Shelf device for rolling unlike bottles
A shelf device for a cooler has a base member for a bottle to roll along by gravity feed. A guide member on the base member shifts the center of gravity of the bottle towards the base of the bottle to urge contact with a side panel so that the bottle maintains contact with the side panel and thereby roll in a straight path.
1 . A shelf device, comprising:
a base member having a top surface, left, right, front and rear edge portions and defining a groove in said top surface extending longitudinally between said front and rear edge portions;
an upstanding left side panel attached to said base member along said left edge portion;
an upstanding right side panel attached to said base member along said right edge portion parallel to said left side panel; and
a guide member disposed in said groove and extending above said top surface of said base member parallel to said left and right side panels.
2 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said guide member has a slanted top surface.
3 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said guide member is elastomeric.
4 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , including an upstanding front panel attached to said base member along said front edge portion.
5 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 1 , including:
an upstanding rear panel attached to said base member along said rear edge portion; and
an upstanding front panel attached to said base member along said front edge portion, said front panel having a lower elevation than said rear panel.
6 . A shelf device, comprising:
a base member having a top surface, left, right, front and rear edge portions;
an upstanding left side panel attached to said base member along said left edge portion;
an upstanding right side panel attached to said base member along said right edge portion parallel to said left side panel; and
a guide member disposed on said top surface of said base member parallel to said left and right side panels.
7 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 6 , wherein said guide member has a slanted top surface.
8 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 6 , wherein said guide member is elastomeric.
9 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 6 , including an upstanding front panel attached to said base member along said front edge portion.
10 . A shelf device, as set forth in claim 6 , including:
an upstanding rear panel attached to said base member along said rear edge portion; and
an upstanding front panel attached to said base member along said front edge portion, said front panel having a lower elevation than said rear panel.