Beverage display tray

• US 6,435,359 B1
• Filed: 11/22/2000
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Priminano, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US09/721,180
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• Field of Search: 211/75, 211/74, 211/71.01, 211/86.01, 211/87.01, 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 248/311.2, 248/447.1, 248/447.2, 248/450, 248/80, 248/89, 248/105, 248/121, 248/146, 248/152, 248/154, 248/317, 248/318, 248/342
• US Class Current: 211/75
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/28 for containers, e.g. flasks, bottles , tins, milk packs racks or containers with dispensing arrangements A47F1/04; for lipsticks or markers A47F7/0021; for audio/video cassettes or booklike articles A47F7/14

Abstract

A display device for a plurality of items, such as two or three liter beverage bottles utilizes a tray attached on top of the shelf support. The tray has a bottom panel with upstanding front and rear sidewall panels attached to the bottom panel. Front flanges are connected to either the bottom panel or front sidewall panel and extend downward to overlap the top of the shelf support. Rear flanges are connected to either the bottom panel or front sidewall panel and also extend downward to overlap the top of the shelf support. The rear flanges each have a threaded opening to receive a thumbscrew with a swivel plate. Tightening the thumbscrews secures the tray to the shelf support.

Claims

1. A display device for holding a plurality of items on top of a shelf, said display device, comprising:

a tray having a bottom panel with a longitudinal axis, a middle panel portion, and upstanding front and rear sidewall panels attached to said bottom panel on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis;

a stop member upstanding from an end portion of said bottom panel, said stop member being a rod having an inverted U-shape with end portions bent, flattened and fastened to said bottom panel;

a front flange connected to one of said bottom panel and said front sidewall panel and extending downward below said bottom panel parallel to said front sidewall panel, said front flange being positioned nearer said middle panel portion than said stop member;

a rear flange connected to one of said bottom panel and said rear sidewall panel and extending downward therefrom below said bottom panel, said rear flange having a threaded opening, said rear flange being positioned nearer said middle panel portion than said stop member;

a threaded member extending through said threaded opening, said threaded member being movable inward toward said longitudinal axis; and

a swivel plate on one end of said threaded member positioned between said front and rear flanges, said swivel plate being adapted to press against the shelf to fasten said display device to the shelf when said threaded member moves inward toward said longitudinal axis.

2. A display device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said threaded member is a thumbscrew.

3. A display device, as set forth in claim 1, including an upper flange extending upward from said front sidewall panel, said upper flange being positioned nearer said middle panel portion than said stop member.

4. A display device for holding a plurality of beverage bottles on top of a shelf, comprising:

an elongated horizontal tray having a bottom panel with upstanding front and rear sidewall panels attached to said bottom panel;

a first front flange connected to one of said bottom panel and said front sidewall panel and extending downward therefrom below said bottom panel;

a second front flange, spaced from said first front flange, connected to one of said bottom panel and said front sidewall panel and extending downward therefrom below said bottom panel;

a first rear flange connected to one of said bottom panel and said rear sidewall panel and extending downward therefrom below said bottom panel, said first rear flange having a threaded opening;

a first thumbscrew in said threaded opening of said first rear flange;

a first swivel plate attached to said first thumbscrew;

a second rear flange connected to one of said bottom panel and said rear sidewall panel and extending downward therefrom, said second rear flange having a threaded opening;

a second thumbscrew in said threaded opening of said second rear flange;

a second swivel plate attached to said second thumbscrew;

a stop member positioned between said front and rear sidewalls and connected to an end portion of said bottom panel, said stop member being a rod having an inverted U-shape with end portions bent, flattened and fastened to said bottom panel; and

a third front flange positioned between said first and second front flanges, said third flange being connected to said front sidewall panel and extending upward therefrom above said front sidewall panel.