Display shelf insert having anti-rotation means

• US 6,439,402 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Issued: 08/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Robertson, James David
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US09/900,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20010045403A1
• Time in Patent Office: 417 Days
• Field of Search: 211/187, 211/188, 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/74, 211/135, 211/151, 211/153, 211/184, 211/186, 108/108, D 9/517, D 9/520, D 9/550, 206/446, 206/459.5, 206/775, 312/42, 312/45, 312/72, 221/27, 221/29, 221/151, 221/152, 221/156
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• 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

An insert fits into an elongate channel. The elongate channel displays a row of articles such as cans and bottles having petaloid feet. The channel is designed to receive petaloid feet articles for sliding movement along its length. The channel has a base wall and at least one sidewall upstanding from the base wall. The insert for the channel has a plurality of upwardly projecting parallel ribs extending along its length. The tops of the ribs define a plane on which the petaloid feet of articles are to be disposed. The insert has at least one railing disposed along the base wall and extending along the insert. The top of the railing extends above the plane to engage the bottom of the article to prevent rotation. A pair of railings define therebetween a groove for receiving at least one of the petaloid feet of each article to prevent rotation of the article.

Claims

1. An insert for an elongate display channel, said channel being adapted to receive a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, said insert comprising:

an elongate base wall;

a plurality of parallel ribs projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said ribs having tops defining a plane;

a first railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said first railing having a top portion disposed above said plane;

a second railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said second railing having a top portion disposed above said plane, said first and second railings being spaced apart and defining a groove therebetween, said groove being free of said parallel ribs; and

a plurality of positioning ribs disposed in said groove extending above said plane and adapted to support a leading petaloid foot of each of the articles with said first and second railings being adapted to support two petaloid feet of each of the articles.

2. An insert for a display shelf device, comprising:

an elongated base wall;

a plurality of parallel ribs projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall parallel to a longitudinal centerline of said base wall, said ribs having tops defining a plane;

a first railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said first railing having a top portion disposed above said plane; and

a second railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said second railing having a top portion disposed above said plane, said first and second railings defining a groove therebetween; and

a plurality of positioning ribs disposed in said groove extending above said plane and below said top portions of said first and second railings and adapted to support a leading petaloid foot of each of the articles with said first and second railings being adapted to support two petaloid feet of each of the articles.