Freezer Pusher

• US 20140319087A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Marco Company
• Original Assignee: The Marco Company
• Inventors: Sosso, Jerome F., Nickell, Craig Alan
• Granted Patent: US 9,101,231 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/126 the pushing device being urged by spring means
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/0486 for charging, displaying or discharging the articles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A pusher shelf assembly may comprise a wire grid assembly affixed to a left bracket and to a right bracket. The wire grid assembly may have a plurality of wires and one or more pushers slidingly engaged to at least two wires in the wire grid assembly. The left bracket and the right bracket may be configured for removable engagement to a wall of a product display. The product display may be a freezer.

Claims

1. A pusher shelf assembly comprising:

a wire grid assembly affixed to a left bracket and to a right bracket, the wire grid assembly having a plurality of wires; and

one or more pushers slidingly engaged to at least two wires in the wire grid assembly;

wherein the left bracket and the right bracket are configured for removable engagement to a wall of a freezer.

2. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of springs, each spring pulling a pusher from a rear position to a front position.

3. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 2, wherein the spring has a spring coil section and a spring hook section, the spring coil section resting against a back of a plate of the pusher and a spring hook section removably engaged with a front bracket connecting wire.

5. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1, wherein the wire grid assembly further comprises:

a front bracket connecting wire;

a rear bracket connecting wire; and

a plurality of track wires fixedly engaged to the front bracket connecting wire and to the rear bracket connecting wire.

7. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of wire dividers, each wire divider having a divider front end and a divider rear end.

8. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 5, further comprising:

a clip attached to the divider rear end for removable and rotational engagement with the flat bar of the wire grid assembly so that when the divider rear end is rotatably secured to the flat bar and the divider is rotated about the flat bar, the divider front end enters a hole in the front channel to secure the divider.

9. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1, wherein the one or more pushers have a plate, a base, a base left hook and a base right hook, the base left hook slidingly engaging a first wire and the base right hook slidingly engages a second wire.

10. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1, where the pusher is one of one piece stamped metal, a plurality of pieces welded together, and plastic of unitary construction.

11. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 1, where the pusher travels from a first position to a second position, powered by the spring.

12. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 5 wherein the left bracket has a left support section and a left engagement section, and the right bracket has a right support section and a right engagement section, wherein the left engagement section and the right engagement section are configured for removably securing the pusher shelf assembly to a freezer wall.

4. The pusher shelf assembly further comprising:

a flat bar and a front channel affixed to the wire grid assembly.

6. The pusher shelf assembly of claim wherein each of the plurality of track wires has a wire grid portion and a wire flat bar portion.

13. A pusher shelf assembly comprising:

a wire grid assembly affixed to a left bracket and to a right bracket, the wire grid assembly having a plurality of track wires fixedly engaged to a front bracket connecting wire and a rear bracket connecting wire;

a flat bar and a front channel affixed to the wire grid assembly;

a clip attached to the divider rear end for removable and rotational engagement with the flat bar of the wire grid assembly so that when the divider rear end is rotatably secured to the flat bar and the divider is rotated about the flat bar, the divider front end enters a hole in the front channel to secure the divider; and

one or more pushers slidingly engaged to at least two wires in the wire grid assembly wherein the one or more pushers have a plate, a base, a base left hook and a base right hook, the base left hook slidingly engaging a first wire and the base right hook slidingly engages a second wire;

wherein the left bracket and the right bracket are configured for removably engagement to a wall of a freezer.

14. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 13, where the pusher is one of one piece stamped metal, a plurality of pieces welded together, and plastic of unitary construction.

15. The pusher shelf assembly of claim 14, where the pusher travels from a first position to a second position, powered by the spring.

16. A method comprising:

engaging a base left hook of a pusher to a first wire by pulling the wire toward a center of a pusher shelf assembly; and

responsive to engaging the base left hook of the pusher to the first wire, engaging a base right hook of the pusher to a second wire by pulling the second wire toward a center of the pusher shelf assembly.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

securing a divider to a wire grid assembly by first engaging a clip attached to a flat bar and locking the clip by rotating the divider until a second end is inserted in a hole in a front channel of the wire grid assembly.