Display track device with front panels and top stop members

• US 6,722,509 B1
• Filed: 10/31/2002
• Issued: 04/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Primiano, Bernard, Robertson, James David
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/284,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20040084389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/74, 211/183, 211/175, 211/189, 312/42, 312/45, 312/72
• 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 non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and top stop members. Racking forces exerted on the top stop members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall to minimize racking.

Claims

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

a longitudinally extending base wall having first and second opposed side edge portions laterally spaced from one another and a front extension forming a bottom support for a lead article;

a first upstanding sidewall having a bottom portion connected to said first side edge portion of said base wall, a free top portion, and a front end portion extending between said top and bottom portions;

a first face panel having a top end portion and a bottom end portion and being connected to said front end portion of said first sidewall and to said base wall, said first face panel extending laterally a preselected distance from said first sidewall in a direction toward said second side edge portion, said first face panel being laterally non-planar to increase racking resistance;

a second face panel upstanding from said second side edge portion of said base wall and having a top end portion and a bottom end portion, said second face panel extending laterally a preselected distance toward said first sidewall, said second face panel being laterally non-planar to increase racking resistance;

a first top stop member extending from said first face panel toward said second face panel; and

a second top stop member extending from said second face panel toward said first face panel, said first and second top stop members being separate from one another.

2. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second face panels each have a laterally curved surface.

3. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second face panels each have a larger lateral dimension along the bottom portion than along the top portion.

4. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said first and second top stop members define a gap between them.

5. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, including a bottom stop member connected to said front extension of said base wall.

6. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, including a bottom stop member connected to said bottom end portions of said first and second face panels.

7. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 1, including means for removably attaching a second sidewall, said second sidewall having an opening, said means including an L-shaped lug extending from said second face panel to protrude through said opening.

8. A first merchandising display shelf track device adapted to receive articles for sliding movement therealong, comprising:

a longitudinally extending base wall having first and second opposed side edge portions laterally spaced from one another and a front extension forming a bottom support for a lead article;

a first upstanding sidewall having a bottom portion connected to said first side edge portion of said base wall, a free top portion, and a front end portion extending between said top and bottom portions;

a first face panel having a top end portion and a bottom end portion and being connected to said front end portion of said first sidewall and to said base wall, said first face panel extending laterally a preselected distance from said first sidewall in a direction toward said second side edge portion, said first face panel being laterally non-planar to increase racking resistance;

a second face panel upstanding from said second side edge portion of said base wall and having a top end portion and a bottom end portion, said second face panel extending laterally a preselected distance toward said first sidewall, said second face panel being laterally non-planar to increase racking resistance;

a second upstanding sidewall having a bottom portion, a free top portion, and a front end portion extending between said top and bottom portions, said second sidewall being detachably connected along said front end portion to said second face panel;

a first top stop member extending from said first face panel toward said second face panel; and

a second top stop member extending from said second face panel toward said first face panel, said first and second top stop members being separate from one another.

9. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said first and second face panels each have a laterally curved surface.

10. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said first and second face panels each have a larger lateral dimension along the bottom portion than along the top portion.

11. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 8, wherein said first and second top stop members define a gap between them.

12. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 8, including a bottom stop member connected to said front extension of said base wall.

13. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 8, including a bottom stop member connected to said bottom end portions of said first and second face panels.

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

a longitudinally extending base wall having first and second opposed side edge portions laterally spaced from one another and a front extension forming a bottom support for a lead article;

a first upstanding sidewall having a bottom portion connected to said first side edge portion of said base wall, a free top portion, and a front end portion extending between said top and bottom portions;

a second upstanding sidewall having a bottom portion connected to said second side edge portion of said base wall, a free top portion, and a front end portion extending between said top and bottom portions, said second sidewall being laterally spaced from said first sidewall;

a first face member having a top end portion and a bottom end portion and being connected to said front end portion of said first sidewall and to said base wall, said first face member extending laterally a preselected distance from said first sidewall toward said second sidewall, said first face member curving laterally to increase resistance to racking;

a second face member having a top end portion and a bottom end portion and being connected to said front end portion of said second sidewall, said second face member extending laterally a preselected distance from said second sidewall toward said first sidewall, said second face member curving laterally to increase resistance to racking;

a first top stop member extending from said first face member toward said second face member; and

a second top stop member extending from said second face member toward said first face member, said first and second top stop members being separate from one another.

15. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 14, wherein said first and second face members each have a laterally curved surface.

16. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 14, wherein said first and second face members each have a larger lateral dimension along the bottom portion than along the top portion.

17. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 14, wherein said first and second top stop members define a gap between them.

18. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 14, including a bottom stop member connected to said front extension of said base wall.

19. A merchandising display shelf track device, as set forth in claim 14, including a bottom stop member connected to said bottom end portions of said first and second face members.