Modular display rack having horizontally separable front barrier

• US 7,063,217 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2003
• Issued: 06/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Burke Display Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Burke Display Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Burke, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/623,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20040118795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/119.003, 211/184, 312/61, 312/71
• US Class Current: 211/59.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/126 the pushing device being urged by spring means

Abstract

A display rack for rounded articles generally includes a product track with a pusher block slidably mounted thereon. The pusher block is biased toward a front portion of the display rack, and the side walls of the display rack are configured to support a circular or elliptical product. Additionally, the display rack can be provided with front and/or rear removable panel carriers configured to removably receive front and rear panels.

Claims

1. A shelf management system for storing and displaying products on a shelf, the shelf comprising a front and a support surface that extends over a length of the shelf, said shelf management system comprising:

a product track extending generally transverse to the length of the shelf and being adapted to be positioned in multiple locations along the length of the shelf;

a pusher block slidably attached to said product track;

a biasing member urging said pusher block toward an end of said product track that is disposed closest to the front of the shelf;

a carrier plate adapted to be positioned between at least a portion of said product track and said support surface of the shelf, said carrier plate comprising a pair of upstanding members that together define a slot,

a panel comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, said upper portion comprising a flange that extends over at least a portion of said product track and said lower portion being adapted to be engaged within said slot.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the upstanding members of said carrier plate includes a flange for retaining the lower portion of the panel within said slot.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the lower portion of the panel further comprises a flange for retaining said lower portion of said panel in said slot.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a second product track, said panel sized to span a distance between said product track and said second product track.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said lower portion of said panel comprises at least one protuberance that engages within said slot of said carrier.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said carrier is made of extruded plastic.