# US 11,998,124 B2 · Pusher tray with front stop having product support projection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,998,124 B2 - Document ID: US11998124B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/171,536 - Filed: 2023-02-20 - Published: 2023-06-29 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-03 - Assignees: Fasteners for Retail, Inc. - Applicants: Fasteners for Retail, Inc. - Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998124B2 ## CPC - A47F 1/126: {the pushing device being urged by spring means} - A47B 45/00: Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features enabling enlarging in height, length, or depth (sectional furniture A47B87/00) - A47F 5/08: secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices - A47F 5/10: Adjustable or foldable {or dismountable} display stands {(foldable racks in general A47B43/00; dismountable racks in general A47B47/00; assemblies of elements of the same kind, e.g. stackable A47B87/00; publicity panels G09F15/0068)} - A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein the second product support surface is rearward of the rear side of the panel section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the panel section generally parallel to the first axis is equal to a thickness of the product support section generally parallel to the first axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein a surface area of the second product support surface is at least three times greater than a surface area of the first and second mounting pin receivers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, further comprising: a first channel formed between the product support section and the first mounting pin receiver; and a second channel formed between the product support section and the second mounting pin receiver. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The retail merchandise tray of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second channels has a width measured along the second axis of less than ¼inch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The retail merchandise tray of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second channels has a width measured along the second axis of less than ⅛ inch. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein a height of the product support section is at least twenty five percent (25%) greater than a height of the first and second mounting pin receivers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein the second product support surface extends entirely between the first and second mounting pin receivers. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The retail merchandise tray of claim 1, wherein the panel section defines an outer periphery that bounds a first area and the product support section has an outer periphery rearward of the panel section that bounds a second area, the second area being at least 50% the first area. ### Claim 11 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, wherein the product support surface is rearward of the rear side of the panel section. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, further including a recess in a front of the front stop, the panel section extends around the recess. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The front stop of claim 13, wherein a thickness of the panel section is equal to a thickness of the product support section. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The front stop of claim 13, wherein the front stop includes an offset wall that extends between the panel section and the product support section, the offset wall bounds the recess. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, wherein a surface area of the second product support surface is at least three, five or 10 (3, 5 or 10) times greater than a surface area of the first and second mounting pin receivers. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, further comprising: a first channel formed between the product support section and the first mounting pin receiver; and a second channel formed between the product support section and the second mounting pin receiver. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The front stop of claim 17, wherein each of the first and second channels has a width measured along the first axis of less than ¼inch. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The front stop of claim 17, wherein each of the first and second channels has a width measured along the first axis of less than ⅛ inch. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, wherein the second product support surface extends entirely between the first and second mounting pin receivers. ### Claim 21 (depends on 11) The front stop of claim 11, wherein the panel section defines an outer periphery that bounds a first area and the product support section has an outer periphery rearward of the panel section that bounds a second area, the second area being at least 50% the first area.