IP Library Granted Patent US 10,631,666
Granted Patent B2
US 10,631,666 · App. 16/268,872 · Granted Apr 28, 2020

Product management display system

Inventors: Stephen N. Hardy (Wadsworth, OH); Stuart Parsons (Maidstone, GB)
Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,631,666
App. No.
16/268,872
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes a divider secured to a support structure and a barrier that is moveable by rotation between a folded position and an upright position without a rotation biasing element. A product positioned in the system can contact the barrier when the product moves toward the forward end of the system and rotate the barrier from the folded position to the upright position. The system may include a rotational mounting structure to which the moveable barrier is connected. The rotational mounting structure may be removably connected to the forward end of the divider. The merchandise display system may be used in conjunction with a product tray which provides for product stored in the product tray to be slid from in the product tray into the product pocket of the merchandise display system.

Claims (25)

1. A merchandise display system comprising:

a front rail configured to be secured to a shelf and including an upwardly extending ridge;

a floor member including a floor forward end, the floor member including a groove that receives the ridge such that the floor member is connected to and engages the front rail to inhibit the floor member from moving in a direction perpendicular to the front rail while allowing the floor member to move upwardly away from the front rail, a floor rearward end, and a floor top surface;

a divider wall extending upwardly from the floor member;

a rotational mounting structure positioned proximate the floor forward end of the floor member rotatable barrier moveable between a folded position and an upright position and connected to the rotational mounting structure, a top edge of a rear surface of the rotatable barrier being rounded off,

wherein the rear surface of the rotatable barrier is positioned above the floor top surface of the floor member when the rotatable barrier is in the folded position.

2. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein a front surface of the rotatable barrier is configured to engage a surface of the rotational mounting structure when the rotatable barrier rotates from the folded position to the upright position.

3. The merchandise display system of claim 2 , wherein the surface of the rotational mounting structure is a vertical surface.

4. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein a front surface of the rotatable barrier is a vertical surface.

5. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein a front surface of the rotatable barrier is a front surface of a rotatable barrier handle.

6. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the rotational mounting structure is removably connected to the floor forward end.

7. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the floor member is configured to releasably engage the front rail.

8. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the floor member and the divider wall are configured to slide in a lateral direction along the front rail.

9. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the rotational mounting structure includes a first knuckle component and the rotatable barrier includes a second knuckle component, wherein a pin extends through the first knuckle component and the second knuckle component to form a hinge for rotational attachment of the rotatable barrier to the rotational mounting structure.

10. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the rotational mounting structure includes a rotational stop structure configured to engage the rotatable barrier and stop rotation of the rotatable barrier toward the folded position.

11. The merchandise display system of claim 10 , wherein the rotational stop structure is a protrusion positioned proximate a lower portion of the rear surface of the rotatable barrier such that the lower portion of the rear surface of the rotatable barrier contacts the rotational stop structure when the rotatable barrier reaches a folded angle in the folded position.

12. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the floor member includes a pusher mechanism configured to slide along the floor top surface to move product toward the floor forward end.

13. The merchandise display system of claim 12 , wherein the pusher mechanism includes a spring-urged pusher adapted to be coupled to the floor member and a coil spring adapted to urge the spring-urged pusher forward.

14. The merchandise display system of claim 13 , wherein a first end of the coil spring is secured proximate the floor forward end and a second end of the coil spring is secured to the spring-urged pusher.

15. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the floor member includes a first plurality of teeth adapted to engage a second plurality of teeth defined in the front rail.

16. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable barrier defines a folded angle in between the rear surface of the rotatable barrier and the floor top surface when the rotatable barrier is in the folded position.

17. The merchandise display system of claim 16 , wherein the folded angle is between about 20 degrees and about 45 degrees.

18. The merchandise display system of claim 16 , wherein the folded angle is about 20 degrees.

19. The merchandise display system of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable barrier includes a resilient tab configured to engage a tab recess when the rotatable barrier reaches the upright position.

20. The merchandise display system of claim 19 , wherein the tab recess is defined in the rotational mounting structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2019
From: HARDY, STEPHEN N.; PARSONS, STUART
To: RTC INDUSTRIES, INC.
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