US 2013/0075352 A1Published application

Display shelf with adjustable divider walls

AssigneeB-O-F Corporation

InventorsJ. Patrick Mitten, Joseph Coretti, JR., Scott R. Hammac, Tracy M. Groholski

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Abstract

A divider wall for use with a gravity-fed shelf assembly includes an elongate wall portion and a first front leg extending from a first end of the wall portion. The first front leg has a body portion and an engagement protrusion extending from the body portion. The divider wall further includes a rear leg extending from a second end of the wall portion. The first front leg and the rear leg are each adapted to be received into a front slot and a rear slot, respectively, of the shelf assembly. Gravity acts on the divider wall and displaces it within the front and rear slots toward a front end of the shelf assembly such that an undersurface of the shelf assembly adjacent the front slot is in contact with or immediately adjacent to the engagement protrusion to prevent the removal of the first front leg from the front slot.

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Dependent claims

A divider wall for use with a gravity-fed shelf assembly, the divider wall comprising:

an elongate wall portion extending along a longitudinal axis, the wall portion having a first end and a second end;
a first front leg extending from the wall portion adjacent the first end, the first front leg extending normal to the longitudinal axis of the wall portion, the first front leg having a body portion and an engagement protrusion extending from the body portion, the engagement protrusion extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis towards the first end of the wall portion;
and
a rear leg extending from the wall portion adjacent the second end, the rear leg extending normal to the longitudinal axis of the wall portion,
wherein the first front leg is adapted to be received into a front slot disposed at or adjacent to a front end of the shelf assembly and the rear leg is adapted to be received into a rear slot disposed at or adjacent to a rear end of the shelf assembly,
and wherein gravity acting on the divider wall causes the divider wall to displace within the front slot and the rear slot toward the front end of the shelf assembly such that an undersurface of the shelf assembly adjacent the front slot is in contact with or immediately adjacent to the engagement protrusion to prevent the removal of the first front leg from the front slot.

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A shelf system for supporting containers, the shelf system comprising:

a shelf assembly coupled to a support frame, the shelf assembly having a plurality of transversely-aligned rear slots at or adjacent to a rear end of the shelf assembly and a plurality of transversely-aligned front slots disposed at or adjacent to a front end of the shelf assembly, wherein the front end of the shelf assembly is disposed vertically lower than the rear end of the shelf assembly;
and
a divider wall adapted to be removably coupled to the shelf assembly, the divider wall comprising:
an elongate wall portion extending along a longitudinal axis, the wall portion having a first end and a second end;
a first front leg extending from the wall portion adjacent the first end, the first front leg extending normal to the longitudinal axis of the wall portion, the first front leg having a body portion and an engagement protrusion extending from the body portion, the engagement protrusion extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis towards the first end of the wall portion;
and
a rear leg extending from the wall portion adjacent the second end, the rear leg extending normal to the longitudinal axis of the wall portion,
wherein the first front leg is adapted to be received into one of the plurality of front slots and the rear leg is adapted to be received into one of the plurality of rear slots,
and wherein gravity acting on the divider wall causes the divider wall to displace within the one of the plurality of front slots and the one of the plurality of rear slots toward the front end of the shelf assembly such that an undersurface of the shelf assembly adjacent the one of the plurality of front slots is in contact with or immediately adjacent to the engagement protrusion to prevent the removal of the first front leg from the one of the plurality of front slots.

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A spill tray for use with a shelf assembly adapted to support a plurality of containers, the spill tray comprising:

a planar bottom wall that extends along a longitudinal axis from a first end of the spill tray to a second end of the spill tray, the bottom wall being laterally defined by a first side edge and a second side edge, the first side edge and the second side edge each being parallel to the longitudinal axis and each extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar first side channel wall extending from the first side edge of the bottom wall such that the first side channel wall forms an acute angle with the bottom wall, the first side channel wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar first top channel wall extending from a top portion of the first side channel wall such that the first top channel wall forms an acute angle with the first side channel wall, the first top channel wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar first side wall upwardly extending from an outermost portion of the first top channel wall, the first side wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar second side channel wall extending from the second side edge of the bottom wall such that the second side channel wall forms an acute angle with the bottom wall, the second side channel wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar second top channel wall extending from a top portion of the second side channel wall such that the second top channel wall forms an acute angle with the second side channel wall, the second top channel wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
a planar second side wall upwardly extending from an outermost portion of the second top channel wall, the second side wall extending from the first end of the spill tray to the second end of the spill tray;
and
a front lip extending normal to the longitudinal axis along the first end of the spill tray, the front lip establishing a first gap adjacent to the first side channel wall and a second gap adjacent to the second side channel wall,
wherein the first top channel wall and the second top channel wall are each adapted to support a lateral portion of the shelf assembly adapted to support the plurality of containers, and
wherein fluid spilled onto a top surface of the bottom wall is adapted to exit the spill tray through one or both of the first gap and the second gap when the first end of the spill tray is disposed vertically lower than the second end of the spill tray.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.