US 12,285,120 B2
Display systems for securing display containers
William Thomas Smith, Fair Oaks, CA (US); and Cheryl Ann Smith, Fair Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to ALL PLASTIC, INC., Rancho Cordova, CA (US)
Filed by ALL PLASTIC, INC., Rancho Cordova, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,420.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/488,805, filed on Mar. 7, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,735, filed on Jan. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237834 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A47F 3/00 (2006.01); A47F 7/024 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/002 (2013.01) [A47F 7/024 (2013.01); E05B 73/00 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A countertop display system for securing display containers, comprising:
a) a countertop mountable atop a cabinet in a generally horizontal orientation, the countertop having a countertop underside surface for facing an interior of the cabinet, a worksurface opposite the underside surface for facing an outside environment, and an aperture passing vertically through the countertop from the worksurface to the underside surface;
b) a display insert detachably mountable in the aperture of the countertop, the display insert including:
i) a panel positionable in the aperture for covering the aperture, the panel having a bottom surface for facing the interior of the cabinet, a top surface opposite the bottom surface for facing the outside environment, and at least one tether port passing vertically through the panel from the top surface to the bottom surface;
ii) a tether system mounted under the panel for fastening the display containers to the panel, the tether system including a plurality of retractable tethers extendable through the at least one tether port to the outside environment for attachment to respective display containers, each tether permitting limited movement of a respective display container away from the panel to facilitate viewing of one or more articles in the display container, and urging the display container back toward the top surface of the panel; and
iii) a locking mechanism configurable between a locked position in which the panel is securely locked to the countertop when in the aperture to prevent detachment of the panel from the countertop, and an unlocked position in which the panel is unlocked from the countertop to permit removal of the panel from the aperture for transporting the panel, tether system, and display containers away from the countertop.