Cooler door shelf device with flexible display
View Patent ↗A shelf device for mounting on an inside surface of a cooler door comprises a bottom panel and left and right mounting flanges connected to the bottom panel along left and right side edge portions thereof. Each flange has a pair of openings therein vertically spaced from one another and adapted to mount and support the shelf device. A partition panel is connected to the bottom panel and divides the bottom panel into a plurality of compartments. Vertically extending ribs are attached to the partition panel at junctions of adjacent compartments. A display panel insert is received by slots in the ribs and recesses in the mounting flanges.
1. A display shelf device for a vertical surface of a cooler door, comprising:
a bottom panel having front, rear, left and right side edge portions;
a left mounting flange connected to said bottom panel along said left side edge portion and extending upward therefrom, said left flange defining a left recess;
a right mounting flange connected to said bottom panel along said right side edge portion and extending upward therefrom, said right flange defining a right recess;
an upstanding partition panel connected to said bottom panel and said left and right mounting flanges forming a plurality of compartments along said bottom panel;
a plurality of vertically extending ribs formed at junctions of adjacent compartments with each rib defining a vertical slot spaced from said bottom panel; and
a display panel insert positioned in said vertical slots of said ribs above said bottom panel and extending laterally toward said left and right recesses of said mounting flanges.
2. A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of said slots has top and bottom flanges slidably retaining said display panel insert.
3. A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein ends of said display panel insert rest in said recesses of said left and right flanges.
4. A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said ribs are flush with said front edge portion of said bottom panel.
5. A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said left mounting flange is connected to said bottom panel along said left side edge portion and extends upward therefrom, said left mounting flange having a pair of left keyways therein vertically spaced from one another and adapted to mount and support said shelf device.
6. A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said right mounting flange is connected to said bottom panel along said right side edge portion and extends upward therefrom, said right mounting flange having a pair of right keyways therein vertically spaced from one another and adapted to mount and support said shelf device.