# US 2013/0153524 A1 · Retrofitting system for shelves

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- Number: US 2013/0153524 A1
- Document ID: US20130153524A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/819,348
- Filed: 2011-05-25
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-09-03
- Inventors: Rickard Nilsson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153524A1

## CPC

- A47F 5/00: Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
- A47B 57/588: {by means of shelf bottoms with apertures co-operating with tongues or pins}
- A47F 5/0056: {made of tubes or wire}
- A47F: SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)

## Abstract

A retrofitting system for shelves includes shelf rack inserts rack inserts each having a product slide plate with rectangular raised edges on a front and on a rear. The raised edge on the front includes a snapped-on U-rail having openings and the raised edge on the rear includes rectangular cutouts disposed opposite from the openings. At least one separating bracket has a front side and a rear side with two parallel and joined cross-bars extending between the front side and the rear side. The front side includes a horizontal pin and the rear side includes an insertion plate that is installed perpendicularly such that the separating bracket is configured to be locked in place at a lateral distance in the product slide plate by the insertion plate being inserted into a corresponding one of the cutouts and the pin being horizontally inserted into a corresponding one of the openings.

## Claims

### Claim 1

(canceled)

### Claim 2

A retrofitting system for shelves comprising a plurality of shelf rack inserts, each of the shelf rack inserts comprising:
a product slide plate having rectangular raised edges on a front and on a rear, the raised edge on the front including a snapped-on U-rail having openings disposed at regular intervals from one another just above a bottom of the product slide plate, the openings being at least one of circular, oval, rectangular and square, the raised edge on the rear including rectangular cutouts disposed opposite from the openings; and
at least one separating bracket having a front side and a rear side with two parallel and joined cross-bars extending between the front side and the rear side, the front side including a horizontal pin that is at least one of circular, oval, rectangular and square and the rear side including an insertion plate that is installed perpendicularly such that the at least one separating bracket is configured to be locked in place at a lateral distance in the product slide plate by the insertion plate being inserted into a corresponding one of the cutouts and the pin being horizontally inserted into a corresponding one of the openings opposite the corresponding one of the cutouts.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The retrofitting system according to claim 2, wherein, the product slide plate is metal.