System for displaying products for sale

• US 6,533,131 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2000
• Issued: 03/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Plasti-Rapid
• Original Assignee: Plasti-Rapid
• Inventors: Bada, Alain Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola; Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US09/726,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20010002659A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2,59.3,184,175,151,189-191,153 312/35
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/583 by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/1441 Horizontal struts
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/126 the pushing device being urged by spring means
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

The system includes in combination two rails spaced for positioning and strips forming cross pieces adapted to secure together the rails. Each rail includes at least one positioning device and one snap-in device.

Claims

1. A system for the display of products for sale, comprising in combination:

two spaced rails; and

strips for forming cross pieces positioned between said rails,

each rail comprising at least one snap-in means for snapping in at least one of the strips and at least one positioning means;

wherein each strip comprises a head for engagement and positioning relative to a first rail of the two rails so as to engage in the positioning means of the first rail and to pivot the strip about the head to permit indexing of the respective strip to a second rail of the two rails and

wherein each strip further comprises an indexing end adapted to index the strip with respect to the second rail before snapping in of the strip in the two rails,

wherein the first rail of the two rails has a substantially J shaped cross section and

the positioning means of the first rail are located on the small leg of the J cross section and the snap-in means of the first rail are located on the large leg of the J cross section.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the snap-in means comprises at least one mortise configuration for snappingly receiving an edge of the strip and the positioning means is non-coplanar with said snap-in means.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second rail of the two rails has a substantially L shaped cross section.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the rails and the strips are shaped to position each strip relative to the first rail of the two rails, and pivot each strip with respect to the first rail to index each strip relative to the second rail of the two rails.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the snap-in means of the rails and edges of the strips are so shaped as to interact only after the positioning and indexing of rails and of the strips.

6. A system for the display of products for sale, comprising in combination;

two spaced rails; and

strips for forming cross pieces positioned between said rails,

each rail comprising at least one snap-in means for snapping in at least one of the strips and at least one positioning means;

wherein each strip comprises a head for engagement and positioning relative to a first rail of the two rails so as to engage in the positioning means of the first rail and to pivot the strip about the head to permit indexing of the respective strip to a second rail of the two rails,

wherein each strip further comprises an indexing end adapted to index the strip with respect to the second rail before snapping in of the strip in the two rails,

wherein a second rail of the two rails has a substantially L shaped cross section and

the positioning means of the second rail comprise indexing means located on one leg of the L shaped cross section, and the snap-in means are located on the other leg of the L shaped cross section.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the snap-in means comprises at least one mortise configuration for snappingly receiving an edge of the strip and the positioning means is non-coplanar with said snap-in means.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the rails and the strips are shaped to position each strip relative to the first rail of the two rails, and pivot each strip with respect to the first rail to index each strip relative to the second rail of the two rails.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the snap-in means of the rails and edges of the strips are so shaped as to interact only after the positioning and indexing of rails and of the strips.