DIVIDER WITH SELECTIVELY SECURABLE TRACK ASSEMBLY

• US 20160296039A1
• Filed: 04/28/2016
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bird, Gregory M., Obitts, Shane, Brej, Thaddeus
• Granted Patent: US 9,955,802 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/58 with means for adjusting partitions horizontally book-ends A47B65/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/583 by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/585 with connection means slidable in a rail
• 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 7/28 for containers, e.g. flasks, bottles , tins, milk packs racks or containers with dispensing arrangements A47F1/04; for lipsticks or markers A47F7/0021; for audio/video cassettes or booklike articles A47F7/14

Abstract

A merchandising system includes a first cooperating member having a first engagement structure for engaging the mounting member in order to restrict movement of the first cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A second cooperating member includes a second engagement structure for engaging the mounting member to restrict movement of the second cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A third engagement structure is provided for selectively connecting the first cooperating member to the second cooperating member. The first cooperating member and the second cooperating member are selectively independently mountable to the mounting member and are selectively attachable to each other and mountable as a combined structure to the mounting member.

Claims

1. A merchandising system comprising:

an elongated mounting member;

a first cooperating member including a first engagement structure for engaging the mounting member in order to restrict movement of the first cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction;

a second cooperating member including a second engagement structure for engaging the mounting member to restrict movement of the second cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction;

a third engagement structure for selectively connecting the first cooperating member to the second cooperating member; and

wherein the first cooperating member and the second cooperating member are selectively independently mountable to the mounting member, and are selectively attachable to each other and mountable as a combined structure to the mounting member.

2. The merchandising system of claim 1 wherein the second engagement structure includes a forward mounting structure and a rearward mounting structure, each of the forward and rearward mounting structures being adapted for separately engaging the mounting member.

3. The merchandising system of claim 2, wherein the forward and rearward mounting structures of the second cooperating member include a pair of spaced apart, parallel grooves adapted to receive a wall of the elongated mounting member.

4. The merchandising system of claim 2 wherein when the first and second cooperating members are attached to each other by the third engagement structure such that the forward mounting structure of the second engagement structure is aligned with the first mounting structure of the first cooperating member, and wherein each of the first and second cooperating members is adapted to engage the mounting member along a common axis.

5. The merchandising system of claim 1 wherein the third engagement structure comprises a clip which selectively engages a portion of the first cooperating member and a portion of the second cooperating member.

6. The merchandising system of claim 1, wherein the third engagement structure includes at least one recess or protrusion located on one of the first and second cooperating members, the at least one recess or protrusion being adapted for mating with a corresponding recess or protrusion located on another one of the first and second cooperating members to connect the first and second cooperating members to each other.

7. The merchandising system of claim 6, wherein the at least one recess includes a slot, and wherein the at least one protrusion includes a pin.

8. The merchandising system of claim 7, wherein the pin includes a stem portion and an enlarged head portion located at a distal end of the stem portion which is connected at a proximal end to one of the first or second cooperating members, and wherein the slot includes an enlarged diameter first end and a reduced diameter second end, the enlarged diameter first end being dimensioned to receive the enlarged head portion of the pin and the reduced diameter second end being dimensioned to retard a withdrawal of the enlarged head.

9. The merchandising system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second cooperating members includes a resilient contact member.

10. The merchandising system of claim 9 wherein the resilient contact member comprises a planar wall extending from which is at least one protrusion.

11. A merchandising system comprising:

an elongated mounting member including a wall;

a first cooperating member including a front end that is adapted to be received on the mounting member and adapted to selectively engage said wall thereof;

a first engagement structure mounted to the first cooperating member and including a resilient member which is adapted to bias the first engagement structure into engagement with said mounting member wall so as to retard a lateral movement of said first cooperating member in relation to said mounting member;

a second cooperating member including a second engagement structure for selectively engaging the second cooperating member with the elongated mounting member wall; and

a third engagement structure adapted to selectively connect the first cooperating member with the second cooperating member.

12. The merchandising system of claim 11 wherein the first engagement structure is linearly movable relative to the cooperating member against a bias of the resilient member in order to selectively disengage the first engagement structure from said mounting member wall to permit a lateral movement of said first cooperating member in relation to said mounting member.

13. The merchandising system of claim 12, further comprising a tab mounted on the first engagement structure and accessible over the wall of the mounting member, wherein urging the tab in a direction counter to the bias of said resilient member disengages said first engagement structure from the wall of said mounting member.

14. The merchandising system of claim 11, further comprising a tab mounted on the lock and accessible over the wall of the mounting member, wherein urging the tab in a direction counter to the bias of said resilient member disengages said at least one tooth of said lock from said at least one tooth of said mounting member.

15. The merchandising system of claim 11, further comprising a protrusion extending from the cooperating member and adapted to engage the mounting member to retard a vertical movement of the cooperating member away from the mounting member.

16. A merchandising system comprising:

an elongated mounting member including a first engagement surface and, spaced therefrom, a second engagement surface;

a cooperating member adapted for selectively engaging, in a first position, both the first and second engagement surfaces of the mounting member to restrict movement of the cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction and, in a second position, only the second engagement surface of the mounting member;

wherein the cooperating member includes an engagement face for engaging the first engagement surface of the mounting member in the first position of the cooperating member; and

wherein the cooperating member further includes a forward mounting structure and a rearward mounting structure, each of the forward and rearward mounting structures adapted for separately engaging the second engagement surface of the mounting member with the second cooperating member in respective first and second positions.

17. The merchandising system of claim 16, wherein the forward and rearward mounting structures of the cooperating member include a pair of spaced apart, parallel grooves adapted to receive the second engagement surface of the elongated mounting member.

18. The merchandising system of claim 16, wherein the cooperating member comprises an elongated base, and a track defined on the base.

19. The merchandising system of claim 18, further comprising a pusher mounted for movement on the track.

20. The merchandising system of claim 16 wherein the engagement face of the cooperating member comprises a resilient band.