PRODUCT DISPLAY
A product display includes an elongated member having at least one channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the length of the member, a product support engaged with the elongated member, and a product divider engaged with the elongated member. At least one of the product support and the product divider is at least partially received within the channel. The product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member.
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The present invention relates to product displays, and more particularly to adjustable product displays.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMany different configurations and designs of product displays are available. Some product displays are specifically configured or sized for particular products, while others are adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of products. Some product displays incorporate product support surfaces that are substantially horizontal or parallel with the ground, while other product displays incorporate product support surfaces that are inclined relative to the ground to facilitate “fronting” of the products in the product display. Some product displays incorporating inclined product support surfaces include a plurality of rollers (e.g., spherical or cylindrical rollers) to further facilitate product fronting in the product display.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention provides, in one aspect, a product display including an elongated member having at least one channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the length of the member, a product support engaged with the elongated member, and a product divider engaged with the elongated member. At least one of the product support and the product divider is at least partially received within the channel. The product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member.
The present invention provides, in another aspect, a product display including a frame having a front and a rear, an elongated member secured to one of the front and rear of the frame, a product support engaged with the elongated member for movement along the length of the elongated member, and a product divider engaged with the elongated member for movement along the length of the elongated member. The product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member.
The present invention provides, in yet another aspect, a product display including at least one upright, a frame supported on the upright and having a front and a rear, an elongated member secured to one of the front and rear of the frame and having first and second parallel channels extending in a direction along the length of the elongated member, a plurality of product supports at least partially received in the first channel for movement along the length of the member, and a plurality of product dividers at least partially received in the second channel for movement along the length of the elongated member independently of the product supports. The product supports can be configured to form product support surfaces of varying widths.
Other features and aspects of the invention will become apparent by consideration of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.
Before any embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the following drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items.
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONA first embodiment of a product display 10 is shown in
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Prior to sliding the individual product supports 14 between the rails 62, 66, however, the respective end caps 98 are first coupled to the opposite ends of the roller frames 94 as discussed above. Then, the respective insertion portions 110 of the end caps 98 are aligned with the respective channels 70, 74 in the front and rear rails 62, 66 and inserted therein. Each of the individual product supports 14 slidably received between the front and rear rails 62, 66 in this manner is then moved or adjusted to its final position along the length of the rails 62, 66, and interconnected with an adjacent product support 14 to create a unitized product support (e.g., unitized product supports 20, 24, 28), if desired. To interconnect adjacent product supports 14, sufficient force needs to be exerted on each product support 14 toward the other to cause the upwardly-facing and downwardly-facing fingers 122, 126 of the adjacent end caps 98 to resiliently deflect and move over-center to resume their respective undeflected shapes, and thereby interlock with each other (see
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The assembled product display 10 may then be positioned onto the inclined frame 38 and secured to the frame 38 by positioning the fingers 215, 216 in the channel 214. Specifically, the upwardly-extending finger 215 may first be positioned in the channel 214, and then the lower laterally-extending portion of the rail 62 that defines the channel 214 may be deflected away from the front frame member 218 to allow insertion of the downwardly-extending finger 216 into the channel 214. Should the product display 10 require modification to support different size products (i.e., wider products, specifically), two or more individual product supports 14 may be pushed together to create a unitized product support to accommodate the wider products without removing the product display 10 from the frame 38. However, to modify the product display 10 to accommodate narrower products, if access to the sides of the product display 10 is not available, the product display 10 should be removed from the frame 38 in order to remove any unitized product supports 20, 24, 28 from the channels 70, 74 in the respective rails 62, 66 for separation. Otherwise, if access to the sides of the product display 10 is available, the unitized product supports 20, 24, 28 may be removed form the channels 70, 74 in the respective rails 62, 66 for separation without removing the entire product display 10 from the frame 38.
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Various features of the invention are set forth in the following claims.
Claims
1. A product display comprising:
- an elongated member including at least one channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the length of the member;
- a product support engaged with the elongated member; and
- a product divider engaged with the elongated member;
- wherein at least one of the product support and the product divider is at least partially received within the channel, and the product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member.
2. The product display of claim 1, wherein the channel is a first channel and the elongated member includes a second channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel, and a portion of the product support is received within the first channel and a portion of the product divider is received within the second channel.
3. The product display of claim 1, wherein the elongated member is a first elongated member and the product display further comprises a second elongated member including at least one channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the length of the second elongated member, and at least one of the product support and the product divider is received within the channel of the second elongated member.
4. The product display of claim 3, wherein the channel of the second elongated member is a first channel and the second elongated member includes a second channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel of the second elongated member, and a portion of the product support is received within the first channel of the second elongated member and a portion of the product divider is received within the second channel of the second elongated member.
5. The product display of claim 1, wherein the product support is a first product support and the product display further comprises a second product support engaged with the elongated member, and the first and second product supports each includes a locking member operable to interengage with each other to secure together the first and second product supports.
6. The product display of claim 5, wherein the locking members of the first and second product supports each include a resiliently-deflectable finger.
7. The product display of claim 1, wherein the product support includes a frame and an end cap coupled to one end of the frame, and the end cap is at least partially received within the channel for sliding movement along the channel.
8. The product display of claim 1, wherein the product divider includes a base at least partially received within the channel for sliding movement along the channel; and
- a divider member extending from the base and oriented substantially parallel with the product support.
9. The product display of claim 8, wherein the divider member is removable from the base.
10. The product display of claim 8, wherein the product divider further includes a divider wall removably coupled to the divider member.
11. The product display of claim 1, wherein the elongated member has a front and a rear and the channel is a first channel that opens rearwardly, and the elongated member includes a second channel that opens forwardly and is oriented in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel, and the second channel is sized to receive a label associated with products supported on the product support.
12. The product display of claim 1, wherein the channel is a first channel and the elongated member includes a second channel spaced above the first channel and oriented in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel, and the product support is at least partially received within the first channel and the product divider is at least partially received within the second channel.
13. The product display of claim 1, further comprising a frame for supporting the product support, wherein the channel is a first channel and the elongated member includes a second channel oriented in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel, wherein the second channel is sized to receive at least a portion of the frame.
14. The product display of claim 1, wherein the product support is a first product support and the product display further comprises a plurality of product supports interengageable with the first product support to form product support surfaces of varying widths.
15. A product display comprising:
- a frame having a front and a rear;
- an elongated member secured to one of the front and rear of the frame;
- a product support engaged with the elongated member for movement along the length of the elongated member; and
- a product divider engaged with the elongated member for movement along the length of the elongated member;
- wherein the product support and the product divider are independently movable relative to one another along the length of the elongated member to adjust the respective positions of the product support and the product divider relative to the elongated member.
16. The product display of claim 15, wherein the elongated member includes one of a projection and a channel and the product support includes the other of the projection and the channel to provide sliding engagement of the product support with the elongated member.
17. The product display of claim 15, wherein the elongated member includes one of a projection and a channel and the product divider includes the other of the projection and the channel to provide sliding engagement of the product divider with the elongated member.
18. The product display of claim 15, wherein the elongated member includes
- a first channel in which the product support is at least partially received; and
- a second channel extending in a direction substantially parallel with the first channel and in which the product divider is at least partially received.
19. The product display of claim 15, wherein the product support is a first product support and the product display further comprises a second product support engaged with the elongated member for movement along the length of the elongated member, and the first and second product supports each include a locking member operable to interengage with each other to secure together the first and second product supports.
20. The product display of claim 15, wherein the product support is at least partially supported by the frame.
21. A product display comprising:
- at least one upright;
- a frame having a front and a rear, the frame supported on the upright;
- an elongated member secured to one of the front and rear of the frame and including first and second parallel channels extending in a direction along the length of the elongated member;
- a plurality of product supports at least partially received in the first channel for movement along the length of the member; and
- a plurality of product dividers at least partially received in the second channel for movement along the length of the elongated member independently of the product supports, wherein the product supports can be configured to form product support surfaces of varying widths.
22. The product display of claim 21, wherein each of the product supports includes a locking member operable to interengage with a locking member on an adjacent product support to secure together the adjacent product supports.
23. The product display of claim 21, wherein the second channel is spaced above the first channel.
24. The product display of claim 21, wherein the product supports are at least partially supported by the frame.
25. The product display of claim 21, wherein each of the product dividers includes
- a base at least partially received within the second channel for sliding movement along the second channel;
- a divider member extending from the base and oriented substantially parallel with the product support; and
- a divider wall removably coupled to the divider member.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 13, 2009
Publication Date: Aug 19, 2010
Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY (South Gate, CA)
Inventors: Paul Clements (Chicago, IL), Alejandro Reyes (Chicago, IL)
Application Number: 12/371,031
International Classification: A47F 5/00 (20060101);