Claims
- 1. A display case comprising:
- a frame work including a lower rim segment having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, said vertical leg having a horizontal upper edge;
- at least one panel extending vertically upwardly from said framework and cooperating with said framework to define a side wall of an enclosure;
- a horizontally extending, generally planar deck having a peripheral portion thereof overlyingly supported on said horizontal leg of said rim segment, said deck having a generally vertical peripheral edge surface disposed spaced apart from said vertical leg thereby forming a recess disposed between said vertical leg and said peripheral edge surface and above said horizontal leg; and
- a support received within said recess, said support having a first, substantially rigid, upstanding wall disposed in face to face relationship along said vertical leg and a second, substantially rigid, upstanding wall spaced apart from and generally parallel to said first upstanding wall disposed in face to face relationship along said peripheral edge surface, the lower extent of said support disposed resting atop said horizontal leg, a lower edge of said panel being received between said first and second walls, said first upstanding wall terminating in a first upper end portion having a pliable molding element overlying said horizontal upper edge and a pliable border element tightly and frictionally engaging said panel, said second upstanding wall terminating in a second upper end portion having a pliable molding element overlying said peripheral portion and a pliable border element tightly and frictionally engaging said panel.
- 2. The display case of claim 1 wherein said first upper end portion is substantially inverted V-shaped when undeformed having a first arm comprising said molding element and a second arm comprising said border element.
- 3. The display case of claim 1 wherein said second upper end portion is substantially inverted V-shaped when undeformed having a first arm comprising said molding element and a second arm comprising said border element.
- 4. The display case of claim 1 wherein said first and second upper end portions are substantially inverted V-shaped when undeformed, each having a first arm comprising said molding element and a second arm comprising said border element.
- 5. The display case of claim 1 wherein said support is a unitary member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 381,117, filed Jul. 17, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,979,078.
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