Horizontally Adjustable Patents (Class 108/61)
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Patent number: 12171327Abstract: A desk comprising a utility system whereas extended channels are routed or carved into top, bottom and side surface areas of said desk to allow metal or plastic devices to snap or slide into said channels to hold and store various gadgets, smart phone, tablets, panels, backpacks, thus transforming a normal desk into a multi-purpose workstation that will greatly enhance the user experience.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Inventor: Jayson Emmet Fulks
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Patent number: 11490743Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 11130624Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products. A first toilet tissue product can exhibit a first lint value and a total dry tensile strength of greater than 600 g/in, and a second toilet tissue product can exhibit a second lint value which is at least 20% greater than the first lint value and a total dry tensile strength of less than 600 g/in. The first toilet tissue product can be housed within a first toilet tissue product package and the second toilet tissue product can be housed within a second toilet tissue product package. The packages can be designed to be sold individually and wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages each comprise a common brand name.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas, Michael Ricardo Burns
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Patent number: 11124356Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products. A first toilet tissue product can exhibit a first lint value and a second toilet tissue product can exhibit a second lint value which is greater than the first lint value. The first toilet tissue product can be housed within a first toilet tissue product package and the second toilet tissue product can be housed within a second toilet tissue product package, where the first and second toilet tissue product packages are separate from each other such that the first toilet tissue product package is displayed on a store shelf separate from the second toilet tissue product package in a way that the first and second toilet tissue product packages are visible to a consumer during the consumer's purchasing decision process. The packages can be designed to be sold individually and wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages each comprise a common brand name.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas, Michael Ricardo Burns
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Patent number: 11124357Abstract: An array of toilet tissue products. In an example, a first toilet tissue product can exhibit a first lint value and a second toilet tissue product can exhibit a second lint value which is greater than the first lint value and wherein the first toilet tissue product has a total dry tensile strength greater than the total dry tensile strength of the second toilet tissue product. The first toilet tissue product can be housed within a first toilet tissue product package and the second toilet tissue product can be housed within a second toilet tissue product package. The packages can be designed to be sold individually and wherein the first and second toilet tissue product packages each comprise a common brand name.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thorsten Knobloch, Jennifer Lori Steeves-Kiss, Illya Torrance Thomas, Michael Ricardo Burns
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Patent number: 11122915Abstract: A merchandising system includes a first cooperating member having a first engagement structure for engaging the mounting member in order to restrict movement of the first cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A second cooperating member includes a second engagement structure for engaging the mounting member to restrict movement of the second cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A third engagement structure is provided for selectively connecting the first cooperating member to the second cooperating member. The first cooperating member and the second cooperating member are selectively independently mountable to the mounting member and are selectively attachable to each other and mountable as a combined structure to the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventors: Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Thaddeus Brej
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Patent number: 10986939Abstract: A product pusher assembly includes a front rail, a base member, and a pusher. The front rail includes a first lower surface and a second lower surface spaced from the first lower surface. The base member is adjustably coupled to the front rail. The base member includes a first upper surface configured to engage the first lower surface. The pusher is coupled to the base member. The pusher includes a second upper surface configured to engage the second lower surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventor: Gerald Matthew Szpak
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Patent number: 10959542Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 10667629Abstract: A product pusher assembly includes a front rail, a base member, and a pusher. The front rail includes a first lower surface and a second lower surface spaced from the first lower surface. The base member is adjustably coupled to the front rail. The base member includes a first upper surface configured to engage the first lower surface. The pusher is coupled to the base member. The pusher includes a second upper surface configured to engage the second lower surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventor: Gerald Matthew Szpak
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Patent number: 10548414Abstract: A product display system is comprised of extruded left and right lane members and any number of extruded center lane members. The center lane members are of inverted T-shaped configuration including a vertical center wall and upper and lower base elements extending from opposite sides. The lower base elements are formed across their entire width with closely spaced, alternating grooves and projections. The upper base elements have elements at outer edges thereof to engage with a selected groove and/or projection of an adjacent lane member to form a lane of desired width. Pushers are mounted on the vertical walls to maximize the area available for grooves and projections.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Trion Industries, Inc.Inventor: Joseph F. Kologe
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Patent number: 10259016Abstract: A method of merging, on a table (7), postal articles (2) with mailpieces (3) that are already sorted into a certain sorting order comprises the steps of pre-sorting the postal articles (2) in a sorting frame having vertical slots by means of an electronic station for assisting with sorting in the sorting frame, and then in using said station again for assisting the operative with merging the pre-sorted postal articles with the mailpieces.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: SOLYSTICInventors: Agnes Philippe, Bruno Volta
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Patent number: 10207172Abstract: An exercise equipment storage apparatus having a number of shelves, each having a support surface. A support structure in the form of a spine is arranged to support the shelves. A plurality of stop members are mounted on the support surface. The stop members define at least one storage zone for receiving the exercise equipment. The plurality of stop members are reconfigurable to selectively vary the position, size and/or orientation of the at least one storage zone. As such, the storage unit may be reconfigured to house an almost limitless range of exercise equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Escape Fitness LimitedInventor: Nicholas Hillson
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Patent number: 10182652Abstract: A shelf unit for a kiosk which is configured to display items includes a plurality of dividers which maintain the items in respective positions on an insert disposed within a recessed top surface of the shelf. The insert includes a magnetically permeable material. A magnetic attraction exists between the dividers and the insert to secure the dividers in position. The dividers are movably positionable on the insert, with each of the dividers including a magnet and shielding material. The shielding material redirects magnetic flux emanating from the magnet toward the insert. The items are seated between the dividers on the insert.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Victoria A. Spielmann, Christopher Graham Tewksbury, Li Xu, Nicholas Joseph Scalzi
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Patent number: 10165871Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 10104988Abstract: Fence panel display systems can include a unitary foundation including a plurality of steps, at least one rail extending along the width of one of the steps, and at least two clamp assemblies adjustably coupled to the rail. A fence panel can be clamped to the foundation using the clamp assemblies by adjusting the clamp assemblies along the width of the step and by adjusting protrusions extending from main bodies of the clamp assemblies in a direction perpendicular to the width of the step.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Inventor: N. Eric Knudsen
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Patent number: 10045640Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9993092Abstract: A shelving assembly, held on an associated support surface, includes an elongated cooperating member including a first end and an opposite second end. A front rail is adapted to operably connect to the first end of the cooperating member and a rear rail is adapted to operably connect to the second end of the cooperating member. The rear rail includes at least one flexible member configured to abut a bottom surface of the cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member in a relation to at least the rear rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventor: William H. Walker
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Patent number: 9993093Abstract: A highlighter tool for enhanced display of greeting cards on a store shelf is provided. The highlighter includes a display portion, one or more support members coupled to the display portion, and one or more receiving notches coupled to the display portion for receiving a portion of a shelf and supporting the highlighter. In one exemplary embodiment, the highlighter includes a first receiving notch, a first support member, and a left wall aligned and coupled with a left edge of the display portion, and a right receiving notch, a second support member, and a right wall aligned and coupled with a right edge of the display portion. The highlighter may comprise a first and a second half rotatably coupled with a center hinge, and left and right walls rotatably coupled to the respective first and second halves, allowing the highlighter tool to be folded into a compact configuration for storage.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventor: Todd E. Berry
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Patent number: 9986854Abstract: A product display assembly includes a floor and a divider. The floor is configured to support a product. The divider is configured to selectively engage the floor such that the divider extends in a longitudinal direction. The divider includes a body portion and a proximal leg. The proximal leg is movable with respect to the body portion in a longitudinal direction between a first position where the proximal leg engages the floor and a second position where the proximal leg is free from engagement with the floor.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Inventors: Daniel C. Riley, Anthony Camello
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Patent number: 9968206Abstract: A product management display system has a surface of the display system, a pusher mechanism having a pusher surface, the pusher mechanism configured to slide across at least a portion of the surface of the display system, and at least one divider for dividing product into rows. The display system further has a front retaining wall configured to attach to the front portion of the display system. The front retaining wall has a bottom surface comprising detents. The front portion of the surface of the display system has correspondingly shaped sockets for receiving the detents when the front retaining wall is attached to the front portion of the display system.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy, Stuart Parsons
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Patent number: 9955802Abstract: A merchandising system includes a first cooperating member having a first engagement structure for engaging the mounting member in order to restrict movement of the first cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A second cooperating member includes a second engagement structure for engaging the mounting member to restrict movement of the second cooperating member relative to the mounting member in at least one direction. A third engagement structure is provided for selectively connecting the first cooperating member to the second cooperating member. The first cooperating member and the second cooperating member are selectively independently mountable to the mounting member and are selectively attachable to each other and mountable as a combined structure to the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventors: Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Thaddeus Brej
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Patent number: 9801466Abstract: An adjustable tray for a merchandise display system may include a retainer for limiting the movement of products loaded in the adjustable tray, a pusher mechanism configured to bias product toward the retainer, a first divider extending from a first panel and second divider extending from a second panel. The spacing between the first divider and the second divider can be configured to be adjusted. The first panel and the second panel can be configured to move to provide additional surface area for the adjustable tray to accommodate different sized products.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9785964Abstract: A system to display information using a display shelf of a retailer may include a first display configured to be attached to a first edge portion of the display shelf and to display information related to a first product. A second display may be configured to be attached to a second edge portion of the display shelf and to display information related to a second product. The first display and the second display can be configured to have a height similar to a height of the first and the second edge portion of the shelf. The first display and the second display may also be configured to display information related to a third product as if the first display is continuously connected to the second display as an extended display.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Thomas Birch
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Patent number: 9770121Abstract: A merchandising system includes an elongated mounting member having a wall with at least one tooth and a cooperating member having a front end receivable on the mounting member. The cooperating member can include a slot defined in the front end. A lock is received in the slot. The lock includes at least one tooth located at a first end and a resilient member located at a second end. The lock can selectively engage the mounting member so as to retard or permit a lateral movement of the cooperating member in relation to the mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventors: William H. Walker, Gregory M. Bird, Shane Obitts, Thaddeus Brej
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Patent number: 9691310Abstract: A sign holder in the form of individual parts which, upon assembly, provides for the support and display of signage in a plurality of orientations. The sign holder includes a base configured to receive and support a first end to the stem, the stem having a first end and second end, the first end configured to be releasably retained by the base and the second end configured to retain a sign frame. The sign frame, in turn, is configured to be releasably retained by the second end of the stem and have a left side and a right side and a gap between its sides. The gap is provided with tabs for positioning the stem on the sign frame to retain the stem in a predetermined location.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Clamp Swing Pricing CompanyInventor: Benjamin L. Garfinkle
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Patent number: 9629483Abstract: A shelving assembly, held on an associated support surface, includes an elongated cooperating member including a first end and an opposite second end. A front rail is adapted to operably connect to the first end of the cooperating member and a rear rail is adapted to operably connect to the second end of the cooperating member. The rear rail includes at least one flexible member configured to abut a bottom surface of the cooperating member to retard a lateral movement of the cooperating member in a relation to at least the rear rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventor: William H. Walker
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Patent number: 9498057Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9498104Abstract: A dishwasher rack assembly including a bottom wall formed of a first set of wire rods in parallel, uniform spaced relation to each other perpendicular a second set of wire rods in parallel, uniform spaced relation to each other, the first and second sets of wire members defining open, square lattice areas. One or more support members are coupled intermediate opposing wire rods of the first or second set within a selected lattice area. Each support member comprises an upwardly directed, support frame for optimally positioning the objects to be washed, the opposed ends thereof extending into mounting receivers that are adapted to be positionally coupled between opposed wire rods of the bottom wall of the dishwasher rack.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Inventor: Niv Ben-Haim
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Patent number: 9456690Abstract: A double-walled drawer frame includes an inner wall and an outer wall that can be bonded to each other, preferably with adhesive. The inner wall has an inner wall bonding section, and the outer wall has an outer wall bonding section. The inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section are arranged in the interior of the double-walled drawer frame in the assembly position, and can be bonded to each other for the bonding of the inner wall with the outer wall. The inner wall can be stably fixed in its position relative to the outer wall by a mechanical holding device that can be bonded to the inner wall bonding section and the outer wall bonding section.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventor: Markus Feuerstein
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Patent number: 9364103Abstract: A shelving system attachable to a shelf to provide one or more storage areas on the shelf. The shelving system includes a shelf assembly configured for attachment to the shelf and one or more divider walls configured for attachment to both the shelf assembly and the shelf. Each of the divider walls is separated a distance from another of the divider walls to provide a storage area therebetween on the shelf. A variety of differently sized divider walls can be used with the shelving system.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Inventor: Phillip C. Crabtree, II
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Patent number: 9357841Abstract: A latch or connector assembly that is adapted to attach a track to a rail along a platform of a merchandising shelf assembly. The connector assembly includes an adapter having a first end and an opposite second end such that the first end is adapted to be attached to the track and the second end is configured to be selectively attached to the rail. The adapter includes a first arm and a second arm, the first arm is spaced from a second arm such that the first arm can be resiliently biased relative to the second arm. An attachment member extends from the first arm and is configured to selectively connect to the rail. A press surface is configured to be pressed by a user to bias the first arm relative to the second arm to selectively connect the attachment member to the rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Fasteners For Retail, Inc.Inventors: Shane Obitts, Gerald Matthew Szpak
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Patent number: 9265343Abstract: The specification relates to office furniture. In particular, the specification relates to a desk configuration with a plurality of desktops of different heights, to a method for producing a corresponding desk configuration and to the use of a program element for the desk configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: AERIS GMBHInventor: Josef Glöckl
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Patent number: 9237816Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: RTC Industries, IncorporatedInventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9198506Abstract: Workspace dividing partition resting via a lower edge on the top face of a wall forming a work surface and incorporating a device for attaching the partition to the work surface. The partition includes placement means comprising a translationary mobile branch which with the lower edge of the partition forms a clamp type mechanism situated on either side of an external overhang of the work surface, wherein the branch is able to move between a position in which it presses with contact against the underside of the work surface in order to attach the partition, and a position distant from the underside in order to release the partition. The partition also includes placement control means, situated near the overhang and reproducing, in a direction appearing parallel to the work surface, the movement and positioning of the mobile branch with respect to the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Steelcase S.A.Inventor: Daniel Flanet
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Patent number: 9173505Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 9010034Abstract: The invention relates to a partition system (10) comprising a plurality of wall elements (1) merging one into another, wherein at least one wall element (1) is designed as a stepped element (150), and wherein at least one wall element (1) is designed as a corner element (250).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.Inventors: Claudia Plikat, Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola E. M. Zwick, Roland R. O. Zwick
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Patent number: 8973765Abstract: A merchandising system includes a mounting member adapted to be secured to a first associated merchandising structure. A tile is connected to the mounting member. The tile extends away from the mounting member so as to approach a second associated merchandising structure spaced from the first associated merchandising structure. The tile includes a first portion located in a first plane and a protrusion located in a second plane spaced from the first plane. The protrusion is linked to the mounting member. The tile is configured to be movable in relation to the mounting member thereby allowing selective access to a desired portion of at least one of the first and second associated merchandising structures. The connection between the protrusion and the mounting member enables movement of the tile in relation to the mounting member via at least one of pivoting and sliding.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Fasteners For Retail, Inc.Inventors: Stephen D. Wamsley, Robert Gray, Paul A. Mueller, Daniel J. Kump, Curtis Taylor, James J. Rataiczak, III
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Patent number: 8915381Abstract: A vertical roll wrap tray kit of the present invention includes at least one product tray, a plurality of spacer clips, a plurality of wire dividers and a plurality of push clips. The product tray can be attached to various types of retail display units. The product tray contains two slot walls which are sized to accommodate insertion of the wire dividers. The dividers are used to divide the tray into segments or compartments in which the roll wrap material is stored and displayed in a vertical arrangement. The width of the rows or compartments can be varied based on the diameter of the roll wrap product. Spacer clips are used to hold two adjacent dividers into place. The tray is angled slightly in a backwards direction to avoid accidental removal of the vertical roll wrap.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: American Greetings CorporationInventors: Emory Brozak, Anthony Santarelli
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Patent number: 8556092Abstract: A stand alone divider for a shelf is provided. The stand alone divider includes a first and a second retainer arranged to grip a first and a second edge of a shelf. The stand alone divider may be installed on and removed from a shelf without the use of tools. The stand alone divider may have an adjustable length.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll, Stanley J. Valiulis
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Patent number: 7815060Abstract: A case flow bed for the handling of merchandise. The case flow bed including (a) a loading end and, opposite thereto, an unloading end; (b) a roller bed positioned between the loading end and unloading end for supporting and permitting sliding movement of merchandise from the loading end to the unloading end; and (c) apertures associated with at least the loading end for removably receiving at least one lane divider in any of a plurality of laterally extending positions for delimiting lanes of travel for the sliding movement of the merchandise.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Frazier Industrial CompanyInventor: Domenick Iellimo
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Patent number: 7784623Abstract: A shelving system includes an elongated mounting member operationally securable to an associated shelf. The mounting member includes an approximately vertically oriented wall, and an approximately horizontally oriented wall. A track is received on said mounting member in a sliding manner. The track extends approximately transversely to a longitudinal axis of the associated shelf. The track includes an elongated rail extending longitudinally along the track, and a pusher slidably mounted in relation to the rail. A divider is received on the mounting member in a non-sliding manner, wherein the divider extends approximately transversely to the longitudinal axis of the associated shelf. The divider is spaced from the track.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Mueller, Daniel J. Kump
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Patent number: 7152536Abstract: A product management display system for merchandising both wide and narrow product includes a unique pusher mechanism having an extendable pusher face. The pusher mechanism is mounted to a track on a base that is, in turn, mounted to a store shelf. The pusher face is transversely extendable relative the track and is extendable from a retracted position to one of several extended positions. The extended pusher face locates the product pushing surface behind the approximate center of the wider product, thereby greatly enhancing the pushing leverage on the product.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2004Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Neal Hardy
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Patent number: 7093546Abstract: An integrated “T” assembly combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider. The T assembly may have a wide-base portion, which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side of the divider and a narrow-base portion on the opposite side of the divider. An offset pusher may have an upper portion that is offset, via an angled offset portion, from a lower portion of the pusher. Additional supporting bases, any of which may include spring-urged-pusher tracks and/or a spring-urged pusher, may be used under a wide product. Left and right side finisher components may be paired with T assemblies near the sides of a merchandise-display shelf. The T assembly, base, and/or end finishers may be coupled to a front rail via a complimentary tongue and groove arrangement and/or a non-slidable engagement, such as mating teeth.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 6971316Abstract: A restraint for retaining a person within a seat. The restraint has a lap bar and a shoulder bar which can be independently adjusted. The lap bar can be rotated either to retain a person or to permit a person to enter or exit. Also, the lap bar can be pulled farther away or pushed closer to a person. When extended completely, the lap bar will remain locked in such position until the lap bar is rotated toward the position a person will occupy. When pushed toward a person, the lap bar cannot be pushed farther away until a rod to which the lap bar is attached is released from a lock. The shoulder retainer is attached to a similar rod which is locked in this same fashion.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Inventors: Ned R. Hansen, Quin R. Checketts, S. Rhodes Wilkinson
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Patent number: 6964235Abstract: An integrated “T” assembly (500) combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider (504). The T assembly may have a wide-base portion (518), which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side of the divider and a narrow-base portion (520) on the opposite side of the divider. An offset pusher (700) may have an upper portion that is offset, via an angled offset portion, from a lower portion of the pusher. Additional supporting bases, any of which may include spring-urged-pusher tracks and/or a spring-urged pusher, may be used under a wide product. Left and right side finisher (600) components may be paired with T assemblies near the sides of a merchandise-display shelf. The T assembly, base, and/or end finishers may be coupled to a front rail via a complimentary tongue and groove arrangement and/or a non-slidable engagement, such as mating teeth.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy
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Patent number: 6886699Abstract: Systems and methods for merchandising product. A merchandising system includes a base having a first set of interfaces and a second set of interfaces, a first divider having a first engagement portion, and a second divider having a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion releasably couples to one of the interfaces of the first set of interfaces and the second engagement portion releasably couples to one of the interfaces of the second set of interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: DCI Marketing, Inc.Inventors: Allen E. Johnson, M. Scott Bryson, Gary Michael Richter, Terrence G. Berglund
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Publication number: 20040245198Abstract: Apparatus (10) for supporting objects on a shelf, comprising an elongate assembly (12) and at least one divider (14) releasably mounted thereon. The elongate assembly (12) comprises a first part (16), a second part (18) and a spring bias (20) disposed therebetween. The first and second parts (16), (18) are movable relative to each other, with compression of spring bias (20) providing a force urging apart the parts (16),(18) along the longitudinal axis AA. In this way, the assembly (12) may be braced between opposed side wall of a shelf in a book case or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventor: Francis Patrick Bernard McNally
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Publication number: 20040065632Abstract: A shelf assembly incorporates a divider apparatus for separating products on a shelf into adjacent rows. The shelf is formed from a series of spaced longitudinal wires and underlying, spaced support members extending transversely across the wires between opposite sides of the shelf. The divider apparatus has a plurality of divider panels each extending between the front and rear ends of the shelf at spaced intervals, each divider panel having an upper edge and a lower edge. The lower edge of each divider panel extends downwardly through the shelf through a gap between a selected adjacent pair of wires, and has notches to engage over the support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Inventor: V. John Ondrasik
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Patent number: 6692091Abstract: A table top or wall mountable organizing station for mail or other documents and related items is disclosed. The organizer is centered around an open fronted box having a plurality of adjustable, vertical dividers which typically define 31 slots for organizing documents, such as bill, by due date or other sorting criteria. Drawers below and above the sorting slots, and a tray between the upper drawers, provide storage for unsorted mail, including magazines and similar sized documents, as well as related items, such as scissors, paper clips, postage, and the like. An ancillary sorting and storage tray which may be placed atop the upper drawers provide vertical sorting/storage slots for additional mail/documents, and open topped storage boxes allow additional storage for small related items.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Inventor: Azanaw Mulaw
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Patent number: 6685037Abstract: An adjustable divider assembly generally includes a front divider and a rear divider. The front divider comprises a front frame, a plurality of front posts, and a front clip. The rear divider comprises a rear frame, a plurality of rear posts, and a rear clip. The front and rear dividers are selectively adjustable relative to each other and are connected to each other by way of the front and rear clips. The front clip has a vertically oriented slot that is sized and positioned to receive one of the plurality of rear posts, while the rear clip also has a vertically oriented slot that is sized and positioned to receive one of the plurality of front posts.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.Inventor: Craig Zadak