Modular shelf management gravity feed system
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorThomas Joseph JAMES
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Abstract
A modular shelf management system comprising a plurality of side panels, a lower panel, and a rail assembly. The lower panel connects the adjacently disposed side panels so that a cell is provided between the panels. The lower panel has a front end and a back end and is sloped in a direction from the back end to the front end. The back end of the lower panel is configured to receive product containers. The rail assembly is disposed in the cell for defining a travel path and includes a first rail and a second rail spatially disposed in a face-to-face relationship to one another. Each rail has a first end and a second end, and is sloped in a direction from the first end to the second end.
Claims20
A modular shelf management system, comprising:
- a plurality of side panels arranged in a parallel relationship, each side panel having a front end and a back end;
- at least one connecting member connecting the side panels in a way that a cell is provided between adjacent ones of the side panels;
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- a first rail assembly disposed in the cell for defining a travel path, the first rail assembly comprising:
- a first rail and a second rail spatially disposed in a parallel relationship to one another, each rail having a first end and a second end and sloped in a direction from the first end to the second end of the side panels,
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second rails of the first rail assembly is fabricated of a low friction material.
A modular shelf management kit, comprising:
- a plurality of side panels connectable in a spaced apart, parallel relationship, each side panel having a front end and a back end and at least one rail extending therefrom;
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- a plurality of connecting members for connecting adjacently disposed side panels in a way that a cell is provided between adjacent ones of the side panels with a pair of rails spatially disposed in a parallel relationship to one another, each rail sloped in a direction from the first end to the second end of the side panels, wherein at least a portion of each of the rails is fabricated of a low friction material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.