Multiple item shelving display system

• US 5,464,105 A
• Filed: 08/25/1993
• Issued: 11/07/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deluxe Craft Manufacturing Company
• Original Assignee: Deluxe Craft Manufacturing Company
• Inventors: Mandeltort, Stanley T.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C
• Application Number:
  US08/111,652
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 211/184, 211/90, 211/59.2, 211/186, 108/60, 108/61
• US Class Current: 211/184
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

A shelving system capable of displaying multiple items, such as photo albums and their associated photo album refills, is used in conjunction with a flat shelf and includes a plurality of separated shelving members attached to the flat shelf at spaced-apart locations from one another. Each shelving member includes a ledge, a riser, which supports the ledge above the flat shelf so that a space exists between the ledge and the flat shelf, and a connector capable of attaching the shelving member to the flat shelf. First and second adjacent, spaced-apart shelving members accept a photo album on the ledges thereof and accept an associated photo album refill in the space between the ledges thereof and the flat shelf. Furthermore, each shelving member includes a flat, vertical surface which displays sensorially perceptible information pertaining to the photo album and/or the photo album refill, which are marked with a similar identification, to enable a person to determine the photo album refill associated with any particular photo album and/or shelving member in an easy and efficient manner.

Claims

1. A shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf having a front edge, the shelving system comprising

a first shelving member and

a second shelving member,

said first and second shelving members being adapted to be disposed on the flat shelf in a spaced-apart manner in order to support an item therebetween by enabling the item to straddle the space above the flat shelf between said first and second shelving members, each of said first and second shelving members including,

a ledge adapted to be disposed perpendicularly to the front edge of the flat shelf,

a first support member rigidly attached to a first part of said ledge and extends between said ledge and flat shelf when the shelving member is attached to the flat shelf,

a second support member rigidly attached to a second part of said ledge and extends between said ledge and flat shelf when he shelving member is attached to the flat shelf, and which is movable with respect to said firs support member,

a first rigid connector attached to said first support member adapted to connect said first support member to the flat shelf and disposed at a first predetermined distance below said ledge when said shelving member is attached to the flat shelf, and

a second rigid connector attached to said second support member adapted to connect said second support member to the flat shelf and disposed at a second predetermined distance below said ledge when said shelving member is attached to the flat shelf,

wherein one of said first and second connectors comprises a peg extending therefrom and having a neck portion adjacent to the one of said connector for insertion into a hole of the flat shelf,

said first and second connectors being configured to transfer the weight of the item to the flat shelf, and

said first and second predetermined distances being configured to enable an additional item to be disposed between said ledge and the flat shelf when said shelving member is attached to the flat shelf.

2. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 1, wherein each of said shelving members includes a lateral support member which extends above said ledge of said shelving member.

3. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 2, wherein said lateral support member includes a vertically disposed metal rod connected to said ledge and a horizontally disposed metal rod attached to said vertically disposed metal rod.

4. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 3, wherein each of said first and second shelving members further includes a vertically disposed surface adapted for displaying information pertaining to the item or to the additional item.

5. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 1, wherein the flat shelf is a perforated shelf having a series of holes therein and wherein each of said first and second connectors includes a peg adapted to be inserted into one of the holes of the perforated shelf.

6. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 5, wherein one of said first and second shelving members includes a further ledge adapted to be disposed perpendicularly to the front edge of the flat shelf.

7. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 1, wherein the first support member of one of said first and second shelving members is attached to a side of the ledge of the one of said first and second shelving members and the second support member of the one of said first and second shelving members is attached to a middle portion of the ledge of the one of said first and second shelving members.

8. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 1, wherein said first and second shelving members are adapted to be disposed on the flat shelf in a plurality of spaced-apart locations.

9. The shelving system adapted for use with a flat shelf according to claim 1, wherein said first and second predetermined distances are greater than one inch.