Abstract: A device for moving forward in an easy and efficient manner, articles such as canned goods, that are placed on a store shelf in order to facilitate their frontal display. The device makes use of positioning rods that are installed on the shelf so as to extend in parallel relationship with respect to the edge of the shelf. Two parallel side rails act as a support for the articles. These side rails extend on both sides of a central rail supporting a puller member and a backstop assembly. The side rails and the central rail are perpendicular to the edge of the shelf and are detachably fastened to the positioning rods, preferably by snapping. As a result, one may easily adjust their spacing as a function of the size of the articles. The backstop assembly is located at the back end of the puller member. It extends vertically and moves the articles closer to the front of the shelf when the puller member is pulled forward.

Abstract: An adjustable display rack is used in a shelf management system. The rack stores and displays products of a variety of shapes and sizes and automatically delivers the products to the front of the rack. The adjustable display rack includes a frame and a product supporting and feeding assembly. The assembly includes product tracks that can be added or removed as needed and that can be separated by varying distances depending on the width desired. The assembly also includes dividers. The product tracks and dividers can be separate or integral. The product tracks have raised rails extending from a front of the track to a back of the rack for attachment of a removable pusher block and a roll spring which urges the pusher block forward. Additionally, a spacer block can be fitted onto the pusher block to increase its height and width or used to change the spacing between the tracks. The tracks are generally freely slidable in races formed within the frame.

Abstract: A display rack comprises a frame, at least one dividing base unit and a track. The track supports a follower arrangement. The base unit comprises a partition wall and a support surface. The track is positioned on the support surface and is capable of lateral translation relative to the support surface. The base unit itself is laterally displaceable relative to the frame. The base unit reinforces the track unit against generally vertical bending forces.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a merchandising system is disclosed. The merchandising system includes a first divider, a second divider, and a third divider. The merchandising system further includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector couples the first divider and the second divider. The first connector provides for selective size adjustability between the first divider and the second divider. The second connector couples the second divider and the third divider. The second connector provides for selective size adjustability between the second divider and the third divider. The connector may be provided in a variety of configurations, including teeth configured to engage with the divider. The connector may alternatively include a flexible member configured to engage and disengage with the divider.

Abstract: A spring-driven pusher device for a forward, side, top, or up feeding merchandise dispenser having an adjustment mechanism for setting a desired pushing force. The adjustment mechanism is utilized to increase and/or reduce the tension of the windings of the coiled end of a spring or strip of coiled metal carried on the pusher device. The tension in the windings is increased if greater pushing force is desired, or decreased, if less pushing force is desired. Since the desired pushing force can be set, the same spring-driven pusher device can be utilized to feed various different products, regardless of size, shape, weight or surface texture.

Abstract: A tray-shaped shipping and display container has a support surface for supporting items for display. A pusher member is mounted for sliding movement on the support surface, and is elastically biased in a forward direction so that it continually urges items forward in the container to replace items removed from the front of the container by customers.

Abstract: A plurality of spring tubes is provided in an assembly to make a worker's practice of “pearl diving” unnecessary. A container has one tube attached in each corner and each tube has an internal coil spring secured at a bottom of an inner chamber but extended by a cable looped over a pulley at a top of the tube. A shelf or false bottom is attached to a quick link at an end of the cable in each tube. Each link is guided in a vertical slot formed in an outer chamber of each extruded plastic tube so that the shelf is spring-loaded and weight-responsive. A key advantage of the adjustable shelf is that it prevents back strain and similar muscular injuries to workers who are constantly leaning and bending over to retrieve or store articles in the container. The ability of the shelf to tilt at any or all corners allows it to float and not bind as product is loaded or removed. These tubes and the shelf can be adapted to any of the presently manufactured containers or racks.

Abstract: A self-facing, add-on shelf system is made up of universal base, divider, front, and rear sections. Universal in the sense that these sections form basic building sections for constructing shelf systems of various sizes and operational mode. The front and rear track sections are identical and can be combined with various combinations of bases, dividers and end sections to provide systems of different, desired widths. The depth of the self-facing shelf is generally set by the depth of the shelf with which it is to be used. The individual sections can be selected and combined to provide center pusher, side pusher, and gravity feed types of self facing s systems. The bases, dividers and end sections are configured such that they can be extruded and interlock in assembly.

Abstract: A device suitable for dispensing a plurality of like articles therefrom, the device characterized as having a plurality of columns for storing and dispensing the articles, each column having a front opening for dispensing the articles and a bottom side for holding the articles, each column having resilient spring means for biasing the articles towards the front opening of the column, the improvement being a tilt ramp attached to the front opening, wherein the ramp is at a decreased angle

Abstract: Apparatus for displaying and dispensing flat objects of different widths from a tray that includes an open top tray having a bottom wall, opposed side walls, a front wall and a back wall. A pair of elongated panels are slidably mounted in the bottom wall of the tray so that they can move along independent paths of travel from the back wall toward the front wall. Wound spring motors urge the panels toward the front wall of the tray so that flat articles of a first width stacked in the tray between one panel and the front wall will be supported in an upright position and the panel will automatically move forward when one of the articles is removed from the tray. The panel can be held in a coplanar side by side relationship by removable connectors whereby articles of greater width can be stacked in the tray.

Abstract: A showcase assembly unit for a showcase structure is disclosed, which includes a roller support frame and a plurality of parallel sets of rollers mounted on the roller support frame, wherein the rollers in each set of rollers are mounted rotatably and arranged one after another from the rear end toward the front end of the roller support frame. A plurality of individual articles, such as canned foods or drinks, may be placed across two or more parallel sets of rollers and are capable of moving one by one from the rear end toward the front end of the roller support frame. In the showcase assembly unit for the showcase structure according to the present invention, each roller has a specific width that is smaller than a dimension of the bottom of a particular article across the roller, and each of the rollers in each set is axially offset relative to a corresponding one of the rollers in each adjacent set.

Abstract: A display unit comprising a plurality of product trays connected to a plurality of shelves is disclosed. Each product tray includes a product slide moveable relative to the shelf and a facing slide moveably relative to both the product slide and the shelves. A restoring spring connects the product slide to the shelf and is positioned to facilitate restoration of the product slide from a stocking position to a displaying position. Locking mechanisms for both the product slide and the facing slide are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display rack comprises a frame, at least one dividing base unit and a track. The track supports a follower arrangement. The base unit comprises a partition wall and a support surface. The track is positioned on the support surface and is capable of lateral translation relative to the support surface. The base unit itself is laterally displaceable relative to the frame. The base unit reinforces the track unit against generally vertical bending forces.

Abstract: A carton assembly for dispensing product members such as spools of wire and other rollable products having circular ends of the same diameter. The carton comprises a bottom, forward and rearward end walls, two side walls and a closable top. Within the carton each side wall has associated therewith one upper guide member, at least one intermediate guide member and a lower guide member. The guide members of one wall are mirror images of the corresponding guide members of the other side wall and are correspondingly positioned with respect to their respective side walls. The intermediate and lower guide members provide narrow sloping edges in parallel spaced relationship which maintain the product members in a row made up of zig-zag row segments, one above the other. The carton has a dispensing opening in its forward wall through which the forwardmost and lowermost product member can be extracted.

Abstract: A system for displaying products generally forming a queue having a rear product on a display surface having a rear portion and a front portion, comprising an arranging mechanism operable for moving the products selectively and manually from the rear portion of the display surface towards the front portion of the display surface. The arranging mechanism comprises a positioning element having a vertical portion adapted to engage the rear product in the queue from a rear side of the rear product towards the front portion of the display surface and having a horizontal portion extending generally parallel to the display surface. The system further has a supporting mechanism on each of the products that defines an open pathway from one side of one of the products to a substantially opposite side of the one of the products. The open pathway is adapted to receive the horizontal portion of the arranging mechanism.

Abstract: A dispenser and method for attaching abrasive sheets to a backup pad. The dispenser conveniently centers on the backup pad an abrasive sheet that is larger than the backup pad. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser comprises: a holder configured to receive circular abrasive sheets, the holder including a bottom, a top, front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion extends farther from the bottom than the front portion, and wherein the bottom of the holder defines at least a 180 degree arc of a first circle having a first radius; a slider guide extending along the rear of the holder; and a spacer mounted in the guide, wherein the spacer is movable along the guide from a first portion within the front portion of the holder to a second position beyond the front portion of the holder, the spacer defining an arc of no more than 180 degrees of a second circle having a second radius smaller than the first radius.

Abstract: A dispenser and method for attaching abrasive sheets to a backup pad. The dispenser conveniently centers on the backup pad an abrasive sheet that is larger than the backup pad. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser comprises: a holder configured to receive circular abrasive sheets, the holder including a bottom, a top, front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion extends farther from the bottom than the front portion, and wherein the bottom of the holder defines at least a 180 degree arc of a first circle having a first radius; a slider guide extending along the rear of the holder; and a spacer mounted in the guide, wherein the spacer is movable along the guide from a first position within the front portion of the holder to a second position beyond the front position of the holder, the spacer defining an arc of no more than 180 degrees of a second circle having a second radius smaller than the first radius.

Abstract: A system for displaying products generally forming a queue on a display surface comprising a receiving apparatus operable for receiving products to be displayed. The receiving apparatus includes a surface for receiving the products in a queue. The surface has front and rear portions and is magnetically attracted to a magnet. The system also has an arranging mechanism operable for moving the products selectively and manually from the rear portion of the surface towards the front portion of the surface. The arranging mechanism comprises a positioning element having a vertical portion adapted to engage the rear product in the queue from the rear side of the product and has a horizontal portion extending parallel to the surface towards the front portion of the surface. The first and second elements each have a base with an upper and lower portion. The first and second elements are spaced apart and define a channel to receive and to support the products on the upper portions.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the field of mechanics, and more precisely to articles for marketing commercial objects. A display device for small containers is described, which holds and advances said containers as they are sold, comprising an assembly of two movable parallel strips and of a spring pusher member that slides along a horizontal groove intermediate the strips and abuts against the last container in the row between the two strips. The device is useful for displaying containers for commercial purposes.

Abstract: A product module adaptable for interlocking engagement with other similarly constructed modules to form a composite display assembly for merchandising products therefrom, each product module including at least one elongated product channel defined by a pair of laterally spaced upstanding side walls and a substantially planar product supporting floor portion extending therebetween, each product channel including a product graphic panel which is removably attachable to the front portion of each product channel via a wide variety of different constructional arrangements. Each product graphic panel is preferably dimensioned such that when it is attached to the front portion of a particular product channel, the graphic panel will substantially overlay the product identification and graphics associated with the lead product container positioned within that particular product channel.

Abstract: There is described an on-vehicle unit which permits removal and attachment of various optional modules from and to a center module and which enables easy addition and removal of various functions. The on-vehicle unit is provided in a dashboard of a vehicle, and a center module--into which there are built as standard devices a radio receiving unit and a car navigation unit--has a plurality of module loading sections. Optional modules, such as a television tunermodule, a cassette deck module, and a VICS module, can be built into the center module, as required. The center module (7) has a central control section for controlling the standard units and various optional modules. The control mode of the control section is switched according to a combination of optional modules to be built into the center module.

Abstract: A product advancement device utilizes a self-coiling plastic sheet of material that has been heat treated to provide the self-coiling properties. The self-coiling sheet is used on an existing shelf to advance products to the front of the shelf without the use of push plates, trays, or other parts to hold the coiled sheet in place, or to prevent it from unrolling laterally or vertically. A portion of the sheet is not coiled during the heating process so that the roll stops at a desired place, providing a product restocking area. The end of the non-coiling sheet, opposite the coiled portion, is formed to provide a product stop barrier at the edge of the shelf.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for merchandising a plurality of products comprising a shelf and a plurality of pushers engaged with the shelf for urging the products forwardly. Each pusher is made of a flexible material having a memory characteristic which biases the pusher into a generally planar orientation from an inverted U-shaped configuration between the products and a rear edge of the shelf. The pushers may be individually formed or an integral part of a single sheet of material. The pushers may have tabs which slidably engage slots in the shelf.

Abstract: A combined product shipment and display device has a plurality of pre-packed product support structures or cartons in a stacked arrangement within a display container structure which includes a base with sloped feeder ramps which advance successive product-carrying cartons in the stacks to openings in the display container, whereby product is neatly displayed at the exterior of the container. Successive cartons of the stack are advanced to the forward most position by spring urging means upon removal of emptied cartons so that the display maintains a freshly stocked and neat appearance.

Abstract: An easily-combinable and movable speaker case includes two side boards, a front holed board, a speaker support board, an electric circuit board, a rear control board, a cap board, a bottom board, and a pull member. The two side boards are spaced apart parallel and respectively has a plurality of vertical position grooves and posts spaced apart on an inner surface for inserting the front holes board, the speaker support board, the electric circuit board and the control board in the position grooves of the two side board. Then the cap board and the bottom board are respectively fixed on and under the two side boards with screws. Further two rollers are fixed under the bottom board to permit the speaker case inclinedly move on the ground by pulling the pull member.

Abstract: A device for and method of ergonomically removing parts from a parts bin, so that an operator does not have to unnecessarily bend to remove parts, using an open-ended bin, a platform removably contained within the bin, and a mechanism for lifting the platform which is, also, removably contained within the bin. The mechanism for lifting the platform may be a manually operated or automatically operated scissor-type jack, hydraulic cylinder, or pneumatic cylinder. Also, the platform may be vertically adjusted by a spring whose spring constant is chosen to correspond to the weight of the parts within the bin.

Abstract: A self-levelling platform arrangement comprises a platform which may form the base of a trolley container, supported on a biasing mechanism that comprises a scissors jack arrangement incorporating a tension spring to provide the biasing force whereby the platform descends as items are loaded onto the platform and rises as items are unloaded. The load/tension ratio of the spring is adjustable. To achieve tensioning of the spring, one end of the spring is attached to one of the opposite arms of the scissors arrangement through a flange plate while the outer end is attached to one end of a balance beam member supported for rotation about a fulcrum, the position of the fulcrum being variable along the length of the beam. The other end of the beam member connects, via a further flange plate, to the other of opposite arms by a connecting rod.

Abstract: A shelf assembly comprising a shelf having a front frame member and a rear frame member and a plurality of substantially parallel dividers extending between the front frame member and the rear frame member. The dividers are arranged in pairs defining a plurality of tracks for supporting a plurality of products arranged in columns between the pairs of dividers. At least one pusher is located within each track for urging a column of products forwardly along the track. Each pusher comprises a sheet of flexible material having a memory characteristic which biases the sheet toward a flat planar orientation. Each pusher is forced into an upwardly bowed inverted U-shaped configuration between the rear frame member of the shelf and a rearwardmost product in a column of products in a track so as to urge the column of products forwardly toward the front frame member when a forwardmost product is removed.

Abstract: A mobile container or bin is provided with a vertically adjustable floor which is suspended by cables which pass through a plurality of supports or pulleys, and the cables are wound around a single cylindrical drive member coupled to a reversible motor with a power off brake. The cylindrical cable drive member is rotatably disposed about an axle passing through side wall members of the bin. The cylindrical cable drive member includes at least one pair of right hand and left hand spiraling grooves having a depth and width sufficient to wind the cables thereon in a single layer. An object level sensing sensor is mounted to the bin for sensing the presence or absence of objects above the floor at a pre-set access level. The sensor output is provided as an input to a control circuit for maintaining the highest most ones of the objects on the floor at the preset level so as to provide a constant object load and object unload floor level.

Abstract: A one piece pusher urges merchandise items towards a front end of a pegboard mounted hook in a merchandise display system. The hook is used for slidably suspending associated merchandise items. The hook includes a back end which can be mounted in a pegboard and a front end having a generally upwardly turned tip for preventing the merchandise items from sliding off the hook. The pusher includes a mounting portion by which the pusher is mounted on the back end of the hook and an elongated portion extending forwardly from the mounting portion. The elongated portion includes a first aperture, a second aperture and a first slit extending between the first and second apertures. The first slit allows the elongated portion of the pusher to be mounted on the hook so that the first and second apertures surround the hook at spaced locations. The pusher further includes a front face of the elongated portion. The front face contacts a rearmost one of the merchandise items to urge it forwardly on the hook.

Abstract: A self-contained mechanical vending device for displaying and dispensing newspapers by coin activated access. The vending device has a molded synthetic resin one-piece cabinet with an access door and release mechanism insert. A spring-activated newspaper storage elevator shelf and weight assembly stabilizes the device and presents the newspapers for selective removal through the access door.

Abstract: A product display and dispensing system includes a tray, a pusher member and a product spacer. The tray has a rear end, a front end and a front wall at the front end. The tray is configured for supporting a series of products between the rear end and the front end. The pusher member is movably supported between the rear end and the front end for pushing the series of products towards the front end. The product spacer is supported proximate the front end and spaced from the front wall for engaging a frontward most product of the series of products to space the frontward most product from the front wall.

Abstract: A device for moving and detaching a panel opens and closes a recording medium inserting slot installed at an escutcheon by upwardly and downwardly moving a sliding plate connected with a rear face of the panel by using a push-pull portion installed at the car audio body. The push-pull portion pushes and pulls one side of the sliding plate in one of the directions toward the panel and the car audio body. In both side walls of an escutcheon there are formed guiding grooves having a gentle slope in a longitudinal direction. The sliding plate has engagement protrusions for connecting the guiding grooves and a connecting portion to rotatably connect one side of said sliding plate and push-pull portion. The push-pull portion has connecting pieces connected with a connecting portion of the sliding plate and a limited movement portion to slide the sliding plate in a predetermined range.

Abstract: A product display system which includes a basic unit including a track, a front wall, a back wall and a side member. The basic unit is easily assembled and disassembled. Two of more basic units can be ganged together to created customized displays to accommodate a wide varies of products of various sizes.

Abstract: A cup dispenser is disclosed including a housing having an open end and a closed end defining a cup receiving cavity, a cup support reciprocally positioned within the cup receiving cavity for supporting at least one cup received in the cup receiving cavity and a spring for biasing the cup support towards the open end of the cup receiving cavity thereby projecting at least a portion of the cup from the housing. The cup dispenser further includes a guide for guiding the cup support within the housing with a guide including axially extending substantially diametrically opposed rails and a cup restraint for restraining outward movement of the cup within the cavity and a stop position adjacent the guide for stopping outward movement of the cup support. The stop includes at least one circumferentially extending contact surface which contacts a surface of the cup support in order to stop outward movement of the cup support.

Abstract: A product supporting and feeding system is provided in which a plurality of tracks is mounted in spaced relationship from each other and equipped with spring-loaded sliders adapted to move the product along the tracks.

Abstract: A point-of-sale merchandiser for merchandising products adjacent a cashier counter. The merchandiser includes a housing having a top opening and a product dispensing rack disposed upright in the housing. The dispensing rack is positioned in the housing so that products supported thereon are accessible through the top opening. The dispensing rack has a bottom surface and includes a plurality of base plates and vertical guides. Each base plate is configured to support a plurality of vertically stacked products disposed thereon. The dispensing rack further includes a plurality of biasing members disposed between the base plates and the bottom surface of the dispensing rack for urging the base plates upwardly along a vertical path defined by the vertical guides so that each of the vertically stacked products may be sequentially dispensed through the top opening of the housing. The housing may include a refrigeration mechanism for cooling the products contained therein.

Abstract: A robbery-proof mechanism for a vehicle mounted electronic apparatus wherein a cover for covering the electronic apparatus is accommodated in the upper space of the electronic apparatus and can be driven by a small scale drive mechanism without moving the electronic apparatus.

Abstract: A diaper dispenser apparatus includes a housing having an interior region. The housing includes a front panel formed to include an aperture therein. The apparatus also includes a spring loaded platform located in an interior region of the housing. The platform is configured to support a stack of diapers and to locate a top diaper on the stack in alignment with the aperture in the front panel of the housing to permit removal of the top diaper through the aperture.

Abstract: A shelf organizer is provided for the storage and dispensing of a plurality of individual products. The shelf organizer is connected to the store fixture by a slide assembly which readily permits its movement between a retracted and extended position relative to the store fixture. A plurality of identical shelf dividers are adjustably positioned within the shelf organizer, so as to adjustably provide compartments of a desired width, in accordance with the product being dispensed. Each shelf divider includes a spring biased pusher bar for urging the products within an individual compartment to the forward most, or product dispensing position.

Abstract: A rack unit display system is provided to display goods, such as in a retail store, in a well structured and ordered manner. The goods are horizontally stacked in the rack unit. A theft protection member is provided which limits unauthorized access to the goods. The left protection member is adjustable in height to allow the display unit to accommodate different sized goods. The goods are pushed forward in the unit by a slide member where the units can then be removed from the rack in small quantities. The back unit is releasably mounted and secured by a lock mechanism on a base member, which in turn is mounted on a rectangular bar. The rack unit can be released from the base member by means of a key. The slide member can be locked in a rear end position of the display unit when the rack unit is removed from the base member. The unit can be filled or refilled with ease without interference from the slide member. The height of the theft protection member is also adjustable.

Abstract: A pusher device for dispensing merchandise is disclosed. The device includes an elongate plastic track having a floor on which a row of articles are positioned for movement therealong, a pusher connected to the track for movement therealong and having a front side for engagement with the rearmost article on the track, and a spring for urging the pusher toward the front end of the track to forwardly move all the articles on the track. The spring is a gradient force, self-coiling spring arranged to exert forwardly directed force on the rear side of the pusher. The force on the pusher gradually reduces as the leading articles on the track successively are removed from the track, and thereby articles on the track are prevented from being subject to excessive force. What is also disclosed is a pusher device including an elongate track, a pusher movably connected to the track, and a self-coiling spring for urging the pusher forward of the track.

Abstract: A plastic bag holder is disclosed. The plastic bag holder comprises a housing formed of a front wall and a parallel back wall with parallel side walls therebetween. Each of the walls has upper edges and lower edges and with side edges therebetween. A rectangular bottom wall with side edges is coupled to the lower edges of the front and rear and side walls with an open top thereabove. All the walls are formed of a rigid material but with a slot in the front wall and an aperture in the bottom wall. The side walls have outwardly extending projections. A lid is formed with a top wall and linear front and rear and side edges and with trapezoidal side walls extending downwardly at an angle therefrom. The lid has a rectangular shoulder on its interior surface located at an intermediate extent of its side walls and with downwardly extending gripping fingers adjacent to the lower edges thereof. The lid is formed of a material with limited resilience.

Abstract: A product advance mechanism is described and includes a product contact element for contacting a product and for moving so as to push the product. A track is included for supporting and guiding the product contact element as the contact element moves. A bias element biases the product contact element in a direction along the track, and a brake mechanism controls the amount of bias applied to the product element.

Abstract: An anti-theft apparatus for use in a vehicle-mounted electronic component includes a removable control panel. Protrusions on a first side of the control panel engage holes in a first side of an equipment body of the electronic component and function as hinges as the control panel is rotated to a mounted position. A first electrical connector on the equipment body engages a second electrical connector on a rear surface of the control panel and a biasing member exerts a force against the rear surface of the control panel. The control panel includes a recess in a second side into which a locking protrusion of a locking mechanism in the equipment body extends. A button actuates the locking mechanism retracting the locking protrusion and allowing the biasing member to eject the control panel from the equipment body. The locking protrusion is retracted by a sliding cam or directly by depression of the button.

Abstract: A pusher unit for placement into a merchandise display tray to dispense merchandise which has an elongated shelving track with a front end and a top surface for carrying the bottom surface of the merchandise. The pusher unit has a spring-biased pusher plate with a front surface for contacting the side surface of the merchandise. The bottom section of the pusher plate is movable along the top surface of the shelving track so that the front surface of the pusher plate engages the side surface of the merchandise and the merchandise is thereby disposed between the pusher plate and the front end of the shelving track. The pusher plate has interconnected upper and lower sections with the upper section being movable between a merchandise-dispensing position and a merchandise-loading position. When the upper section is in the merchandise-loading position, the front surface of the upper section of the pusher plate is out of the plane defined by the front surface of the lower section.

Abstract: A gravity feed merchandising apparatus having a sloped shelf, a vertical front wall and a slidable cassette for pushing merchandise on the shelf towards the front wall. A plurality of dividers divide the shelf into compartments, each one of which is provided with a cassette into which a portion of the merchandise is placed. The combined weight of the cassette and the merchandise contained therein forces the remainder of the merchandise to the front of the shelf adjacent the from wall. The lower edge of the front wall of the cassette has a rim which contacts the merchandise to the front thereof.

Abstract: A bread box for storing and dispensing such sliced bread by means of an inverting action applied to any wrapper in which bread may be packaged resulting in one or more slices dispensed per activation of a sliced bread dispensing unit, as well as the concept of inverting such bread wrappers to accomplish the task of dispensing sliced bread.

Abstract: A radio assembly (100) includes a radio chassis (120) and radio housing (150). The radio chassis (120) includes a resilient cantilever arm (130) having an engaging portion (135). The radio housing (150) includes a mount channel (156) to position the cantilever arm (130), and a ramped catch portion (157) within the mount channel (156) to engage the engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) and to secure the radio chassis (120) within the radio housing (150). The chassis (120) is mounted to the radio housing (150) such that the engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) is positioned within the mount channel (156). The engaging portion (135) of the cantilever arm (130) is biasedly engaged with the ramped catch portion (157), and is deflectable so as to disengage from the ramped catch portion (157) when a deflecting force is applied to the engaging portion (135).

Abstract: This display includes a backing plate arranged to ride on a track, and employs a coil spring bias to urge the backing plate toward the forward edge of the display. The backing plate includes a slot engaging groove to ride the track under the spring bias and to limit rearward motion. At the rear of the display, the track exhibits a locking edge which engages the plate member to hold the plate at the rear while the display is loaded.