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US 2006/0130383 A1Published application
Adjustable menu panel
AssigneeLSI Industries, Inc.
InventorsJames Bradley, Donald Lunnemann, Robert Uzzolino
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Abstract
A menu panel for supporting elongated menu strips of varying heights is disclosed having adjustable guide rails supported by a frame. The frame includes vertical side frame members incorporating guide rail locating elements disposed along the length of the vertical side frame members to position the guide rails. The guide rails are selectively positionable along the length of the vertical side frame members to provide adjustable spacing between adjacent pairs of guide rails. The menu strips include descriptive indicia such as product names and pricing information and are disposed between and supported by adjacent pairs of the guide rails.
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An adjustable menu panel, comprising:
- an assembled frame having a top frame member, a bottom frame member and first and second vertical side frame members extending in spaced relationship between said top and bottom frame members, one of said first and second vertical side frame members having a stationary vertical frame section and a removable and rotatable vertical frame section disposed adjacent said stationary vertical frame section;
- a plurality of guide rail locating elements disposed vertically along each of said vertical side frame members, each adjacent pair of said guide rail locating elements defining a locating pocket therebetween;
- a plurality of generally parallel guide rails selectively positionable in said locating pockets at opposite ends of said guide rails, said guide rails thereby being selectively positionable in said locating pockets at regularly and variably spaced locations vertically along said first and second vertical side frame members to provide the same and different spacing between adjacent pairs of said guide rails;
- a plurality of elongated menu strips having descriptive indicia thereon, each of said menu strips being disposed between and supported by a different one of said adjacent pairs of guide rails;
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- said removable and rotatable vertical frame section being selectively engageable and disengageable with said top and bottom frame members such that said removable and rotatable vertical frame section, in an engaged position with said top and bottom frame members, overlies respective ends of said guide rails positioned in said locating pockets along said one of said first and second vertical side frame members so as to retain said guide rails in said locating pockets and, in a disengaged position with said top and bottom frame members, permits removal of said guide rails from said locating pockets.
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An adjustable menu panel, comprising:
- an assembled frame having a top frame member, a bottom frame member and first and second vertical side frame members extending in spaced relationship between said top and bottom frame members, one of said first and second vertical side frame members having a stationary vertical frame section and a removable and rotatable vertical frame section disposed adjacent said stationary vertical frame section;
- a plurality of guide rail locating elements disposed vertically along each of said vertical side frame members, each adjacent pair of said guide rail locating elements defining a locating pocket therebetween;
- a plurality of generally parallel guide rails selectively positionable in said locating pockets at opposite ends of said guide rails, said guide rails thereby being selectively positionable in said locating pockets at regularly and variably spaced locations vertically along said first and second vertical side frame members to provide the same and different spacing between adjacent pairs of said guide rails, said guide rails being configured to receive and retain a menu strip having descriptive indicia thereon between an adjacent pair of said guide rails;
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- said removable and rotatable vertical frame section being selectively engageable and disengageable with said top and bottom frame members such that said removable and rotatable vertical frame section, in an engaged position with said top and bottom frame members, overlies respective ends of said guide rails positioned in said locating pockets along said one of said first and second vertical side frame members so as to retain said guide rails in said locating pockets and, in a disengaged position with said top and bottom frame members, permits removal of said guide rails from said locating pockets.
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An adjustable menu panel, comprising:
- an assembled frame having a top frame member, a bottom frame member and first and second vertical side frame members extending in spaced relationship between said top and bottom frame members, one of said first and second vertical side frame members having a stationary vertical frame section and a removable and rotatable vertical frame section disposed adjacent said stationary vertical frame section;
- a pair of elongated track members, each of said track members being mounted on a respective one of said first and second vertical side frame members and having a plurality of guide rail locating elements disposed vertically along the length of each track member, each adjacent pair of said guide rail locating elements defining a locating pocket therebetween;
- a plurality of generally parallel guide rails selectively positionable in said locating pockets at opposite ends of said guide rails, said guide rails thereby being selectively positionable in said locating pockets at regularly and variably spaced locations vertically along said first and second vertical side frame members to provide the same and different spacing between adjacent pairs of said guide rails;
- a plurality of elongated menu strips having descriptive indicia thereon, each of said menu strips being disposed between and supported by a different one of said adjacent pairs of guide rails;
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- said removable and rotatable vertical frame section being selectively engageable and disengageable with said top and bottom frame members such that said removable and rotatable vertical frame section, in an engaged position with said top and bottom frame members, overlies respective ends of said guide rails positioned in said locating pockets along said one of said first and second vertical side frame members so as to retain said guide rails in said locating pockets and, in a disengaged position with said top and bottom frame members, permits removal of said guide rails from said locating pockets.
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An adjustable menu panel, comprising:
- an assembled frame having a top frame member, a bottom frame member and first and second vertical side frame members extending in spaced relationship between said top and bottom frame members, one of said first and second vertical side frame members having a stationary vertical frame section and a removable and rotatable vertical frame section disposed adjacent said stationary vertical frame section;
- a pair of elongated track members, each of said track members being mounted on a respective one of said first and second vertical side frame members and having a plurality of guide rail locating elements disposed vertically along the length of each track member, each adjacent pair of said guide rail locating elements defining a locating pocket therebetween;
- a plurality of generally parallel guide rails selectively positionable in said locating pockets at opposite ends of said guide rails, said guide rails thereby being selectively positionable in said locating pockets at regularly and variably spaced locations vertically along said first and second vertical side frame members to provide the same and different spacing between adjacent pairs of said guide rails, said guide rails being configured to receive and retain a menu strip having descriptive indicia thereon between an adjacent pair of said guide rails;
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- said removable and rotatable vertical frame section being selectively engageable and disengageable with said top and bottom frame members such that said removable and rotatable vertical frame section, in an engaged position with said top and bottom frame members, overlies respective ends of said guide rails positioned in said locating pockets along said one of said first and second vertical side frame members so as to retain said guide rails in said locating pockets and, in a disengaged position with said top and bottom frame members, permits removal of said guide rails from said locating pockets.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.