Display shelving

• US 6,006,926 A
• Filed: 09/02/1998
• Issued: 12/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CDA Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CDA Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Maheswaran, Saravanan, O'Reilly, Robert Wheeler, Roger, Leslie Ewart Neil
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harris, Erica B.
• Application Number:
  US09/146,339
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 211/45, 211/59.2, 211/126.2, 211/133.1, 211/186, 211/187
• US Class Current: 211/45
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/04 with means for adjusting the inclination of the shelves
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/12 Tiltable stands
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/0042 for flat articles, e.g. panels, tiles A47F7/0014, A47F7/14, A47F7/16 take precedence

Abstract

A floor display for products, in the form of a shelf system having a base, a back wall, side walls, and preferably having a top wall or canopy, although this is an optional feature, and shelves fitted at progressively increasing angles from bottom to top of the display for displaying products in a manner convenient for viewing.

Claims

1. A shelf system for displaying shelves of products at varying angles and comprising;

a base;

a back wall;

side walls defining lower and upper regions;

a plurality of forward support pins on the side walls;

a plurality of rear support pins on the side walls;

wherein the pairs of forward and rear pins on the lower regions of side walls are aligned at a slight angle to wherein horizontal and the pairs of forward and rear pins on the upper region of the side walls are aligned at angles which are at progressively steeper angles; and

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shelves formed of a uniform construction interengaged with respective pairs of forward and rear support pins on the side wall, wherein the shelves tilt at progressively increasing angles from the lower region to the upper region of the side walls;

said shelves being formed of injection moulded thermoplastic material, and defining ends adjacent respective said side walls;

end edge walls at each end of each of said shelves extending downwardly below said shelves;

edge notches formed in said end edge walls below said shelves for engaging said support pins on said side walls of the display;

transverse reinforcing ridges located on the underside of said shelves;

retaining portions on the forward edges of the shelves;

metallic support bars on the underside of said shelves adjacent their forward and rear edges, spanning the length of said shelves;

L-shaped flange portions at the ends of said support bars located beneath said shelves, and lying within said end edge walls; and

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flange notches in said flange portions of said support bars registering with said edge notches in said end edge walls of said shelves for engaging said support pins on said side walls.

2. A shelf system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the forward edges of the side walls have a concave arcuate profile.

3. A shelf system as claimed in claim 1 including a canopy provided on top of the side walls, to provide a finished attractive appearance to the display.

4. A shelf system as claimed in claim 1 and including longitudinal reinforcing ribs moulded integrally with said shelves, and located on the underside of said shelves.

5. A shelf system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the side walls are formed in a generally upwardly tapering fashion, having a rear edge which is vertical, and having a forward edge which tapers from a wide region at the base to a narrower region at the top.

6. A shelf system as claimed in claim 5 wherein the forward support pins follow the tapering of the forward edge of the side walls.

7. A shelf system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the rearward pins are aligned in a linear fashion following the linear shape of the rear edge of the side walls, whereby the lower shelves are supported at a relatively low angle, and each succeeding upper shelf will then be supported at a progressively steeper angle.

8. A shelf system for displaying shelves of products at progressively varying angles which vary from a shallow angle at the lowermost shelf to progressively steeper angles in each succeeding higher shelf from lower to upper shelves in such system and comprising;

a base;

a back wall;

side walls defining lower and upper regions;

rear edges on said side walls which are substantially upright;

forward edges on said wide walls which are contoured concavely rearwardly from bottom to top;

a plurality of rear shelf support pins on the side walls, arranged along rear pin axes which are generally parallel to said rear edges of said side walls;

a plurality of forward shelf support pins on the side walls, arranged along forward pin axes which are contoured to correspond to the rearward concave contouring of said forward edges of said side walls;

wherein pairs of forward and rear pins are arranged one above the other, and wherein the lowermost pairs of forward and rear pins define shelf tilt angles at a first predetermined angle, and wherein each of the ascending pairs of said forward and rear pins define progressively steeper shelf tilt angles from the lowermost regions of the side walls to the uppermost region of the side walls.