Merchandising display track device

• US 6,695,152 B1
• Filed: 11/05/2002
• Issued: 02/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Fabrizio, Dion, Sun, Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): GIBSON, ROBERT W
• Application Number:
  US10/288,028
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/175, 211/74, 211/153
• 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 a plurality of track segments frangibly connected end-to-end to one another forming a continuous track for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong. There are a front track segment defining an a-keyway, and a rear track segment defining a b-keyway. At least one first intermediate track segment has an a-key on one end and a b-key on the other end. The a-keys are mateable only with a-keyways and b-keys are mateable only with b-keyways. At least one second intermediate track segment has an b-keyway on one end a b-key on the other end. At least one third intermediate track segment has an b-keyway on one end an a-keyway on the other end. The track device is separated at the a-keys and a-keyways to shorten the track length and separated at the b-keys and b-keyways to lengthen the track to fit a shelf.

Claims

1. An elongate display track device having a plurality of track segments frangibly connected to one another end-to-end forming a continuous track for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, comprising:

a front track segment defining an a-keyway;

a rear track segment defining a b-keyway;

at least one first intermediate track segment having an a-key on one end and a b-key on the other end, said a-keys being mateable only with a-keyways and b-keys being mateable only with b-keyways;

at least one second intermediate track segment having an b-keyway on one end a b-key on the other end; and

at least one third intermediate track segment having an b-keyway on one end an a-keyway on the other end.

2. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein each said a-keyway has a circular configuration of more than half a circle.

3. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 2, wherein each said a-key has a circular configuration of more than half a circle.

4. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 3, wherein said display track device is shortened by disassembling at a union of a-keys and a-keyways.

5. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein each said b-keyway is a receptacle adapted to receive an arrowhead.

6. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 5, wherein each said a-key is configured as an arrowhead.

7. An elongate display track device, as set forth in claim 6, wherein said display track device is lengthened by disassembling at a union of b-keys and b-keyways and inserting a second intermediate track section.