Merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product

A merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product along an aisle, comprising:

• at least one shelf disposed above a floor along a longitudinal axis of the merchandise display;
• a support portion operably coupled to the at least one shelf to form an assembly, wherein a radial envelope of the merchandise display is formed by a radial extent of the assembly from the longitudinal axis;
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• a plurality of refrigerating appliances configured to keep the frozen product frozen, disposed on the at least one shelf, wherein each refrigerating appliance includes a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, and a rear side within the radial envelope, and each refrigerating appliance including:
• an enclosure enclosing the bottom surface, left side, right side, and rear side of the refrigerating appliance,
• a refrigerating chamber disposed within the enclosure and configured to accommodate the containers of the frozen product,
• refrigerating machinery disposed within the enclosure in communication with the refrigerating chamber,
• a door configured to be moved between opened and closed positions to expose and close, respectively, the refrigerating chamber while the enclosure, refrigerating chamber, and door remain within the radial envelope of the merchandise display, and
• a protruding portion that extends radially around a perimeter of the door,
• wherein each door is configured to actuate towards and beyond the rear side of each respective refrigerating appliance when the door is moved from the closed position to the opened position.

A merchandise display for displaying, refrigerating, and dispensing containers of a frozen product along an aisle, comprising:

• a lower shelf disposed above a floor and an upper shelf disposed above the lower shelf along a longitudinal axis of the merchandise display;
• a support portion operably coupled to the lower shelf and the upper shelf to form an assembly, wherein a radial envelope of the merchandise display is formed by a radial extent of the assembly from the longitudinal axis;
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• at least one refrigerating appliance configured to keep the frozen product frozen, disposed on the lower shelf or the upper shelf, wherein the at least one refrigerating appliance includes a bottom surface, a left side, a right side, a rear side within the radial envelope, and each of the at least one refrigerating appliance including:
• an enclosure enclosing the bottom surface, left side, right side, and rear side of the refrigerating appliance,
• a refrigerating chamber disposed within the enclosure and configured to accommodate the containers of the frozen product,
• refrigerating machinery disposed within the enclosure in communication with the refrigerating chamber,
• a transparent door configured to be moved between opened and closed positions to expose and close, respectively, the refrigerating chamber while the enclosure, refrigerating chamber, and transparent door remain within the radial envelope of the merchandise display, and
• a protruding portion that extends radially around a perimeter of the transparent door;
• wherein each transparent door is configured to actuate towards and beyond the rear side of each respective refrigerating appliance when the transparent door is moved from the closed position to the opened position.