Shelf tray assembly
First Claim
1. In a shelf tray assembly for use to hold and move forward in a simple and efficient way articles of a given dimension placed on a shelf toward a front edge of said shelf in order to allow frontal display of said articles, said assembly comprising:
- (i) a front rail installable onto the shelf close to its front edge, said front rail having an upper surface of a given length with an upwardly projecting tongue extending all over its length, (ii) a rear rail installable onto the shelf at a distance away from the front rail in parallel relationship therewith, said rear rail also having an upper surface of a given length with an upwardly projecting tongue extending all over its length;
(iii) at least one track extending perpendicularly to the front edge of the shelf, each said at least one track having a front end with a bottom surface provided with a transversal groove sized to be snapped onto the tongue of the front rail;
a rear end with a bottom surface provided with a transversal groove sized to be snapped onto the tongue of the rear rail; and
an upper surface having a longitudinal portion devised to receive and support the articles to be displayed, said upper surface comprising a guiding rail that extends perpendicularly to the front edge of the shelf when the track is installed; and
(iv) pushing means comprising;
a pushing element projecting upwardly from each of said at least one track, said pusher element being slideably mounted into the guiding rail of said at least one track; and
means for pulling said pushing element toward the front end of said at least one track;
the improvement wherein;
the front rail (i) also has an upwardly projecting L-shaped element extending rearwardly of the tongue of said front rail in parallel relationship therewith; and
the front end of each of said at least one track (iii) also has at least one clip sized and positioned to clip onto the L-shaped element of said front rail when said track is installed.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an improved shelf tray assembly for use to hold and move forward in a simple and efficient way articles of a given dimension placed on a shelf toward a front edge of this shelf in order to allow frontal display of these articles. This assembly has a front rail installable on the shelf close to its front edge, a rear rail installable onto the shelf in parallel relationship with respect to the front rail and one or more tracks snappable onto the front and rear rails, each track acting as a support for the articles to be displayed and having a guiding rail on which a pushing element is slideably mounted. Advantageously, one or more clips are provided at the front end of each track to rigidly retain this track to the front rail. Advantageously also, each track has several slots made in its upper surface to receive one or more lateral partitions so as to guide the articles to be displayed when they are pulled forward, whatever their size.
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13 Claims
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1. In a shelf tray assembly for use to hold and move forward in a simple and efficient way articles of a given dimension placed on a shelf toward a front edge of said shelf in order to allow frontal display of said articles, said assembly comprising:
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(i) a front rail installable onto the shelf close to its front edge, said front rail having an upper surface of a given length with an upwardly projecting tongue extending all over its length, (ii) a rear rail installable onto the shelf at a distance away from the front rail in parallel relationship therewith, said rear rail also having an upper surface of a given length with an upwardly projecting tongue extending all over its length;
(iii) at least one track extending perpendicularly to the front edge of the shelf, each said at least one track having a front end with a bottom surface provided with a transversal groove sized to be snapped onto the tongue of the front rail;
a rear end with a bottom surface provided with a transversal groove sized to be snapped onto the tongue of the rear rail; and
an upper surface having a longitudinal portion devised to receive and support the articles to be displayed, said upper surface comprising a guiding rail that extends perpendicularly to the front edge of the shelf when the track is installed; and
(iv) pushing means comprising;
a pushing element projecting upwardly from each of said at least one track, said pusher element being slideably mounted into the guiding rail of said at least one track; and
means for pulling said pushing element toward the front end of said at least one track;
the improvement wherein;
the front rail (i) also has an upwardly projecting L-shaped element extending rearwardly of the tongue of said front rail in parallel relationship therewith; and
the front end of each of said at least one track (iii) also has at least one clip sized and positioned to clip onto the L-shaped element of said front rail when said track is installed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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