System and method for product display, arrangement and rotation James Garth Close
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1. A product display base for use in manually aligning merchandise on a display shelf, the display base comprising:
- a bottom surface, such that the display base may be placed on the display shelf, and at least a portion of the bottom surface is in contact with the display shelf;
a front edge;
a first side edge;
a second side edge;
a rear edge;
a plurality of merchandise support ridges, including a first merchandise support ridge and a second merchandise support ridge, such that the merchandise support ridges extend from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge; and
at least one pull member channel located between the first merchandise support ridge and the second merchandise support ridge, such that a portion of a pull member may be placed in the channel under merchandise supported by the first merchandise support ridge and the second merchandise support ridge.
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Abstract
A device, system, and method for manually arranging products on a display shelf. A plastic ridged base may be cut to a desired display shelf width along preformed notches and then be placed on the display shelf. Excess base width may serve as a rear backing element to support row partitions. The ridges support merchandise and permit a pull member to rest between ridges. The pull member may be manually pulled to bring merchandise to the front of a row. The ridges may be universal, or may be of specific dimensions for items such as soup cans or baby food jars.
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1. A product display base for use in manually aligning merchandise on a display shelf, the display base comprising:
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a bottom surface, such that the display base may be placed on the display shelf, and at least a portion of the bottom surface is in contact with the display shelf;
a front edge;
a first side edge;
a second side edge;
a rear edge;
a plurality of merchandise support ridges, including a first merchandise support ridge and a second merchandise support ridge, such that the merchandise support ridges extend from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge; and
at least one pull member channel located between the first merchandise support ridge and the second merchandise support ridge, such that a portion of a pull member may be placed in the channel under merchandise supported by the first merchandise support ridge and the second merchandise support ridge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A product display base for use in manually aligning product containers on a display shelf, the display base comprising
a bottom surface, such that the display base may be placed on the display shelf, and at least a portion of the bottom surface is in contact with the display shelf; -
a front edge;
a first side edge;
a second side edge;
a rear edge; and
a plurality of preformed product container rows, each row comprising a first ridge extending from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge;
a second ridge extending from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge;
at least one pull member channel located between the first ridge and the second ridge, such that a plurality of products may be placed in the row and a portion of a pull member may be placed in the channel under the products, and the products may be pulled toward the front edge of the display shelf by pulling the pull member which engages the rearmost product and pulls the row of products forward while the products are laterally confined within the row by the first ridge and the second ridge. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A product display system comprised of
a display shelf; -
at least one display base section, the display base section comprising a bottom surface, such that the display base may be placed on the display shelf, and at least a portion of the bottom surface is in contact with the display shelf, a front edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a rear edge, and a plurality of preformed product container rows, each row comprising a first ridge extending from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge;
a second ridge extending from the proximity of the front edge to the proximity of the rear edge;
at least one pull member channel located between the first ridge and the second ridge, such that products may be placed in the row and a portion of a pull member may be placed in the channel under the products, and the product containers may be pulled toward the front edge of the display shelf by pulling the pull member which engages the rearmost product and pulls the row of products forward while the products are laterally confined within the row by the first ridge and the second ridge;
a plurality of pull members; and
a first merchandise item positioned in a first row and a second merchandise item positioned in a second row, such that the second row is adjacent to the first row, and such that the second ridge provides a boundary between the first row and the second row. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of displaying product containers on a display shelf the method comprising
positioning a first product display base section on a portion of the display shelf, the display base having a plurality of predefined product container display rows, each row having a first ridge divider, a second ridge divider, a product container channel between the first ridge divider and the second ridge divider, and a pull member channel located between the first ridge divider and the second ridge divider; -
placing a first pull member in a first row of the display base section such that the pull member is positioned substantially within the pull member channel of the first row;
placing a plurality of product containers within first row of the display base; and
periodically pulling the first pull member toward the front of the display shelf, thereby engaging the rearmost product container and pulling the row of containers forward while the product containers are laterally confined within the product container channel by the first ridge divider and the second ridge divider, and returning the pull member to its resting position. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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