Patents Assigned to Fasteners For Retail, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240130541
    Abstract: A pullout shelf assembly for a retail merchandise display including a shelf, an adjustable length support arm and a latch arrangement is provided. The shelf has a product support surface. The first adjustable length support arm has first and second arm members movable relative to one another between a retracted position and a first extended position. The shelf moves with the second arm member. The latch arrangement has a first catch associated the retracted position and a second catch associated with the first extended position. A latch bolt secures the second arm member in the retracted position when engaged with the first catch and secures the second arm member in the first extended position when engaged with the second catch. The handle operably actuates the latch bolt out of engagement with the first and second catches to permit movement of the second arm member relative to the first arm member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith C. Eden
  • Patent number: 11963624
    Abstract: The present system is used for metered dispensing of bulk material. The system includes a hopper containing the bulk material, a base supporting the hopper, and a gate removably interposed between a hopper outlet and a base outlet. The gate rotates between positions either allowing or preventing flow of the bulk material from the hopper outlet to the base outlet. An impeller is located inside of the hopper, extending from an inner surface of the hopper to agitate the bulk material before, during, or after dispensing to ensure the hopper outlet is not blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Harrell, James P. Ihrcke, Jeff Koss
  • Patent number: 11963625
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly may have an adjustable divider. The tray assembly may have a sign adaptor for mounting a sign to the divider. The tray assembly may have an accessory clip. The tray assembly may have a pivotable front stop. The tray assembly may have sign holders mounted to a front stop. The tray assembly may include signs mounted within a sign holder that is mounted to the front stop. The divider may be powder coated while the divider mounts may be free of painting. Methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger
  • Publication number: 20240074598
    Abstract: The retail merchandise tray has a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail form a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locates the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20240065456
    Abstract: A bracket for a display unit includes a retainer. The retainer includes a front surface and is operable to selectively interface with a display unit. The bracket includes a coupler attached to the front surface of the retainer. The coupler includes a socket having a first receptacle defining a first width and a second receptacle defining a second width different than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Eden, Brian James Krall, Robert Louis Northrup, JR.
  • Patent number: 11910918
    Abstract: A retail management system includes a carriage base and an engagement mechanism. The carriage base includes a first end defining a front surface and a second end formed at an opposite end from the first end. The engagement mechanism is disposed at the first end of the carriage base and includes a plurality of carriage teeth extending from the front surface, the plurality of carriage teeth including at least one primary carriage tooth having a first configuration and at least one secondary carriage tooth having a second configuration that is different than the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: William H Walker, Michael Eric Liedtke, Shane Obitts
  • Publication number: 20240057791
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20240023727
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Brent O. Ewing
  • Patent number: 11849864
    Abstract: The retail merchandise tray has a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail form a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locates the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11832737
    Abstract: A product divider assembly includes a rail and a divider. The rail includes a front surface having a plurality of first teeth and a rear surface formed on an opposite side of the rail from the front surface. The divider includes a base having a bottom side including plurality of second teeth facing the plurality of first teeth of the rail and one or more biasing members engaging the rear surface of the rail to bias the rail in a direction towards the plurality of first teeth. The divider is operable to be pulled in an opposite direction from the biasing force to disengage the first teeth from the second teeth to allow the divider to be translated along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Michael Eric Liedtke, Shane Obitts, James Bacnik, William H. Walker
  • Patent number: 11832738
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230363552
    Abstract: A racking system and methods of assembling a racking system is provided. The racking system includes one or more adjustably positionable backing walls that may be positioned at different distances from a front end of a corresponding shelf. Dividers may be provided to be positioned adjacent the one or more backing walls to divide a product display zone into separate zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamie Aaron Smedley, Gabriel Garduno, Billy Mertz
  • Publication number: 20230355011
    Abstract: A merchandise dispensing system includes one or more dispensers. Each dispenser includes a support member extending in a first direction from a first end to a second end and configured to support a merchandise item. A dispensing member is attached to the support member and operable to selectively bias the merchandise item in the first direction along the support member. A housing is attached to the dispensing member and has a backside facing the second end of the support member. The housing includes (i) a sensor operable to monitor a space between the backside of the housing and the second end of the support member to detect when a merchandise item is dispensed, and (ii) an electronic controller operable to generate a first dispensing signal when the sensor detects a merchandise item is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Gerald Matthew Szpak
  • Publication number: 20230337839
    Abstract: A merchandising system includes a track extending from a first end to a second end. The merchandising system further includes a primary pusher slidably attached to the track between the first end and the second end. The merchandising system further includes a secondary pusher slidably attached to the track and operable to bias the primary pusher towards the first end. The merchandising system includes an actuator operable to bias the secondary pusher along the track. The actuator is connected to the secondary pusher and includes a grip disposed at the first end of the track for selectively biasing the secondary pusher along the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Walker
  • Publication number: 20230337840
    Abstract: A retail merchandise pusher with a remote alarm feature is provided. The pusher includes a housing and an adaptor. The adaptor is removably coupled to the housing and slidably coupled to a track. The pusher including a shaft rotatable about its axis in a first and second direction and a gear wheel coupled to the shaft. The rotation of the gear wheel causing a first electrical contact to engage with a second electrical contact, such that the distance that the pusher moves along the track can be measured by totaling the number of times the first electrical contact engages with the second electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11793328
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Brent O. Ewing
  • Patent number: D1019444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith C. Eden, Gregory A. Mackey, II, Shane Obitts
  • Patent number: D1019445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith C. Eden, Gregory A. Mackey, II, Shane Obitts
  • Patent number: D1019446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith C. Eden, Gregory A. Mackey, II, Shane Obitts
  • Patent number: D1019784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Walker