Display shelf insert having anti-rotation means

• US 20010045403A1
• Filed: 07/06/2001
• Published: 11/29/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Original Assignee: Display Industries LLC
• Inventors: Robertson, James David
• Granted Patent: US 6,439,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/59.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 1/12 dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack A47F1/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/28 for containers, e.g. flasks, bottles , tins, milk packs racks or containers with dispensing arrangements A47F1/04; for lipsticks or markers A47F7/0021; for audio/video cassettes or booklike articles A47F7/14

Abstract

An insert fits into an elongate channel. The elongate channel displays a row of articles such as cans and bottles having petaloid feet. The channel is designed to receive petaloid feet articles for sliding movement along its length. The channel has a base wall and at least one sidewall upstanding from the base wall. The insert for the channel has a plurality of upwardly projecting parallel ribs extending along its length. The tops of the ribs define a plane on which the petaloid feet of articles are to be disposed. The insert has at least one railing disposed along the base wall and extending along the insert. The top of the railing extends above the plane to engage the bottom of the article to prevent rotation. A pair of railings define therebetween a groove for receiving at least one of the petaloid feet of each article to prevent rotation of the article.

Claims

1. An insert for an elongate display channel, said channel receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, said insert comprising:

an elongate base wall;

a plurality of parallel ribs projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said ribs having tops defining a plane; and

a first railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said first railing having a top portion disposed above said plane.

2. An insert, as set forth in

claim 1

, including a second railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said second railing having a top portion disposed above said plane.

3. An insert, as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein said first and second railings abut one another.

4. An insert, as set forth in

claim 2

, wherein said first and second railings are spaced apart and define a groove therebetween, said groove being dimensioned to receive at least one petaloid foot of each of said articles to prevent rotation of the article.

5. An insert, as set forth in

claim 4

, including positioning ribs disposed in said groove to receive portions of two petaloid feet of each of said articles to tilt the article forward toward a front of said channel.

6. An insert, as set forth in

claim 5

, wherein said positioning ribs extend above said plane.

7. An insert, as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein said base wall has first and second side edges and said first railing is disposed closer to one of said side edges than the other.

8. An insert, as set forth in

claim 1

, wherein said base wall has first and second side edges and including:

a second railing disposed between said first railing and said first side edge; and

a third railing disposed between said first railing and said second side edge.

9. An insert for a display shelf device, said display shelf device comprising a shelf unit having front and rear opposed edges, and means for defining a plurality of parallel tracks each extending between said front and rear edges to receive a row of articles for movement along said track, said means including a floor panel and a plurality of spaced parallel partition walls upstanding from said floor panel and extending between said front and rear edges so that each of said tracks is defined by said floor panel and a pair of adjacent ones of said partition walls, said insert comprising:

an elongated base wall;

a plurality of parallel ribs projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall parallel to a longitudinal centerline of said base wall, said ribs having tops defining a plane; and

a first railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said first railing having a top portion disposed above said plane.

10. An insert, as set forth in

claim 9

, including a second railing projecting upwardly from said base wall and extending longitudinally along said base wall, said second railing having a top portion disposed above said plane.

11. A display shelf, as set forth in

claim 10

, wherein said first and second railings define a groove therebetween and wherein bottoms of said articles have petaloid feet, said groove being dimensioned to receive at least one foot of said petaloid feet of each of said articles to prevent rotation of the article.

12. An insert, as set forth in

claim 11

, including positioning ribs disposed in said groove to receive portions of two petaloid feet of each of the articles to tilt the article forward toward said front edge.

13. A display shelf, as set forth in

claim 10

, wherein said first and second railings are offset from said centerline toward one of said partition walls.