SHELVING GLIDE

• US 20100078402A1
• Filed: 10/01/2009
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ADCO Products Incorporated (Republic Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: ADCO Products Incorporated (Republic Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Davis, Raymond E., Hampton, Clifton Glenn
• Granted Patent: US 8,662,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/184
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/585 with connection means slidable in a rail
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

A shelving glide includes a deck having a plurality of dividers; a first trough having a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck; a second trough having a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of pathways. A partition includes a first clip securable to the first index; and a second clip securable to the second index. The partition is adjustable along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The first clip is adapted to disengage from the first index upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The partition is secured to the deck at the second position upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

Claims

1. A shelving glide comprising:

a deck having a plurality of dividers;

a first trough coupled to the deck and comprising a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck;

a second trough coupled to the deck and comprising a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and

a plurality of partitions coupled to the deck and defining a plurality of pathways, at least one of the plurality of partitions comprising;

a first clip securable to the first index; and

a second clip securable to the second index, the partition adjustable along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position different than the first position upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index, wherein the first clip is adapted to disengage from the first index upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index, the partition secured to the deck at the second position upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

2. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the first clip is adapted to reengage the first index upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

3. The shelving glide of claim 1, the dividers defining a plurality of channels, the shelving glide further comprising a plurality of rollers seated within the channels, the rollers adapted to rotate within the channels and support at least a portion of a container.

4. The shelving glide of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of roller trays removably arranged within the plurality of channels, the plurality of rollers seated on the plurality of roller trays.

5. The shelving glide of claim 4, wherein a portion of the plurality of rollers are seated on one of the plurality of roller trays, the portion of rollers and the roller tray defining a ductway adapted to direct a fluid within the deck.

6. The shelving glide of claim 1 further comprising a stage coupled to the deck, the stage adapted to support a plurality of containers.

7. The shelving glide of claim 6, wherein the stage is coupled to the second trough through a flanged connection.

8. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the first clip comprises:

one or more cleats adapted to be secured within corresponding notches of the first index; and

a shoulder portion engageable within a recessed portion of the front trough.

9. The shelving glide of claim 8, wherein the partition is adapted to move along the width of the deck upon sliding movement of the first clip within the recessed portion of the front trough.

10. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the notches are disposed substantially vertically within a recessed portion of the first trough.

11. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the second clip comprises one or more prongs extending from the second clip, at least one prong engageable with one of a plurality of grooves in the second index.

12. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of partitions comprises a flared base portion extending from a substantially vertical wall portion, the flared base portion adapted to extend under at least a portion of a container.

13. The shelving glide of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of container stops, at least one of the container stops attachable to a vertical edge of one of the plurality of partitions, the container stop having a first wing portion extending across a first pathway and a second wing portion extending across a second pathway.

14. The shelving glide of claim 13, wherein the container stop is substantially opaque.

15. A method for presenting consumer products, comprising

providing a shelving glide, the shelving glide comprising:

a deck having a plurality of dividers;

a first trough coupled to the deck and comprising a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck;

a second trough coupled to the deck and comprising a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and

a plurality of partitions coupled to the deck and defining a plurality of pathways, at least one of the plurality of partitions comprising a first clip coupled to the partition at a first end of the partition and a second clip coupled to the partition at a second end of the partition opposite the first end;

disengaging the second clip from the second index;

adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position different from the first position; and

reengaging the second clip to the second index.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein disengaging the second clip from the second index comprises lifting the second end of the partition to disengage the second clip from one or more grooves in the second index.

17. The method of claim 16, the first clip comprising one or more cleats, at least one cleat adapted to be secured within one of a plurality of notches in the first index, and a shoulder portion engageable within a recessed portion of the front trough, wherein adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position comprises:

rotating the partition about a pivot proximate the first end of the partition to disengage the one or more cleats from corresponding one or more notches;

sliding the partition from the first position to the second position, the shoulder sliding within the recessed portion; and

reengaging the second clip to the one or more grooves in the second index.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein reengaging the second clip to the one or more grooves in the second index comprises reengaging the one or more cleats in the corresponding one or more notches of the first index.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising inserting at least one product container into one of the plurality of pathways.

20. The method of claim 19, the shelving glide further comprising a stage coupled to a back edge of the deck, and wherein inserting at least one product container into one of the plurality of pathways comprises:

loading a plurality of product containers on the stage;

inserting a first product container from the stage into the pathway;

inserting a second product container from the stage into the pathway; and

inserting a third product container from the stage into another of the plurality of pathways.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position comprises adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position with human contact of only the partition at or adjacent the second end of the partition.

22. A product vessel support device, comprising:

a frame comprising a plurality of channels extending between two opposed edges of the frame, each channel having a plurality of support rollers disposed within the channel; and

a plurality of vertical dividers detachably secured to the frame, each pair of adjacent vertical dividers defining a corresponding vessel pathway above one or more channels, at least one of the plurality of vertical dividers adjustable along the opposed edges of the frame between a first position and a second position, the at least one vertical divider adapted to slidingly move between the first and second positions in response to a force applied to the vertical divider at a substantially single location, at least a portion of the vertical divider coupled to the deck during sliding movement between the first and second positions.

23. The product vessel support device of claim 22, wherein the vertical divider is secured to the frame adjacent a front edge by a front clip and secured to the frame adjacent a back edge by a back clip.

24. The product vessel support device of claim 23, wherein the vertical divider is adapted to slidingly move between the first and second positions upon disengagement of the back clip from the frame and at least partial engagement of the front clip with the frame.

25. The product vessel support device of claim 22, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical dividers comprises a flared base portion adjacent a portion of the plurality of rollers.

26. The product vessel support device of claim 22 further comprising at least one vessel stop coupled to one of the vertical dividers, the stop having a first wing portion extending across a first vessel pathway and a second wing portion extending across a second vessel pathway adjacent the first vessel pathway.