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Pusher and merchandise display system

  • US 20090020548A1
  • Filed: 07/18/2007
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A pusher for dispensing articles from a display cell having a back wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls and an open front, said pusher comprising:

  • a) a first member featuring a leading edge and a trailing edge and a hinge portion;

    b) a second member featuring a leading edge and a trailing edge and a hinge portion;

    c) said first member joined to said second member at a first pivot axis between the leading edges and the first and second hinge portions and at a second pivot axis between the trailing edges and the hinge portions;

    d) the leading edges adapted to cooperatively engage a rearmost article positioned in the cell;

    e) the trailing edges adapted to cooperatively engage the back wall of the cell;

    f) a tensioning element urging the hinge portions towards one another so that the back wall of the cell is engaged by the trailing edges and the rearmost article is engaged by the leading edges and pushed towards the open front of the cell; and

    g) a pair of centering flaps joined one each to the trailing edges, said centering flaps cooperatively engaging the opposing sidewalls of the cell to assist in centering the pusher within the cell.

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