Foldable Display Rack with Hinged and Telescopic Side Walls and Method for the Build-Up Thereof

• US 20190328159A1
• Filed: 12/12/2017
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pure Value Europe, NV, Pure Value Netherlands, BV
• Original Assignee: Pure Value Europe, NV, Pure Value Netherlands, BV
• Inventors: Marivoet, Geert, Schijndel, Bram, Defauw, Sandy, De Piero, Francesco
• Granted Patent: US 11,311,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 31/04 foldable
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 43/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling folding of the cabinet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 45/00 Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling enlarging in height, length, or depth sectional furniture A47B87/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 87/0207 Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/0439 Cases or cabinets of the open type A47F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/108 adapted for regular, e.g. daily, transport, filled with articles to a display area
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2205/32 Shelves
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/005 Details of storage means, e.g. drawers, bins or racks
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/022 folding down the body to the wheel carriage or by retracting projecting parts collapsible containers B65D, e.g. B65D7/24, B65D9/12, B65D11/18
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 3/16 vertically stackable
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/10 Transponders
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2519/00815 on the pallet

Abstract

The invention relates to a display, a kit, and a method for displaying goods. The display comprises a compact and one or more built-up configurations. The display comprises shelves that can be supported by hingedly connected, slideably attached, and telescopic side walls. The kit comprises a display and an advertisement wall for the display. The method relates to the spacing of two shelves by means of two side walls by exerting a force on one of both shelves and hinging and sliding the side walls to a position in essence perpendicular to both shelves.

Claims

1. Display for displaying goods, the display comprising a first shelf (101), a second shelf (102) and a pair of telescopic side walls (103), the display being configured for hingedly connecting (105) the side walls to the first shelf and slideably attaching (104) the side walls to the second shelf.

2. Display according to preceding claim 1, the display comprising a pair of side walls for supporting the second shelf, each of the side walls comprising a lower edge and an upper edge, in which

the first shelf is arranged for hingedly connecting both lower edges of the pair of side walls;

the second shelf is arranged for slideably attaching both upper edges of the pair of side walls;

each of the side walls is arranged telescopically for setting at least two different distances between the lower edge and the upper edge, in which the pair of side walls that are hingedly connected to the first shelf and slideably attached to the second shelf comprise a supporting configuration in which the side walls are essentially perpendicular to both shelves, in which the pair of side walls can be collapsed towards each other from the supporting configuration.

3. Display according to claim 1, in which the first shelf comprises a pair of attachment means, each attachment means comprising two or more, preferably four, hinge openings for hingedly connecting a side wall to the attachment means by means of one or more, preferably two, elongated connection systems, in which the hinge openings of the attachment means are further configured for at least partially sinking the side wall essentially perpendicular to the first shelf into the first shelf.

4. Display according to claim 3, in which the display comprises a locking system for preventing the lifting of the sunk side wall from the first shelf when telescopically extending the side wall.

5. Display according to claim 1, in which a telescopic side wall comprises:

a frame;

one or more telescopic elements comprising recesses, the one or more telescopic elements being telescopic with respect to the frame; and

an attachment system comprising two attachment elements that can be moved with respect to each other, in which the attachment system is configured for being applied to the frame and for attaching the frame with respect to the one or more telescopic elements by means of positioning the attachment elements in recesses of the one or more telescopic elements.

6. Display according to claim 1, comprising at least three, and preferably four, wheels, preferably one or more of the wheels comprising a braking system.

7. Display according to claim 1, in which the first and the second shelf each comprise an in essence rectangular upper side, each of the rectangular upper sides comprising an in essence same length dimension and an in essence same width dimension, the dimensions being appropriate for covering at least 90% of the supporting surface of a standard pallet with an integer number of non-overlapping rectangles with this length and width dimension.

8. Display according to claim 1, in which at least one of the first shelf, the second shelf and the side walls comprises a metal or an alloy, preferably steel or aluminium.

9. Display according to claim 1, the display comprising a communication module and at least one of a weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a location sensor, a gas sensor, a humidity sensor, an infrared sensor, an eye detection system, a camera, a Wi-Fi tracker, a Bluetooth low-energy beacon, a promotion chip, and an electronic price indicator.

10. Display according to claim 1, in which the display comprises a cooling installation.

11. Kit comprising a display according to claim 1, and a housing for the display, the display comprising an intended configuration, the kit being arranged for attaching the housing to the display in the intended configuration, the housing comprising an advertisement wall, the advertisement wall being appropriate for at least partially covering the shelves and/or the side walls of the display in the intended configuration, the advertisement wall of the attached housing further being configured for taking products of at least one of the shelves.

12. Method for spacing a first and a second shelf for displaying goods, the method comprising the steps of:

providing two side walls for supporting in a spaced way the second shelf on the first shelf, the second shelf being positioned on the first shelf, the side walls being positioned between the first and the second shelf, the side walls being substantially parallel to both shelves, each of the side walls comprising a first edge and a second edge;

exerting an upward force onto the second shelf and thereby, for at least one of the side walls;

a. sliding the first edge in essence parallel to a surface of one of both shelves; and

/or

b. rotating the side wall around a rotation axis, in which the rotation axis is essentially coaxial to the second edge and in essence parallel to a surface of one of both shelves; and

/or

c. changing the distance between the first and the second edge.

13. Method according to claim 12, in which the sliding (step a.) and the rotating (step b.) are realized simultaneously and for both side walls at the same time till both side walls are positioned essentially perpendicular to both shelves, after which the changing of the distance between the first and the second edge (step c.) is realized simultaneously for both side walls.

14. Method according to claim 13, in which said steps are machine-executed.

15. Method according to claim 12 for spacing the first and the second shelf of a display.