Organizer for grocery shelves

• US 5,381,908 A
• Filed: 09/20/1993
• Issued: 01/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: All Stock Displays Inc.
• Original Assignee: All Stock Displays Inc.
• Inventors: Hepp, James
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US08/123,782
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 211/184, 40/642, 108/60, 108/61, 248/221.4, 248/223.3, 248/225.1, 248/298
• US Class Current: 211/184
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/585 with connection means slidable in a rail

Abstract

The device is a shelf organizer. A clip portion slidably snap engages inwardly facing tracks of a grocery shelf. A post portion attached by a living hinge to the clip portion extends vertically therefrom. The post portion snap engages a planar shelf divider and includes a slot through which a tongue portion of the planar shelf divider passes. The tongue portion includes a flat surface onto which prices and product information may be affixed.

Claims

1. A shelf organizer comprising:

clip means for slidably engaging an edge of a shelf;

post means extending substantially vertically from said clip means, said post means further including means for engaging a planar dividing means generally perpendicular to the edge of the shelf, said post means having a U-shaped cross section with a first inwardly extending post leg and a second inwardly directed post leg, said first and second post legs being resiliently engaged with respect to each other and spaced to engage the shelf divider therebetween and including a vertical slot through which a tongue portion of the shelf divider passes; and

living hinge means attaching said clip means to said post means.

2. The shelf organizer of claim 1 wherein said clip means includes a substantially upwardly extending leg and a substantially downwardly extending leg, said legs being resiliently engaged with respect to each other thereby allowing said legs to be snap engaged to opposite inwardly facing tracks on the edge of the shelf.

3. The shelf organizer of claim 2 wherein said legs are resiliently engaged with respect to each other by an integral resilient structure therebetween.

4. The shelf organizer of claim 3 wherein said integral resilient structure includes a first wall extending substantially horizontally from said first leg, a second wall extending substantially horizontally from said second leg, and a surface extending substantially vertically between said first and second walls.

5. The shelf organizer of claim 4 wherein said integral resilient structure is formed of injection molded plastic.

6. The shelf organizer of claim 1 wherein a bottom surface of said post means inwardly adjacent from said living hinge includes an indented portion for engaging the shelf.

7. The shelf divider of any of claims 1 through 6 in combination with a planar shelf divider including a main body portion and a tongue portion.