Glide system with adjustable dividers and modular floor members
First Claim
1. A floor member for displaying products thereon comprising:
- a front wall portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of spaced apart track ribs extending substantially the full length therebetween, said plurality of track ribs defining a longitudinal slot between each two adjacent track ribs;
the outermost opposed track ribs forming the opposed side portions of said floor member, said outermost track ribs extending downwardly a distance greater than at least some of the other intermediate track ribs associated with said floor member;
cooperatively engageable joinder means associated with the opposed outermost track ribs for enabling said floor member to be cooperatively engaged in a side-by-side relationship with a similarly constructed floor member; and
at least one frangible break-away portion associated with the rear portion of said floor member, said break-away portion having front and rear portions and including two offset spaced apart lines of weakness extending transversely across the front portion of said break-away portion between said opposed outermost track ribs for weakening said frangible break-away portion whereby said frangible portion can be broken along said two offset lines of weakness separating said frangible portion from the remainder of said floor member.
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Abstract
A variable shelf organizer glide system for merchandising products therefrom capable of being assembled to accommodate any shelf length and width and any product dimension including a plurality of cooperatively engageable adjustable floor members having a plurality of transverse projection members associated with each respective track rib, the transverse projection members extending laterally across only a portion of the respective longitudinal slots formed between adjacent track ribs, and a plurality of adjustable divider members, each divider member being selectively engageable with the transverse projection members to form any number of segregated product channels for arranging products therebetween. Each floor member includes frangible break-away portions for adjusting the overall length thereof, and each divider member includes a frangible break-away front product stop member as well as a plurality of frangible break-away rear portions for likewise controlling the overall length of each divider member.
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52 Claims
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1. A floor member for displaying products thereon comprising:
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a front wall portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of spaced apart track ribs extending substantially the full length therebetween, said plurality of track ribs defining a longitudinal slot between each two adjacent track ribs; the outermost opposed track ribs forming the opposed side portions of said floor member, said outermost track ribs extending downwardly a distance greater than at least some of the other intermediate track ribs associated with said floor member; cooperatively engageable joinder means associated with the opposed outermost track ribs for enabling said floor member to be cooperatively engaged in a side-by-side relationship with a similarly constructed floor member; and at least one frangible break-away portion associated with the rear portion of said floor member, said break-away portion having front and rear portions and including two offset spaced apart lines of weakness extending transversely across the front portion of said break-away portion between said opposed outermost track ribs for weakening said frangible break-away portion whereby said frangible portion can be broken along said two offset lines of weakness separating said frangible portion from the remainder of said floor member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A shelf organizer unit for merchandising products therefrom comprising:
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a substantially flat product supporting floor member having a front wall portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of spaced track ribs extending substantially the full length therebetween, said plurality of track ribs defining a longitudinal slot between adjacent track ribs, the outermost opposed track ribs forming the opposed side portions of said floor member; cooperatively engageable joinder means associated with the opposed outermost track ribs for enabling said floor member to be cooperatively engaged in side-by-side relationship with a similarly constructed floor member; a plurality of spaced apart projection members extending along at least a portion of each respective track rib, each projection member being positioned between the top and bottom surfaces of each respective track rib and each projection member extending transversely across only a portion of the longitudinal slot existing between each respective pair of adjacent track ribs thereby forming a space between the terminal end portion of each respective transverse projection member and the track rib positioned adjacent thereto; and a plurality of removably attachable divider members for forming optional segregated product channels on said floor member for arranging products therebetween, each of said divider members including a plurality of downwardly extending spaced apart connection members extending along at least a portion thereof, one of said connection members associated with each divider member having an opening extending at least partially therethrough and the remaining connection members having a recess associated therewith; the connector members associated with each divider member being selectively slidably receivable within any one of the longitudinal slots formed by and between each respective pair of track ribs, one of the projection members associated with each respective track rib being cooperatively receivable within the opening associated with one of said connector members associated with each respective divider member and the remaining projection members associated with each respective track rib being cooperatively receivable within the recesses associated with the remaining connector members associated with each divider member, the connector members associated with said divider members being slidably movable within the space formed by and between the terminal end portion of each respective transverse projection member and the adjacent track rib preparatory to engagement with said transverse projection members. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A variable shelf organizer unit for merchandising products therefrom adaptable to accommodate varying shelf sizes and varying product dimensions, said shelf organizer unit comprising:
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a floor member having a front wall portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of spaced apart track ribs extending substantially the full length therebetween, said plurality of track ribs defining a longitudinal slot between adjacent track ribs, the outermost opposed track ribs forming the opposed side portions of said floor member; cooperatively engageable joinder means associated with the opposed outermost track ribs for enabling a plurality of similarly constructed floor members to be cooperatively engaged in side-by-side relationship with one another, the joinder means associated with one of said floor members being cooperatively engageable with the joinder means associated with another floor member positioned adjacent thereto; at least one frangible break-away portion associated with the rear portion of said floor member, said break-away portion having front and rear portions and including two offset spaced apart lines of weakness extending transversely across the front portion of said break-away portion between said opposed outermost track ribs for weakening said break-away portion whereby said frangible floor portion can be broken along said offset lines of weakness separating said at least one frangible portion from the remainder of said floor member; said floor member further including a plurality of transverse spaced apart projection members associated with each respective track rib, each transverse projection member being positioned and located between the top and bottom surfaces of each respective track rib and extending transversely across only a portion of the longitudinal slot existing between each respective pair of adjacent track ribs thereby forming a space between the terminal end portion of each respective transverse projection member and the track rib positioned adjacent thereto; and a plurality of removably attachable divider members for forming optional segregated product channels on said floor member for arranging products therebetween, each of said divider members including a plurality of downwardly extending connection members extending along at least a portion of the length thereof for selectively removably engaging each of said divider members with the transverse projection members associated with each of said track ribs so as to form segregated channels of variable width for arranging products therebetween; the forwardmost connector member associated with each respective divider member including an opening extending therethrough and the remainder of said connector members associated with each respective divider member including a pocket associated therewith; the connector members associated with each respective divider member being sized and shaped so as to be slidably receivable within each respective longitudinal track slot and within the space formed by and between the terminal end portion of each respective transverse floor projection member and the adjacent track rib, the forwardmost transverse floor projection member being cooperatively engageable with the opening associated with the forwardmost connection member associated with each respective divider member and the remaining transverse floor projection members being cooperatively receivable within the pockets associated with the remaining connection members associated with each respective divider member; each of said divider members including a frangible break-away front product stop member and at least one frangible break-away portion associated with the rear portion of each respective divider member. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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