Pull-out gravity feed shelf

• US 6,164,462 A
• Filed: 09/28/1999
• Issued: 12/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: L&P Property Management Company (Leggett & Platt Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: L&P Property Management Company (Leggett & Platt Incorporated)
• Inventors: Mumford, Nicholas R.
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US09/407,584
• Time in Patent Office: 455 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/90.01, 211/90.02, 211/90.03, 211/90.04, 211/175, 108/102, 108/143, 248/241
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0093 movable in a substantially horizontal direction

Abstract

A display rack including shelf assemblies which are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. Each shelf assembly includes a pair of slides adapted to slidably receive a pair of support arms extending forwardly from vertical uprights of the display rack. Each slide has a cavity therein in which one of the support arms is slidably received. The shelf may be locked in either an extended position or a retracted position.

Claims

1. A display rack comprising:

a base,

a pair of uprights extending upwardly from said base,

a pair of support arms fixed to said pair of uprights, each of said support arms having an upwardly extending projection,

a shelf assembly supported by said support arms and movable between a retracted position and an extended position, said shelf assembly comprising a wire shelf and a pair of slides secured to said wire shelf, each of said slides comprising an inner bracket and an outer bracket, each of said brackets having a recess, said recesses cooperating to define a cavity therebetween in which one of said support arms is slidably received, said cavity having a first extension and a second extension, said projections of said support arms being located in said first extensions when said shelf assembly is in said retracted position and being located in said second extensions when said shelf assembly is in said extended position.

2. The display rack of claim 1 wherein said shelf assembly further comprises a front extrusion extending between said slides and connected to said wire shelf.

3. The display rack of claim 1 further comprising dividers secured to said wire shelf.

4. The display rack of claim 1 wherein at least one of said brackets has a groove, said groove being adapted to receive and retain a portion of said wire shelf.

5. The display rack of claim 1 wherein said wire shelf has a pair of outermost side wires which are located in grooves formed in said slides of said shelf assembly.

6. The display rack of claim 1 wherein each of said brackets is molded plastic.

7. The display rack of claim 1 further comprising caster wheels secured to said base to enable said display rack to be moved from one location to another.

8. The display rack of claim 1 wherein said support arms are declined.

9. A display rack comprising:

a base,

vertical uprights secured to said base,

support arms fixed to said vertical uprights, said support arms extending outwardly from said vertical uprights, each of said support arms having a projection at an outer end of said support arm,

a shelf assembly slidably engaged with a pair of said support arms, said shelf assembly being movable between a retracted position and an extended position, said shelf assembly comprising a shelf and a pair of slides secured to said shelf, each of said slides comprising an inner bracket and an outer bracket, each of said brackets having a recess, said recesses cooperating to define a cavity therebetween in which one of said support arms is slidably received, said cavity having first and second cavity extensions, said projections of said support arms being engaged with said first cavity extensions when said shelf assembly is in said retracted position and being engaged with said second cavity extensions when said shelf assembly is in said extended position whereby said shelf assembly is moved from said retracted position to said extended position by disengaging said projections of said support arms from said first cavity extensions by lifting said shelf assembly upwardly and inwardly.

10. The display rack of claim 9 wherein said shelf is a wire shelf having a generally planar supporting portion and a rear portion.

11. The display rack of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of removable dividers removably secured to said shelf.

12. The display rack of claim 9 wherein at least one of said brackets of each of said slides has a groove, said groove being adapted to receive and retain a portion of said shelf in order to secure said shelf to said slide.

13. The display rack of claim 9 wherein said shelf has a pair of outermost side wires which are located in grooves formed in said slides of said shelf assembly.

14. A shelf assembly for use in a display rack having a pair of support arms extending outwardly from said display rack, said shelf assembly being movable between a retracted position and an extended position and comprising:

a wire shelf and a pair of slides, each of said slides comprising an inner bracket and an outer bracket, each of said brackets having a recess, said recesses cooperating to define a cavity therebetween in which one of said support arms is slidably received, each of said support arms having a projection at an outer end of said support arm, said cavity having a first extension and a second extension, said projections of said support arms being located in said first extensions when said shelf assembly is in said retracted position and being located in said second extensions when said shelf assembly is in said extended position.

15. The shelf assembly of claim 14 further comprising a front extrusion extending between said slides, said front extrusion functioning as a stop to prevent product from falling off said wire shelf.

16. The shelf assembly of claim 14 further comprising at least one divider secured to said wire shelf, said at least one divider extending from front to back.

17. The shelf assembly of claim 14 wherein at least one of said brackets has a groove, said groove being adapted to receive and retain a portion of said wire shelf.

18. The shelf assembly of claim 14 wherein said wire shelf has a pair of outermost side wires which are located in grooves formed in said slides of said shelf assembly.

19. The shelf assembly of claim 15 wherein said front extrusion has a receptacle so that said front extrusion may be secured to a front wire of said wire shelf.

20. The shelf assembly of claim 16 wherein said at least one divider is secured to front and back wires of said wire shelf.