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US 11,903,496 B2Granted
Display case for dispensing products
AssigneeSelect Design, Ltd.
InventorsBrian Glogowski, Travis William Vogel, Chen Ta Li, Joshua Carl Nelson
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Abstract
Vertical point of purchase product display stands with spring-loaded platforms that display a vertically-stacked plurality of products for viewing and removal by customers and raise the plurality of products as top layers of the products are removed.
Claims21
A display stand, comprising:
- an elongate housing that defines an interior volume configured to hold a vertically-stacked plurality of products, the housing having a top end;
- at least one spring coupled to the housing at a location proximate the top end of the housing;
- and
- a platform moveably disposed in the interior volume and supported by the at least one spring, the platform configured to support the plurality of products;
- wherein the platform includes a base configured to receive and support the plurality of products, wherein the base has opposed top and bottom sides and a lower support structure extending from the bottom side of the base, the lower support structure configured to contact a wall of the housing to maintain the base in a substantially horizontal orientation;
- and
- wherein the at least one spring includes at least one front spring located adjacent a front side of the platform and at least one rear spring located adjacent a rear side of the platform, wherein the front and rear springs have different spring rates and/or different lengths.
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A display stand, comprising:
- an elongate housing that defines an interior volume configured to hold a vertically-stacked plurality of products, the housing having a top end;
- at least one spring coupled to the housing at a location proximate the top end of the housing;
- and
- a platform moveably disposed in the interior volume and supported by the at least one spring, the platform configured to support the plurality of products;
- wherein the housing includes a stopper located proximate the top end of the housing, the stopper configured to contact a top surface of a top layer of the plurality of products to maintain a height of the top layer;
- wherein the stopper and the at least one spring cooperate to apply a compressive force to the plurality of products;
- and
- wherein the at least one spring includes at least one front spring adjacent a front side of the platform and at least one rear spring adjacent a rear side of the platform, wherein the front and rear springs have different spring rates and/or different lengths for maintaining the platform in a substantially horizonal orientation.
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A display stand, comprising:
- an elongate housing that defines an interior volume configured to hold a vertically-stacked plurality of products, the housing having a top end;
- at least one spring coupled to the housing at a location proximate the top end of the housing;
- and
- a platform moveably disposed in the interior volume and supported by the at least one spring, the platform configured to support the plurality of products;
- wherein the housing includes a stopper located proximate the top end of the housing, the stopper configured to contact a top surface of a top layer of the plurality of products to maintain a height of the top layer;
- wherein the platform includes a stopper-engaging portion that contacts the stopper when the display stand is empty;
- and
- wherein the at least one spring includes at least one front spring adjacent a front side of the platform and at least one rear spring adjacent a rear side of the platform, wherein the front and rear springs have different spring rates and/or different lengths for maintaining the platform in a substantially horizonal orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.