Gondola conversion apparatus and method
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a rack assembly adjustably coupled to another structure, which in some cases can be a gondola-type product storage and display assembly. In some embodiments, the rack assembly can be adjusted to define different depths of the rack assembly, such as by moving one or more rack shoes with respect to corresponding gondola shoes, adjusting one or more shelf-supporting arms and/or product dividers of the rack assembly to different lengths, and adjusting the depth of the shelving within the rack assembly. The rack assembly can be provided with one or more product fronting mechanisms to front product in the rack assembly. Also, the rack assembly can be provided with one or more adjustable or non-adjustable product barriers separating rows of product in the rack assembly.
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Priority is hereby claimed to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/583,120 filed on Jun. 25, 2004, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUNDA large number of different merchandise storage and display structures exist, most of which are designed to perform a limited number of functions. However, the market for such structures continues to change, and places increasing demands upon manufacturers for merchandise display structures having increased versatility. It is often desirable for a merchandise storage and display structure to be configured in different manners at different times. For example, the volume of soft drinks stored and displayed in a particular area can change from time to time. Therefore, the same conventional merchandise storage and display structure may not always be well-suited to store and display soft drinks at different times.
One solution to such problems is to use different merchandise storage and display structures as different needs of the user arise. However, this can require the purchase of merchandise storage and display structures that are not always used, and can require the user to move, assemble, and disassemble structures from time to time. As another solution, some merchandise storage and display structures can be configured in two or more manners in order to store and display different types and amounts of items. These structures can provide significant advantages over their non-reconfigurable counterparts.
In light of the limitations of many existing merchandise storage and display structures, new merchandise storage and display structures capable of being configured in different manners would be welcome additions to the art.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGSThe present invention is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show various embodiments of the present invention. However, it should be noted that the invention as disclosed in the accompanying drawings is illustrated by way of example only. The various elements and combinations of elements described below and illustrated in the drawings can be arranged and organized differently to result in embodiments which are still within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Each gondola bay 16 can have any number of elements adapted to store and/or display items in the gondola bay 16, and in some cases can define a frame such as that shown in the accompanying figures. By way of example only, each bay 16 can have a panel 18 attached to the uprights 12 in an adjustable or non-adjustable manner. Any number of shelf brackets, peg board elements, or other fixtures can be mounted to the panel 18 in order to support items upon the panel 18. As another example, each bay 16 can have one or more shelf brackets or other fixtures connected directly to the uprights 12 in an adjustable or non-adjustable manner.
With reference, for example, to
In some embodiments, the rack shoes 24 (also referred to herein as “feet” of the rack assembly 22) are at least partially hollow, or are otherwise each shaped to receive at least a portion of a gondola shoe 10 as will be described in greater detail below. In other embodiments, the rack shoes 24 have a substantially solid cross-sectional shape.
As mentioned above, the rack assembly 22 can have a kick plate 28 and/or a header 30 connecting the rack uprights 26. If used, the kick plate 28 and/or header 30 can have any constant or varying cross-sectional shape desired, including without limitation rectangular, round, oval, triangular, irregular, or other cross-sectional shapes. The kick plate 28 and header 30 can each be permanently connected to the rack uprights 26 in any manner, such as by welding, brazing, riveting, or by forming the kick plate 28 and header 30 integrally with the rack uprights 26. Alternatively, the kick plate 28 and header 30 can each be releasably connected to the rack uprights 26 in any of the manners described above with reference to the connection between the rack shoes 24 and rack uprights 26. In the illustrated embodiment of
In some embodiments, to install the rack assembly 22 on a gondola bay 16, the rack shoes 24 of the rack assembly 22 can be coupled to the gondola shoes 10 of the gondola bay 16. In some embodiments, the rack shoes 24 and gondola shoes 10 are coupled in telescoping relationship with one another (i.e., wherein the rack shoes 24 are received in telescoping relationship within the gondola shoes 10, or wherein the gondola shoes 10 are coupled in telescoping relationship with the rack shoes 24). In the embodiment of
Although U-shaped rack shoes 24 are used in the illustrated embodiments, in other embodiments the rack shoes 24 can take any other shape capable of receiving at least part of the gondola shoes 10 in telescoping relationship. For example, the rack shoes 24 can have a closed cross-sectional shape (e.g., tubular rack shoes having any cross-sectional shape), a C-shaped cross section, and the like while still performing the telescoping function with the gondola shoes 10 described above.
As mentioned above, in some embodiments the rack shoes 24 are instead dimensioned to be received in telescoping relationship within the gondola shoes 10. In such cases, the gondola shoes 10 can take any of the shapes described above (with reference to the illustrated rack shoes 24) for telescoping movement with respect to the rack shoes 24. In still other embodiments, the rack shoes 24 and gondola shoes 10 can be coupled to permit relative axial movement between the rack and gondola shoes 24, 10 in other manners. For example, adjacent rack and gondola shoes 24, 10 can be connected by one or more pins, bosses, flanges or other elements on one shoe 24, 10 slidably coupled to one or more elongated recesses in the other shoe 10, 24. Any other connection between the rack and gondola shoes 24, 10 permitting relative axial movement therebetween can be used, and falls within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
With reference now to
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Although hat and T-shaped elongated arm pieces 44, 46 are used for the adjustable arms 38 in the illustrated embodiments, other types of arms 38 having the same or similar length adjustment capabilities can instead be used. By way of example only, each arm 38 can have a first elongated piece telescoping within a second elongated piece (in a manner similar to the relationship between the gondola and rack shoes 10, 24 described above). In other embodiments, first and second elongated pieces of each arm 38 are slidably engaged in any other manner, thereby enabling each arm 38 to be elongated and shortened as desired.
In some embodiments, the pieces 44, 46 of the arms 38 can be secured in different relative positions (i.e., at different arm lengths). For example, in the illustrated embodiments, the first elongated piece 44 has apertures 54 at different locations corresponding to different lengths of the arm 38. A screw, pin, or other fastener (not shown) received within an aperture 56 in the second elongated piece 46 can also be received within any of the apertures 54 in the first elongated piece 44 to secure the first and second elongated pieces 44, 46 in position with respect to one another and at a corresponding length of the arm 38. In this regard, any number of apertures 54, 56 at any number of different positions along the first and second elongated pieces 44, 46 can be used for this purpose. It will also be appreciated that the first and second elongated pieces 44, 46 can be secured at two or more different lengths of the arm 38 in a number of other manners, such as by one or more clamps, inter-engaging elements, spring-loaded detents, and the like on either or both elongated pieces 44, 46 of the arm 38. Still other manners of securing the elongated pieces 44, 46 of the arm 38 at different arm lengths are possible, and fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The arms 38 can be attached at opposite ends to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in any manner. In the illustrated embodiments for example, the arms 38 have strikers 60, 62 (see
In the illustrated embodiments, the strikers 60, 62 are integral with respective pieces 44, 46, respectively, of the arm 38. However, in other embodiments, the strikers 60, 62 can be separate elements connected to the arm 38 in any manner, such as by welding, brazing, or riveting, by adhesive or cohesive bonding material, by one or more pin and aperture connections, by threaded connections or inter-engaging elements, by bolts, clamps, clips, screws, nails, or other conventional fasteners, and the like. Also, any type of arm (e.g., adjustable-length arms 38 as shown in the figures or non-adjustable length arms) can be provided with strikers 60, 62 for connection to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26.
Although striker and aperture connections are used to connect the arms 38 to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in the illustrated embodiments, any other type of releasable connection between the arms 38 and the uprights 12, 26 can be used. For example, the arms 38 can have projections with any other shape releasably connectable within apertures 64, 66 in the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26. Similarly, the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 can have apertures with any other shape adapted to receive projections of the arms 38. By way of example only, the arms 38 can have projections with enlarged heads received within apertures having any shape capable of receiving the heads of the projections (e.g., apertures having square, triangular, or other polygonal shapes, keyhole-shaped apertures, irregularly-shaped apertures, and the like). Alternatively, the locations of the projections and apertures can be reversed, so that the arms 38 have apertured ends receiving projections extending from the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26.
In some embodiments, the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 have one or more pegs, fingers, hooks, or other projections coupled to or integral with the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 and to which the arms 38 can be releasably coupled. Such projections can be integral with the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 or can be coupled thereto in any manner, including those mentioned above with reference to the connection between the strikers 60, 62 and their respective arm pieces 44, 46. As yet another example, the arms 38 can be releasably coupled to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 by inter-engaging elements on the arms 38 and the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26, by one or more conventional fasteners releasably coupling the ends of the arms 38 to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26, by any of the other releasable connection manners mentioned above with reference to the connection between the strikers 60, 62 and their respective arm pieces 44, 46, and the like. Any type of releasable connection can be used between the arms 38 and the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26, and falls within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
In some embodiments, one or more of the arms 38 can have a lock 68 that helps to secure the arms 38 to the gondola and/or rack uprights 12, 26. An example of such a lock 68 is illustrated in
In some embodiments of the present invention, the arms 38 can be releasably coupled to gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in a number of different orientations. For example, an arm 38 can be coupled to gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in locations at a common elevation (e.g., for supporting a substantially horizontal shelf 42). As another example, the ends of an arm 38 can be coupled to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 at different elevations (e.g., one end coupled to a gondola upright 12 at an elevation and another end coupled to a rack upright 26 at a lower elevation), such as to support a shelf 42 at an incline. Depending at least in part upon the available arm connection locations on the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26, the arm 38 can be oriented in any desired manner in the rack assembly 22 and/or can be coupled at any desired height in the rack assembly 22.
It will be appreciated that different distances are spanned by the arms 38 when the arms 38 are installed in different orientations in a rack assembly 22 (in which the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 are separated by the same distance in the different arm orientations). Accordingly, the adjustable-length feature of the arms 38 according to some embodiments of the present invention (described above) enables the arms 38 to be adjusted as necessary to connect to the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in different orientations. For example, for a given distance between a gondola upright 12 and a rack upright 26, an arm 38 illustrated in
As an alternative to the use of arms 38 having adjustable lengths in order to span distances between gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in different arm orientations, some embodiments of the present invention use two or more different non-adjustable arms 38 having different lengths. Accordingly, arms 38 to be installed in the rack assembly 22 in a desired orientation can be selected from arms 38 having different lengths. Of course, in those embodiments in which the arms 38 are to be installed only in one orientation in the rack assembly 22, non-adjustable arms 38 provided in only one length can be used.
With reference to the description above regarding the relationship between the gondola and rack shoes 10, 24 of the present invention, the gondola shoes 10 can be moved to different positions with respect to the rack shoes 24. Accordingly, the positions of the rack uprights 26 (and kick plate 28 and header 30, if used) can be adjusted with respect to the gondola bay 16 in which the rack assembly 22 is installed. In the illustrated embodiments, for example, the rack shoes 24 can be moved through a range of forward and rearward positions with respect to the gondola shoes 10, thereby enabling the rack assembly 22 to be adjusted to different depths. Once a particular rack assembly depth is selected, adjustable or non-adjustable arms 38 can be installed on the gondola and rack upright 12, 26 as described above. In this regard, the use of arms 38 having adjustable lengths enables the arms 38 to be installed in different depths of the rack assembly 22. For example, an arm 38 can be adjusted to a relatively short length as shown in the bottom of
As an alternative to the use of arms 38 having adjustable lengths in order to span distances between gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 at different depths of the rack assembly 22, some embodiments of the present invention use two or more different non-adjustable arms 38 having different lengths. Accordingly, non-adjustable arms 38 to be installed in the rack assembly 22 can be selected according to the depth of the rack assembly 22.
In some embodiments, the arms 38 of the rack assembly 22 can be installed at different depths of the rack assembly 22 and in different orientations in the rack assembly 22 as described above. In such embodiments, the use of arms 38 having adjustable lengths can be used for increased rack versatility, although non-adjustable arms 38 provided in different lengths can instead be used as desired.
In order to provide additional stability and strength for the rack assembly 22, some embodiments of the present invention have one or more front-rear stretchers 88 (see
With reference for example to
In some embodiments of the present invention, the shelves 42 are supported in the rack assembly 22 by one or more of the arms 38 described above. With reference to
As described above, some embodiments of the rack assembly 22 enable the rack assembly 22 to be adjusted to different depths and/or permit the arms 38 (and therefore, the shelves 42) to be installed in different orientations within the rack assembly 22. In such embodiments, shelves 42 having the same dimensions can be used in different shelf orientations and/or in different rack depths. However, in such cases, the shelves 42 may not extend fully between the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in some shelf orientations and/or when the rack assembly 22 is adjusted to some rack depths. If desired, shelves 42 having different dimensions can be provided in order to span different horizontal distances in the rack assembly 22 based upon the desired orientation of each shelf 42 and/or based upon the depth of the rack assembly 22. However, in some embodiments, adjustable shelves 42 can be used. Such shelves 42 can have two or more parts movable to different positions with respect to one another in order to change the shelf depth. By way of example only, an adjustable shelf 42 can have two parts that telescope with respect to one another to change the depth of the shelf 42. Other adjustable-length shelves 42 can instead be used, are well known to those skilled in the art, and fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
As an alternative to adjustable length shelves 42, some embodiments of the present invention use one or more planks 76 to span a distance not spanned by a shelf 42 in one or more shelf orientations and/or in one or more rack assembly depths. Examples of such planks 76 are shown in
The planks 76 can be provided in a single size (e.g., all having a common length, width, and thickness), or can be provided in multiple sizes (e.g., planks 76 having common lengths and thicknesses, but different widths). For example, one of the two planks 76 illustrated in
In some embodiments, two or more planks 76 can be used to span a gap between a shelf 42 and uprights 12 or 26 of the rack assembly 22. In embodiments having planks 76 of different sizes, planks 76 having different dimensions can be combined as desired to span different gaps between the shelf 42 and uprights 12 or 26.
Some embodiments of the present invention can have one or more product dividers 78 supported within the rack assembly 22. Examples of product dividers 78 are shown in
If used, the product dividers 78 can be supported upon shelves 42, arms 38, and/or other elements of the rack assembly 22 (e.g., upon a kick plate 28, lateral stretchers (not shown) extending between gondola uprights 12, lateral stretchers (also not shown) extending between rack uprights 26, directly upon gondola and/or rack uprights 12, 26, and the like). In some embodiments, the product dividers 78 can be supported within the rack assembly 22 in different orientations, such as in horizontal and inclined orientations. For example, the product dividers 78 can be supported upon shelves 42 of the rack assembly 22, and therefore can have any of the same orientations of the shelves 42 described above.
As also described above, some embodiments of the rack assembly 22 enable the rack assembly 22 to be adjusted to different depths and/or permit the product dividers 78 to be installed in different orientations within the rack assembly 22. In such embodiments, product dividers 78 having the same dimensions can be used in different product divider orientations and/or at different rack depths, in which cases the product dividers 78 may not extend fully between the gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 in some product divider orientations and/or when the rack assembly 22 is adjusted to some rack depths. If desired, product dividers 78 having different dimensions can be provided in order to span different distances in the rack assembly 22 based upon the desired orientation of each product divider 78 and/or based upon the depth of the rack assembly 22. However, in some embodiments, adjustable product dividers 78 can be used. Such product dividers 78 can have two or more parts movable to different positions with respect to one another in order to change the product divider depth. By way of example only, an adjustable product divider 78 can have two parts that telescope with respect to one another to change the depth of the product divider 78. Examples of such product dividers 78 are illustrated in
As an alternative to telescoping product divider parts, product dividers 78 can be adjustable in a number of other manners, including those described above with reference to the relationship between the gondola and rack shoes 10, 24, by other types of sliding connections between product divider parts, product divider parts that can be coupled together in different positions using clips, clamps, screws, pins, or any conventional fasteners, and the like.
By enabling the rack assembly 22 to be adjusted to different depths with respect to the gondola bay 16 (with accompanying changes in the configuration of arms 38, shelves 42, and/or planks 76, in some embodiments), a user can easily adapt the rack assembly 22 to meet changing product storage and display needs. Also, because the rack assembly 22 can be installed on an existing gondola bay 16, fewer dedicated product storage and display structures need to be purchased.
With reference now to
In the illustrated embodiment of
Each product barrier 90 illustrated in
Each sheet 94 can be attached to a product divider 78 in any manner. In the embodiments of
Each product barrier 90 illustrated in
Each product barrier 90 can also have at least one mount 100 used to couple the product barrier 90 to a shelf 42 above or at a higher elevation than the product barrier 90. Two mounts 100 are located at opposite ends of each rod 98 in the illustrated embodiment of
The mounts 100 in the embodiment of
The rod 98 can be coupled to the mounts 100 in any of the manners just described with reference to the connection between the mounts 100 and the shelf 42. However, in some embodiments, the rod 98 is rotatably coupled to the mounts 100, such as by being received within apertures in the mounts 100 as shown in
By using the rod and mount structure just described, the product barriers 90 illustrated in
In the illustrated embodiments of
Each product barrier 90 illustrated in
By using the adjustable product dividers 78 described above (e.g., wherein the sheets 94 of the product dividers 78 can be wound or unwound as needed), such product dividers 78 can be adjusted to accommodate different spacings between shelves 42 in the rack assembly 10. However, non-adjustable product dividers 78 can be used in other embodiments, if desired.
As shown in
During the product fronting procedure just described, product 102 in a row of product 96 being fronted can be prevented from interfering with product 102 in one or more adjacent rows 96 by the sheets 94 of product barriers 90. Also, the sheets 94 can prevent product 102 from falling or otherwise moving from one row 96 to another row 96 in the rack assembly 22.
The embodiments described above and illustrated in the figures are presented by way of example only and are not intended as a limitation upon the concepts and principles of the present invention. As such, it will be appreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art that various changes in the elements and their configuration and arrangement are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claim.
For example, in some embodiments of the present invention, non-adjustable arms can be used in place of the adjustable arms 38 described above and illustrated in the figures. In such cases, non-adjustable arms can be provided in different lengths in order to span different distances in the rack assembly 22 (e.g., when different arm orientations between gondola and rack uprights 12, 26 are desired and/or when the rack assembly 22 is adjusted to different depths).
Claims
1. A rack assembly for connection to a structure having a base and a substantially vertical standard coupled to the base, the rack assembly comprising:
- a foot adjustable to different positions with respect to the base;
- an upright coupled to the foot and adjustable with the foot to different positions with respect to the standard corresponding to different depths of the rack assembly; and
- a shelf at least partially supported by the upright, the shelf having different surface areas corresponding to the different depths of the rack assembly.
2. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shelf has a first configuration in which the shelf comprises a single integral unit having a first surface area, and a second configuration in which the shelf comprises at least two separate parts collectively having a second surface area larger than the first surface area.
3. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an arm at least partially supporting the shelf, releasably coupled to the upright, and adapted to be releasably coupled to the standard.
4. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the arm is adjustable to different lengths corresponding to the different depths of the rack assembly.
5. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the arm comprises first and second pieces slidable with respect to one another to define different lengths of the arm.
6. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the arm is adjustable to different positions along the upright.
7. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a product divider releasably coupled to the shelf and adjustable to different lengths corresponding to the different depths of the rack assembly.
8. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot is a first foot and the upright is a first upright, the rack assembly further comprising:
- a second foot; and
- a second upright coupled to the second foot and separated from the first upright by a distance, wherein the shelf has a width at least as long as the distance.
9. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 8, further comprising at least one of a header and a kick plate coupled to and extending between the first and second uprights.
10. The rack assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot is adapted to telescope with respect to base.
11. An adjustable-depth rack assembly, comprising:
- first and second substantially vertical uprights separated from one another by a distance;
- a shelf; and
- first and second arms extending from the first and second uprights, respectively, each of the first and second arms positioned to at least partially support the shelf and adjustable to different lengths to change a depth of the rack assembly.
12. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
- the rack assembly has a front and a rear between which the depth of the rack assembly is defined; and
- the first and second uprights are located proximate the front of the rack assembly.
13. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the shelf has a first configuration in which the shelf comprises a single integral unit having a first surface area, and a second configuration in which the shelf comprises at least two separate parts collectively having a second surface area larger than the first surface area.
14. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first and second arms are releasably coupled to and adjustable along the first and second uprights, respectively.
15. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the arm comprises first and second pieces slidable with respect to one another to define different lengths of the arm.
16. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein;
- the distance is a first distance; and
- the shelf spans a second distance between the first and second arms and is supported upon the first and second arms.
17. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a product divider releasably coupled to the shelf and adjustable to different lengths corresponding to different depths of the rack assembly.
18. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, further comprising at least one of a header and a kick plate coupled to and extending between the first and second uprights.
19. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein:
- the first and second arms each have a first end coupled to a corresponding upright of the first and second uprights; and a second end opposite the first end; and
- the first end of each arm is located at a height in the rack assembly different from that of the second end of the same arm.
20. The adjustable-depth rack assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein the first and second ends of each of the first and second arms are adjustable to different positions along the first and second uprights.
21. A method of changing a depth of a rack assembly with respect to a support to which the rack assembly is coupled, the method comprising:
- moving an upright of the rack assembly to change a distance between the upright and the support;
- adjusting an adjustable arm to a selected length based at least in part upon the distance;
- coupling the adjustable arm to the upright and the support in a position in which the adjustable arm extends between the upright and the support; and
- installing a shelf in a position in the rack assembly in which the shelf is at least partially supported by the adjustable arm.
22. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein:
- the support comprises a substantially vertical standard; and
- moving the upright comprises moving the upright with respect to the standard to change the distance.
23. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising sliding a foot of the rack assembly with respect to a base of the frame while moving the upright.
24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein sliding the foot with respect to the base comprises sliding the foot in telescoping relationship with respect to the base.
25. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein adjusting the adjustable arm comprises coupling a first substantially elongated piece of the adjustable arm to a second substantially elongated piece of the adjustable arm.
26. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein coupling the adjustable arm comprises coupling a first portion of the adjustable arm to the frame at an elevation different from an elevation at which a second portion of the adjustable arm is coupled to the upright.
27. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising selecting an elevation at which the adjustable arm is coupled to the upright from at least two different elevations along the upright.
28. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein installing the shelf comprises installing at least two pieces of the shelf in the rack based at least in part upon the distance.
29. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the rack assembly has a front and a rear defining therebetween a depth of the rack assembly, the method further comprising coupling at least one of a header and a kick plate to the upright proximate the front of the rack assembly.
30. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising:
- adjusting a dimension of a product divider based at least in part upon the distance; and
- installing the divider in the rack assembly proximate the shelf.
31. The method as claimed in claim 30, wherein adjusting the dimension of the product divider comprises sliding a first portion of the product divider with respect to a second portion of the product divider.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 24, 2005
Publication Date: Jan 26, 2006
Applicant: L&P Property Management Company (South Gate, CA)
Inventor: Rafael Bustos (Inglis, FL)
Application Number: 11/166,530
International Classification: A47B 43/00 (20060101); A47B 47/00 (20060101);