Modular product display unit
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJean-Marc Gady, Gabriel J. Lamb, Simona M. Szabados, Hyun Jin Kim, Seung Chae Kang, Indhu V. Solayappan, Joshua Robert Edwards, Alice Marlin Brugger, Jake A. Nelson
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Abstract
A modular product display unit includes a tray and display inserts. The tray includes a magnetic top surface and an apron at least partially surrounding the magnetic top surface and extending above the magnetic top surface. The display inserts are disposed on and magnetically coupled to the magnetic top surface, the display inserts form product-display compartments on the magnetic top surface.
Claims28
A modular product display unit comprising:
- a tray comprising:
- a magnetic top surface;
- and
- an apron at least partially surrounding the magnetic top surface and extending above the magnetic top surface;
- display inserts disposed on and magnetically coupled to the magnetic top surface, the display inserts forming product-display compartments on the magnetic top surface,
- wherein positions of the display inserts on the magnetic top surface are constrained only by the apron or other display inserts, and
- wherein upper surfaces of the display inserts are coplanar with an upper surface of the apron.
A modular product display drawer, comprising:
- a magnetic surface;
- display inserts magnetically coupled to the magnetic surface, the display inserts being reconfigurable on the magnetic surface to form product-display compartments;
- a drawer support having a drawer slide configured to allow the magnetic surface to slide between a retracted position and an extended position;
- and
- a product backer magnetically coupled to the magnetic surface within one of the compartments,
- wherein the drawer support supports the magnetic surface in a cantilevered arrangement in both the retracted position and the extended position, and
- wherein the product backer is not attached to the display inserts and extends above the display inserts.
A retail display fixture comprising:
- a mounting surface;
- display trays mounted to the mounting surface in a cantilevered arrangement, each of the display trays comprising:
- a magnetic horizontal surface;
- an apron at least partially surrounding the magnetic horizontal surface;
- and
- display inserts disposed on and magnetically coupled to the magnetic horizontal surface, the display inserts forming product-display compartments on the magnetic horizontal surface;
- and
- displayed products disposed within the product-display compartments, the displayed products extending above the display inserts and apron,
- wherein the display trays are movable toward and away from the mounting surface between a first position and a second position, and
- wherein each respective one of the display trays is vertically spaced apart from an adjacent display tray by a distance that is greater than a height of the respective display tray.
A modular product display unit, comprising:
- a tray having a top surface;
- an apron surrounding and extending above the top surface;
- display inserts movably disposed on the top surface, the display inserts forming product-display compartments on the top surface, wherein the display inserts protrude away from the top surface to form walls of the product-display compartments;
- and
- a retention mechanism that couples the display inserts to the top surface and holds the display inserts in position relative to the top surface,
- wherein the retention mechanism can be overcome by lifting the display inserts away from the top surface,
- wherein the retention mechanism can be engaged by placing the display inserts on the top surface,
- wherein the display inserts do not extend above the apron, and
- wherein the walls of the product-display compartments form a low profile that allows product disposed within the product-display compartments to extend above the compartments for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.