be provided as desired without departing from the spirit of the invention going now more into the details of the construction of each tier of the display stand 10 i will refer more generally to fig1 but closely to fig2 through 5 with general reference to fig6 and 7 in the form of invention illustrated the display stand 10 will have each tier 16 18 and 20 made up of three units 45 46 and 47 with each unit having a web 48 a hub 50 two pairs of oppositely facing abutments 52 and 53 on said web and a pair of housings 22 at each end of the web each unit such as unit 45 which is shown in fig3 is formed in two halves with one half comprising a web 48a connected to a one half hub 50a and connected to a shaped half housing 22a the other half 48b has a half hub 50b and half housing 22b web 48a has a pair of transversely extending abutments 52a and 53a located on opposite sides of the half hub 50a while web 48b has a pair of transversely extending abutments 52b and 53b on opposite sides of said hub 50b as can best be seen in fig5 the mating surfaces of.