US 2003/0150230 A1 · Ice merchandiser

Abstract

A packaged product merchandiser (such as an ice merchandiser) for merchandising frozen or refrigerated packaged products includes: (a) a housing in which a multitude of packaged products (such as bags of ice) are to be stored, having at least one door on the front wall thereof; (b) a cooling unit including a compressor assembly; (c) an elevated shelf mounted within the housing perimeter formed by the front, rear, top and side walls, approximate the top wall of the housing, where the elevated shelf seats the compressor assembly, and where the elevated shelf and compressor assembly are substantially closed-off with respect to the interior of the housing; and (d) at least two ventilation panels, where each ventilation panel is installed on a respective one of the front, rear, top and side walls over a corresponding opening to the closed-off compressor assembly.

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Dependent claims

A packaged product merchandiser for merchandising frozen or refrigerated packaged products comprising:

a housing having a front wall, rear wall, two side walls, a top wall, and a bottom defining an interior of the housing in which a multitude of packaged products are to be stored, the planes of the front, rear, top and two side walls defining a housing perimeter;
at least one door on the front wall providing access to the interior of the housing;
a cooling unit including a compressor assembly;
an elevated shelf mounted within the housing perimeter approximate the top wall of the housing, the elevated shelf seating the compressor assembly, wherein at least a majority of the packaged products may be stored therebelow, the elevated shelf and compressor assembly being substantially closed-off with respect to the interior of the housing;
and
at least two ventilation panels, each ventilation panel being installed on a respective one of the front, rear, top and side walls over a corresponding opening in the respective one wall to the closed-off compressor assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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