Abstract: A method and apparatus for changing the appearance of an existing product display unit including providing a panel member having a shape and appearance different from the shape and appearance of at least one side portion of the product display unit, and attaching the panel member to at least a portion of the product display unit such that, when so attached, the panel member interacts with the product merchandising unit to transform the overall appearance of the product display unit.

Abstract: A product merchandising display unit having selectable product capacity including a receptacle having an internal cavity adapted for receiving and holding a quantity of product, and a product support floor member positionable at any one of at least two different elevated locations within the internal cavity for varying the product holding capacity thereof. A plurality of shoulder portions are located at each of the at least two different elevated locations within the internal cavity, the shoulder portions located at each spaced location being engageable with at least some of the peripheral edge portions associated with the floor member when the floor member is oriented in one of at least two different orientations. The display unit also includes a lid member having spaced pairs of retaining projections associated therewith for displaying advertising indicia therethrough.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for changing the appearance of a display merchandiser so as to resemble the appearance of a particular object, the method and apparatus including providing a plurality of sheet-like members which are attachable to selected portions of the display merchandiser in a particular manner such that, when the sheet-like members are attached to the display merchandiser, such sheet-like members interact with the merchandiser and with each other to form a three-dimensional representation of the particular object. Each sheet-like member is shaped and dimensioned to represent the appearance of a portion of the particular object, some of the sheet-like members being attachable to at least some of the elongated support members associated with the display merchandiser and at least one of the sheet-like members being attachable to the uppermost shelf member of such merchandiser.

Abstract: A gravity feed product merchandising display device for suspending a plurality of product containers in parallel rows therefrom, the display device comprising one or more adjacent product channels adaptable for receiving the cap or closure portion associated with a wide variety of product containers when positioned therewithin, each product channel including a pair of rail members for engaging the product containers positioned therebetween whereby the product containers are slidably movable therealong towards the front portion of the device for easy access and removal therefrom, and a stop member positioned adjacent the front portion of each product channel, the stop member including a generally forwardly facing aperture located in communication with each respective product channel, the stop member aperture being sized and shaped to engage the closure portion of the lead product container in each product channel so as to prevent its passage through the aperture when the product container is oriented in its su

Abstract: A product support module adaptable for interlocking engagement with substantially similarly constructed modules to form a selectable width composite display assembly for merchandising products therefrom, each product module including a plurality of friction keeper members associated with one side edge portion of the module and a plurality of corresponding keying slots associated with its opposite side edge portion, the keeper members being substantially T-shaped in cross-section and each including a stem portion and an overhanging flange portion, the stem portion associated with at least the front keeper member being outwardly tapered along its entire length from bottom to top such that the mating surface formed between the stem portion and the overhanging flange portion forms an angle with the front wall side portion of the module.

Abstract: A gravity feed display unit capable of being both vertically and horizontally arranged to achieve a wide variety of modular gravity feed configurations comprising a plurality of shelf members each having opposed side wall portions and a planar floor portion extending therebetween dividing each shelf member into respective upper and lower portions, a plurality of socket cavities integrally formed with the respective upper and lower portions of each of the shelf members, the shelf socket cavities being positioned at spaced locations adjacent the opposed side wall portions of each respective shelf member and each socket cavity including angularly oriented side wall portions, a plurality of elongated support members each having opposed end portions adapted to be insertably receivable within each of the shelf socket cavities so as to connect adjacent shelf members in spaced apart relationship one above the other, the planar floor portion of each shelf member being angularly oriented relative to a horizontal surfac

Abstract: A shelf member for displaying and merchandising shelved products therefrom including front, rear and opposed side walls and a floor portion extending therebetween, a plurality of parallel upstanding divider wall portions defining therebetween a plurality of adjacent product channels for receiving and organizing products positioned therewithin in parallel rows, the divider wall portions as well as the shelf side walls being constructed so as to be not only sufficiently tall to provide the necessary lateral support for merchandising taller products within the respective product channels, but, importantly, being also sufficiently flexible and/or resilient so as to enable such taller products to move within the respective product channels without binding, squeezing or otherwise hindering the product flow, particularly in gravity feed applications. The present flexible guide channel divider walls can also be relatively easily retrofitted onto existing prior art shelf members.

Abstract: An adapter member for angularly orienting at least one horizontally disposed shelf member in a modular display unit having one or more similar shelf members vertically arranged in spaced apart relationship one above the other and a plurality of support members disposed therebetween, the adapter member having first and second opposed end portions, the first adapter end portion being adapted to cooperatively engage respective upper and lower portions associated with each of the shelf members, the second adapter end portion being adapted to cooperatively engage the opposed end portions of each of the support members, the first and second adapter end portions being angularly related and tranversely offset relative to each other such that when a plurality of adapter members are operatively positioned between and engaged with the respective shelf members and support members forming the modular display unit, the shelf members engaged with the adapter members will be angularly oriented relative to the horizontal and

Abstract: A display unit capable of being both vertically and horizontally arranged to achieve a wide variety of modular configurations comprising a plurality of substantially similar shelf members, a plurality of elongated support members, a plurality of socket cavities associated with the upper and lower portions of each of the shelf members for cooperatively engaging and supporting the elongated support members in a substantially upright position relative to each shelf member, and a plurality of connector members for joining two of the shelf members in side-by-side relationship one adjacent the other, each of the connector members having a pair of socket cavities associated with one end portion thereof for cooperatively engaging any one of the plurality of socket cavities associated with the upper and lower shelf portions and a single socket cavity associated with the opposite end portion thereof for cooperatively engaging one end portion of each of the elongated support members, the elongated support members and th

Abstract: An adjustable shelf unit adaptable to be supported on a support structure including frangible side and rear portions which can be easily detachably removed therefrom for adjusting both the depth and/or width of the unit to facilitate use on existing shelf structures having varying depths and widths. Removal of one or both of the frangible side portions provides shelf width adjustment whereas removal of the frangible rear portion provides shelf depth adjustment. The present shelf units are specifically designed for use both as a single shelf unit to more effectively organize and merchandise products therefrom and are likewise particularly adapted to be arranged in spaced apart relationship one above the other to form a two-tier product merchandising display system, which two-tier arrangement effectively doubles the avilable shelf capacity.

Abstract: A bulk packaging and display system for holding, storing, transporting, displaying and merchandising product containers in a pre-stacked arrangement thereon comprising a base member having means thereon to locate and support a stack of product containers and a plurality of shelf members each adapted to rest upon respective layers of the product containers, said shelf members having upper and/or lower surfaces shaped to engage the product containers adjacent thereto, a relatively rigid member positioned forming the top of the display, and means binding the base member and top member with the layers of product containers positioned therebetween into a sturdy assembly suitable for moving, storing, transporting and displaying.

Abstract: A modular display unit for vertically stackably arranging products in inclined gravity feed orientation including a plurality of shelf members having a planar floor portion and a plurality of stacking/socket members located at spaced locations adjacent the opposed side portions thereof, the stacking/socket members being arranged in opposed relationship to the floor portion of each of the shelf members and each having a locating surface oriented at the same acute angle relative to the plane of the respective floor portions, a plurality of elongated support members each having opposed end portions adapted to cooperatively engage a respective locating surface associated with the stacking/socket members on adjacent shelf members for connecting the adjacent shelf members in spaced apart relationship, and a plurality of base support members supporting the connected shelf members on a horizontal surface with all of the support members oriented in a vertical direction.