Merchandising display track device with bottle ramp

• US 6,604,638 B1
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Issued: 08/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Literski, Daniel, Sun, Ming, Primiano, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/095,277
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/74, 211/183, 211/126.16, 211/126.1, 211/162, 211/71.01, D 6/408, 312/42, 312/45, 312/72, 108/57.25, 108/57.28, 108/51.11
• 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

Abstract

A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has a front track segment, a riser panel and a number of ribs. The front track segment has a base wall with a front portion and a rear portion. The riser panel is upstanding from the front portion of the base wall. The ribs are upstanding from the base wall and are attached to the riser panel. The top surface of the ribs is inclined at the front so that a bottle sliding along the track has its direction changed so that the bottle does not tip over.

Claims

1. A merchandising display shelf track device adapted to receive a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, comprising:

a front track segment having a base wall with a front portion, a rear portion and a plurality of parallel ribs; and

a ramp assembly attached to said base wall, said ramp assembly having at least one inclined rib and a riser panel, said at least one inclined rib having a front portion, a rear portion and a top surface extending between said front and rear portions thereof, said rear portion of said at least one inclined rib being attached to and contiguous with said rear portion of said base wall, said front portion of said at least one inclined rib rising up from said front portion of said base wall, said top surface of said at least one inclined rib rising from being contiguous at the rear portion of said base wall to a position above said front portion of said base wall and above said plurality of parallel ribs, said riser panel extending between said base wall and said top surface of said at least one inclined rib at said front portion of said base wall.

2. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said riser panel is curved and has end portions and a middle portion between said end portions, said middle portion of said riser panel extending forward toward said front portion of said base wall more than said end portions of said riser panel.

3. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said riser panel is narrower in effective width than said base wall so that said riser panel spans less than the full width of said base wall.

4. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, including a stop member attached to said front track segment, said riser panel being spaced a preselected distance from said stop member.

5. A merchandising display shelf track device adapted to receive a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, comprising:

a front track segment having a base wall with a front portion, a rear portion and a plurality of parallel ribs;

a riser panel upstanding from said front portion of said base wall and extending above said plurality of parallel ribs; and

a plurality of inclined ribs upstanding from said base wall and attached to said riser panel, each of said inclined ribs having a front portion, a rear portion and a top surface extending between said front and rear portions thereof, said rear portion of said inclined ribs being attached to and contiguous with said rear portion of said base wall, said front portion of said inclined ribs rising up from said front portion of said base wall and extending above said plurality of parallel ribs, said top surface of said inclined ribs rising from being contiguous at said rear portion of said base wall to a position above said front portion of said base wall and above said plurality of parallel ribs.

6. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said riser panel is curved and intersects said inclined ribs, said inclined ribs having different lengths from said rear portion of said base wall to said riser panel.

7. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said riser panel is curved and has end portions and a middle portion between said end portions, said middle portion of said riser panel extending forward toward said front portion of said base wall more than said end portions of said riser panel.

8. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said riser panel is narrower in effective width than said base wall so that said riser panel spans less than the full width of said base wall.

9. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 5, including a stop member attached to said front track segment, said riser panel being spaced a preselected distance from said stop member.

10. A merchandising display shelf track device adapted to receive a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, comprising:

a front track segment having a base wall with a front portion, a rear portion and a plurality of parallel ribs;

a curved riser panel upstanding from said front portion of said base wall, said riser panel spanning a lateral distance less than the width of said base wall;

at least one inclined rib upstanding from said base wall and attached to said riser panel, said at least one inclined rib having a front portion, a rear portion and a top surface extending between said front and rear portions thereof, said rear portion of said at least one inclined rib being attached to and contiguous with said rear portion of said base wall, said front portion of said at least one inclined rib rising up from said front portion of said base wall, said top surface of said at least one inclined rib rising from an elevation even with said plurality of parallel ribs at said rear portion of said base wall to an elevation above said plurality of parallel ribs at said front portion of said base wall; and

a stop member attached to said front track segment, said riser panel being spaced a preselected distance from said stop member.