权利要求：
CLAIMS
1. A shelving display system, comprising:
a first shelf having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first and second end portions are on opposite ends of the first shelf;
a first endcap having a first face, a second face, a third face, and a fourth face,
wherein the first face is on an opposite side of the first endcap from the second face, and the third face is on an opposite side of the first endcap from the fourth face,
wherein the first face includes a first support structure comprising a first slot recess configured to slideably engage and support the first end portion of the first shelf, and wherein the first slot recess includes a first slanted portion slideably engageable with the first end portion of the first shelf,
a second endcap having a fifth face, a sixth face, a seventh face, and an eighth face, wherein the fifth face is on an opposite side of the second endcap from the sixth face, and the seventh face is on an opposite side of the second endcap from the eighth face,
wherein the fifth face includes a second support structure comprising a second slot recess configured to slideably engage and support the second end portion of the first shelf wherein the second slot recess is substantially identical to the first slot recess, including a second slanted portion substantially identical to the first slanted portion, and
wherein the second slanted portion is slideably engageable with the second end portion of the first shelf.
2. The shelving display system of claim 1,
wherein the third face includes a first protrusion,
wherein the fourth face includes a first groove complementary to the first protrusion and sized to slideably engage a third protrusion of a third endcap, where the third protrusion is substantially identical to the first protrusion,
wherein the seventh face includes a second protrusion substantially identical to the first protrusion, and
wherein the eighth face includes a second groove substantially identical to the first groove.
3. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a first header and a second header attached to the first endcap and second endcap, respectively, wherein the first header includes a first structure engaged with one of the first protrusion or first groove, and the second header includes a second structure engaged with one of the second protrusion or the second groove.
4. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a light source attached to at least one of the header or endcaps, wherein wires providing power to the light source are at least partially hidden within at least one of the endcaps.
5. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims,
wherein the first slot recess further comprises a third slanted portion substantially symmetrical to the first slanted portion about a vertical axis, and
wherein the second slot recess further comprises a fourth slanted portion substantially symmetrical to the second slanted portion about a vertical axis.
6. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims,
wherein the first groove extends through a surface of at least one of the first or second faces,
wherein the first groove includes a first width Wi at the surface of the fourth face, and a second width W2greater than Wi in an interior of the first groove,
wherein the first protrusion has a third width W3at the surface of the third face, wherein the first protrusion has a fourth width W4greater than W3at a distance away from the third face, and
wherein W3is less than or equal to Wi, and W4is less than or equal to W2.
7. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a third endcap having a third groove substantially identical to the first groove of the first endcap, wherein the portion of the first protrusion having width greater than W3comprises a first tongue, and
wherein the first tongue is constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the first protrusion is advanced through the third groove, the first tongue deflects
from a resting configuration to an assembled configuration as a portion of a third endcap slides between the first tongue and the third face.
8. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims,
wherein the portion of the first protrusion having width greater than W3further comprises a second tongue, and
wherein the second tongue is constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the first protrusion is advanced through the third groove, the second tongue deflects from a resting configuration to an assembled configuration as a portion of a third endcap slides between the second tongue and the third face.
9. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims,
wherein the first protrusion protrudes from a base of a first depression on the third face,
wherein the first groove is set in a surface of a first rail, and
wherein the first depression is complementary in shape to the first rail and is sized to slideably engage the first rail.
10. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising an interlocking mechanism having a first nub on the third face and a second nub on the fourth face.
11. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a third endcap having a third nub substantially identical to the second nub
wherein the first nub is constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the third nub is advanced past the first nub, both the first and third nubs deflect from a resting configuration to a deflected configuration as the first and third nubs slide past each other to achieve an assembled state, and
wherein both the first and third nubs return to the resting configuration in the assembled state.
12. The shelving display system of any of the preceding claims, further comprising a third endcap substantially identical to the first endcap and engaged with the first endcap, wherein the first and third endcaps are offset from one another.
13. A shelving display system, including one unit or a plurality of units, each unit comprising:
a first shelf having first and second ends;
first and second endcaps, each including an inward facing surface removably engageable with the respective first and second ends,
wherein the first and second endcaps each include at least one protrusion on one of a top surface or a bottom surface of the endcaps,
wherein the first and second endcaps each include at least one groove on an opposite side of the endcap from the at least one protrusion,
wherein the grooves are complementary in shape to the protrusions and sized to slideably engage substantially identical protrusions on other endcaps,
wherein the grooves extend through to one of the inward facing surface or an outward facing surface on an opposite side of the endcap from the inward facing surface, wherein each groove includes a first width Wi at the exterior of the groove, and a second width W2greater than Wi in an interior of the groove,
wherein each protrusion includes a third width W3at the respective endcap surface,
wherein each protrusion includes a fourth width W4greater than W3at a distance away from the respective endcap surface, and
wherein W3is less than or equal to Wi, and W4is less than or equal to W2.
14. The shelving display system of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of units, wherein each unit engages an adjacent unit
wherein the portion of the protrusions having width greater than W3, on each of the units, comprises first and second tongues constructed and dimensioned such that during an assembly step when the protrusions of a first unit are advanced through the complementary grooves of a second unit, the first and second tongues deflect from a resting configuration to
an assembled configuration as a portion of the second unit slides between the tongues and the first unit.
15. The shelving display system of claim 14,
wherein the protrusions each protrude from bases of depressions on the respective endcap,
wherein the grooves are each set in surfaces of rails on the respective endcap, wherein the depressions are complementary in shape to the rails and are sized to slideably engage the rails, and
wherein during the assembly step, the depressions of the first unit are aligned with the rails of the second unit.
16. The shelving display of any of claims 14-15,
wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the endcaps of the plurality of units each has an least one nub,
wherein the nubs are constructed and dimensioned such that during the assembly step nubs on the first unit are advanced past nubs on the second unit, and both nubs deflect from a resting configuration to a deflected configuration as the nubs slide past one other to achieve an assembled state, and
wherein the nubs are configured to return to the resting configuration in the assembled state.
17. The shelving display system of any of claims 13-16, further comprising a plurality of units,
wherein each unit engages an adjacent unit,
wherein the inward facing surfaces of the endcaps of the units each include a support structure including a slot recess comprising
a first slanted portion engaged with one of the first or second ends of the shelf of the respective unit, and
a second slanted portion symmetrical to the first slanted portion about a vertical axis.
18. An endcap for a shelving display, comprising:
a first face, a second face, a third face, and a fourth face,
wherein the first face is on an opposite side of the first endcap from the second face, and the third face is on an opposite side of the first endcap from the fourth face,
wherein the first face includes a first slot recess,
wherein the third face includes a first protrusion,
wherein the fourth face includes a first groove complementary to the first protrusion and sized to slideably engage a second protrusion on a second endcap, where the second protrusion is substantially identical to the first protrusion, and
wherein the endcap is substantially symmetrical about a vertical axis.
19. The endcap of claim 18,
wherein the first protrusion protrudes from a base of a first depression on the third face,
wherein the first groove is set in a surface of a first rail on the fourth face, and wherein the first depression is complementary in shape to the first rail and is sized to slideably engage a second rail on a second endcap that is substantially identical to the first rail.
20. The endcap of any of claims 18-19, further comprising an interlocking mechanism having a first nub on the third face and a second nub on the fourth face.