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Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,032 · App. 18/498,793 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Retail merchandise tray

Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel (Rockford, IL)
Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
A47F1/126A47B57/58A47F5/0025A47F5/005A47F1/04A47F1/12
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Patent No.
US 12,251,032
App. No.
18/498,793
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.

Claims (24)

1. A retail merchandise display for use on a retail shelf, comprising:

a retail merchandise tray comprising:

a frame providing a retail merchandise support surface, the frame having opposed front and rear ends;

a pusher mounted to the frame, the pusher movable along the frame parallel to a first axis between a front end and a rear end of the frame;

a front stop mounted to the frame at the front end, the front stop having a mounting tab;

at least one divider movably mounted to the frame and pusher, the at least one divider movable relative to the frame and pusher parallel to a second axis, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis;

a mounting rail configured for mounting to the retail shelf, the mounting rail including a plurality of spaced apart teeth defining a plurality of spaces, the teeth being spaced apart parallel to the second axis, the spaces configured to receive the mounting tab of the front stop such that the retail merchandise tray may be removably attached to the mounting rail in a plurality of different discrete positions along the second axis,

wherein:

a) the mounting rail includes a body portion extending longitudinally parallel to the first axis, the body portion having a top side and a bottom side, the top side facing away from the retail shelf when installed thereon, the teeth extending upward from the top side of the body portion;

b) the frame includes first and second load bearing members extending longitudinally parallel to the first axis, the load bearing members being laterally spaced apart along the second axis, each load bearing member:

i) extending between a first end proximate the front end and a second end proximate the rear end;

ii) a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side facing the retail shelf when installed thereon, the bottom side including a step separating a first portion of the load bearing member from a second portion of the load bearing member, the first portion of the load bearing member being at the first end of the load bearing member, the first portion being spaced above the retail shelf when installed thereon forming a vertical gap therebetween; and

c) the body portion of the mounting rail extends into the vertical gap of each of the first and second load bearing members when the mounting rail and frame are installed on the retail shelf.

2. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein:

for each of the first and second load bearing members, the step includes a wall between the first and second portions, the wall being offset from the first end parallel to the first axis and facing towards the first end; and

the body portion of the mounting rail being positioned forward of the wall of each of the first and second load bearing members.

3. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the mounting tab of the front stop is spaced vertically above the bottom side of the first portion of the first load bearing member and vertically above the bottom side of the first portion of the second load bearing member when the front stop is mounted to the frame and the frame is mounted to the retail shelf.

4. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the divider is movable relative to the frame when the mounting tab is engaged with the mounting rail.

5. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the frame, divider, pusher, and front stop are movable relative to the mounting rail as a unit.

6. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the at least one divider includes first and second dividers movably mounted to the frame, the frame being laterally interposed between the first and second dividers.

7. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the at least one divider has a first end proximate the front end and a second end proximate the rear end, the first and second ends of the at least one divider being positioned rearward of the teeth of the mounting rail.

8. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the front stop has a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, the rear side facing the pusher, the teeth of the mounting rail being rearward of the front side of the front stop when the retail merchandise tray is mounted to the mounting rail.

9. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the front stop has a front side and rear side opposite the front side, the rear side facing the pusher, the mounting tab being rearward of the front side of the front stop.

10. The retail merchandise display of claim 1 , wherein the mounting tab is positioned between the first and second load bearing members.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: NAGEL, THOMAS O.
To: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL LLC
Reel/Frame 065407/0903 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL LLC
To: FASTENERS FOR RETAIL, INC.
Reel/Frame 065407/0940 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 18090118 · Dec 28, 2022
Continuation 17697378 · Mar 17, 2022
Continuation 17173889 · Feb 11, 2021
Continuation 16888092 · May 29, 2020
Continuation 16803566 · Feb 27, 2020
Continuation 16582681 · Sep 25, 2019
Continuation 15954868 · Apr 17, 2018
Continuation 15829623 · Dec 1, 2017
Related Publication 20240057791A1 · Feb 22, 2024
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