Adjustable divider base for a display rack

• US 20050150847A1
• Filed: 01/12/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advanced Merchandising, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Advanced Merchandising, Inc.
• Inventors: Hawkinson, Rodney Bruce
• Application Number:
  US10/755,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20050150847A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/59.200
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

The present invention provides a display rack (100) having a base (103) that further includes a plurality of recessed troughs that form a plurality of slots (110) whereby each of the plurality of slots include a plurality of holes (108) therein. The display rack further includes a plurality of divider pieces (102) whereby each one of the divider pieces is adapted for insertion into a selected one of the slots of the base. The dividers also include a plurality of tabs (112) that are aligned with the plurality of holes within its respective slot so as to facilitate stability and rigidity of the dividers when mated and recessed within its respective slot of the base. The dividers take the form of a L-shaped configuration which allows the dividers to be recessed within a slot of the base in a first or a second orientation thereby allowing variable bin width adjustment with respect to adjacent dividers. The dividers may also take form of a T-shaped configuration which, when used in conjunction with L-shaped dividers, allow for even finer adjustment of adjacent bin widths.

Claims

1. A display rack, comprising:

a base having a plurality recessed troughs for forming a plurality of slots, each one of said plurality of slots having a plurality of holes formed therein; and

a plurality of dividers, each one of said plurality of dividers are adapted to be inserted into one of said plurality of slots of said base, each one of said plurality of dividers including at least one tab portion such that said at least one tab portion is aligned with a respective hole in said base for securing said one of said plurality of dividers to said base.

2. The display rack according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of dividers forms an L-shaped configuration having a first segment and a second segment, said first segment adapted to be recessed in one of said plurality of slots when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base.

3. The display rack according to claim 2 wherein a top surface of said first segment is substantially planer with a top surface of said base when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base.

4. The display rack according to claim 2 wherein said second segment is substantially perpendicular to said base when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base.

5. The display rack according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of dividers forms an L-shaped configuration having a first segment and a second segment and wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers may be inserted into one of said plurality of slots in either a first orientation or in a second orientation for adjusting a width between adjacent ones of said plurality of dividers.

6. The display rack according to claim 5 wherein said first orientation forms an L-shaped configuration when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base and said second orientation forms a reverse L-shaped configuration when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base.

7. The display rack according to claim 1 wherein said base further includes a plurality of rails on a bottom side of said base for elevating said base.

8. The display rack according to claim 1 wherein said base further includes at least one breakpoint region for breaking off a portion of said base thereby adjusting at least one dimension of said base.

9. The display rack according to claim 1 wherein said base further includes a front stop secured to a front portion of said base for preventing items stored on said display rack from falling over a front edge of said base.

10. A display rack having a plurality of bins for displaying items, the display rack comprising:

a base having a plurality of slots formed therein, each one of said plurality of slots having a plurality of holes formed thereon; and

a plurality of dividers for insertion into said plurality of slots thereby forming the plurality of bins of the display rack, at least one of said plurality of dividers being capable of insertion into a selected one of said plurality of slots in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said selected one of said plurality of slots in said first orientation a first distance between said at least one of said plurality of dividers and an adjacent one of said plurality of dividers is achieved, and wherein when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said selected one of said plurality of slots in said second orientation a second distance between said at least of said plurality of dividers and said adjacent one of said plurality of dividers is achieved thereby allowing for adjustment of a width of a bin.

11. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers includes a first segment and a second segment, said first segment being recessed in said selected one of said plurality of slots such that a top surface of said first segment is substantially planer with a top surface of base when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said selected one of said plurality of slots.

12. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers includes a plurality of locking clips such that said plurality of locking clips align and mate with said plurality of holes of said selected one of said plurality of slots upon insertion of said at least one of said plurality of dividers into said selected one of said plurality of slots.

13. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers includes a pair of said locking clips that align and mate with at least one of said plurality of holes of said selected one of said plurality of slots.

14. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers has an L-shaped configuration.

15. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein at least one of said plurality of dividers has a T-shaped configuration being capable of insertion into another one of said plurality of slots, wherein the use of said T-shaped configuration divider along with said L-shaped configuration divider allows for even greater adjustment of a width of a bin.

16. The display rack according to claim 10 further including a plurality of drainage holes in said base and a plurality of rails on a bottom side of said base to allow leaky products displayed on said base to drain thereby maintaining said products in a cleaner and dryer condition.

17. The display rack according to claim 10 wherein said base further includes at least one breakpoint region for breaking off a portion of said base thereby adjusting at least one dimension of said base

18. A display rack, comprising:

a base having a plurality of slots formed on a first surface of said base, each one of said plurality of slots having a plurality of holes formed thereon, said base further includes a plurality of rails on a second side of said base for elevating said base; and

a plurality of dividers for insertion into said plurality of slots thereby forming a plurality of bins of the display rack, at least one of said plurality of dividers having an L-shaped configuration and being capable of insertion into a selected one of said plurality of slots in either a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said selected one of said plurality of slots in said first orientation a first distance between said at least one of said plurality of dividers and an adjacent one of said plurality of dividers is achieved, and wherein when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said selected one of said plurality of slots in said second orientation a second distance between said at least one of said plurality of dividers and said adjacent one of said plurality of dividers is achieved thereby allowing for adjustment of a width of a bin.

19. The display rack according to claim 18 wherein said at least one of said plurality of dividers that forms an L-shaped configuration has a first segment and a second segment, said first segment adapted to be recessed in said selected one of said plurality of slots when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base, and wherein a top surface of said first segment is substantially planer with a top surface of said base when said at least one of said plurality of dividers is inserted into said base.

20. The display rack according to claim 18 wherein said base includes a plurality of drainage holes.