, and a ledge thickness, the ledge length being substantially equal to the board width, the ledge structure being attached to the backer board adjacent the lower board end such that the ledge length extends across the board width and abuts the lower channel ends, the lower board end comprising a lower board tongue, the backing portion of the packaged collectible being receivable by the opposed backing portion-receiving channels at the upper channel ends, and slidable along the channel lengths toward the ledge structure, the ledge structure for supporting the backing portion, the collectible-housing display structure being extendable away from the backer board and backing portions in an anterior direction intermediate the backing-engagement portions, the backing-engagement portions for preventing the backing portion from movement in the anterior direction.   
     
     
         2 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 1  comprising a display base, the display base comprising a board-receiving groove, the board-receiving groove comprising a groove depth and a groove width, the board-receiving groove for receiving the lower board tongue. 
     
     
         3 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 2  wherein the board-receiving groove comprises an angle of inclination, the angle of inclination being 10 degrees from vertical, the angle of inclination for enhancing packaged collectible display. 
     
     
         4 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 3  wherein the display base comprises an anterior base portion and a posterior base portion, the board-receiving groove being formed in the display base adjacent the anterior base portion, the lower board tongue being received in the board-receiving groove such that the upper board end leans in a posterior direction. 
     
     
         5 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 1  wherein the upper board end comprises a handle cutout, the handle cutout for enabling users to carry the packaged collectible display assembly. 
     
     
         6 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 1  comprising a second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, the second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures being substantially identical to the first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, a second J-channel of the first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures and a first J-channel of the second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures being attached to the backer board such that the linking portions of the second and first J-channel structures abut one another substantially equidistant intermediate the board width. 
     
     
         7 . The packaged collectible display system of  claim 1  wherein each backing portion comprises a backing portion thickness, the linking portions defining a backing portion-receiving thickness intermediate the board-attachment portions and the backing-engaging portions, the backing portion-receiving thickness being at least two times the thickness of a select backing portion thickness, the laterally opposed J-channel structures thus for receiving overlapping backing portions and stacked packaged collectible assemblies. 
     
     
         8 . A packaged collectible display assembly for displaying a packaged collectible, the packaged collectible display assembly comprising:
 a backer board, the backer board comprising a board length, a board width, a board thickness, an upper board end, a lower board end, and laterally opposed board edges;   a first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, each J-channel structure comprising a channel length, a J-shaped transverse cross-section, an upper channel end, and a lower channel end, the J-shaped transverse cross-section comprising a board-attachment portion, a backing-engagement portion, and a linking portion, the board-attachment, backing-engagement, and linking portions forming a backing portion-receiving channel, the channel lengths being lesser than the board length, the J-channel structures being attached to the laterally opposed board edges such that the backing portion-receiving channels face one another; and   a ledge structure, the ledge structure comprising a ledge length, the ledge length being substantially equal to the board width, the ledge structure being attached to the backer board adjacent the lower board end such that the ledge length extends across the board width and abuts the lower channel ends, the ledge structure for supporting a channel-received packaged collectible.   
     
     
         9 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 8  comprising a display base and wherein the lower board end comprises a lower board tongue, the display base comprising a board-receiving groove, the board-receiving groove for receiving the lower board tongue. 
     
     
         10 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 9  wherein the board-receiving groove comprises an angle of inclination, the angle of inclination being 10 degrees from vertical, the angle of inclination for enhancing packaged collectible display. 
     
     
         11 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 10  wherein the display base comprises an anterior base portion and a posterior base portion, the board-receiving groove being formed in the display base adjacent the anterior base portion, the lower board tongue being received in the board-receiving groove such that the upper board end leans in a posterior direction. 
     
     
         12 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 8  wherein the upper board end comprises a handle cutout, the handle cutout for enabling users to carry the packaged collectible display assembly. 
     
     
         13 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 8  comprising a second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, the second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures being substantially identical to the first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures, a second J-channel of the first pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures and a first J-channel of the second pair of laterally opposed J-channel structures being attached to the backer board such that the linking portions of the second and first J-channel structures oppose one another intermediate the board width. 
     
     
         14 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 8  wherein the linking portions define a backing portion-receiving thickness intermediate the board-attachment portions and the backing-engaging portions, the backing portion-receiving thickness being at least two times a select backing portion thickness, the laterally opposed J-channel structures for receiving overlapping backing portions of stacked packaged collectibles. 
     
     
         15 . A packaged collectible display assembly for displaying a packaged collectible, the packaged collectible display assembly comprising:
 a planar backer board portion, the planar backer board portion comprising a board length, a board width, an upper board end, a lower board end, and laterally opposed board edges; and   a first pair of laterally opposed channel structures, each channel structure comprising a channel length, a transverse channel cross-section, an upper channel end, and a lower channel end, the transverse channel cross-section comprising a backing-engagement portion and a linking portion, the backing-engagement and linking portions forming a backing portion-receiving channel such that the backing-engagement portion is parallel to the planar backer board portion, the channel lengths being lesser than the board length, the channel structures extending from the laterally opposed board edges such that the backing portion-receiving channels face one another.   
     
     
         16 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 15  comprising a display base and wherein the lower board end comprises a lower board tongue, the display base comprising a board-receiving groove, the board-receiving groove for receiving the lower board tongue. 
     
     
         17 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 16  wherein the board-receiving groove comprises an angle of inclination, the angle of inclination being 10 degrees from vertical, the angle of inclination for enhancing packaged collectible display. 
     
     
         18 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 15  comprising a ledge structure, the ledge structure comprising a ledge length, the ledge length being substantially equal to the board width, the ledge structure being attached to the backer board portion adjacent the lower board end such that the ledge length extends across the board width and abuts the lower channel ends, the ledge structure for supporting a channel-received packaged collectible. 
     
     
         19 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 15  comprising a second pair of laterally opposed channel structures, the second pair of laterally opposed channel structures being substantially identical to the first pair of laterally opposed channel structures, a second channel of the first pair of laterally opposed channel structures and a first channel of the second pair of laterally opposed channel structures extending from the backer board portion such that the linking and backing-engagement portions of the second and first channel structures form a T-shaped channel structure intermediate the board width. 
     
     
         20 . The packaged collectible display assembly of  claim 15  wherein the linking portions define a backing portion-receiving thickness intermediate the backing engagement portions and the backer board portion, the backing portion-receiving thickness being at least two times a select backing portion thickness, the laterally opposed channel structures for receiving overlapping backing portions of stacked packaged collectibles.