DISPLAY UNIT WITH SHELF
A display unit includes at least one shelf including a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side. The at least one shelf is configured in a first orientation or a second orientation. In the first orientation, the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in an upward direction and the opposing second side to face in a downward direction. In the second orientation, the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in a forward direction and the opposing second side to face in a backward direction.
Businesses, such as retail stores, use a variety of display structures to present products and related information to customers for purchase. Hang bars or crossbars are components that are used with display structures to support hanging products that are being offered for sale. Shelves are display structures used for supporting products and may be attached to uprights on a gondola display unit.
The discussion above is merely provided for general background information and is not intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
SUMMARYA display unit includes at least one shelf having a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side. The at least one shelf is configured in a first orientation or a second orientation. In the first orientation, the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in an upward direction and the opposing second side to face in a downward direction. In the second orientation, the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in a forward direction and the opposing second side to face in a backward direction.
A display unit includes at least one shelf including a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side. A tower assembly including a back frame having a pair of vertical components with a plurality of front facing slots and a pair of right and left side angled frames coupled to the back frame. The at least one shelf is mounted inside the tower assembly by mating the pair of brackets with front facing slots in the pair of vertical components. The at least one shelf is configured into one of a first orientation and a second orientation. In the first orientation, the first side faces in an upward direction and the second side faces in a downward direction. In the second orientation, the first side faces in a forward direction and the second side faces in a backward direction.
A method of displaying merchandise includes mounting at least one shelf inside a tower assembly. The at least one shelf includes a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets, and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side. The tower assembly includes a back frame having a pair of vertical components with a plurality of front facing slots that receive the pair of brackets of the at least one shelf and a pair of right and left side angled frames coupled to the back frame. The method further includes configuring the at least one shelf into a first orientation or a second orientation. In the first orientation, the first side faces in an upward direction and the opposing second side faces in a downward direction. In the second orientation, the first side faces in a forward direction and the second side faces in a backward direction.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. The claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in the background.
Embodiments described herein include a display unit with at least one shelf so that the shelf may be configured to display merchandise in different ways including the shelf being oriented in a first orientation and being oriented in a second orientation. The display unit also includes a tower assembly. The at least one shelf is mounted inside the tower assembly. More than one shelf may be mounted inside the tower assembly and spaced vertically apart from each other and one or more display units may be mounted to a gondola display fixture.
Base 230 includes a first surface 244 and an opposing second surface 246. As illustrated in
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The pair of brackets 240 and 242 are configured to orient rotatable shelf 200 in one of the first orientation and the second orientation. Each of first bracket 240 and second bracket 242 of rotatable shelf 200 includes a slot 241 and a slot 243, respectively. Slots 241 and 243 are coupled to base 230 using hardware. The hardware guides and holds rotatable shelf 200 in the first orientation illustrated in
Shelf 300 includes a first side 327, an opposing second side 329, a support frame 330, a base 332, a first hang bar 334, a second hang bar 336 and a pair of brackets 340 and 342. Support frame 330 includes a first widthwise member 331, an opposing second widthwise member 333, a first right side member 335 that joins the first and second widthwise members 331 and 333 on a right side and a second right side member 337 that joins the first and second widthwise members 331 and 333 on a left side. Base 332 includes a first surface 344 and an opposing second surface 346 and is located inside members 331, 333, 335 and 337 of support frame 330. In this way, each of members 331, 333, 335 and 337 of support frame 330 also includes a first surface 345 and each of members 331, 333, 335 and 337 of support frame 220 includes an opposing second surface 347. First surface 345 of support frame 330 is located adjacent to first surface 344 of base 332 and second surface 347 of support frame 330 is located adjacent to second surface 346 of base 332.
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In the second orientation, first side 327 of shelf 300 and first surface 344 of base 332 are oriented to face in a forward direction 360, while second side 329 of shelf 300 and second surface 346 of base 332 are oriented to face in a backward direction 362. In one embodiment, second side 329 and second surface 346 face a back wall of a gondola display fixture where shelf 300 is directly coupled to uprights of the gondola display unit with brackets 340 and 342. In another embodiment, second side 329 and second surface 346 face a back wall of a gondola display fixture where shelf 300 is directly coupled to slots in vertical components 103 and 105 in back frame 102 of tower assembly 101 and display unit 100 is directly coupled to uprights of the gondola display fixture. In the second orientation, first hang bar 334 protrudes from first side 327 outwardly toward customers or guests in forward direction 360. In one embodiment, merchandise, such as hanging merchandise, may be directly hung on first hang bar 334 for display. In another embodiment, saddle mount peg hooks, face out bars, waterfalls and hooks may be coupled to first hang bar 334 to present hanging merchandise in alternative ways.
The pair of brackets 340 and 342 are configured to orient shelf 300 in one of the first orientation and the second orientation. Each of first bracket 340 and second bracket 342 of rotatable shelf 200 includes four sides: a first side 370, a second side 371, a third side 372 and a fourth side 373. First side 370 and third side 372 are parallel to each other and second side 371 and fourth side 373 are parallel to each other and perpendicular to first side 370 and third side 372. Each of first bracket 340 and second bracket 342 also include a set of first hooks and a set of second hooks. The set of first hooks includes hooks 374 and 375 and the set of second hooks includes hooks 376 and 377. Protruding from first side 370 are the set of first hooks 374 and 375 and protruding from second side 371 are the set of second hooks 376 and 377.
Bracket 340 is mounted to the outer side of first right side member 335 and bracket 342 is mounted to the outer side of second left side member 337. When shelf 300 is oriented in the first orientation, first sides 370 of brackets 340 and 342 are in alignment with the back of support frame 330, the first set of hooks 374 and 375 protrude in the backward direction 362 from support frame 330 and the second set of hooks 376 and 377 protrude in the downward direction 364 from support frame 330. In this way, the first set of hooks 374 and 375 are used to mount shelf 300 to tower assembly 101 so that shelf 300 is in the first orientation. When shelf 300 is oriented in the second orientation, first sides 370 of brackets 340 and 342 are in alignment with the top of support frame 330, the first set of hooks 374 and 375 protrude in the upward direction 366 and the second set of hooks 376 and 377 protrude in the backward direction 362. In this way, the second set of hooks 376 and 377 are used to mount shelf 300 to tower assembly 101 so that shelf 300 is in the second orientation.
Although elements have been shown or described as separate embodiments above, portions of each embodiment may be combined with all or part of other embodiments described above.
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
Claims
1. A display unit comprising:
- at least one shelf including a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side, the at least one shelf being configured in a first orientation or a second orientation; and
- wherein in the first orientation the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in an upward direction and the opposing second side to face in a downward direction; and
- wherein in the second orientation the pair of brackets are configured to orient the first side to face in a forward direction and the opposing second side to face in a backward direction.
2. The display unit of claim 1, wherein the at least one hang bar comprises a first hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side of the shelf, wherein in the first orientation the first hang bar protrudes in the upward direction and wherein in the second orientation the first hang bar protrudes in the forward direction.
3. The display unit of claim 2, wherein the at least one hang bar comprises a second hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the second side of the shelf, wherein in the first orientation the second hang bar protrudes in the downward direction and wherein in the second orientation the second hang bar protrudes in the backward direction.
4. The display unit of claim 3, wherein in the first orientation the at least one shelf is configured to display merchandise resting on the first side of the base and is configured to display hanging merchandise on the second hang bar that protrudes in the downward direction from the second side.
5. The display unit of claim 3, wherein in the second orientation the at least one shelf is configured to display hanging merchandise on the first hang bar that protrudes in the forward direction from the first side.
6. The display unit of claim 1, further comprising a tower assembly including a back frame having a pair of vertical components with a plurality of front facing slots.
7. The display unit of claim 6, wherein the pair of brackets of the at least one shelf mount the at least one shelf to the pair of vertical components using the plurality of front facing slots, wherein each of the pair of brackets include a first set of hooks configured to mount the at least one shelf in the first orientation and a second set of hooks configured to mount the at least one shelf in the second orientation.
8. The display unit of claim 6, wherein the tower assembly comprises a right side angled frame fastened to a right vertical component of the pair of vertical components and a left side angled frame fastened to a left vertical component of the pair of vertical components, the right and left side angled frames have a depth dimension at their tops that is greater than a depth dimension at their bottoms.
9. The display unit of claim 8, wherein each of the right and left side angled frames comprise a mesh weldment extending from the tops of the right and left side angled frames to the bottoms of the right and left side angled frames.
10. A display unit comprising:
- at least one shelf including a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side;
- a tower assembly including a back frame having a pair of vertical components with a plurality of front facing slots and a pair of right and left side angled frames coupled to the back frame; and
- wherein the at least one shelf is mounted inside the tower assembly by mating the pair of brackets with front facing slots in the pair of vertical components; and
- wherein the at least one shelf is configured into a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein in the first orientation the first side faces in an upward direction and the second side faces in a downward direction and wherein in the second orientation the first side faces in a forward direction and the second side faces in a backward direction.
11. The display unit of claim 10, wherein the at least one hang bar comprises a first hang bar mounted to the first side of the at least one shelf and a second hang bar mounted to the second side of the at least one shelf.
12. The display unit of claim 11, wherein in the first orientation the first hang bar protrudes from the first side in the upward direction and the second hang bar protrudes from the second side in the downward direction and wherein in the second orientation the first hang bar protrude from the first side in the forward direction and the second hang bar protrudes from the second side in the backward direction.
13. The display unit of claim 12, wherein in the first orientation the at least one shelf is configured to display merchandise resting on the first side and is configured to display hanging merchandise on the second hang bar that protrudes in the downward direction from the second side.
14. The display unit of claim 12, wherein in the second orientation the at least one shelf is configured to display hanging merchandise on the first hang bar that protrudes in the forward direction from the second side.
15. The display unit of claim 10, wherein the pair of brackets are mounted to the front facing slots in the pair of vertical components of the tower assembly and orient the at least one shelf in one of the first orientation and the second orientation, wherein each of the pair of brackets include a first set of hooks to orient the at least one shelf in the first orientation and a second set of hooks to orient the at least one shelf in the second orientation.
16. The display unit of claim 10, wherein the pair of right and left side angled frames each comprise a mesh weldment that extends from the tops of the right and left side angled frames to the bottoms of the right and left side angled frames.
17. The display unit of claim 10, wherein the tower assembly further comprises a pair of supports that mount the tower assembly to a cross bar, wherein the cross bar is configured to be mounted to a gondola display fixture.
18. A method of displaying merchandise comprising:
- mounting at least one shelf inside a tower assembly, wherein the at least one shelf includes a first side, an opposing second side, a pair of brackets, and at least one hang bar that is mounted to and protrudes from the first side or the second side, wherein the tower assembly includes a back frame having a pair of vertical components with a plurality of front facing slots that receive the pair of brackets of the at least one shelf and a pair of right and left side angled frames coupled to the back frame; and
- configuring the at least one shelf into a first orientation or a second orientation, wherein in the first orientation the first side faces in an upward direction and the opposing second side faces in a downward direction and wherein in the second orientation the first side faces in a forward direction and the second side faces in a backward direction.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the at least one hang bar comprises a first hang bar that protrudes from the first side and a second hang bar that protrudes from the second side.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein configuring the at least one shelf into the first orientation comprises configuring the at least one shelf to display resting merchandise on the first side and to display hanging merchandise on the second hang bar that protrudes from the second side and wherein configuring the at least one shelf into the second orientation comprises configuring the at least one shelf to display hanging merchandise on the first hang bar that protrudes from the second side.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 13, 2018
Publication Date: Mar 19, 2020
Inventors: Daniel K. McDowell (Minneapolis, MN), William Y. Stafford (Minnetrista, MN), Ian Jindrich (Rockford, IL), Stanley J. Valiulis (Rockford, IL), Gabriel Garduno (Minneapolis, MN)
Application Number: 16/130,064