RAIL POSITION LOCK

• US 20150289683A1
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Walker, William H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,629,483 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/583 by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/588 by means of shelf bottoms with apertures co-operating with tongues or pins
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/125 with an article-pushing device
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0068 Shelf extensions, e.g. fixed on price rail

Abstract

A shelving assembly, held on an associated support surface, includes an elongated cooperating member including a first end and an opposite second end. A front rail is adapted to operably connect to the first end of the cooperating member and a rear rail is adapted to operably connect to the second end of the cooperating member. The rear rail includes at least one flexible member configured to abut a bottom surface of the cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member in a relation to at least the rear rail.

Claims

1. A shelving assembly held on an associated support surface, the shelving assembly comprising:

an elongated cooperating member including a first end and an opposite second end;

a front rail adapted to operably connect to the first end of the cooperating member; and

a rear rail adapted to operably connect to the second end of the cooperating member, the rear rail including a base wall and at least one flexible member which is connected to and extends away from the base wall and is configured to abut a bottom surface of the cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member in a relation to the rear rail.

2. The shelving assembly according to claim 1 further comprising a clip which is attached to the second end of the cooperating member, the clip engaging a portion of the rear rail.

3. The shelving assembly according to claim 2, wherein the rear rail includes an elongated profile to which the clip is operably attached such that the clip is adapted to slide within the elongated profile.

4. The shelving assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one flexible member abuts against the cooperating member such that the clip is configured to press against the elongated profile of the rear rail to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member away from a desired location along the associated support surface.

5. The shelving assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one flexible member is elongated and extends in a direction collinear with an axis of the base wall of the rear rail.

6. The shelving assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one flexible member comprises an arm extending away from a base of the rear rail.

7. The shelving assembly of claim 6 wherein the arm has an arcuate profile.

8. The shelving assembly according to claim 7, wherein the arm includes a tip which is configured to abut the bottom surface of the cooperating member.

9. The shelving assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one flexible member includes a first arm and a second arm which is spaced from the first arm.

10. The shelving assembly according to claim 9, wherein the first arm and second arm each include a generally linear profile.

11. The shelving assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cooperating member comprises at least one of a divider and a track including a product pusher assembly.

12. A rail for a shelving assembly comprising:

an elongated relatively rigid body comprising a generally vertically extending wall;

a base from which the wall protrudes; and

at least one relatively flexible member that is mounted to and extends away from the base and is configured to abut a bottom surface of the associated cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the associated cooperating member relative to the rail.

13. The rail according to claim 12, wherein the at least one relatively flexible member includes an arm having an arcuate profile.

14. The rail according to claim 13, wherein the at least one relatively flexible member includes a tip portion that extends from the arm with a reverse curvature such that the tip is configured to abut the base as the flexible member contacts the bottom surface of the associated cooperating member.

15. The rail according to claim 12, wherein the at least one flexible member is elongated and extends in a direction which is collinear with an axis of the base of the rail.

16. The rail according to claim 12, wherein the rail is configured to accommodate a plurality of spaced associated cooperating members.

17. The rail according to claim 12, wherein the at least one relatively flexible member includes an elongated first arm and an elongated second arm which is spaced from the first arm along the base.

18. The rail according to claim 17, wherein at least one of the first arm and the second arm includes a generally linear profile.

19. A rail for a shelving assembly comprising:

an elongated body including a vertically extending wall and a horizontally extending base, the base including an upper surface and a lower surface;

a first flexible member which is connected to and extends away from the upper surface of the base;

a second flexible member which is connected to and extends away from the lower surface of the base.

20. The rail of claim 19 wherein the first flexible member extends away from the base in an orientation generally parallel to the wall of the elongated body, the first flexible member being adapted to contact a portion of an associated cooperating member contacting the rail to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member on the rail.