SHELF DIVIDER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A shelf divider system comprising:
- a shelf base defining a support for multiple products, which base has a front and a rear and multiple parallel elongate slots in the base, which slots extend in a direction from front to rear in multiple sets of at least two aligned slots;
an upstanding transversely extending front stop mounted to the base at said front, having an upper edge and at or adjacent the upper edge respective seats associated with said sets of at least two aligned slots; and
a plurality of dividers each having a bottom edge with a more rearward rearwardly extending protrusion and a more forward depending tab means, and a front edge with an upper forwardly extending protrusion;
whereby each divider is selectively releasably engageable with any of said sets of at least two aligned slots by locating said rearwardly extending protrusion under a rear edge of a rear slot and pivoting the divider downwardly to locate the tab means in a front slot and the forwardly extending protrusion in an associated seat on the front stop, whereupon the divider is not disengagable except by reversing said pivoting action, and wherein the tab means includes a protrusion which locks when the divider is pushed down.
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Abstract
A shelf divider system that includes a shelf base (12) defining a support for multiple products, which base has a front (16) and a rear (18) and multiple parallel elongate slots (50) in the base. The slots extend in a direction from front to rear in multiple sets (53) of at least two aligned slots. An upstanding transversely extending front stop (26) mounted to the base at the front has an upper edge (31) and at or adjacent the upper edge respective seats (46) associated with the sets of at least two aligned slots. A plurality of dividers (28) each have a bottom edge (36) with a more rearward rearwardly extending protrusion (42) and a more forward depending tab means (48), and a front edge (32) with an upper forwardly extending protrusion (44), whereby each divider is selectively releasably engageable with any of the sets of at least two aligned slots by locating the rearwardly extending protrusion under a rear edge of a rear slot and pivoting the divider downwardly to locate the tab means in a front slot and the forwardly extending protrusion in an associated seat on the front stop, whereupon the divider is not disengagable except by reversing the pivoting action.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A shelf divider system comprising:
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a shelf base defining a support for multiple products, which base has a front and a rear and multiple parallel elongate slots in the base, which slots extend in a direction from front to rear in multiple sets of at least two aligned slots; an upstanding transversely extending front stop mounted to the base at said front, having an upper edge and at or adjacent the upper edge respective seats associated with said sets of at least two aligned slots; and a plurality of dividers each having a bottom edge with a more rearward rearwardly extending protrusion and a more forward depending tab means, and a front edge with an upper forwardly extending protrusion; whereby each divider is selectively releasably engageable with any of said sets of at least two aligned slots by locating said rearwardly extending protrusion under a rear edge of a rear slot and pivoting the divider downwardly to locate the tab means in a front slot and the forwardly extending protrusion in an associated seat on the front stop, whereupon the divider is not disengagable except by reversing said pivoting action, and wherein the tab means includes a protrusion which locks when the divider is pushed down. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24)
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- 17. A divider for a shelving system having a bottom edge with a more rearward rearwardly extending protrusion and a more forward depending tab means, and a front edge with an upper forwardly extending protrusion, whereby the divider is selectively releasably engageable with a set of at least two aligned slots in a shelf base by locating said rearwardly extending protrusion under a rear edge of a rear slot and pivoting the divider downwardly to locate the tab means in a front slot and the forwardly extending protrusion in an associated seat on an upper edge of an upstanding transversely extending stop mounted to the shelf base at its front, and wherein the tab means includes a protrusion which locks when the divider is pushed down.
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21. An integral slip mat comprising:
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a multiplicity of spaced parallel ribs aligned front to rear of the mat to provide a slip surface along which products may slide; plural support beams below said slip surface extending transversely to and being integrally joined to said ribs, whereby to define multiple elongate slots between the ribs arranged in multiple sets of at least two aligned slots; at least one transversely extending fracture line of reduced thickness segments adjacent respective first support beams of said plural support beams, and formations on at least one second support beam of said plural support beams that deepen said slots adjacent the second support beam for firmly seating a slotted tab of a divider pressed onto the second support beam.
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22. A shelf assembly, including:
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a moulded mat for placement on a supporting shelf, the mat having a plurality of walls running from the front to the rear of the mat and defining a plurality of channels, the walls including spaced notches; a plurality of stub rollers having a stub at each end, the plurality of stub rollers positioned in the channels with the stubs engaged in the notches; a plurality of longitudinal locking members positioned over said walls to lock said stub rollers in said channels.
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Specification