Merchandising display track device

• US 6,615,995 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2001
• Issued: 09/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Sun, Ming, Primiano, Bernard
• Primary Examiner(s): Stodola, Daniel P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US09/999,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20030080075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.3, 211/59.2, 211/175, 211/184, 211/74, 211/186, 211/187, 211/188, 312/71, 312/72, 312/42, 312/45, D 6/408, 238/10-E-, D21/540-541, 104/53
• 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

An elongate display track device has one or more intermediate sections, a front section with a front piece and product identification panels, and a rear section with a stop member. The sections are frangibly connected to alter the length of the track device. The sections are releasably connected by keys and keyways. The length is changed by removing one or more intermediate sections, then re-attaching the rear section to provide the stop member. The front piece provides a surface along its bottom for a product identification label. Arms upstanding from the front track section support a panel which provides a surface for product identification.

Claims

1. An elongate, gravity feed, merchandising display track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong for dispensing one article at a time, comprising:

a front track segment having a base wall, opposite side edges and at least one sidewall upstanding from one of said side edges, said base wall having a front end portion and a rear end portion defining a keyway, said sidewall defining at least one recess adapted to engage and rest on a wire of a wire shelf to inhibit movement of said track device;

a front piece having a panel along a bottom portion thereof and being attached to said front track segment, said panel having a top edge positioned at an elevation not higher than said base wall of said front track segment;

a rear track segment having a base wall, opposite side edges and at least one sidewall upstanding from one of said side edges, said base wall having a front end portion defining a key and a rear end portion;

a rear panel upstanding from said base wall of said rear track segment adapted to inhibit rearward movement of articles in said rear track segment; and

an intermediate track segment positioned between said front and rear track segments, said intermediate track segment having a base wall, opposite side edges and at least one sidewall upstanding from one of said side edges, said base wall having a front end portion defining a key and a rear end portion defining a keyway, said key of said intermediate track segment releasably interlocking with said keyway of said front track segment, said keyway of said intermediate track segment releasably interlocking with said key of said rear track segment.

2. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said keyway of said base wall of said front track segment has a circular configuration of more than half a circle extending from a rear edge of said rear end portion of said base wall of said front track segment inward toward said front end portion of said front track segment.

3. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said key of said rear track segment has a circular configuration of more than half a circle protruding from a front edge of said base wall of said rear track segment.

4. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said keyway of said base wall of said intermediate track segment has a circular configuration of more than half a circle extending from a rear edge of said rear end portion of said base wall of said intermediate track segment inward toward said front end portion of said intermediate track segment, and wherein said key of said intermediate track segment has a circular configuration of more than half a circle protruding from a front edge of said base wall of intermediate track segment.

5. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said panel is slanted with said top edge of said panel tilted toward said front track segment and with a bottom edge of said panel tilted away from said front track segment.

6. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said panel is curved with a middle portion of said panel extending away from said front track segment more than either side edge of said panel.

7. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, including:

first and second upwardly extending arms detachably attached to said front track segment; and

a panel attached to a top portion of said arms.

8. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 7, wherein said panel is curved with side edges of said panel extending rearward toward said rear track segment more than a middle portion of said panel.

9. An elongate display track device, comprising:

a front track segment having a base wall, opposite side edges and at least one sidewall upstanding from one of said side edges, said base wall having a front end portion and a rear end portion defining a keyway;

a rear track segment having a base wall, opposite side edges and at least one sidewall upstanding from one of said side edges, said base wall having a front end portion defining a key and a rear end portion;

first and second upwardly extending arms detachably attached to said front track segment;

an upper panel attached to a top portion of said arms;

a front piece attached to said front track segment, said front piece having a lower panel along a bottom portion thereof, a top edge of said lower panel being positioned at an elevation not higher than said base wall of said front track segment.

10. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 9, wherein said panel is curved with side edges of said upper panel extending rearward toward said rear track segment more than a middle portion of said upper panel.

11. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 9, wherein said sidewall of said front track segment defines at least one recess adapted to engage and rest on a wire of a wire shelf to inhibit movement of said track device.

12. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 9, wherein said lower panel is curved with a middle portion of said lower panel extending away from said front track segment more than either side edge of said lower panel.