Selectable width track apparatus and method for a gravity fed shelving system

A selectable width gravity feed roller system comprising:

• a first roller tray having a plurality of rollers and first and second sides being fixedly separated, the first and second sides supporting the rollers, the first side having a first height and the second side having a second height that is less than the first height;
• a second roller tray having a plurality of rollers and first and second sides being fixedly separated, the first and second sides supporting the rollers, the first side having a first height and the second side having a second height that is less than the first height;
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• a joining clip operable to connect the first roller tray to the second roller tray.

A system comprising:

• a first roller tray;
• a second roller tray;
• and
• a clip to connect the first and second roller trays to form a first roller surface having a first width.

A roller tray comprising:

• a first wall having a first height and supported to receive and journal roller ends of a plurality of rollers;
• and
• a second wall having a second height that is lower than the first height and supported to receive and journal other roller ends of the plurality of rollers;
• wherein the plurality of rollers are journaled in the first and second walls to define a roller surface, the roller surface being below the first height and above the second height.

For use with a first roller tray and a second roller tray, a clip comprising:

• a body having a first side and a second side;
• first and second locating lugs respectively projecting from the first and second sides;
• first and second tines respectively projecting from the first and second sides, the locating lugs and the tines being dimensioned to connect the first and second roller trays;
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• a slot defined in a top of the body for selectively receiving a divider to separate the first and second roller trays.

For use in a roller track system for transporting product containers, a method for providing selectable dispensing surface widths comprising:

• providing first and second roller trays, each having a plurality of rollers defining respective first and second dispensing surfaces;
• connecting the first and second roller trays together at respective joining surfaces of the first and second trays with means for connecting the trays, wherein the joining surfaces of the first and second trays do not extend in an upward direction above the first and second dispensing surfaces defined by the plurality of rollers and a third dispensing surface is correspondingly defined from a combination of at least a portion of the first and second dispensing surfaces;
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• selectively disposing a removable divider member between the first and second roller trays that is operable to selectively divide the third dispensing surface.