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US 12,178,334 B2Granted
Retail merchandise tray and display incorporating same
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsThomas O. Nagel, Brent O. Ewing
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Abstract
A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.
Claims16
A tray section comprising:
- a base member defining a top support surface for storing retail merchandise thereon, the base member extending between opposed front and rear ends of the base member, the base member comprising a plurality of rails defining a plurality of channels therebetween, the channels extending generally parallel to a feed direction of the tray;
- first and second cap members attached to the base member with the base member being interposed between the first and second cap members such that the first cap member is removably attached to the front end of the base member and the second cap member is removably attached to the rear end of the base member, wherein:
- each of the first and second cap members includes a body portion;
- each of the first and second cap members includes a plurality of projections extending away from each body portion respectively, each projection being received in a corresponding channel of the plurality of channels to secure the first and second cap members to the base member;
- each of the first and second cap members has an end wall that provides an outer end face that faces away from the base member when mounted to the base member;
- the first cap member has an elastically deformable tab, the tab of the first cap member being defined by a first u-shaped slot formed in a surface of the first cap member adjacent the end wall of the first cap member, each leg of the first u-shaped slot extending through the outer end face provided by the end wall of the first cap member;
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- the second cap member has an elastically deformable tab, the tab of the second cap member being defined by a second u-shaped slot formed in a surface of the second cap member adjacent the end wall of the second cap member, each leg of the second u-shaped slot extending through the outer end face provided by the end wall of the second cap member.
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