Spring-urged shelf divider system
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1. A shelf divider system comprising:
- an elongated channel mounting member operationally securable to a front portion of a shelf;
a shelf divider member slidably receivable in said mounting member so that the divider member extend rearwardly over the shelf;
track means on said divider member comprising a pair of elongated rails, spring-urged pusher means comprising a pusher member having a front pusher face and a pair of flanges engaging said rails whereby said pusher member is operationally slidable on the rails and the pusher means is rearwardly retractable to accommodate a display of merchandise and will bear against the merchandise to automatically urge the same forwardly on the shelf.
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Abstract
A shelf divider system comprising a divider wall mountable in a channel member secured to the front of a shelf. A spring-urged pusher member is slidably mounted on a track having a pair of rails integral with the divider shaft. In one embodiment, the operationally mounted divider wall is vertically oriented and the pusher member extends horizontally therefrom so that displayed merchandise resets directly on the shelf surface but is automatically urged forwardly by the retracted pusher member. In another embodiment, the track provides the supporting surface for displayed merchandise and a vertical divider wall is integrally formed with the track.
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1. A shelf divider system comprising:
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an elongated channel mounting member operationally securable to a front portion of a shelf; a shelf divider member slidably receivable in said mounting member so that the divider member extend rearwardly over the shelf; track means on said divider member comprising a pair of elongated rails, spring-urged pusher means comprising a pusher member having a front pusher face and a pair of flanges engaging said rails whereby said pusher member is operationally slidable on the rails and the pusher means is rearwardly retractable to accommodate a display of merchandise and will bear against the merchandise to automatically urge the same forwardly on the shelf. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A shelf divider system comprising:
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an elongated channel mounting member operationally securable to a front portion of a shelf; a shelf divider member comprising a vertical divider wall and a horizontal track with rails integral therewith, a closure wall connectable to said track for closing the open side of the divider member opposite said divider wall, and means for adjusting the spacing between said divider wall and the operationally mounted closure wall comprising a horizontal foot projecting from said closure wall, a bottom slot in said track adapted to receive said foot therein, a plurality of spaced positioning grooves on said foot and a depending ridge integral on said track and receivable in said positioning grooves, said divider member being slidably receivable in said mounting member whereby said track rests on the shelf; a pusher member slidably mounted on said rails; and a coil anchored at one end to a front portion of said divider member and the coil thereof operationally retained on said pusher member, whereby said pusher member is rearwardly retractable to accommodate displayed merchandise supported on said track and automatically urged forwardly thereon.
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