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SPACE SAVING MANUAL SHELF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20090084745A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2008
  • Published: 04/02/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A manual open bottom shelf allocation and management system for allocating shelf space among rows of products and for moving the rows of products toward the front of the shelf, the system comprises:

  • a plurality of adjacent shelf allocating and managing units, each unit associated with at least one row of products, wherein each unit includesa front adapted to be in front of the rows of products near a front edge of the shelf,a backstop spaced from the front adapted to be positioned behind the at least one row of products associated with the unit,a pair of side dividers extending away from the front to the backstop defining an open bottom adjacent the shelf, wherein the at least one row of products associated with the unit may be positioned on the shelf between the side dividers, and wherein each unit is manually movable in a direction extending between the front and the back of the shelf substantially perpendicular to the lateral length of the shelf whereby each unit is adapted to advance the at least one row of products associated with the unit toward the front of the shelf, and wherein the side dividers provide for substantive lateral support for the products adjacent the dividers, at least when a side divider is coupled with a side divider of an adjacent unit.

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