Vertically adjustable pusher point of purchase display

• US 5,351,839 A
• Filed: 03/12/1993
• Issued: 10/04/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Decision Point Marketing, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Decision Point Marketing, Inc.
• Inventors: Welker, Brian H., Beeler, Mark T.
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US08/030,812
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.3, 211/59.2, 211/193, 211/187, 211/90, 211/57.1, 211/59.1, 312/42, 312/71
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/125 with an article-pushing device

Abstract

An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment includes a frame having sideboards, a rear board and a plurality of upright standards, each standard having a plurality of apertures spaced therealong, and a plurality of supports having knife brackets and crosswise-extending bars. Each support is affixed to two of the standards by insertion of its knife brackets into apertures of the standards and each includes forwardly-extending rails. A plurality of trays each include a plurality of location means across a width of the tray and is supported on the rails of one of the supports. The trays have first and second protrusions from their undersides, the first protrusion adapted to engage the crosswise-extending bar to support the tray in a first, retracted package-displaying position, and the second protrusion adapted to engage the bar to support the tray in a second, extended, package-loading position. A plurality of product pushers is releasably connected to the trays and positioned in the trays in reference to the location means. Goods to be displayed may be positioned forwardly of the product pushers to urge them to one end of the tray for retail purchase and the apparatus may be disassembled to arrange a different plurality of product pushers differently in the tray and a different plurality of supports, trays and forwardly-extending rod assemblies, differently along the standards.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment comprising

a frame having an upright standard with a plurality of affixation elements spaced along said standard,

a plurality of supports affixed to said standard by affixation to said affixation elements and including forwardly-extending rails,

a plurality of trays each including a plurality of location means across a width of said tray, each tray being supported on said rails of one of said supports,

a plurality of product pushers releasably connected to said trays and positioned in said trays in reference to said location means,

whereby goods to be displayed may be positioned forwardly of said product pushers to urge them to one end of said tray for retail purchase and the apparatus may be disassembled to arrange a different plurality of product pushers differently in said tray and a different plurality of supports and trays differently along said standard.

2. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frame has a plurality of said standards and each support is affixed to two standards.

3. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frame has sideboards and a rear board.

4. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said affixation means comprises apertures in said standard and said supports are affixed to said standards by knife brackets which enter said apertures.

5. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frame has a plurality of standards spaced apart 16 inches.

6. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a rear board affixed to said standard at a location on said frame not occupied by a support and tray.

7. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 6 wherein said rear board is a pegboard.

8. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a forwardly-extending rod assembly affixed to said standard at a location on said frame not occupied by a support and tray.

9. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 8 wherein said frame has a plurality of said standards and said assembly is affixed to two standards, said affixation means comprises apertures in said standard and said assembly is affixed to said standards by knife brackets which enter said apertures.

10. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 8 wherein said forwardly-extending rod assembly includes a cross-wise extending channel and said rods are selectively located along said channel.

11. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 8 wherein said forwardly-extending rod assembly includes spacers and a product identification panel, said spacers projecting said panel forwardly from said standard and said panel adapted to receive product-identifying indicia.

12. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said supports have crosswise-extending bars and said trays have first and second protrusions from their undersides, said first protrusion adapted to engage said bar to support said tray in a first, retracted package-displaying position, and said second protrusion adapted to engage said bar to support said tray in a second, extended, package-loading position.

13. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment comprising

a frame having sideboards, a rear board and a plurality of upright standards, each standard having a plurality of apertures spaced therealong,

a plurality of supports having knife brackets and crosswise-extending bars, each support affixed to two of said standards by insertion of its knife brackets into apertures of the standards and each including forwardly-extending rails,

a plurality of trays each including a plurality of location means across a width of said tray, each tray being supported on said rails of one of said supports, said trays having first and second protrusions from their undersides, said first protrusion adapted to engage said crosswise-extending bar to support said tray in a first, retracted package-displaying position, and said second protrusion adapted to engage said bar to support said tray in a second, extended, package-loading position,

a plurality of product pushers releasably connected to said trays and positioned in said trays in reference to said location means,

a forwardly-extending rod assembly affixed to said standards at a location on said frame not occupied by a support and tray,

whereby goods to be displayed may be positioned forwardly of said product pushers to urge them to one end of said tray for retail purchase and the apparatus may be disassembled to arrange a different plurality of product pushers differently in said tray and a different plurality of supports, trays and forwardly-extending rod assemblies, differently along said standards.

14. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment comprising

a frame having an upright standard with a plurality of affixation elements spaced along said standard,

a plurality of supports affixed to said standard by affixation to said affixation elements and including forwardly-extending rails,

a plurality of trays each including a plurality of location means across a width of said tray, each tray being supported on said rails of one of said supports,

a rear peg board affixed to said standard at a location on said frame not occupied by a support and tray,

a plurality of product pushers releasably connected to said trays and positioned in said trays in reference to said location means,

whereby goods to be displayed may be positioned forwardly of said product pushers to urge them to one end of said tray for retail purchase and the apparatus may be disassembled to arrange a different plurality of product pushers differently in said tray and a different plurality of supports and trays differently along said standard.

15. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 14 wherein said frame has a plurality of said standards and each support is affixed to two standards.

16. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 14 wherein said affixation means comprises apertures in said standard and said supports are affixed to said standards by knife brackets which enter said apertures.

17. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 14 further comprising a forwardly-extending rod assembly affixed to said standard at a location on said frame not occupied by a support and tray.

18. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 17 wherein said frame has a plurality of said standards and said assembly is affixed to two standards, said affixation means comprises apertures in said standard and said assembly is affixed to said standards by knife brackets which enter said apertures.

19. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 17 wherein said forwardly-extending rod assembly includes a crosswise-extending channel and said rods are selectively located along said channel.

20. An apparatus for displaying goods in a retail environment as claimed in claim 17 wherein said forwardly-extending rod assembly includes spacers and a product identification panel, said spacers projecting said panel forwardly from said standard and said panel adapted to receive product-identifying indicia.