DISPLAY TRAY

• US 3,776,388 A
• Filed: 12/13/1971
• Issued: 12/04/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harley H. Mattheis
• Original Assignee: Harley H. Mattheis
• Inventors: Mattheis, Harley H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Britts, Ramon S.
• Application Number:
  US05/207,160
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 211/126,90,88,153,86,134 108/90,97,152 248/226A
• US Class Current: 211/119.003
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0068 Shelf extensions, e.g. fixed on price rail

Abstract

An integrally formed, injection molded, plastic display tray. The tray includes integral bottom, side, front and back walls and is provided with a plurality of integrally formed, rearwardly extending bracket members which are adapted to attach the tray to an existing shelf. The tray is particularly useful for displaying merchandise.

Claims

1. In a one-piece, integrally formed, injection molded, plastic display tray the combination comprising:

a generally rectangular, integrally formed, one-piece, open-top, plastic tray having an integral bottom wall, sidewalls, and front and back walls;

said back wall having a plurality of integrally formed brackets extending rearwardly therefrom for attaching said tray to an existing shelf, each of said brackets including a pair of spaced apart, unconnected, transversely extending, upper fingers attached to the upper portion of said back wall, and a single, transversely projecting lower finger attached to the lower portion of said back wall and spaced opposite said pair of upper fingers, said lower finger having a solid, generally rectangular upper portion with its surface substantially parallel to the bottom surface of said upper fingers and integral side members attached to said upper portion and to said back wall, said upper portion providing a threaded opening therein; and

bolt means received in said threaded opening in said lower finger and adapted to engage the lower surface of said shelf to lock said display tray firmly thereon.