Package conveyor
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsJohn Caterinacci, Daniel Kump, Robert Gray
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Abstract
A product puller for moving products or items within a shelving or other storage unit. The product puller includes a sheet having a surface for supporting one or more products thereon, a product backstop, and a means for moving the product puller in a desired direction. For example, the product puller finds use in moving a product located thereon forward or backward relative to a front edge of a shelf or storage unit.
Claims20
An apparatus for conveying merchandise on a shelf in a selected direction relative to a front edge of the shelf, said apparatus comprising:
- a sheet member having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end, and a rear end;
- a means for grasping said sheet member located adjacent said front end of said sheet member;
- and
- a backstop located adjacent said rear end of said sheet member.
A product puller for moving objects forward on a shelf, said product puller comprising:
- an elongated sheet member including a top surface for supporting associated merchandise items on an associated shelf having a front end;
- means for grasping said sheet member to advance said sheet member toward the associated shelf front end;
- and
- mounting means for mounting said sheet member to the associated shelf.
An assembly for conveying items on a shelf, said assembly comprising:
- a one-piece product puller comprising (i) a sheet member comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end, a back end, and a longitudinal axis;
- (ii) a backstop;
- and (iii) a slot for grasping said product puller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.