Retail merchandise tray
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsThomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger
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Abstract
A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly may have an adjustable divider. The tray assembly may have a sign adaptor for mounting a sign to the divider. The tray assembly may have an accessory clip. The tray assembly may have a pivotable front stop. The tray assembly may have sign holders mounted to a front stop. The tray assembly may include signs mounted within a sign holder that is mounted to the front stop. The divider may be powder coated while the divider mounts may be free of painting. Methods are also provided.
Claims20
A retail merchandise tray assembly comprising:
- a merchandise support frame extending between a first end and a second end and having opposed first and second sides;
- a divider including a divider body and a mounting socket;
- a longitudinally extending divider mount press fit engaged within the mounting socket of the divider, the divider mount being slidably mounted to the merchandise support frame for adjusting a position of the divider relative to the first side of the merchandise support frame;
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- wherein the mounting socket is provided by a press nut that is mounted within an aperture formed in the divider body, the press nut having an enlarged head portion and a cylindrical body defining a central cavity in which the divider mount is press fit, the cylindrical body having a smaller dimension than a dimension of the head portion.
A method of assembling a retail merchandise tray, comprising:
- providing a merchandise support frame extending between a first end and a second end and having opposed first and second sides;
- providing a divider body and a mounting socket of a divider, the mounting socket being, at least in part, adjacent to an inner surface of the divider body, the mounting socket is provided by a press nut that is mounted within an aperture formed in the divider body, the press nut having an enlarged head portion and a cylindrical body defining a central cavity, the cylindrical body having a smaller dimension than a dimension of the head portion;
- painting an outer surface of the divider body;
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- inserting a first end of a longitudinally extending divider mount that is unpainted into the central cavity of the mounting socket such that the divider mount is press fit engaged with the mounting socket, the divider mount being slidably mountable to the merchandise support frame for adjusting a position of the divider relative to the first side of the merchandise support frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.