Display and pull-out tray assemblies for integrated modular store fixture system

• US 4,705,175 A
• Filed: 02/17/1987
• Issued: 11/10/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises LLC (Hanesbrands Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
• Inventors: Howard, Fred, Edson, Sydney
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US07/015,147
• Time in Patent Office: 266 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.1, 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/57.1, 211/193, 211/126, 211/133, 211/151, 211/187, 211/182, 108/108, 108/109
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/00 Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture doors E06B
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/103 Display shelving racks with the uprights aligned in only one plane

Abstract

An integrated modular store fixture system has at least two spaced apart parallel vertical members at the rear of the system with side surfaces facing each other and having a series of aligned holes therein. A display assembly or a pull-out tray assembly is engageable with holes into members for holding merchandise to be displayed at the front of the system. The assemblies include two side support elements, each extending from the rear to the front of the system when in the mounted position with one end at the rear having members projecting transverse to the support elements and each projecting member inserted into one hole in one vertical member. The side support elements are releasably retained in the mounted position by a horizontal elongated stretcher member having downwardly depending pins and which are slidably received in tubular members on each support element. A tray or J-hook is mounted on the support elements for holding merchandise to be displayed.

Claims

1. In an integrated modular store fixture system having at least two spaced apart parallel vertical members with side surfaces facing each other and having a series of aligned holes therein and means engaging holes in two members for holding merchandise to be displayed at the front of the system, the improvement wherein the means for engaging the holes comprises:

two side support elements, each extending from the rear to the front of the system when in a mounted position with one end at the rear having means forming members projecting transverse to the support elements and each projecting member inserted in one hole in one vertical member;

means for releasably retaining the side support elements in the mounted position comprising a horizontal elongated stretcher member having two downwardly depending pins and means disposed on each side support element for slidably receiving one pin; and

means mounted on the side support elements for holding merchandise to be displayed.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each side support element comprises a wire frame having a rear portion comprising a right triangle with one side forming a base, another side forming said one end and the hypotenuse above the base and a linear front portion extending downwardly from the hypotenuse to a free end.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the means forming projecting meers for each side support element comprises a C-shaped member having two arms extending from a connecting member, wherein the connecting member forms said another side of the triangle and the two arms from the projecting members.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the means for slidably receiving one pin comprises a tubular member fixed to each said connecting member.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the stretcher member comprises a C-shaped elongated member having two arms forming the pins and configured to be received in the tubular members and a portion connecting the two arms.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the means for holding the merchandise to be displayed comprises a bar connecting the free ends of the front portions of the wire frames and at least one J-hook releasably engageable with the bar for holding merchandise to be displayed.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein each side support element has an inside face and means forming a slide channel sloping downwardly from the rear to the front of the system and means forming a detent along the slide channel at a lower front portion thereof.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the means for holding merchandise to be displayed comprises a tray having front and rear portions two sides and a base and means forming two slide members at both sides and under the base of the tray and slidably received in the slide channels of two side support elements, wherein one slide member is disposed at the front portion at both sides and one slide member is disposed at the rear portion at both sides and wherein the slide members are resilient and each includes a rear portion parallel to the base and a front portion depending downwardly at an acute angle from the rear portion and having a leading edge coactive with the detent to prevent forward movement of the tray and manually bendable upwardly to move the leading edge above the detent and permit forward movement of the tray, whereby the tray is movable between a display position wherein the slide members at the front portion of the tray coact with the detents and a leading position wherein the slide members at the rear portion of the tray coact with the detents.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the means forming the slide channel includes means forming a relaxation area in the channel at a rear portion thereof comprising a widening of the channel and wherein the relaxation area corresponds to the position of the front portions of the rear slide members when the tray is in the display position.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein each side support element comprises an integral member comprising the means forming the slide channel and detents and wherein the member includes a rear portion having a vertical channel in the inside face with two spaced through holes to the outside face.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the means forming projecting members for each side support element comprises a C-shaped member having two arms extending from a connecting member, wherein the connecting member is received in the vertical channel and the two arms extend through the through holes and from the projecting members.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the means for slidably receiving one pin comprises a tubular member fixed to each said connecting member.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the stretcher member comprises a C-shaped elongated member having two arms forming the pins and configured to be received in the tubular members and a portion connecting the two arms.

14. A display assembly for use in an integrated modular store fixture system having at least two spaced apart parallel vertical members at the rear of the system with side surfaces facing each other and having a series of aligned holes therein, the assembly comprising:

two side support elements each comprising a frame having a rear portion comprising a right triangle with one side forming a base, another side forming a rear end and the hypotenuse above the base and a linear front portion extending downwardly from the hypotenuse to a free end, a C-shaped member having two arms extending from a connecting member, wherein the connecting member forms said another side of the triangle and the two arms form projecting members for insertion into holes in the vertical members of a system, and a tubular member fixed to said connecting member in parallel therewith;

a stretcher member comprises a C-shaped elongated member having two arms forming the pins and configured to be received in the tubular members and a portion connecting the two arms; and

a bar connecting the free ends of the front portions of the wire frames and on which at least one J-hook is releasably engageable for holding merchandise to be displayed.

15. A pull-out tray assembly for use in an integrated modular store fixture system having at least two spaced apart parallel vertical members at the rear of the system with side surfaces facing each other and having a series of aligned holes therein, the assembly comprising:

two side support elements, each having an inside face and means forming a slide channel sloping downwardly from a rear portion to a front portion of the assembly and means forming a detent along the slide channel at a lower front portion thereof, the rear portion having a vertical channel in the inside face with two spaced apart through holes to the outside faces, a C-shaped member having two arms extending from a connecting member, wherein the connecting member is received in the vertical channel and the two arms extend through the through holes and engage holes in vertical members of a system;

a tubular member fixed to each said connecting member in parallel therewith;

a stretcher member comprising a C-shaped elongated member having two arms configured to be received in the tubular members and a portion connecting the two arms;

a tray having front and rear portions, two sides and a base and means forming two slide members at both sides and under the base of the tray and slidably received in the slide channels of two side support elements, wherein one slide member is disposed at the front portion at both sides and one slide member is disposed at the rear portion at both sides and wherein the slide members are resilient and each includes a rear portion parallel to the base and a front portion depending downwardly at an acute angle from the rear portion and having a leading edge coactive with the detent to prevent forward movement of the tray and manually bendable upwardly to move the leading edge above the detent and permit forward movement of the tray, whereby the tray is movable between a display position wherein the slide members at the front portion of the tray coact with the detents and a loading position wherein the slide members at the rear portion of the tray coact with the detents.

16. The assembly according to claim 15, wherein the means forming the slide channel includes means forming a relaxation area in the channel at a rear portion thereof comprising a widening of the channel and wherein the relaxation area corresponds to the position of the front portions of the rear slide members when the tray is in the display position.