Arrangement in a supporting device for goods

• US 6,823,997 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2003
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HL Display AB (Ratos AB)
• Original Assignee: HL Display AB (Ratos AB)
• Inventors: Lindén, Henrik, Josefsson, Börje
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/332,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20030150829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 211/175, 211/74, 211/184, 211/43, 211/59.3, 211/126.1, 211/59.4, 211/51, 248/354.7, 248/292.12, 312/35, 312/42, 312/71, 312/97
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/005 Partitions therefore horizontally adjustable A47B57/58; constructional details of drawers A47B88/90

Abstract

A device for use with a support for goods which are to stand in rows on the shelves of a shop or store-room, in particular such goods as are arranged in compartments formed by transverse dividers. The support includes a track (6) provided with sawtooth racks (8) and a support device (7) that can be moved along the track, with a bottom plate (13), a support back (15) projecting upward from the bottom plate, and backward-projecting locking elements (16) which interact with the sawtooth rack (8) in the track. The device includes an operating tool (10) arranged under the bottom plate (13) of the support device (7) in such a way that it can be pulled out. The operating tool is designed with lugs projecting upward from it arranged to interact with the bottom plate (13) of the support device when the operating tool (10) is pulled out, in order to bring the support device forward by means of a forward movement of the operating tool, for moving forward goods which are supported by the support device.

Claims

1. A support system for goods which are to stand in a row on a shelf, said support system comprising:

a track (6) provided with sawtooth racks (8);

a support device (7) that can be moved along the track, with a bottom plate (13);

a support back (15) projecting upward from the bottom plate (13);

locking means for engaging with the sawtooth rack (8) in the track when a backward-directed force is applied to the support back, the locking means projecting from the support device,

wherein the track (6) is stationary, the bottom plate (13) of the support device (7) forms a supporting surface for goods and a movement of the bottom plate toward a front edge of a shelf is guided by the track as the bottom plate moves relative to the sawtooth rack (8) in the track; and

an elongated operating tool (10) disposed under the bottom plate (13) of the support device (7) and in a recess in the track (6), the operating tool capable of begin at least partially pulled out from the recess in the track (6), wherein the operating tool has means for interacting with the support device (7) when the operating tool (10) is pulled out.

2. The support system claimed in claim 1, wherein the means for interacting is provided with two lugs (11, 12) which project upward for raising and bringing forward the bottom plate (13) of the support device, one of the two lugs being arranged to interact with a rear part of the bottom plate (13) and the other of the two lugs being arranged to interact with a part (17) projecting downward from a front part of the bottom plate (13).

3. The support system claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the lugs (12) is a dogging means.

4. The support system claimed in claim 2, wherein the distance between the lugs (11, 12) is the same as the distance between the back and front parts of the bottom plate (13) to facilitate a simultaneous raising of the whole bottom plate.

5. The support system claimed in claim 2, wherein a front one (11) of the lugs is provided with a forward-sloping inclined surface for interaction with a part (17) projecting downward from the front part of the bottom plate (13).

6. The support system claimed in claim 2, wherein a rear one (12) of the lugs engages with at least one part projecting downward from the back part of the bottom plate (13) to move the support device (7) forward, after the back part of the bottom plate has been raised.

7. The support system claimed in claim 2, wherein the lug (12) interacting with the back part of the bottom plate (13) interacts with a rounded-off part of the bottom plate to raise the bottom plate up.

8. The support system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rear one (12) of the lugs is disposed at a back edge of the operating tool (10).

9. The support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking means is backward-projecting elements (16) which interact with the sawtooth racks (8).

10. The support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating tool is essentially the same length as the track.

11. The support system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operating tool has a length such that the operating tool does not significantly protrude from a front end of the track when the operating tool is fully inserted into the recess.