Glide with product stops

• US 20050133471A1
• Filed: 09/03/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Display Technologies, LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Original Assignee: Mechtronics Corporation
• Inventors: Squitieri, Anthony C.
• Application Number:
  US10/934,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20050133471A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/59.200
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention is a glide for holding products. The glide includes a base, a number of wall members and at least two product stops. The wall members are removably installed on the base and cooperate to define one or more channels. Each channel is dimensioned for accommodating a column of the products. The product stops are coupled to one of the wall members and the base at a forward extremity of each channel. A front edge of each wall includes a vertically-extending projection, engagable to a complementary channel of one of the product stops. When installed, the product stop has surfaces cooperating with the base to prevent removal of the installed walls unless the product stops are partially removed. Additionally, the product stops have portions extending from side surfaces of the walls to inhibit horizontal translation of products along and past the forward extremities of the channels. In a one-channel glide, the product stops include a right and a left product stop. In a multi-channel glide, the product stops include a right, a left and one or more intermediate product stops.

Claims

1. A retail display glide for holding a plurality of products, comprising:

a base having an upper surface for supporting the products and a bottom surface;

a plurality of wall members, removably installable on the base extending front-to-back so as to cooperate with the base to define one or more channels, each of the one or more channels dimensioned for accommodating an associated front-to-back column of the products; and

at least two product stops, at least one of the product stops coupled to one of the wall members and the base at a forward extremity of the one or more channels;

wherein;

a front edge of each wall member includes a vertically-extending projection, engagable via vertical translation to a complementary channel in a supporting portion of a corresponding one of the at least two product stops;

the at least two product stops, when installed to the base and to the installed wall members, has surfaces cooperating with the base to prevent removal of the installed wall members unless the product stops are at least partially removed via upward vertical translation; and

the at least two product stops, when installed to the base and to the installed wall members, have portions extending from side surfaces of the wall members to inhibit horizontal translation of the column of products along and past the forward extremities of the one or more channels.

2. The glide of claim 1, wherein the base and wall members define one channel and wherein the at least two product stops includes a right product stop and a left product stop.

3. A retail display glide for holding a plurality of products, comprising:

a base having an upper surface for supporting the products and a bottom surface;

a plurality of wall members, removably installable on the base extending front-to-back so as to cooperate with the base to define a plurality of channels, each channel dimensioned for accommodating an associated front-to-back column of the products; and

a plurality of product stops, at least one of the plurality of product coupled to one of the wall members and the base at a forward extremity of each channel;

wherein;

a front edge of each wall member includes a vertically-extending projection, engagable via vertical translation to a complementary channel in a supporting portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of product stops;

the plurality of product stops, when installed to the base and to the installed wall members, has surfaces cooperating with the base to prevent removal of the installed wall members unless the product stops are at least partially removed via upward vertical translation; and

the plurality of product stops, when installed to the base and to the installed wall members, have portions extending from side surfaces of the wall members to inhibit horizontal translation of the column of products along and pass the forward extremities of the channels.

4. The glide of claim 3, wherein the plurality of product stops includes at least one of a right product stop, a left product stop and an intermediate product stop.

5. The glide of claim 3, wherein the plurality of product stops includes at least a right product stop, the right product stop comprising:

a base portion having a plurality of projections depending therefrom for engaging the base;

a vertical extending supporting portion having a vertical extending dovetail channel complementary to the front facing projection of a corresponding one of the wall members and a vertical and rearward extending portion that, when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members, flanks side surfaces of the wall member; and

a vertical and leftward extending stop portion, when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members, the vertical and leftward extending portion extends horizontally from a side surface of the wall member into a corresponding channel such that the extending portion impacts and inhibits product from passing freely down the channel.

6. The glide of claim 5, wherein the projections from the base portion includes a forward directed barb, disposed along a lower extremity, for engaging the base.

7. The glide of claim 3, wherein the plurality of product stops includes a left product stop, and the left product stop comprising:

a base portion having a plurality of projections depending therefrom for engaging the base;

a vertical extending supporting portion having a vertical extending dovetail channel complementary to the front facing projection of a corresponding one of the wall members and a vertical and rearward extending portion that, when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members, flanks side surfaces of the wall member; and

a vertical and rightward extending stop portion, when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members, the vertical and rightward extending portion extends horizontally from a side surface of the wall member into a corresponding channel such that the extending portion impacts and inhibits product from passing freely down the channel.

8. The glide of claim 3, wherein the plurality of product stops includes an intermediate product stop, and the intermediate product stop comprising:

a base portion having a plurality of projections depending therefrom for engaging the base;

a vertical extending supporting portion having a vertical extending dovetail channel complementary to the front facing projection of a corresponding one of the wall members and a vertical and rearward extending portion that, when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members, flanks side surfaces of the wall member;

a vertical and rightward extending portion; and

a vertical and leftward extending stop portion;

wherein when installed to the corresponding one of the wall members the rightward extending portion extends horizontally from a first side surface of the wall member into a first channel such that the rightward extending portion impacts and inhibits product from passing freely down the first channel, and the leftward extending portion extends horizontally from a second side surface of the wall member into a second channel adjacent to the first channel such that the leftward extending portion impacts and inhibits product from passing freely down the second channel.