Shelving glide

• US 8,662,325 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2009
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ADCO Products Incorporated (Republic Services Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: ADCO Products Incorporated (Republic Services Incorporated)
• Inventors: Davis, Raymond E., Hampton, Clifton Glenn
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Korie H
• Application Number:
  US12/571,877
• Publication Number:
  US 20100078402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 211/59.2, 211/59.3, 211/184, 211/175, 211/151, 211/153, 211189-191, 108/60, 108/61
• US Class Current: 211/151
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 57/585 with connection means slidable in a rail
• 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 shelving glide includes a deck having a plurality of dividers; a first trough having a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck; a second trough having a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of pathways. A partition includes a first clip securable to the first index; and a second clip securable to the second index. The partition is adjustable along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The first clip is adapted to disengage from the first index upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index. The partition is secured to the deck at the second position upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

Claims

1. A shelving glide comprising:

a deck having a plurality of dividers;

a first trough coupled to the deck and comprising a first index arranged along at least a portion of a width of the deck on a surface of the first trough that is substantially perpendicular to the deck, the first index comprising a plurality of notches;

a second trough coupled to the deck and comprising a second index arranged along at least a portion of the width of the deck; and

a plurality of partitions coupled to the deck and defining a plurality of pathways, at least one of the plurality of partitions comprising;

a first clip securable to the first index, the first clip comprising a rounded shoulder portion and one or more cleats adapted to be secured within notches of the first index; and

a second clip securable to the second index, the partition adjustable along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position different than the first position upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index, wherein the one or more cleats of the first clip are adapted to disengage from the notches of the first index upon disengagement of the second clip from the second index, the rounded shoulder portion adapted to rotate within the first trough and slidingly engage within a recessed portion of the first trough during adjustment of the partition from the first to the second position, the partition secured to the deck at the second position upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

2. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the first clip is adapted to reengage the first index upon reengagement of the second clip to the second index.

3. The shelving glide of claim 1, the dividers defining a plurality of channels, the shelving glide further comprising a plurality of rollers seated within the channels, the rollers adapted to rotate within the channels and support at least a portion of a container.

4. The shelving glide of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of roller trays removably arranged within the plurality of channels, the plurality of rollers seated on the plurality of roller trays.

5. The shelving glide of claim 4, wherein a portion of the plurality of rollers are seated on one of the plurality of roller trays, the portion of the plurality of rollers and the roller tray defining a ductway adapted to direct a fluid within the deck.

6. The shelving glide of claim 1 further comprising a stage coupled to the deck, the stage adapted to support a plurality of containers.

7. The shelving glide of claim 6, wherein the stage is coupled to the second trough through a flanged connection.

8. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the partition is adapted to move along the width of the deck upon sliding movement of the first clip within the recessed portion of the first trough.

9. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the notches are disposed substantially vertically within a recessed portion of the first trough.

10. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the second index comprises a plurality of grooves, and the second clip comprises one or more prongs extending from the second clip, at least one prong engageable with one of the plurality of grooves in the second index.

11. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of partitions comprises a flared base portion extending from a substantially vertical wall portion, the flared base portion adapted to extend under at least a portion of a container.

12. The shelving glide of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of container stops, at least one of the container stops attachable to a vertical edge of one of the plurality of partitions, the container stop having a first wing portion extending across a first pathway and a second wing portion extending across a second pathway.

13. The shelving glide of claim 12, wherein the container stop is substantially opaque.

26. The shelving glide of claim 1, wherein the first clip further comprises a radiussed edge opposite the rounded shoulder portion, and the one or more cleats extend from a face of the first clip that is positioned between the radiussed edge and the rounded shoulder portion, the first clip further comprising a pointer adapted to align the partition at a particular position along a width of the first index.

14. A product vessel support device, comprising:

a frame comprising a plurality of channels extending between two opposed edges of the frame, each channel having a plurality of support rollers disposed within the channel, the frame comprising an index formed on a vertical surface coupled to the frame, the index comprising a plurality of notches; and

a plurality of vertical divider assemblies detachably secured to the index of the vertical surface coupled to the frame with the plurality of notches, each of the vertical divider assemblies comprising a vertical divider and a rounded shoulder portion, each pair of adjacent vertical dividers defining a corresponding vessel pathway above one or more channels, at least one of the plurality of vertical dividers adjustable along the opposed edges of the frame between a first position and a second position, the rounded shoulder portion adapted to slidingly move between the first and second positions in response to a force applied to the vertical divider at a substantially single location, the rounded shoulder adapted to rotate within the first trough and couple to a deck during sliding movement between the first and second positions.

15. The product vessel support device of claim 14, wherein the vertical divider is secured to the frame adjacent to a front edge by a front clip and secured to the frame adjacent to a back edge by a back clip.

16. The product vessel support device of claim 15, wherein the vertical divider is adapted to slidingly move between the first and second positions upon disengagement of the back clip from the frame and at least partial engagement of the front clip with the frame.

17. The product vessel support device of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical dividers comprises a flared base portion adjacent a portion of the plurality of rollers.

18. The product vessel support device of claim 14, further comprising at least one vessel stop coupled to one of the vertical dividers, the stop having a first wing portion extending across a first vessel pathway and a second wing portion extending across a second vessel pathway adjacent the first vessel pathway.

19. A method for presenting consumer products on a shelving glide that comprises a deck, first and second troughs coupled to the deck, and a partition, the method comprising

disengaging a first clip that is coupled to the partition from a first index of the first trough that is arranged on a vertical surface of the first trough along at least a portion of a width of the deck;

based on disengagement of the first clip from the first index, disengaging one or more cleats of a second clip that is coupled to the partition from a first set of notches of a second index of the second trough that is arranged along at least the portion of the width of the deck;

adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position different from the first position with a rounded shoulder portion of the second clip rotatable within the first trough and slidingly engaged within a recessed portion of the second trough; and

reengaging the first clip to the first index.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein disengaging a first clip from a first index comprises lifting a first end of the partition to disengage the first clip from one or more grooves in the first index that are formed on the vertical surface.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein disengaging one or more cleats of a second clip that is coupled to the partition from a first set of notches of a second index of the second trough that is arranged along at least the portion of the width of the deck comprises:

rotating the partition about a fulcrum proximate a second end of the partition to disengage the one or more cleats from the first set of notches of the second index.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

based on reengaging the first clip to the first index, reengaging the one or more cleats of the second clip to a second set of notches of the second index, the second set of notches being different than the first set of notches.

23. The method of claim 19, further comprising inserting at least one product container into a pathway defined between the partition and another partition of the shelving glide.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein inserting at least one product container into a pathway defined between the partition and another partition of the shelving glide comprises:

loading a plurality of product containers on a stage coupled to the deck;

inserting a first product container from the stage into the pathway; and

inserting a second product container from the stage into the pathway.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from a first position to a second position different from the first position with the rounded shoulder portion of the second clip slidingly engaged within a recessed portion of the second trough comprises adjusting the partition along the width of the deck from the first position to the second position with human contact of the partition only at or adjacent a first end of the partition.