Modular retail product display unit with improved pusher
First Claim
1. A retail product display unit, comprising:
- at least one pusher disposed on a pusher rail, the pusher having features to constrain movement of the pusher to a direction along a length of the pusher rail, the pusher rail extending from a forward end of the display unit to a rear end of the display unit;
wherein the at least one pusher rail comprises a channel in an upper surface thereof for receiving a pusher spring therein as the at least one pusher is moved from the forward end toward the rear end of the display unit; and
a forward end cap and a rear end cap coupled to longitudinal ends of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap comprising a channel for receiving a respective longitudinal end of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap each comprising a locking tang extending into a respective channel, the locking tang having a locking button extending from a surface thereof, each locking button cooperatively engaged with a corresponding aperture in the at least one pusher rail to lock the forward end cap and the rear end cap to the at least one pusher rail.
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Abstract
A retail product display unit in one aspect includes a pusher disposed on a pusher rail. The pusher has features to constrain movement of the pusher along a length of the pusher rail. The pusher rail extends from a forward end of the display unit to a rear end of the display unit. The at least one pusher rail comprises a channel in an upper surface thereof for receiving a pusher spring therein as the at least one pusher is moved from the forward end toward the rear end of the display unit. In another aspect, the pusher has at least one roller mounted to a pusher housing opposite the pusher face such that torque generated by application of rearward force applied to the pusher face is transferred to the at least one roller and then to the pusher rail.
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12 Claims
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1. A retail product display unit, comprising:
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at least one pusher disposed on a pusher rail, the pusher having features to constrain movement of the pusher to a direction along a length of the pusher rail, the pusher rail extending from a forward end of the display unit to a rear end of the display unit; wherein the at least one pusher rail comprises a channel in an upper surface thereof for receiving a pusher spring therein as the at least one pusher is moved from the forward end toward the rear end of the display unit; and a forward end cap and a rear end cap coupled to longitudinal ends of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap comprising a channel for receiving a respective longitudinal end of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap each comprising a locking tang extending into a respective channel, the locking tang having a locking button extending from a surface thereof, each locking button cooperatively engaged with a corresponding aperture in the at least one pusher rail to lock the forward end cap and the rear end cap to the at least one pusher rail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A retail product display unit, comprising:
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at least one pusher rail; a pusher cooperatively engaged with the at least one pusher rail, the pusher comprising a biasing device to urge the pusher toward a front end of the at least one pusher rail; wherein the pusher comprises at least one roller rotatably mounted to a pusher housing on a side opposite a pusher face, the at least one roller cooperatively engaged with the at least one pusher rail such that torque generated by application of rearward force applied to the pusher face is transferred to the at least one roller; and a forward end cap to a rear end cap coupled to longitudinal ends of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap comprising a channel for receiving a respective longitudinal end of the at least one pusher rail, the forward end cap and the rear end cap each comprising a locking tang extending into a respective channel, the locking tang having a locking button extending from a surface thereof, each locking button cooperatively engaged with a corresponding aperture in the at least one pusher rail to lock the forward end cap and the rear end cap to the at least one pusher rail. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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