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US 11,998,124 B2Granted
Pusher tray with front stop having product support projection
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorThomas O. Nagel
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Abstract
A retail merchandise tray including a front stop having a product support surface. The product support surface is located between mounting features that attach the front stop to the rest of the retail merchandise tray. The front stop itself is an embodiment as well.
Claims21
A retail merchandise tray comprising:
- a product support structure extending between a front end and a rear end, the product support structure providing a first product support surface for supporting merchandise thereon;
- a pusher mounted to the product support structure, the pusher movable along the product support structure above the first product support surface toward and away from the front end along a first axis, the pusher being biased towards the front end;
- first and second mounting pins attached to the product support structure proximate the front end, the first and second mounting pins having an upright position in which the first and second mounting pins extend upward above the first product support surface;
- a front stop having a panel section extending upward above the first product support surface, the panel section having a front side and a rear side, the front stop having first and second mounting pin receivers being spaced apart from one another along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the first mounting pin receiver receiving the first mounting pin therein and the second mounting pin receiver receiving the second mounting pin therein, the front stop having a product support section positioned between the first and second mounting pin receivers, the product support section defining a second product support surface that faces the rear end of the product support structure and the pusher, the first and second mounting pin receivers positioned no closer to the rear end than the second product support surface, the front stop being a single, continuous piece of molded plastic.
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A front stop for a retail merchandise tray having first and second mounting pins, the front stop comprising:
- a panel section having a front side and a rear side;
- first and second mounting pin receivers being spaced apart from one another along a first axis, the first mounting pin receiver receiving the first mounting pin therein and the second mounting pin receiver receiving the second mounting pin therein when mounted;
- a product support section positioned between the first and second mounting pin receivers, the product support section defining a product support surface, the first and second mounting pin receivers positioned relative to the rear side of the panel section no further than the product support surface;
- wherein the panel section, first and second mounting pin receivers, and product support section being a single, continuous piece of molded plastic.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.