PRODUCT DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE BRACKET

• US 20140319088A1
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Retail Space Solutions LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc. (Rhode Island)
• Inventors: Neumann, Eric, Lovinsky, Eleanor, Piazza, David, Camello, Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 9,215,938 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 1/128 for article hangers or brackets
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0838 Rails or bars; Article supports therefor, e.g. brackets being slidably attached on the outside thereof

Abstract

A product display system includes a plurality of brackets, a plurality of shelves, and a plurality of products. Each bracket is configured to mechanically engage a support structure. Each shelf is mechanically engaged with at least one bracket. The shelves form a first row, a second row, a third row, a first column, a second column, and a third column. The first row is adjacent the second row, and the second row is adjacent the third row. The first column is adjacent the second column, and the second column is adjacent the third column. Each product is supported by one of the shelves. The shelves are arranged such that the distance between the shelves in the first column and the third column is smaller than the width of the product supported by the shelves in the second column.

Claims

1. A product display system, comprising:

a plurality of brackets, each bracket being configured to mechanically engage a support structure; and

a plurality of shelves configured to support a plurality of products therein, each shelf of the plurality of shelves being mechanically engaged with at least one bracket of the plurality of brackets;

wherein at least one bracket of the plurality of brackets is an adjustable bracket, the adjustable bracket being configurable in a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein in the first orientation the adjustable bracket supports an associated shelf of the plurality of shelves at a first height and in the second orientation the adjustable bracket supports the associated shelf at a second height, the first height being different from the second height.

6. The product display system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable bracket includes a first support member and a second support member, the second support member being releasably securable to the first support member in at least two different locations.

7. The product display system of claim 1, wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the associated shelf at a first angle when the adjustable bracket is in its first orientation, and wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the associated shelf at the first angle when the adjustable bracket is in its second orientation.

9. The product display system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of brackets include a right-side bracket and a left-side bracket, the right-side bracket being different from the left-side bracket, and the right-side bracket being a mirror image of the left-side bracket.

19. The product display system of claim 6, wherein the first support member includes a nub for engaging a portion of the support structure.

20. The product display system of claim 6, wherein the first support member includes at least two holes, the at least two holes being vertically offset from one another by a first distance.

21. The product display system of claim 20, further including a connector, and wherein the second support member includes an aperture, the connector being insertable through the aperture of the second support member and through the at least two holes of the first support member.

22. The product display system of claim 21, wherein the first support member includes at least two slots, the at least two slots being vertically offset from one another by the first distance, wherein the second support member includes a tab, the tab being insertable through the at least two slots of the first support member.

23. The product display system of claim 6, wherein the at least two different locations are vertically offset from one another.

24. The product display system of claim 6, further including a connector configured to help releasably secure the first support member and the second support member.

25. The product display system of claim 6, wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the associated shelf at a first angle when the second support member is releasably secured to the first support member in a first location of the at least two different locations, and wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the associated shelf at the first angle when the second support member is releasably secured to the first support member in a second location of the at least two different locations.

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10. An adjustable bracket for engaging a support structure and for supporting a portion of a shelf, the adjustable bracket comprising:

a first support member; and

a second support member;

wherein the second support member is releasably securable to the first support member in at least two different locations.

11. The adjustable bracket of claim 10, wherein the first support member includes a nub for engaging a portion of the support structure.

12. The adjustable bracket of claim 10, wherein the first support member includes at least two holes, the at least two holes being vertically offset from one another by a first distance.

13. The adjustable bracket of claim 12, wherein the first support member includes at least two slots, the at least two slots being vertically offset from one another by the first distance.

14. The adjustable bracket of claim 12, further including a connector, and wherein the second support member includes an aperture, the connector being insertable through the aperture of the second support member and through the at least two holes of the first support member.

15. The adjustable bracket of claim 14, wherein the first support member includes at least two slots, the at least two slots being vertically offset from one another by the first distance, wherein the second support member includes a tab, the tab being insertable through the at least two slots of the first support member.

16. The adjustable bracket of claim 10, wherein the at least two different locations are vertically offset from one another.

17. The adjustable bracket of claim 10, further including a connector configured to help releasably secure the first support member and the second support member.

18. The adjustable bracket of claim 10, wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the shelf at a first angle when the second support member is releasably secured to the first support member in a first location of the at least two different locations, and wherein the adjustable bracket is configured to support the shelf at the first angle when the second support member is releasably secured to the first support member in a second location of the at least two different locations.