Pegboard-mountable adjustable merchandising rack

• US 5,746,328 A
• Filed: 08/23/1996
• Issued: 05/05/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC (WestRock Company)
• Original Assignee: Decision Point Marketing, Inc.
• Inventors: Welker, Brian H., Beeler, Mark T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Anderson, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US08/702,260
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 211/87, 211/880.01, 211/59.3, 211/59.1, 211/193, 248/220.41, 248/224.51, 248/223.41, 248/223.42
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/126 the pushing device being urged by spring means
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0823 Article supports for peg-boards
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/42 the articles being delivered by motor-driven means

Abstract

An apparatus for displaying products at retail on a pegboard having spaced holes includes at least two pegboard connection elements each including a wedge-shaped back plate, upper and lower inward-facing grooves spaced apart a first distance and prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard. Knife brackets have upper and lower outwardly-facing flanges engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection by lateral insertion of the flanges in the grooves to engage the knife brackets with the pegboard connection elements and a plurality of indentations along a direction extending from the pegboard. A tray supported on the knife brackets has a catch shaped to be received in one of the indentations to permit the spacing of the tray from the pegboard to be adjusted to a desired distance. The tray includes front and rear walls having downward-facing ledge elements with one of the ledge elements being resiliently mounted to its respective wall. A product pusher having forward and rearward facing protrusions is held in place by locating the protrusions under the ledges. The pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, the knife brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard, and the tray may be mounted on the knife brackets.

Claims

1. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein each pegboard connection element has upper and lower inward-facing grooves spaced apart a first distance, and said brackets have upper and lower outwardly-facing flanges spaced apart slightly less than the first distance to permit lateral insertion of said flanges in said grooves to engage said brackets with said pegboard connection elements.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said bracket is a knife bracket.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said bracket has a rearward-facing surface and said pegboard connection element has a forward-facing nub disposed to frictionally engage said rearward-facing surface when said flanges are laterally inserted in said grooves.

4. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein said pegboard connection element has a wedge-shaped back plate to orient said bracket upwardly with respect to the pegboard.

5. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein said pegboard connection element is made of a higher strength material than said bracket.

6. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboards,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein said bracket includes an L-shape, a first leg of said L-shape including a plate engageable with said pegboard connection element and a second leg of said L-shape including a tray support perpendicular to said plate, said first leg having a recess located at a point of intersection with said tray support.

7. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein at least one of a bracket or said tray includes a plurality of indentations along a direction extending from the pegboard and the other of said bracket or said tray has a catch shaped to be received in one of said indentations to permit the spacing of the tray from the pegboard to be adjusted to a desired distance.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein said catch is resiliently mounted and said catch and said indentations are cooperatively shaped to avoid ratcheting of the position of said tray with respect to the pegboard.

9. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein at least one of said brackets includes a plurality of indentations along a direction extending from the pegboard and said tray has a catch shaped to be received in one of said indentations to permit the spacing of the tray from the pegboard to be adjusted to a desired distance.

10. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a tray supported on said brackets and having product pushers movably mounted therein,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard and said tray may be mounted on said brackets,

wherein said a tray includes front and rear walls, said front wall includes a rearward-extending, downward-facing ledge element, said rear wall includes a forward-extending, downward-facing ledge element and at least one of said ledge elements is resiliently mounted to its respective wall, said product pusher having forward and rearward facing protrusions,

whereby said pusher may be located in said tray by placing one of its protrusions under one ledge and the other protrusion under the other ledge, with the resilience of the resiliently mounted ledge urging the ledges into retaining relation to said protrusions.

11. An apparatus for displaying products on a pegboard having spaced holes comprising

at least two pegboard connection elements each including prongs spaced apart by a distance equal to spacing between holes in the pegboard,

at least two brackets, each engageable with a corresponding pegboard connection element in a laterally adjustable connection, and

a product platform supported on said brackets for holding products to be displayed,

whereby said pegboard connection elements may be mounted on the pegboard by insertion of their respective prongs through holes in the pegboard, said brackets may each be engaged with a corresponding connection element to extend from the pegboard, said product platform may be mounted on said brackets, and said products may be displayed on said product platform

wherein said pegboard connection element is made of a higher strength material than said bracket.

12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein said bracket is a knife bracket.