RETAIL MERCHANDISE TRAY AND DISPLAY INCORPORATING SAME

• US 20180184814A1
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Southern Imperial, LLC
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,856 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/585 with connection means slidable in a rail
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/04 Racks or containers with arrangements for dispensing articles , e.g. by means of gravity or springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/126 the pushing device being urged by spring means
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 2005/165 with inclined display surface
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0025 having separate display containers or trays on shelves or on racks
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/16 Platform-type show stands with flat, inclined, or curved upper surface

Abstract

A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.

Claims

1. A retail merchandise display, the display comprising:

a retail shelf;

a tray mounted to the retail shelf, the tray including a linear row of mounting slots extending generally perpendicular to a feed direction of the tray;

a plurality of mounting plates interposed between the tray and the retail shelf, wherein each of the plurality of mounting plates includes at least one proj ection projecting upwardly from a base portion, wherein the at least one proj ection is slidably received in one of the mounting slots of the tray.

2. The display of claim 1, wherein the retail shelf includes an array of apertures therein, and wherein each one of the plurality of mounting plates includes a pair of bent portions which are received in adjacent ones of the array of apertures to anchor each one of the mounting plates to the shelf.

3. The display of claim 2, wherein the bent portions extend away from the base portion, and wherein the bent portions are coplanar with one another and not coplanar with the base portion.

4. The display of claim 1, wherein the tray includes a first and a second mounting rail, the first mounting rail situated at a rear of the tray, the second mounting rail situated at a front of the tray, and wherein the tray includes at least one tray section interposed between and mounted to the first and second mounting rails.

5. The display of claim 4, wherein the at least one tray section mounts to the first and second mounting rails by a resilient snap-fit connection.

6. The display of claim 4, wherein one of the plurality of mounting plates is used per one of the at least one tray sections to mount the tray to the retail shelf.

7. A retail merchandise tray configured for mounting on a retail shelf, the retail merchandise tray comprising:

a first and a second mounting rail arranged in an opposed spaced relationship such that the first mounting rail is situated at a back end of the retail merchandise tray and the second mounting rail is situated at a front of the retail merchandise tray; and

at least one tray section mounted to and interposed between the first and second mounting rails, the at least one tray section providing a continuous retail merchandise support surface extending between the front end and the back end.

8. The retail merchandise tray of claim 7, wherein the first and second mounting rails are identical.

9. The retail merchandise tray of claim 8, wherein the first and second mounting rails each include a mounting channel, an upper channel, and a lower channel, the mounting channel configured to receive at least one tray section such that the at least one tray section mounts within the mounting channel using a resilient snap-fit connection.

10. The retail merchandise tray of claim 9, further comprising a support leg mounted to the first mounting rail, the support leg elevating the back end relative to the front end such that the back end is elevated above the front end and wherein the support leg mounts to lower channel of the first mounting rail via a resilient snap-fit connection.

11. The retail merchandise tray of claim 10, wherein the support leg includes a leg portion and a foot portion extending perpendicular to the leg portion, and wherein the support leg includes a projection projecting from an end of the leg portion, the projection received within the lower channel of the first mounting rail.

12. The retail merchandise tray of claim 9, further comprising a front stop, the front stop received within the upper channel of at least one of the first and second mounting rails.

13. The retail merchandise tray of claim 7, further comprising a plurality of wire supports received in channels formed in a base member of the at least one tray section, wherein the plurality of wire supports are contained within the channels by a pair of cap members mounted to the base member such that the base member is interposed between the pair of cap members.

14. The retail merchandise tray of claim 7, wherein the at least one tray section further comprises at least one divider.

15. A retail merchandise tray configured for mounting on a retail shelf, the retail merchandise tray comprising:

a first and a second mounting rail arranged in an opposed spaced relationship such that the first mounting rail is situated at a back end of the retail merchandise tray and the second mounting rail is situated at a front of the retail merchandise tray;

at least one tray section mounted to and interposed between the first and second mounting rails, wherein the at least one tray section comprises;

a base member having a plurality of hollow channels and defining a continuous retail merchandise support surface;

a pair of cap members, the pair of cap members mounted to the base member such that the base member is interposed between the pair of cap members;

at least one divider extending over the retail merchandise support surface and mounted to each of the pair of cap members;

wherein each of the pair of cap members mounts to the base member using a resilient snap-fit connection; and

wherein the at least one tray section mounts to the first and second mounting rails using a resilient snap-fit connection.

16. The retail merchandise tray of claim 15, wherein the resilient snap-fit connection between the base member and each of the pair of cap members is formed by a tab formed on each of the pair of cap members and corresponding apertures formed in the base member, the tab and aperture configured such that the tab resiliently snaps into the aperture.

17. The retail merchandise tray of claim 16, wherein the tab of each cap member is formed on a projection of each cap member, the projection received within an elongated channel of the base member.

18. The retail merchandise tray of claim 15, wherein the resilient snap-fit connection between the at least one tray section and the first and second mounting rails is formed by a tab formed on each of the pair of cap members on a projection portion thereof and an aperture formed within a mounting channel of each of the first and second mounting rails, the projection portion insertable into the mounting channel such that the tab resiliently snaps into the aperture.

19. The retail merchandise tray of claim 15, wherein the first and second mounting rails are identical.

20. The retail merchandise tray of claim 15, wherein the at least one divider includes an integrated pusher assembly, the integrated pusher assembly comprising a pusher paddle slidably received within a slot of a divider wall of the at least one divider, and a coil spring operably coupled between the pusher paddle and the divider wall.