Abstract: A replacement shelf for displaying, storing, and vending flat pack gum and candy replaces an existing shelf which was dedicated solely to vending old style five stick gum and roll candy. The replacement shelf includes a plurality of parallel product guides each of which includes a planar bottom surface and a pair of parallel spaced apart product support rails which cooperate to support product to be stored, displayed and vended in a position above the planar bottom surface of the product guides and in a position which ensures that the product is directed to fall downwardly from the product guide into a delivery bin in the vending machine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2009
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2013
Assignee:
Vendors Exchange International, Inc.
Inventors:
Brent D. Garson, Barry P. May, Roger J. May, Jr.
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