Supports: racks – Special article – Stacked articles
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-15
2005-03-15
Thompson, II, Hugh B. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Stacked articles
Reexamination Certificate
active
06866155
ABSTRACT:
A display rack for the display of merchandise packages with provisions for moving product packages toward the front. A pusher sled is formed of front and back plastic wall panels, spaced apart at the bottom, with side opening notches at the edges and downwardly opening notches at the bottom for sliding engagement with and support by a base comprised of four spaced-apart, parallel wire-like supports. The four support wires are disposed in a flat plane and serve as a sliding support for product items placed on the display rack. The four wires also guide, support and retain the pusher sled for easy sliding movement under the urging of one or more coiled strip springs. The springs are confined between the wall panels of the sled and strip portions thereof extend through openings in the, front wall panel to anchor points at the front of assembly. The four support wires are connected at their ends by welded cross bars, which in turn are supported in small plastic base members. The plastic base members have recesses for the laterally adjustable reception of side guides, which enable the width of the display assembly to be varied. A plurality of individual display racks may be joined in a multi-unit display assembly comprising a plurality of display racks arranged side-by-side and in two or more tiers. Connecting frames are provided with upper and lower connecting rods connecting the plastic bases of racks at one or more levels. Customized mock-ups can be quickly and inexpensively prepared for customer testing because the structures require no parts to be custom molded or machined. Exceptional economies are realized in the manufacture of the display assembly while providing a system which aesthetically attractive, with superior performance.
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Purol Sarah
Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP
Thompson II Hugh B.
Trion Industries Inc.
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