IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,413,826
Granted Patent B2
US 8,413,826 · App. 13/482,447 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Product display tray

Inventors: Raymond M Schneider (Port Washington, NY); Richard Jay (Westport, CT); Eleanor Lovinsky (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: Display Technologies
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,413,826
App. No.
13/482,447
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A product display tray configured for use on a shelf is disclosed. The product display tray includes a base and at least one side wall. The base includes a front end, a back end, a left side, a right side, a lower surface and an upper surface for supporting items. The side wall is selectively positionable a distance from a side of the base and is substantially parallel to the side.

Claims (16)

1. A product display tray configured for use on a shelf, comprising:

a base including a front end, a back end, and an upper surface for supporting items and defining a longitudinal axis extending between the front end of the base and the back end of the base;

a base lip disposed adjacent the front end of the base; and

a handle disposed in mechanical cooperation with the base lip and defining a gap therebetween, wherein the size of the gap is adjustable along the longitudinal axis between a plurality of discreet positions; wherein at least a majority of the handle extends below the base lip, and wherein a cross-section of the handle is substantially L-shaped.

2. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein the size of the gap is adjustable in part by sliding the handle relative to the base lip in a direction that is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis.

3. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, the substantially horizontal portion including downwardly depending grooves for engaging the base lip, at least a majority of the substantially vertical portion depending downwardly from the substantially horizontal portion.

4. The product display tray of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of beams disposed adjacent a lower surface and wherein the beams form a substantial grid-like pattern.

5. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the base and a side wall of the base includes a notch thereon.

6. The product display tray of claim 5 , wherein the notch is disposed distally of the front end of the base.

7. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a plurality of ribs thereon, the ribs extending at least partially between the front end and the back end and being raised above the upper surface.

8. The product display tray of claim 7 , wherein adjacent ribs form a channel therebetween, the channel being configured to direct liquid towards at least one of the front end and the back end of the base.

9. The product display tray of claim 1 , further comprising a pusher disposed at least partially above the upper surface, the pusher being biased towards the front end of the base.

10. The product display tray of claim 9 , wherein the pusher is biased towards the front end of the base via at least one spring.

11. The product display tray of claim 9 , further including a glide rib disposed on the pusher, the glide rib configured to slide at least partially within a channel on the upper surface of the base.

12. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein the size of the gap is adjustable between a plurality of distinct sizes.

13. The product display tray of claim 1 , wherein the size of the gap is adjustable along the longitudinal axis by initially sliding the handle in a first direction that is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis and next by sliding the handle in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2012
From: SCHNEIDER, RAYMOND M; JAY, RICHARD; LOVINSKY, ELEANOR
To: DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 12705060 · Feb 12, 2010
Continuation 11657943 · Jan 25, 2007
Provisional Application 60762984 · Jan 27, 2006
Provisional Application 60775034 · Feb 21, 2006
Related Publication 20120234779A1 · Sep 20, 2012