Product display unit including width extension

• US 9,949,577 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies Incorporated (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Display Technologies, LLC (Leigh M. Rothschild)
• Inventors: Botta, Michael A., Howard, Andrew, Cress, Stephen J., Illers, Marty
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Jose V
• Application Number:
  US15/137,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20160309920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 729 Days
• Field of Search: 108 6061, 211 592, 211184, 211183, 2111261, 211 9001, 211 9401, 211 8801, 211 8802
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0068 Shelf extensions, e.g. fixed on price rail

Abstract

A product display unit including a width extension includes a first lateral sidewall, a second lateral sidewall, and a track. The first lateral sidewall is configured to releasably engage a sidewall of a product display member. The second lateral sidewall includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment. The second segment is parallel to the first lateral sidewall. The first segment is disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment. The third segment is disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment. The track is disposed between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall. The track is configured to support products thereon.

Claims

1. A product display unit including a width extension, comprising:

a first lateral sidewall configured to releasably engage a sidewall of a product display member;

a second lateral sidewall including a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the second segment being parallel to the first lateral sidewall, the first segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment, and the third segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment; and

a track disposed between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall, the track configured to support products thereon;

wherein a first portion of the product display unit including the width extension is configured to be supported by a shelf supported by a proximal upright and a distal upright, wherein a second portion of the product display unit including the width extension is configured to overhang a lateral edge of the shelf, and wherein part of the second portion of the product display unit including the width extension is configured for positioning laterally of the lateral edge of the shelf and between the proximal upright and the distal upright.

2. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 1, wherein the first segment defines a first angle with respect to the second segment, and wherein the third segment defines a second angle with respect to the second segment.

3. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 2, wherein the first angle is between about 15°

and about 45°

.

4. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 3, wherein the first angle is equal to the second angle.

5. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 2, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle.

6. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 5, wherein the second angle is about 90°

.

7. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 6, wherein the first angle is between about 15°

and about 45°

.

8. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 1, wherein the first segment is disposed adjacent a proximal portion of the track, wherein the second segment is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the track, and wherein the track extends between a proximal portion of the first lateral sidewall and a distal portion of the first lateral sidewall.

9. The product display unit including a width extension according to claim 1, wherein the track includes a main portion and an extension portion disposed laterally adjacent part of the main portion, each of the main portion and the extension portion is configured to support a row of products thereon such that the track is configured to support two rows of products thereon.

10. A product display kit, comprising:

a product display member including a track for supporting a plurality of products, a first sidewall disposed adjacent a first lateral side of the track of the product display member, and a second sidewall disposed adjacent a second lateral side of the track of the product display member, the product display member configured for positioning on a shelf which is supported by a proximal upright and a distal upright; and

a product display unit including a width extension, including;

a first lateral sidewall configured to engage the first sidewall of the product display member;

a second lateral sidewall including a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the second segment being parallel to the first lateral sidewall, the first segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment, and the third segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment; and

a track disposed between the first lateral sidewall and the second lateral sidewall, the track of the product display unit including the width extension configured to support products thereon,

wherein a first portion of the product display unit including the width extension is configured to overhang a lateral edge of the shelf, and wherein part of the first portion of the product display unit including the width extension is configured for positioning laterally of the lateral edge of the shelf and between the proximal upright and the distal upright.

11. The product display kit according to claim 10, wherein the first segment defines a first angle with respect to the second segment, and wherein the third segment defines a second angle with respect to the second segment.

12. The product display kit according to claim 11, wherein the first angle is between about 15°

and about 45°

.

13. The product display kit according to claim 11, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle.

14. The product display kit according to claim 13, wherein the second angle is about 90°

.

15. The product display kit according to claim 14, wherein the first angle is between about 15°

and about 45°

.

16. The product display kit according to claim 11, wherein the first lateral sidewall is configured to separately engage both of the first sidewall of the product display member and the second sidewall of the product display member.

17. The product display kit according to claim 16, wherein the first angle is equal to the second angle.

18. The product display kit according to claim 10, wherein the first segment is disposed adjacent a proximal portion of the track, wherein the second segment is disposed adjacent a distal portion of the track, and wherein the track extends between a proximal portion of the first lateral sidewall and a distal portion of the first lateral sidewall.

19. The product display kit according to claim 10, wherein the track of the product display unit including the width extension includes a main portion and an extension portion disposed laterally adjacent part of the main portion, each of the main portion and the extension portion is configured to support a row of products thereon such that the track of product display unit including the width extension is configured to support two rows of products thereon.

20. A method of supporting products on a product display unit including a width extension, the product display unit including the width extension is configured to be supported by a shelf supported by a proximal upright and a distal upright, the method comprising:

supporting a first product on a track in a first row of the product display unit including the width extension; and

supporting a second product on the track in a second row of the product display unit including the width extension and in contact with the first product, wherein the second row of the product display unit including the width extension overhangs a lateral edge of the shelf, and wherein the second product is positioned laterally of the lateral edge of the shelf and between the proximal upright and the distal upright;

wherein the product display unit including the width extension includes a first lateral sidewall, and a second lateral sidewall, the second lateral sidewall includes a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the second segment being parallel to the first lateral sidewall, the first segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment, and the third segment being disposed at an angle with respect to the second segment.