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Document | Title | Date |
20080197089 | Display Rack Structure - A display rack structure comprises: a rack, at least two restricting pieces and two reinforced pieces. With the restricting pieces, the display racks can be stacked more firmly, and the reinforce pieces are provided with weight-sharing piece to evenly distribute the weight of the stacked racks, thus prolonging the service life of the racks. | 08-21-2008 |
20080203038 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR RETAIL GOODS - A gravity feed product display device having product chutes and supported by an easel. Embodiments of the device may include a center easel or side easels formed from the back and bottom panels of the outer body of the display device. Either a one piece or a two piece construction may be used to form the device, which may be front loaded with product. | 08-28-2008 |
20080237159 | DISPLAY RACK - A display rack system for use in a display case such as a produce display case includes a base and a back wall. Mounted on the back wall are a series of shelves, which affix to holes in the back wall. Certain of the shelves are curved or sloped upwardly or downwardly relative to the base. In a preferred embodiment, the shelving unit is in the form of a box having a curvilinear upper and lower walls and vertical sidewalls. | 10-02-2008 |
20080237160 | EASEL DISPLAY - A gravity feed product display device having product chutes and supported by an easel. Embodiments of the device may include a center easel or side easels formed from the back and bottom panels of the outer body of the display device. Either a one piece or a two piece construction may be used to form the device, which may be front loaded with product. | 10-02-2008 |
20090261048 | Jar Dispenser - A jar dispenser includes a housing defining a row that accommodates multiple jars of baby food in single file atop a planar floor. A pushplate is configured for movement along the row. A biasing member is in communication with the pushplate to bias the pushplate from a housing back side toward a housing front side. The device includes a door adjacent the row at the housing front side, the door being pivotal to restrict access to the row when at a closed position and to allow access to the row when at open and load positions. A first biasing member biases the door toward the closed position. A door catch is positioned to interact with the door when the door is at the load position. A second biasing member biases the door to bias the door to interact with the door catch when the door is at the load position. | 10-22-2009 |
20090266776 | Dispenser and Display Device - A dispenser and display device for articles on a store shelf includes a pair of vertically disposed panels that define a space there between to guide the articles from an upper portion to a lower portion. A pin extending from each of the panels allows a display assembly, having an access door, a frame, and a card, to movably attach to the dispenser and display device. The display assembly is therefore movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The frame is movably connected to the access door such at a volume is defined between the access door and the frame. The volume is configured to complementarily receive the card in order to display advertising indicia disposed on the front of the card. A display panel is also described. | 10-29-2009 |
20100025344 | FOLDABLE DUAL SHELF PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A dual column presentation display system with optional integrated shelving, storage, headers, panels, table base and top, for use in displaying products, samples, premiums or the like made optimally from a single piece of paperboard which when folded and assembled forms a hinged dual column stand alone display system with multiple shelving trays in each column and wherein a separate center display header is nested between and attached to the dual columns. | 02-04-2010 |
20100032391 | PRIDUCT DISPLAY UNIT WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH - A product display unit comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, and at least one securing structure is disclosed. Each of the first and second side walls comprise at least one rail extending laterally therefrom and the side walls define a distance therebetween. An upper surface of the rail is configured to support a portion of a product. At least one securing structure is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the first side wall. The securing structure comprises a plurality of securing portions disposed in mechanical cooperation therewith. The securing structure is configured to allow the distance between the first side wall and the second sidewall to be adjustable. | 02-11-2010 |
20100044325 | Merchandise Display System - A display cradle for storing and dispensing containers such as beverage cans and bottles. Containers are loaded from the rear of the display cradle onto shelves sloping downward from the back of the display cradle to the front of the display cradle. The bottom shelf of the display cradle includes an exit port at the front of the assembly, allowing containers to be removed from the display cradle. The display cradle includes an exit channel between a front wall and the front end of the shelves where the containers from each shelf drop through towards the exit port. A gate at the front end of each shelf pivots under the weight of the containers, allowing the front-most container on each shelf to enter the exit channel while preventing subsequent containers from entering the exit channel. When the containers have exited the exit channel, the biased gate tilts back allowing the next container on each shelf to repeat the sequence. The biased gates on each shelf may operate in unison with each other. | 02-25-2010 |
20100072148 | PRODUCT DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for presenting products presenting at least two pots united by a connection region situated in their upper portions. The device includes a tray having a bottom and at least one separator wall against which the bottom face of at least one connection region comes to bear, the two above-mentioned pots being situated on either side of the separator wall | 03-25-2010 |
20100072149 | SHELF ORGANIZER WITH GLIDE STRIP - A gravity feed dispenser ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100176074 | SHELF ASSEMBLY - A shelf assembly for products to be placed in a limited space, which at least is limited in depth by a rear boundary surface and laterally by lateral surfaces. The shelf assembly consists of a shelving section with a front and a rear, which shelving section comprises a plurality of gravity-feeding shelves and a base plate. The shelving section is placed on a shelving section support and arranged on the same to be rotatable about an axis, which is arranged by a first engaging means, which is placed on the base plate and rotatably engaged with a second engaging means, which is placed on the shelving section support. The rear of the shelving section is in the refill position located further away from the rear boundary surface than is the front of the shelving section in the display position. Moreover, the shelving section is rotatable substantially within the limited space. | 07-15-2010 |
20100200525 | Adjustable Display Device - An adjustable display device ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100206825 | MERCHANDISE DISPLAY HOOK INCLUDING UNIVERSAL ADAPTER FOR MOUNTING TO VERTICAL SUPPORT - A merchandise display hook for supporting and displaying items of merchandise includes a universal adapter and a mounting bracket for mounting the display hook to a generally vertical support, for example slatwall. The universal adapter includes one of a pair of attachment tracks and attachment rails for engaging the other of a pair of attachment tracks and attachment rails on the mounting bracket to attach the universal adapter to the mounting bracket from a generally lateral direction. The universal adapter may further include a lower portion for engaging the support to prevent the display hook from being tilted in a downwards direction. The mounting bracket may include flanges on upper and lower portions of a rear wall for engaging a channel formed in the support. Alternatively, the mounting bracket may include a body portion and a mounting plate movably disposed on the body portion for engaging the channel formed in the support. The display hook further includes a lockable base movable between an unlocked position and a locked position to lock the display hook on the support. | 08-19-2010 |
20100243587 | OVER HEAD CATEGORY FRAME SYSTEM - A device and method for providing selective concealment and access to items stored on an overhead part of a retail shelving system. The device includes one or more mounting posts attachable to the retail shelving system and one or more panel support units. The mounting posts further include one or more substantially vertical channels. The panel support unit is engaged with the mounting posts and extends above the retail shelving system. The panel support unit is selectively moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration such that when in the open configuration the panel support unit is displaced to provide access to the items stored on the overhead part of the retail shelving system, and when in the closed configuration the panel support unit conceals the items stored on the overhead part of the retail shelving system. | 09-30-2010 |
20100252511 | Materials Including Coded Writing - A system and method of using a coded language to market assets, including goods and/or services. A first asset can be offered with materials that are at least partially written in an uncoded language. A second asset, that is related to the first asset, can be offered with materials that are at least partially written in a coded language. Common words can be used on the materials corresponding to the first asset and the materials corresponding to the related second asset. The common words on the materials corresponding to the first asset can be written in the uncoded language, while the common words on the materials corresponding to the related second asset can be written in the coded language. The uncoded words can be used to decipher the coded words, as well as other words written in the same coded language. | 10-07-2010 |
20100276381 | EXPANDABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Described herein are embodiments of an expandable display system that have an expanded position for retail display and a collapsed position for efficient shipping. The expandable display system includes a product tray and an associated easel support, with the easel support being configured to expand and lock into the expanded position to support the product tray at an inclined angle relative to a surface on which the easel support rests. In some embodiments, the product tray and the associated easel support are integral. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276382 | MODULAR MAGNETIC FIXTURE SYSTEM - A customizable modular magnetic wall system is provided for displaying items while allowing a user to aesthetically configure and tailor the system to the user's needs. The system includes a magnetic backing plate and at least one module. The module includes a base portion and a utility member. The base portion of the module is magnetically securable at a plurality of positions on the backing plate. In addition, the utility member projects outwardly from the base portion and is sized and configured to receive the item. The module may include a shelf, hooks, and other various devices for displaying the item. | 11-04-2010 |
20100288714 | Modular Display Rack with Header with a Contoured Surface - A display rack having a display header with a contoured surface to provide for an insert to be disposed proximate a product. The contoured surface may have a series of concave indentations, convex protrusions, a horizontal bending edge or a series of V-shaped protrusions or indentations. The display header may be retrofitted onto an existing display rack. | 11-18-2010 |
20100307992 | Shelf device having variable width cradle - A gravity feed shelf device for storing product containers on their sides and dispensing containers one at a time has first and second cradle assemblies. The first cradle assembly has a first cradle panel with connecting members extending therefrom. At least one gravity feed panel is attached to the first cradle panel and extends from a rear edge portion of the first cradle panel towards a front edge portion of the first cradle panel. The second cradle assembly has a second cradle panel with connecting members extending therefrom. At least one gravity feed panel is attached to the second cradle panel and extends from a rear edge portion of the second cradle panel towards a front edge portion of the second cradle panel. The connecting members of each panel slidably receive a rod to connect the first cradle panel with the second cradle panel so that distance between the first and second cradle panels adjusts to accommodate different sized containers. | 12-09-2010 |
20100307993 | Display Strip and Product Assembly - [Problem to be Solved] To obtain a display strip to which bags can be attached with sufficient holding force and from which the bags can be removed smoothly, keeping the removed surface of the bag clean. | 12-09-2010 |
20100326931 | Display Fixture Accessories - A merchandising system includes a display fixture placed on a floor in a retail environment. The display fixture includes a first end piece resting supported on the floor, a second end piece supported on the floor, a first member, and a second member, each of the first member and the second member being substantially horizontal with the second member extending substantially parallel to, and vertically offset from the first member. A display fixture accessory is releasably secured to the display fixture by receiving the first member in a first bracket of the display fixture accessory and receiving the second member in a second bracket of the display fixture accessory. A display piece is inserted into the display fixture accessory. Additionally, the display piece is maintained with the display fixture accessory in a substantially vertical position with the display fixture accessory extending above the display fixture. | 12-30-2010 |
20110017683 | Rack - A storage Rack to hold and display DVD, CD, VHS Tapes, Backup Tapes and other items. The item is held within a hanger that can be customized to fit the item held. The hanger is attached to a hub that sets on a collar which is slide unto a shaft. The shaft is attached to a base. The hangers can be of different sizes and mixed on the hub allowing a variety of items to be hung on the hub. The shaft, collar, hub, base, and hanger can be made of different materials such as plastic, metal or wood. The different materials can be mixed; shaft, collar, hub, base and hanger can be of different materials within a single assembly. The hangers hang in a vertical position to the shaft with the base being placed on a floor or attached to a ceiling. The diameter of the base, hub, collar, and shaft can be adjusted to hold more/less items within a 360° circle. The height of the shaft can be adjusted to hold more/less collars, hubs in which the hangers are attached, allowing more/less items to be held. This configuration allows for the hub to rotate around the shaft and the attached hangers to swing within the hub allowing easy visibility of both sides of the item held and the leading edge of the item to distinguish the item wanted prior to removing item from the hanger. | 01-27-2011 |
20110031196 | END STOP BRACKET FOR A MOBILE SHELVING TRACK - The present invention relates to an end stop bracket for a longitudinal mobile shelving track adapted to moveably support a mobile shelving unit thereabove, the end stop bracket characterised by a main body shaped to cap an end of said longitudinal track, a means of attachment to the end of the longitudinal track, and a means of reducing impact loads resulting from contact between said mobile shelving unit and the end stop bracket. | 02-10-2011 |
20110062095 | PRODUCT DISPLAY CASE - A product display case comprises: a frame ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110068066 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE AND MERCHANDISING METHOD - A merchandising device includes a suspension portion for suspending the device in a display position, a plurality of branch portions respectively attached to, for joint movement with, a corresponding plurality of items of merchandise, and a connecting portion for interconnecting the suspension portion and the branch portions, and for jointly holding the branch portions and the respectively attached items apart at a predetermined spacing in a side-to-side relation to display the items, in the display position. The connecting portion is further operative for enabling the branch portions and the respectively attached items to be jointly moved apart to a greater spacing than the predetermined spacing to a use position in which the items are accessible to be used, and to be jointly moved together to return to the predetermined spacing after the items have been used. The branch portions remain attached to the items during movement between the positions. | 03-24-2011 |
20110068067 | MERCHANDISE HANGER AND METHOD OF USE - A merchandise hanger includes a base section, a living hinge, and a hooked section. The base section defines a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface and includes features configured to facilitate coupling the base section to the product assembly. The living hinge extends from the base section. The hooked section extends from the living hinge. The base section includes one of at least one male coupling structure and at least one female coupling structure. The hooked section includes the other of the at least one male coupling structure and the at least one female coupling structure. The merchandise hanger folds about the living hinge in a manner mating the at least one male coupling structure and the at least one female coupling structure to maintain the merchandise hanger in a folded position. Other hangers, products, assemblies and associated methods are also disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110084037 | Retail display assembly - A retail display assembly adapted to be placed on a display tower is disclosed which comprises an upper portion having a first section having a top portion and a bottom portion with the bottom portion having a tab portion extending from the bottom portion and a second section having a top portion and a side flap and a lower portion having a first section having a top portion having a slot adapted for receiving the tab portion and a second section having a side flap. | 04-14-2011 |
20110089125 | Jar Dispenser - A jar dispenser includes a housing having front and back sides, opposed ends, a top, a bottom, a generally planar floor that together define a row extending between the front and back sides and configured to accommodate multiple jars of baby food in single file atop the planar floor. The planar floor includes an inclined configuration extending downwardly from the back side to the front side of the housing. A lip extends upwardly from the planar floor and extends about a circumference thereof, the lip being configured to guide movement of the baby jars along the planar floor. | 04-21-2011 |
20110094980 | DISPLAY CHANNEL APPARATUS - A display channel apparatus for displaying containers comprises a starter channel, a plurality of extender channels, fronts and rears. These components include a plurality of horizontally-engaging mating connectors that are preferably integrally formed, and formed without slides or pulls in the plastic molding dies, and further that have sufficient length and stiffness to provide a stable assembly after interconnection. They also facilitate quick assembly by sliding engagement on a table top. In one form, the components are laterally compressible/extendable to a selected width for receiving a particular sized product, and clips or connectors are adapted to fix the selected width. The individual components and the assembled components mate together for densely-stacked compact arrangements for storage (unassembled or assembled) and/or shipping. Also, the components can be selectively assembled to meet individual needs and preferences, as well as broken down for reuse, refurbishing, and/or recycling. | 04-28-2011 |
20110094981 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A GRAVITY FEED HANGER - An apparatus and method for removably coupling a hanger to a latch at a first end of the hanger, removing the hanger from the latch while the latch remains coupled to a support member, threading an item of hanging stock onto the hanger via the first end, and recoupling the hanger to the latch while the latch remains coupled to the support member, wherein the hanger extends from the latch at an angle that is less than the horizontal, so that the hanging stock is urged by gravity toward a second end of the hanger. | 04-28-2011 |
20110114578 | UNIVERSAL PRODUCT DISPLAY - A universal cooler product display generally used for displaying any of various products, such as dairy products inside a store cooler, includes an adjustable frame supporting adjustable shelves having HDPE trays that allow products to slide forward under gravity and a drainage system to dispose of unwanted liquids. | 05-19-2011 |
20110114579 | MERCHANDISING AND DISPLAYING OF TOWING PRODUCTS - A merchandising display for heavy and cumbersome products includes a rail that is supported by a display wall and arms attached to the rail. The arms are spaced from other arms to create columns and rows of retail product stock. The merchandising display further includes structure for providing indicia that assists a viewer to quickly and easily locate desired retail products and other complementary products. Customer accessible back-up inventory is provided behind the first retail product. | 05-19-2011 |
20110120963 | ANGLED PACKAGE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A product display system and method includes a support and at least one product container supported by the support. The product containers incorporate one or more wings or flanges that enhance viewability of the containers from the side. The wings of the product containers may project forwardly or rearwardly from card portions of the containers, such as at angles of at least 20 degrees relative to the card portions. The containers may be supported at a support arm or the like, and have a center of gravity located behind a header for suspending the packages from the support arm, causing the packages to angle or tilt with their front faces angled somewhat upwardly, such as toward an illumination source, when suspended from the support arm. | 05-26-2011 |
20110132854 | PRODUCT DISPLAY SHELF APPARATUS AND METHOD - Some embodiments of a product display shelf apparatus include at least one shelf to receive a plurality of image-bearing products while a product signage assembly is removably attached to the shelf. The product signage assembly can be toollessly assembled to the shelf such that an image display panel exhibits images that generally match those of the image-bearing products. | 06-09-2011 |
20110147323 | System and Method for Displaying and Dispensing Merchandise Articles of Selected Dimensions - A system of modular components enables the selection and assembly of components of the system to accommodate a compact display, effective dispensing by gravity-feed, and convenient restocking of merchandise articles of different dimensions at a compact matrix of dispensing locations placed at a point-of-purchase. Selected chutes are assembled with counterpart selected left and right sidewalls for carrying merchandise articles of selected dimensions, with the lateral spacing between the sidewalls being determined by the lateral width of the selected chutes. The chutes are engaged with the sidewalls for sliding movement between a retracted position, wherein a forward end of a selected chute is placed at a corresponding dispensing location for presenting the carried merchandise articles for dispensing at the point-of-purchase, and an advanced position, wherein the selected chute is exposed adjacent a rearward end of the chute to permit access to the selected chute adjacent the rearward end from a forward position adjacent a corresponding dispensing location of the matrix of dispensing locations for enabling restocking of the selected chute directly, adjacent the rearward end of the selected chute, from the forward position. | 06-23-2011 |
20110147324 | COUNTER DISPLAY FOR SECURELY DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE - A counter display includes a pedestal adapted to be positioned on a support surface and at least one lockable display arm for securely displaying items of merchandise suspended from the display arm. The display arm has an elongate rod for supporting the items of merchandise thereon and a mounting end for mounting the display arm on the pedestal. The rod has a free end opposite the mounting end for loading the items of merchandise on the rod and for removing the items of merchandise from the rod. An end assembly is disposed on the display arm adjacent the free end of the rod and is movable between a locked position for preventing items of merchandise from being removed from the rod and an unlocked position for permitting items of merchandise to be removed from the rod. A lock mechanism releasably locks the end assembly on the display arm. Another lock mechanism releasably locks the display arm on the pedestal. Another lock mechanism locks a removable cover on the pedestal such that the display arm cannot be removed from the pedestal unless the cover is removed from the pedestal. | 06-23-2011 |
20110155676 | Peg Board Hook - A peg board hook, for insertion into a peg board, the peg board hook includes two tangs, each tang configured complementary, such that tangs from adjacent peg board hooks can be inserted into the same hole. | 06-30-2011 |
20110192809 | Structure for the placement, display and packing of merchandise - This invention is a structure for the placement, display, and packing of merchandise, designed to have merchandise placed in it at the manufacturing or distribution site and transported to the point of sale where it is displayed. It uses a small number of different parts, manually assembled, requiring no equipment, tools or adhesives, and provides a vertical structure which is resistant, lightweight, and attractive to the consumer. This invention provides a display stand which serves also as packing and packaging for the merchandise, which could result in a reduction in cost of goods. | 08-11-2011 |
20110204009 | Display Assembly - A retail display shelf system has a gondola. There are a pair of conductive standards which are cooperatively configured for supporting conductive shelf support brackets. A circuit board has an array of light emitting diodes. The circuit board has, at each end a connector. Each connector is adapted to connect electrically to its respective shelf support bracket, so that current travels from the 12 V DC power supply through the somewhat vertical standards through the shelf support brackets, through the circuit board, to power each of the LEDs, to illuminate local parts of the retail display shelf system. Various display elements reflect or transmit the light. | 08-25-2011 |
20110233159 | PRODUCT DISPLAY SHELF WITH COMPLIANT MEMBER - A product display shelf comprising a bottom surface, a rear surface and at least one compliant member is disclosed. The bottom surface is configured to support at least one product thereon. The rear surface extends upwardly from the bottom surface. The at least one compliant member is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the rear surface and is configured to substantially prevent the product supported by the bottom surface from movement relative to the bottom surface upon movement of the product display shelf. | 09-29-2011 |
20110266236 | Display Apparatus and Method - Some embodiments of a product display apparatus may include a plurality of product shelves and a product display sign coupled to a support arm in an elevated position above the product shelves so as to define a viewing gap at a selected height. The viewing gap can provide consumers with see-through visibility toward an adjacent aisle. The product display sign may be releasably secured in an elevated support arm that also receives one or more display containers in a position forward of the display sign and above the product shelves. | 11-03-2011 |
20110278245 | GRAVITY FEED DISPLAY RACK - A gravity feed product display rack. In one embodiment the display rack comprises a support frame and at least one shelf. The at least one shelf comprise a floor, a front side, and at least one edge side, all integrally made. The shelf further comprises a hinge coupled to at least one edge side of the shelf via an affixing device. The hinge comprises a first stable position corresponding to a loading position and a second stable position corresponding to a displaying position. The shelf can be adjusted between the loading and displaying positions by adjusting the shelf relative to the affixing member. | 11-17-2011 |
20110278246 | DISPLAY HAVING VARIABLE INCLINE SHELVES - A display includes a frame and a plurality of shelves supported by the frame. Each shelf includes a product support surface having a first inclined portion adjacent a front of the display and a second inclined portion extending rearwardly from the first inclined portion. The second inclined portion having a reduced incline relative to the first inclined portion. | 11-17-2011 |
20110284485 | ADJUSTABLE SHELVING DISPLAY - A floor display having a frame and a shelf positionable on the frame. The shelf being rotateable between a first orientation in which the support pin is received within a vertically spaced aperture defined by the frame, and a second orientation in which the support pin is not received within a vertically spaced aperture of the frame. | 11-24-2011 |
20110284486 | Apparatus For The Suspended Or Lying Display Of Articles - The arrangement designed for displaying articles in a hanging or lying state first comprises a plug-in sleeve ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110284487 | Merchandise Display Systems For Baby Care Articles - A merchandise system for disposable absorbent articles is provided. The merchandise display system includes a first line-up and second line-up of disposable absorbent articles designed to match a wearer's stage of development. The system also includes various color schemes associated with the first and second line-ups in order to facilitate consumers' identification and selection of the appropriate absorbent article configuration for a particular wearer. A merchandise system for baby care articles is also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
20110290749 | PRODUCT DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE BRACKET - A product display system comprising a plurality of brackets, a plurality of shelves, and a plurality of products is disclosed. Each bracket is configured to mechanically engage a support structure. Each shelf is mechanically engaged with at least one bracket. The shelves form a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column, and a third column. The first row is adjacent the second row, and the second row is adjacent the third row. The first column is adjacent the second column, and the second column is adjacent the third column. Each product is supported by one of the shelves. The shelves are arranged such that the distance between the shelves in the first column and the third column is smaller than the width of the product supported by the shelves in the second column. | 12-01-2011 |
20110297630 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit for displaying materials, such as flooring materials, is provided. The display unit includes a frame having a plurality of spaced apart legs arranged in a common vertical plane, each of the legs having a plurality of vertically spaced slots. The frame also includes a plurality of walls, each having two opposite end portions attached to two adjacent legs and arranged parallel to the common vertical plane. A plurality of horizontal rails having knife brackets affixed to opposite ends thereof is included. The knife brackets each include a plurality of engagement tabs that engage with the slots, and a movable locking device. A plurality of display pages are mounted for pivoting movement between an upper rail and a lower rail of the plurality of horizontal rails. | 12-08-2011 |
20110303624 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is provided having at least one C-channel having a pair of inwardly extending lips. A plurality of rails having complementary engagement structures are engaged in the C-channel with the lips engaged with the engagement structures. The rails have support structures for displaying flat goods. One type of rail includes a V-shaped support surface to support a corner of an article to be displayed. The C-channels can also be arranged in pairs with left hand and right hand rails being connected to the respective C-channels. The support surfaces on respective left hand and right hand rails are generally aligned and define a support space. | 12-15-2011 |
20110303625 | SALES DISPLAY UNIT - The invention relates to a sales display unit made of paperboard material such as cardboard, corrugated cardboard or the like, with a bearing support surface, such as a rear wall, in which receptacles for shelves by means of connector link connections are provided. | 12-15-2011 |
20110309043 | UNIVERSAL PRODUCT DISPLAY AND SHELF THEREFOR - A shelf for displaying products is disclosed, the shelf comprising opposing left and right side wall members and opposing front and rear divider support members supported by the side wall members. Each of the front and rear divider support members comprise a plurality of vertically oriented slots spaced horizontally from one other along a width of the shelf. The shelf includes at least one elongated divider having a front end portion configured to be received within a selected slot in the front divider support member and a rear end portion configured to be received within a corresponding slot in the rear divider support member. The divider is adjustable to a plurality of discrete horizontal slot positions along a width of the shelf and is entirely supported by the front and rear divider support members and spaced above a removable tray. | 12-22-2011 |
20110309044 | Snap on Shelf Slotting Tool and Lane Indicator - The invention is embodied in an shelving system especially useful for carton flow warehouse shelving systems. The new system provides for carton flow lanes by mounting a series of shelf slotters along the replenish side shelf rail. Goods, typically in boxes, are placed into slots or lanes on the shelf platform, as guided by the shelf slotters. The series of parallel rollers allows the goods to travel down the shelf platform. Once the goods are directed into a lane by the shelf slotters, they will travel under the force of gravity down the roller tracks without significant deviation in their path, eliminating the need for a lane divider and reducing the labor involved in re-profiling a carton flow shelving system. | 12-22-2011 |
20110315644 | Slider Panel for Product Display - An apparatus includes a display structure that supports products in a display area within reach of a customer location. The apparatus further includes a panel structure supported for movement along upper and lower tracks. The panel structure has a transparent viewing section and indicia relating to the products, but is not configured to support any products itself. The panel structure also has horizontally opposite side edges spaced apart at a width that is less than the width of the display area. A frame structure supports the upper and lower tracks at locations that provide the panel structure with a path of movement interposed between the customer location and the display area. The path of movement includes positions in which the display area can be reached from the customer location past either of the opposite side edges of the panel structure. | 12-29-2011 |
20110315645 | DISPLAY UNIT WITH INTERCHANGEABLE SHELVING - One embodiment of the invention is a free standing display unit having a rotating base, at least one vertical support mounted on the base, and a plurality of shelves supported by the at least one vertical support. Each shelf is interchangeable between a plurality of different configurations, with a first configuration changeable to a second configuration by pivoting movement of one or more portions of the shelf between a stored position and an operational or display position. | 12-29-2011 |
20120000867 | Expandable Shelf Display - An extendable shelf comprises a first shelf extension and a second shelf extension slidingly engaged to permit extension to a variety of widths. Stops mounted at predetermined locations to provide specific widths of the assembled shelf. An indicia sheet is carried by the first shelf extension. The indicia sheet is marked with a plurality of indicia to indicate the different potential widths of the assembled shelf. A cover sheet is carried by the second shelf extension. Lateral adjustment of the shelf extensions to different relative positions causes the cover sheet to exposes appropriate indicia to identify the current shelf width and covers the alternative indicia of widths. | 01-05-2012 |
20120000868 | RING SUPPORTING DEVICE - A ring supporting device is provided with six support shafts capable of approaching and separating from the inner walls of metal rings. Each of the support shafts has an exposed side wall having formed thereon annular ridges and grooves. The side walls of the support shafts each have cushioning materials having a height substantially corresponding to the height of each of the grooves. The cushioning materials deform when the inner walls of the metallic rings make contact with the cushioning materials, and this relaxes a force which tries to expand the metallic rings from the inner wall side to the outer wall side. | 01-05-2012 |
20120006770 | CAP-SHAPED OBJECT RACK - A cap-shaped object rack formed by bending a metal wire rod into shape is disclosed to include two smoothly curved upright side rods, a base open frame connected to bottom ends of the upright side rods, a top open space through which cap-shaped objects are inserted one after another into the space between the two upright side rods, a bottom open space through which every storage cap-shaped object is taken out of the space between the two upright side rods, two back support rods arranged in a parallel manner between the two upright side rods for supporting every storage cap-shaped object between the two upright side rods, and a front stop rod is connected between the bottom ends of the back support rods and curving forwards and suspending above the base open frame at the front side relative to the upright side rods. | 01-12-2012 |
20120006771 | PRODUCT MERCHANDISING SYSTEM FOR WALK-IN DISPLAY COOLERS AND THE LIKE - A product merchandising unit having a plurality of shelf members adjustably positionable within a framework structure, each shelf member including a plurality of retractable pin members selectively movable for engagement with openings associated with the framework structure, and a plurality of removably attachable divider members engageable with the underneath portion of each shelf member anywhere along substantially their entire width, the divider members extending downwardly from the shelf member located thereabove into the product display space of the shelf member located therebelow forming product channels for guiding products therebetween, each divider member being selectively adjustable relative to another divider member to control and adjust the width of each product channel. | 01-12-2012 |
20120006772 | Product Securement and Management System - A merchandising system that improves the merchandising of product by limiting the number and the frequency with which product can be removed from, for example, a merchandising shelf. The merchandising system may include a base configured to support product and a housing configured to engage the base. The housing may comprise a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front retaining wall. The system may further include a spring-urged pusher movably mounted on the base and a dampener assembly mounted to the spring-urged pusher configured to control the rate of speed at which the spring-urged pusher is urged forward. | 01-12-2012 |
20120012547 | Modular merchandise display system - A modular merchandise display system includes a frame and a plurality of merchandise supporting units. The frame has a pair of spaced apart, parallelly disposed indexing members, and each indexing member has a plurality of openings formed therein. Each merchandise supporting unit has a front side and an opposite rear side, a pair of spaced apart pins extending outwardly from the rear side which are receivable in corresponding openings in each indexing member, and a pair of locking wings which selectively engage the indexing members to secure with the pins the merchandise supporting units to the indexing members of the frame. | 01-19-2012 |
20120018391 | Product Dispensing Apparatus and System - A product dispenser including a frame having a first side wall, a second side wall laterally opposed from the first side wall, a lower support surface positioned between the first and second side walls and having a front end longitudinally spaced from a rear end, the rear end being elevated relative to the front, and an upper support surface positioned between the first and second side walls and spaced apart from the lower support surface, the upper support surface having a front end longitudinally spaced from a rear end, the front end being elevated relative to the rear, and a rib connected to the upper support surface and protruding outward from a plane defined by the upper support surface in a direction away from the lower support surface. | 01-26-2012 |
20120018392 | FLEXIBLE SHELVING SYSTEM - A modular shelving system comprises a first upright, a second upright, first and second rails, and a rail spanner. The first upright includes a first body and a first cleat having a base portion secured in the first body. The second upright includes a second body and a second cleat having a base portion secured in the second body. Each of the first and second rails defines an upper cleat hole and a lower cleat hole. The first cleat of the first upright is slidably received in the upper and lower cleat holes of the first rail, and the second cleat of the second upright is slidably received in the upper and lower cleat holes of the second rail. The rail spanner extends between the first and second rails and includes first and second retaining claws each connected to the rail spanner. | 01-26-2012 |
20120024806 | Segmented Slat - A slat segment is disclosed for use in packaging machines which dispense discrete pharmaceuticals, vitamin, or food products into containers. The slat segment is comprised of a straight elongated bar, whose first surface contains a plurality of substantially cylindrical cavities separated by adjacent walls. Discrete products ready for packaging are deposited into contoured intake flutes which guide the pharmaceuticals, vitamin, or food products into the cavities within the slat segment. The products are then dispensed from the slat segment via contoured disposal flutes connected to each cavity, to eventually be deposited into containers being conveyed proximate the packaging machine. Salient thermal radiation blocks are arranged along a second surface of the slat segment, along with thermal radiation webs, which facilitate conduction of thermal radiation away from the slat segment. The slat segment thereby maintains maximum strength and stability and minimizes necessary maintenance of the slat. | 02-02-2012 |
20120031863 | Modular Racking System - The present application provides a modular racking system for use with a number of products. The modular racking system may include a number of support members and a number of shelves. The shelves may include a number of locking sections with a tapered cutout sized for one of the support members. | 02-09-2012 |
20120061338 | Method of configuring rack storage and a rack assembly so configured - A method of configuring storage in a dispensing kiosk and an assembly of rack modules forming a rack, the assembly selected using the configuration method. The selection uses one or more rack modules from a set of rack modules, each having an array of bins having a range of bin sizes and a range of quantities of bins of each size, so as to present a predetermined bin size distribution. The bin size distribution of one rack module of the set differs from the bin size distribution of the other rack modules of the set so that different combinations of members of the set can be assembled to maximize efficiency of stocking of items in the rack. A target inventory of items for stocking the dispensing kiosk is picked, the inventory having a range of item sizes and a range of quantities of each item size. Combinations of the rack modules are then investigated as candidates for mounting to form the rack, and the rack module combination is selected that, according to stocking rules, will maximize efficiency of stocking of the target inventory in the rack. | 03-15-2012 |
20120085717 | Fragrance Test Bottle Display Fixture - A display fixture includes a base and a plurality of fragrance plate assemblies mounted to the base. The base includes a top having a top surface, a front, a back, opposing ends and a well. The well has a well surface recessed from the top surface and includes a plurality of openings in the well surface. Each of the fragrance plate assemblies includes a plate with a recess having a geometric shape constructed to correspond to a geometric contour of a bottom of a fragrance bottle, a pair of plate hooks and a pair of spacers attaching the plate to the pair of plate hooks. The pair of plate hooks are inserted into two of the openings in the well to secure each fragrance plate assembly to the base. | 04-12-2012 |
20120091078 | PRODUCT MERCHANDISER - A device for the support and display of merchandise. The device includes a base, a front panel, rear panel and a pair of side panels the latter extending between the front and back panels and connected to the base to create an inner volume. A series of perforations are formed within each side panel. The perforations are configured such that elements of each side panel are selectively extendible within the inner volume. | 04-19-2012 |
20120097626 | SHELF ITEM DISPLAY ACCESSORY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for displaying items of goods on shelving systems. A shelf display accessory unit can include a top panel with a top surface configured for displaying an item of goods, and a bottom surface which is opposite the top surface, that includes a module that houses a cable. The shelf display accessory unit further can include a front panel having a display surface that is configured to display a label, and a back panel having a supporting surface that includes means for coupling the shelf display accessory unit to a front portion of a shelf. In embodiments, the shelf display accessory unit can include a cable that has one end anchored to the module and the other end connected to the item of goods. In embodiments, the shelf display accessory unit further can include a flap coupled to the front panel and configured to secure a label to the front panel of the shelf display accessory unit. | 04-26-2012 |
20120111810 | ROLLING EXTENSION TRAY BAG DISPENSER RACK - A rolling extension tray bag dispenser rack includes a bag pack support tray that has a base, a first side wall, a second side wall, a back wall, a front wall and is sized and shaped to hold a merchandise bag pack. The front wall has an opening sized and shaped to permit extraction of bags from the pack. Rolling extenders are provided that have fixed portions and moving portions. The moving portions are attached to outer surfaces of the first and second side walls or the underside of the support tray and are slidably mounted to the fixed portions. The fixed portions have mounting features for attaching to an underside or back wall of a counter. A spring-loaded check ball or other latching mechanism is mounted to the support tray. A detent panel or other mating latching mechanism is mounted to the underside or back wall of the counter. | 05-10-2012 |
20120111811 | TILTING TRAY BAG DISPENSER RACK - A tilting tray bag dispenser rack includes a support tray that has a base, a first side wall, a second side wall, a back wall and a front wall that holds a merchandise bag pack and has an opening for extraction of bags. The tray is hingedly attached adjacent an upper edge of the back wall to an underside of a counter. First and second side support linkage has a first and second upper and lower arms The upper arms are pivotally attached to first and second side brackets attached to the underside of the counter. The lower arms are pivotally attached to the upper arms and pivotally attached to outer surfaces of the first and second side walls. A position retention device retains the tray in an upper, bag delivery position when engaged and permits the bag pack support tray to move to a lower, loading position when disengaged. | 05-10-2012 |
20120111812 | PACKAGED DECORATIVE TAPE PRODUCT - A packaged adhesive tape product comprising a roll of tape with a decorative multi-color pattern printed thereon, a dispenser at least partially surrounding the roll of tape and a label bearing retailing information and at least a portion of the decorative multi-color pattern carried on the label is described. A display rack for the products is also described. | 05-10-2012 |
20120118839 | BAG DISPENSER RACK - A bag dispenser rack, includes a first bag pack support tray that has a first base, a first left side wall, a first right side wall, a first back wall, a first front wall and holds a first merchandise bag pack. The first front wall has a first opening that permits extraction of first bags from the first pack. A second bag pack support tray has a second base, a second left side wall, a second right side wall, a second back wall, a second front wall and holds a second merchandise bag pack. The second front wall has a second opening to permit extraction of second bags from the second pack. The second bag pack support tray is hingedly attached to the first bag pack support tray. The second bag pack support tray pivots upwardly to permit loading of a first bag pack into the first bag pack tray. | 05-17-2012 |
20120138551 | Product Dispenser and System - A product dispensing system including a support structure, a dispenser mounted on the support structure, the dispenser including a first rail member and a second rail member, and a product releasably engaged with the first rail member and the second rail member such that the product is suspended from the dispenser. | 06-07-2012 |
20120160788 | GIFT BAG DISPLAY - A display fixture for displaying gift bags for sale in a retail environment includes a display base, at least one display panel attached to the display base, a plurality of display hooks removably attached to the display panel, and at least two groups of gift bags. The at least two groups of gift bags each contain a single image, picture or design printed thereon, wherein when the at least two groups of gift bags are arranged in a particular manner, they each make up part of a larger combined visual image. The display is versatile and easy to change into various gift bag arrangements. | 06-28-2012 |
20120175324 | Over Wire Hook Latching Bin or Tray - A plastic molded bin that may universally mount to either of cross wires or cross bars in a retail merchandising environment as shown. The bin includes a receptacle and has hooks and retainers projecting from the back wall of the receptacle to provide for the universal mount structure. Partition walls with a mounting structure can be used to divide the merchandise holding chamber into different merchandising compartments. | 07-12-2012 |
20120187060 | MODULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM - A modular display system includes a display fixture having a product interface adapted to support at least one product and a support fixture interface. The support fixture interface includes a base member coupled to the product interface and first and second engagement arrangements disposed along opposite sides of the base member. The display fixture is rotatable 180 degrees between first and second display positions, with the first engagement arrangement being adapted to engage a first support fixture when the display fixture is in the first display position, and wherein the second engagement arrangement is adapted to engage a second support fixture having a different configuration than the first support fixture when the display fixture is in the second display position. Various embodiments of the support fixture include a slat wall, a hang bar, a peg board and a wire grid. | 07-26-2012 |
20120193311 | AISLE VIOLATING DISPLAY FOR ADORNING RETAIL SHELVING SYSTEMS - An aisle violating display is configured to be attached to a vertically oriented structural member, such as conventional upright shelving. | 08-02-2012 |
20120193312 | Shelf Unit And Shelving System - There is provided a rotatable gravity feeding shelf unit comprising a bracket onto which a rotatable shelf is arranged. The shelf is arranged having an inclination angle for providing gravity feeding in a forward direction in a display position when a front side of the shelf is accessible. The shelf unit further comprises tilting means arranged for providing tilting of the plane of rotation of the shelf during rotation, thereby controlling the inclination angle of the shelf. | 08-02-2012 |
20120217212 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRAL ROLLER BASE - A display assembly and shelving unit. The display assembly includes a base with one or more channels that extend between the front and back of the base. The back is higher than the front so that the base is retained at an angle to the horizontal within the shelving unit. A conveyor mechanism operable under force of gravity is provided across the channels. The conveyor mechanism includes roller assemblies that have rods with a plurality of small rollers thereon. The rollers are able to rotate about the stationary rod individually and independently. When a product for sale is removed from a front end of a first channel, then the products remaining in that first channel slide downwardly on the rollers until they engage a stop. Products in adjacent channels will remain stationary as the rollers in those additional channels will not rotate when product is removed from the first channel. | 08-30-2012 |
20120217213 | Product Dispenser and System Configured for Reduced Shelf Height - A product dispenser including a frame having a front end and a rear end, the frame including an upper support deck and a lower support deck, the lower support deck being positioned below the upper support deck and defining a product display area proximate the front end, the upper support deck defining a longitudinal axis that is declined from the front end to the rear end, the upper support deck including a front end portion that is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the longitudinal axis. | 08-30-2012 |
20120223034 | SNOWPLOW DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A snowplow exhibit apparatus may be used to display at least two snowplows at two different heights in multiple upper levels, in additional to the ground level. | 09-06-2012 |
20120228246 | Packs of Plastic Bags and Racks for Supporting Packs of Plastic Bags - A pack of bags with a sleeve that provides an envelope for the pack of bags is disclosed. In the plurality of bag units in the pack of plastic bags, each front sheet and back sheet is cut to form an opening and a grab tab for each bag. A tongue may be inserted in the opening to push forward the grab tab when the pack of plastic bags is suspended from a rack. | 09-13-2012 |
20120228247 | DISPENSING SYSTEM AND PACKAGE FOR USE THEREWITH - A system for dispensing articles provided initially in a package is disclosed that comprises a frame configured to support the package of articles and a package-opening tool associated with the frame. The frame includes longitudinally opposed front and rear end sections, and an upper support deck extending at least partially between the front and rear end sections and below which a product display area is provided. The opening tool associated with the frame such that its open the package when the package is moved longitudinally on the upper support deck and relative to the opening tool, thereby allowing the articles to be at least partially dispensed from the package into the product display area. | 09-13-2012 |
20120241395 | CENTER STORE DESIGN, METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RETAIL MARKETS - A shelving layout concept which allows selective configuration and reconfiguration of the orientation of certain shelving systems within the central portion of a store to create a PrimeZone area including an assembly of End Caps, Center Caps, Power Sets, Corner Boards, Hot Spots and Banner Boards, the combination of which provides a solution for enabling retailers to re-invigorate their Center Store, increase their vendor promotional revenue, and increase their in-store sales due to more favorable consumer response to greater promotional activity and the continuing change of product venues in key areas of the store layout. The concept also includes novel hardware which enables the reconfiguration of the shelving layout to accommodate vendors' desire to change display schemes. | 09-27-2012 |
20120248050 | Reusable and Stackable Merchandise Racks - Disclosed is a stackable display stand comprising a unitary structure having an open interior volume, a forward-facing shelf or rack area, a display header and a lower foundation region. The stand is adapted to support and display a plurality of merchandise items on its shelf area and to display signs along its header for use in retail areas, wherein magazines, literature or sale items may be easily displayed for customers or passersby to visualize and purchase. The stand structure is designed to be insertable into a second stand of the same design, wherein the open interior volume allows two or more stands to be stacked on top of one another when stowed or transported, reducing consumed space. The stand is adapted to provide a sturdy, stackable replacement for currently available corrugated or collapsible stands utilized in marketplaces, convention areas or other consumer high traffic areas. | 10-04-2012 |
20120261366 | EARTHQUAKE-ACTIVATED SHELF SECURITY SYSTEM - An earthquake-activated shelf security system has two guide rails attached to both sides of a shelf or pallet rack. At least one retainer is moveably constrained to move along the guide rails by a rotating loop located on each end of the retainer. The guide rail has a retainer rest portion and allows the retainer to rest in a prepared configuration without moving down the rail unless acted upon by a shaking event such as an earthquake. A movable backstop is located along a back portion of the retainer rest portion. The position of the rest stop can be adjusted to adjust the sensitivity of the system to earthquakes. The guide rails have retainer stops located at selected positions to keep the retainer from moving past. In one embodiment two retainers are provided and in another embodiment, a mesh is provided to contain items that would otherwise fall through. | 10-18-2012 |
20120261367 | FOLDABLE PRODUCT DISPLAY STAND - The present invention relates to a foldable, light-weighing, easily-assembled display stand with lower production and labor costs, formed by easily mountable-dismountable cardboard, paperboard, rubber or plastic-based parts for use in displaying items of various type and size at shopping malls, supermarkets, stores, shops, fairgrounds, etc. | 10-18-2012 |
20120267329 | AUTO-ADJUSTABLE POSITION EXHIBITOR - A showcase for the loading and exhibition of products, that is comprised of a frame with two lateral walls and a lower wall, where each lateral wall has at least a first and a second hole, a rear support with two arms and a lower joint, where each arm has at least a first hole, where the first hole of the frame is collinear with the first hole of the rear support in a convergence point between the frame and the rear support; and at least one shelf or rack with two lateral walls and a front joint, the shelf or rack being rotational between a first position and a second position when it is set up with the frame and the rear support. | 10-25-2012 |
20120273441 | PLANT MERCHANDISING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A plant merchandising display provides for the display of plants in arrays, groupings and sets based on one or more product characteristics such that a customer may readily associate product selection criteria and product characteristics to resulting in satisfactory product selections. A plant merchandising system and program includes the plant merchandising display as well as a landscape design module that includes garden design tools to assist a customer in planning an entire landscape or a single garden. The plant merchandising system and program also include a plant directory that allows a customer to view plant information and make plant selections and plant maintenance guides to assist customers in planning and scheduling garden maintenance. Purchase documents may be created at a purchase order processing module from garden plans developed in the landscape design module and plant lists developed at the plant directory or in the plant merchandising display. | 11-01-2012 |
20120285911 | Rolling Door Security Unit - A security unit is provided. The security unit provides for retail theft deterrence, including theft by sweeping. The security unit provides a door vertically displaceable between open and closed configurations for selectively allowing access to product disposed on shelving. | 11-15-2012 |
20120298601 | SHELVING SYSTEMS - Shelving systems and shelves for shelving systems are disclosed. The shelving system may include a frame base; upright frame bars connected to the frame base, the upright frame bars including a plurality of apertures; and a plurality of shelves. One or more of the plurality of shelves may include front, left, right, and rear walls, the left and right walls including at least one connector configured to be received in one or more apertures of the plurality of apertures; at least one base member connecting the front and rear walls; and at least one glide sheet configured to allow gravity to move the items supported on the at least one glide sheet toward the front wall. | 11-29-2012 |
20120318760 | MATERIAL HOLDER - A retail display apparatus includes a mounting frame, a product support portion, and a fastening element. The mounting frame has a mounting surface that is mounted to a shelf and at least two sidewalls that extend from the mounting surface. The product support portion is positioned between the side walls of the mounting frame and has a top surface at an angle to the mounting surface. The fastening element is attached to a bottom surface of the product support portion and is adapted to engage a second fastening element attached to a product. | 12-20-2012 |
20130001178 | TOOL DISPLAY RACK WITH PIVOTABLE PLATE - A tool display rack includes a body having a box-shaped space defined therein and a pivotal plate is pivotably connected to the lower portion of the back board of the rack. The pivotal plate is pivotable outward to form a larger insertion entrance so as to accommodate the tool. Multiple positioning holes are defined in the front side of the body for positioning the tools. The pivotal plate has two studs extending from the inside thereof and the studs are engaged with two locking slots in the body so as to prevent the tool from dropping from the rack. When picking the tool, the studs are cut to pivot the pivotal plate and the tool can be picked out. The tool display rack is safe for the tool and suitable for display purpose. | 01-03-2013 |
20130015148 | Merchandise Strip with Support MemberAANM Valiulis; Thomas E.AACI RockfordAAST ILAACO USAAGP Valiulis; Thomas E. Rockford IL US - A merchandise strip with a support member is provided. The merchandise strip includes a strip member and support member. The strip member is slidably received in the support member. The support member maintains the vertical and generally straight presentation of the strip member. The strip member is joined to the support member using a fastener. | 01-17-2013 |
20130020270 | Stand Alone Divider For Shelving - A stand alone divider for a shelf is provided. The stand alone divider includes a first and a second retainer arranged to grip a first and a second edge of a shelf. The stand alone divider may be installed on and removed from a shelf without the use of tools. The stand alone divider may have an adjustable length. | 01-24-2013 |
20130037498 | SLEEVE BRACKET ASSEMBLY - A sleeve bracket assembly has a frame, multiple first sleeve mounts and multiple second sleeve mounts. The frame has a first bracket and a second bracket connected with the first bracket. The first sleeve mounts are mounted on the first bracket and the second sleeve mounts are mounted on the second bracket. Accordingly, the sleeve bracket assembly can display different sets of sleeves at the same time and no additional sleeve bracket assembly is required. A user does not have to purchase a new sleeve bracket assembly and carrying one sleeve bracket assembly is convenient. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037499 | STORAGE ASSEMBLY WITH ANGLED SUPPORT SURFACES - A storage unit including a support structure defining at least one storage area including a support surface to support at least one storable member and an opening to remove the storable member from the storage area. The support surface has an axis that is at an acute angle ø with respect to horizontal. | 02-14-2013 |
20130056431 | Tool-Displaying Apparatus - A tool-displaying apparatus includes a base, a tray and at least one linkage. The tray is connected to the base so that the tray can be pivoted relative to the base between a flat position and a fully pivoted position. The linkage is used to keep the tray in the fully pivoted position relative to the base. | 03-07-2013 |
20130062293 | MULTI-PLY LAMINATED CORRUGATED DISPLAY RACK WITH A BACK WALL - A freestanding display rack is made of existing fiber recycling chains and can be shipped in a knocked-down flattened condition. The display rack comprises a pair of spaced apart side panels each having an outer surface, and an inner surface facing an opposite side panel. A back panel is attached to the side panels by interfitting tabs and notches along adjacent edges of the back panel and the side panels. A plurality of shelves extending between and supported at their opposite ends on the side panels by mechanical interlocking means engaged between the shelves and the side panels. The mechanical interlocking comprises channels formed in the inner surface of each the side panel, and depending flanges on opposite side edges of each the shelf engaged in a respective the channel. A graphics header extends above the shelves and side panels. | 03-14-2013 |
20130062294 | MULTI-PLY LAMINATED CORRUGATED DISPLAY RACK - A freestanding display rack used for supporting and displaying product at a point of sale. The display rack is made entirely of fiber recycling chains and can be shipped in a knocked-down flattened condition. The display rack comprises a pair of spaced apart side panels and a plurality of shelves extend between and supported at their opposite ends on the side panels by a plurality of mechanical interlocking engaged between the shelves and the side panels. The plurality of mechanical interlocking means comprise slots in the side panels and tabs integral with the shelves on opposite ends thereof extended through the slots. An opening formed in an end of each of the tabs projecting through the slots in the respective side panel. A locking pin inserted in each the opening to prevent withdrawal of the tabs from the slots. A graphics header extends above the shelves and side panels. | 03-14-2013 |
20130075352 | DISPLAY SHELF WITH ADJUSTABLE DIVIDER WALLS - A divider wall for use with a gravity-fed shelf assembly includes an elongate wall portion and a first front leg extending from a first end of the wall portion. The first front leg has a body portion and an engagement protrusion extending from the body portion. The divider wall further includes a rear leg extending from a second end of the wall portion. The first front leg and the rear leg are each adapted to be received into a front slot and a rear slot, respectively, of the shelf assembly. Gravity acts on the divider wall and displaces it within the front and rear slots toward a front end of the shelf assembly such that an undersurface of the shelf assembly adjacent the front slot is in contact with or immediately adjacent to the engagement protrusion to prevent the removal of the first front leg from the front slot. | 03-28-2013 |
20130134119 | Product Display and Loading System - A product display and loading system including a shelf assembly that includes a generally horizontal shelf member having a forward end and a rear end, and a product dispenser positioned on the shelf member, the product dispenser being spaced from the forward end to define a loading surface proximate the forward end. | 05-30-2013 |
20130146550 | VERTICAL DISPLAY STRUCTURE WITH BUMP OUT ASSEMBLY - A display system includes a vertical display structure and a bump out assembly. The vertical display structure includes a substantially horizontal support, a pair of substantially vertical supports, and a slotted board. The pair of substantially vertical supports is disposed upright relative to the substantially horizontal support, and the slotted board is supported between the substantially horizontal support and the pair of substantially vertical supports. The bump out unit couples to the vertical display structure and comprises an outer frame, a slotted display panel, and a substantially horizontal bracket. The outer frame has an extended sidewall extending axially from the vertical display structure and surrounding the substantially horizontal bracket. The slotted display panel is disposed over the outer frame. The substantially horizontal bracket couples the outer frame and the slotted display to the pair of substantially vertical supports. | 06-13-2013 |
20130233813 | Product Dispenser and System with Container Opening Feature - A product dispensing system including a dispenser frame having a front end longitudinally opposed from a rear end, the dispenser frame including a first support deck longitudinally extending at least partially between the front end and the rear end, and a second support deck positioned below the first support deck, the second support deck defining a product display area, and a catch element laterally extending at least partially across the first support deck, the catch element including a first end laterally opposed from a second end, wherein the first end includes a first cutting edge and the second end includes a second cutting edge. | 09-12-2013 |
20130248468 | Product Dispensing System with Dispenser-Product Interaction - A product dispensing system including a dispenser having a front end longitudinally opposed from a rear end, the dispenser including a first side wall laterally opposed from a second side wall, a protuberance extending from the first side wall toward the second side wall, a container support deck positioned below the protuberance between the first and second side walls, the container support deck extending at least partially between the front and rear ends, and a lower support deck positioned below the container support deck, the lower support deck extending at least partially between the front and rear ends, and defining a product display area. | 09-26-2013 |
20130248469 | ANTI-SWEEP HOOK DEVICE - There is provided a display device for supporting a plurality of items for selection by an individual, comprising: at least one elongate member for receiving said items thereon; and a head member pivotally mounted to a free end of the elongate member, the head member having an arm portion and an end projection extending substantially perpendicular to the arm portion: the head member being movable between a biased position wherein the arm portion extends substantially parallel to said elongate member to permit sliding movement of an item past said arm portion and an engaged position wherein the arm portion extends outside of a planar axis of the elongate member to prevent sliding movement of an item past the arm portion; wherein movement of said head member between said biased position and said engaged position is facilitated by sliding movement of a leading item over said end projection. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270203 | Product Dispensing System with Container-Product Interaction - A product dispensing system including a dispenser having a front end longitudinally opposed from a rear end, the dispenser including a container support deck extending at least partially between the front and rear ends, and a lower support deck positioned below the container support deck, the lower support deck defining a product display area, a container positioned on the container support deck, the container defining an internal volume and including an interference member extending into the internal volume, and a number of products received in the internal volume and arranged in at least a first row and a second row, the second row being positioned above the first row, wherein the interference member is positioned to restrict longitudinal movement at least one product in the second row. | 10-17-2013 |
20130277321 | Product Dispensing System with Tapered Catch Element - A product dispensing system including a dispenser having a front end longitudinally opposed from a rear end, the dispenser including a first support deck extending at least partially between the front end and the rear end, a catch element connected proximate the first support deck, the catch element including a front edge, wherein the front edge is tapered to a forward-most end, and a second support deck positioned below the first support deck, the second support defining a product display area. | 10-24-2013 |
20130284684 | END FRAME FOR DISPLAY STRUCTURE - An end frame assembly, for use with a display unit including a post having at least one aperture formed through each of two opposing surfaces of the post, comprises an end frame, a first stationary plate coupled to the end frame, a second stationary plate coupled to the end frame and spaced from and extending substantially coplanarly with respect to the first stationary plate, and a first slide plate disposed over the first stationary plate and including a first tab configured to fit within one aperture formed through one of the two opposing surfaces of the post. The first slide plate is selectively coupled with the first stationary plate via at least a first fastener, and the first fastener is selectively releasable to selectively allow linear movement of the first slide plate and selectively securable to hold the first slide plate in a substantially static. | 10-31-2013 |
20140001131 | LOOSE ITEM DISPLAY FIXTURE | 01-02-2014 |
20140014602 | Merchandise Display Stand With Locking Shelves - A merchandise display stand for floor display having a support portion and trays. The support portion having a base member integral with and at about a right angle to a dovetail back member. One or more trays arranged on the support portion. The trays having a dovetail slot to accommodate the dovetail back member of the support portion. One or more trays is lowered into position onto the support portion such that the dovetail projection back member fits within the dovetail slot of the tray locking the tray onto the back member. | 01-16-2014 |
20140034589 | SHELVING AND KIOSK SYSTEM - Described herein are a robotic distribution apparatus, system and method. The robotic distribution system may include a Package Delivery Kiosk (PDK), associated front end and back end package delivery management systems, portals for the consumer and the retailer, portals for the common carrier, sender, and recipient, a package inventory management system, integrated retailer access, a real and automated retailer bidding system and a kiosk for distribution. The PDK includes a distribution kiosk and shelving system. The kiosk and shelving system includes configurable shelves and dividers to enable access to the packages. The shelving system handles packages from a robotic placement mechanism and includes shelves that have receiving apertures. The shelving system further includes dividers that fit into the receiving apertures. Each of the dividers has a receiving slot that allows a robotic gripper arm to grab or handle a package with respect to a slot between a pair of dividers. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034590 | SLIDING AND PIVOTING RETAINER - A merchandising security system includes a support adapted to be secured to a first associated merchandising structure and at least one product barrier movably mounted to the support. The at least one product barrier extends away from the support so as to approach a second associated merchandising structure spaced from the first associated merchandising structure. The product barrier is at least one of slidably mounted in relation to the support and pivotably mounted in relation to the support, wherein the product barrier includes first and second members which cooperate to retard a forward movement of an associated object supported on the first associated merchandising structure. At least one of the first and second members is mounted in relation to the support via a hinge. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034591 | ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR A SHELVING SYSTEM - A shelf system includes a support member that accommodates an associated object for display and dispensing. The support member includes a front end and a rear end. A mounting portion is disposed adjacent the support member rear end. The mounting portion includes a first member which connects to an associated upright and a second member which is operatively connected to the support member. A pin is connected to one of the first and second members and a sleeve is connected to the other of the first and second members, wherein the sleeve selectively accommodates the pin. A fastener is provided for selectively securing the pin in the sleeve. | 02-06-2014 |
20140054249 | Product Dispensing System with Door - A product dispensing frame having a left side wall, a right side wall, a front end, and a rear end, and including an upper support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, a lower support deck positioned below the upper support deck, the lower support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a first product display area, and an upper support deck door pivotably connected between the left and right side walls to cover and enclose the upper support deck. | 02-27-2014 |
20140183149 | GOODS SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A goods supporting apparatus in a vending machine includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a first base, a second base, a rotating axle, a supporting tray, a first supporting plate, and a second supporting plate. Sale items are located on the first bracket and the second bracket. A resisting portion is located on the rotating axle. When the rotating axle is rotated to beyond the point where the first base resists the supporting tray, the supporting tray is blocked by the second base, and the resisting portion pushes the first supporting plate on the first bracket to elevate sale items which are stacked above the bottommost sale item. The first base rotates downwards around the first bracket, and the bottommost sale item drops down to the customer from the first base. | 07-03-2014 |
20140190912 | Serpentine Dispenser With Cartridges - A serpentine dispenser for dispensing stacks of nested cans from a cartridge allows cans to be dispensed without slip sheets between individual cans, or internal dispenser walls separating can facings. Jam-free dispenser feeding is achieved by constructing a cartridge holding area wider than the dispenser down chute, such that the cartridge may be easily inserted and removed from the dispenser, but cans exiting the cartridge are maintained in a nested stack by the narrower width of the down chute. A lower feed channel that is narrower than the cartridge holding area maintains cans in a nested stack as they are delivered to a product selection area. The product selection area is wider than the lower feed channel so that individual cans may un-nest and be individually selected. In some embodiments, the product selection area is extended to allow two stacks of nested cans to separate, forming a self-facing dispenser. | 07-10-2014 |
20140217041 | ERGONOMIC BOTTLE DISPLAY - A product display displays bottles each suspended by its neck. The apparatus is usually a rack display with several shelf frames that each has a number of sliding bottle support structures with left and right slide structures spaced laterally so as to define a slot of substantially uniform width over at least a lengthwise portion of the slide structures. That width is such that the necks of the bottles extend upwardly through the slot and a widened portion of the bottle's neck rests on both the slide structures and slides forward and rearward. The left and right slide structures in the lengthwise portion are inclined forwardly and downwardly at a downward angle relative to level that is in a range of 3 to 7 degrees. Friction between the bottles and the slide structures is low enough that the bottles, by virtue of their weight, t, slide forwardly on the slide structures. A lower frame shelf provides a bumper rail that prevents the bottles in the shelf rack above from sliding off the front end of the slide structure. A bridging structure may link adjacent bottle support structures such that bottles are pushed to the rear of one support structure and then proceed slopingly downward on slide tracks in the bridging structure and the next adjacent bottle support structure. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217042 | PRODUCT MANAGEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally a cam can be coupled to the divider. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated. | 08-07-2014 |
20140263112 | PRODUCT MERCHANDISER - A retainer assembly for an associated merchandising structure includes a planar divider mounted to the associated merchandising structure with the divider including a first side, a second side, a front end and a rear end. A first retainer is pivotally mounted to a first side of the divider adjacent the front end thereof. A second retainer is pivotally mounted to the second side of the divider adjacent the front end thereof. The first and second retainers are biased into an orientation normal to the plane of the divider. Each of the first and second retainers is adapted to pivot omnidirectionally in relation to the plane of the divider. | 09-18-2014 |
20140299559 | ANTI-TIP GUIDE FOR PRODUCT MERCHANDISER - An anti-tip guide for a merchandising shelf including an associated support member for supporting at least one associated object for display and/or dispensing, and a pair of associated dividers mounted to the support member and spaced from each other. The pair of spaced dividers define between them a longitudinal pathway along which the associated at least one object can travel from a rear position to a front position on the associated support member. The anti-tip guide includes a first section mounted to one of the pair of associated dividers and extending along a plane of the one of the pair of associated dividers. A second section of the anti-tip guide protrudes away from the first section. A third section extends from the second section. At least one of the second and third sections includes a material which is more resilient than is a material of the first section. | 10-09-2014 |
20140299560 | SHELF FOR DISPLAY OF GOODS - The present invention relates to a shelf for display of goods. More specifically, the present invention relates to a goods-display self in which improved are the structure of unit shelves composed by combining end caps with both ends of fixed frames accommodating roller units and the structure of front and rear support frames combined with both ends of the unit shelves. The said unit shelf not only can provide an easy space control to another unit shelf neighboring along front and rear support frames but also can fix set positions by using a stopper and can be separated conveniently by using a separation device. | 10-09-2014 |
20140326689 | PRODUCT MANAGEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH TRACKLESS PUSHER MECHANISM - A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam. | 11-06-2014 |
20150014261 | MULTI-CHUTE GRAVITY FEED DISPENSER DISPLAY - A set of panels having chutes therebetween. The chutes being defined by curvilinear rails on such panels. The curvilinear rails having stops thereon for stopping the products for viewing. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021283 | RETAIL PRODUCT CONTAINER DISPLAY SYSTEM - A retail product container display system includes at least one product storage lane. The at least one product storage lane comprising a left hand side rail and a right hand side rail and at least two connectors engaged with receptacles therefor on each of the left hand and right hand side rails. The receptacles are disposed at corresponding longitudinally spaced apart positions along each of the side rails. Each of the side rails comprises a vertical wall and a horizontal floor. | 01-22-2015 |
20150096948 | SHELF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A gravity-feed shelf for a display device for modular merchandise units includes a first outer wall, a second substantially parallel outer wall and a support between the first and second outer wall. The support includes an inclined rearward portion elevated at a first angle between 5 degrees and 20 degrees relative to a horizontal, a forward retaining portion and an inclined intermediate portion connecting the rearward portion and forward retaining portion. The intermediate portion is elevated at a second angle relative to the horizontal greater than the first angle and forms a third angle of substantially 90 degrees with the forward retaining portion. The support defines an unobstructed travel path for the modular merchandise unit so that when a rear surface of the modular merchandise unit is placed on the inclined rearward portion of the support, the modular merchandise unit descends by gravity and tips into a selected presentation position. | 04-09-2015 |
20150114918 | ROLLER SHELF - A roller track comprising a base, a tray, and a plurality of rollers. The tray is configured to slide into the base, and comprises a first end, a center portion comprising a plurality of notches, and a second end. The first end is removably engaged to a first end of center portion. The second end is removably engaged to a second end of center portion. The first end and the second end comprise a plurality of slots. The plurality of rollers is configured to engage the plurality of notches. | 04-30-2015 |
20150359358 | PRODUCT MERCHANDISING SYSTEM - A variable shelf organizer system for displaying merchandise thereon including a roller glide floor member, a standard track glide floor member, a plurality of removably adjustable divider members and a front wall member. The divider members and front wall member are engageable with both floor members and when multiple divider members are engaged with either floor member, product channels are formed therebetween for holding and securing products of varying size and shape on either floor member. The roller glide floor member is best suited for heavier packaged products such as six-pack or twelve pack products and the track glide floor member is best suited for standard products. The width of the shelf system may be increased or decreased by joining or detaching similarly constructed floor members in a side-by-side relationship and the length of the shelf system may be increased by attaching one or more floor extension members to the floor members. | 12-17-2015 |
20160007768 | MULTI-CHUTE GRAVITY FEED DISPENSER DISPLAY | 01-14-2016 |
20160058204 | Can Dispenser - The present invention provides a can dispenser for storing, moving, displaying and dispensing of cans while in the upright, as opposed to side, position. In one embodiment, the can dispenser includes a first inclined passageway, a drop section communicating with the first inclined passageway, and a second inclined passageway inclined in a direction opposite to the first inclined passageway and communicating with the drop section. The dispenser also includes a dispensing area communicating with the second inclined passageway. | 03-03-2016 |
20160081491 | Product Management Display System - A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally a cam can be coupled to the divider. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088955 | CHANNEL GLIDE ASSEMBLIES - Various embodiments of a channel glide assembly are disclosed. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel glide having a base with a first channel and a second channel, a first fence on a lateral outside side of the first channel, a second fence on a lateral outside side of the second channel, an intermediate fence positioned between the first and second channel, and a front stop unit removably connected with the base. In certain embodiments, the front stop unit is a different material than the base. | 03-31-2016 |
20160095449 | MODULAR SHELF MANAGEMENT GRAVITY FEED SYSTEM - A modular shelf management system comprising a plurality of side panels, a lower panel, and a rail assembly. The lower panel connects the adjacently disposed side panels so that a cell is provided between the panels. The lower panel has a front end and a back end and is sloped in a direction from the back end to the front end. The back end of the lower panel is configured to receive product containers. The rail assembly is disposed in the cell for defining a travel path and includes a first rail and a second rail spatially disposed in a face-to-face relationship to one another. Each rail has a first end and a second end, and is sloped in a direction from the first end to the second end. | 04-07-2016 |
20160135618 | Latch Mechanism for Dispensing Objects in Point of Sale Systems - A point of sale system including a compartment array for dispensing objects. Each compartment of the compartment array preferably includes a door and a latch mechanism for opening each door. In a preferred embodiment, the latch mechanism includes counterbalanced wires of shape memory alloy material that function as an actuator for opening the door of each compartment in response to selection of an object in that compartment. | 05-19-2016 |
20160166084 | BASKET PRODUCT DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS | 06-16-2016 |
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