Retail merchandise tray
AssigneeSouthern Imperial, Inc.
InventorThomas O. Nagel
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Abstract
A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
Claims20
A retail merchandise tray, comprising:
- a pair of opposed load bearing members;
- a front stop mounted to the pair of load bearing members;
- a wire support structure having opposed first and second ends, the wire support structure removably attached at the first end to the front stop and removably attached at the second end to the pair of load bearing members;
- a pusher mounted to the wire support structure, the pusher movable along the wire support structure toward and away from the front stop along a first axis;
- at least one divider assembly movable relative to the pair of opposed load bearing members along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
- a pair of spacers aligned along the first axis and interposed between the pair of load bearing members and situated below the wire support frame;
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- a baffle arrangement extending across the pair of opposed load bearing members and across the at least one divider assembly, the baffle arrangement configured to slow a flow of cold air past the retail merchandise tray along a third axis which is non-parallel to the first and to the second axes.
The retail merchandise tray of claim 10, wherein the wire support structure includes a lateral element and at least one longitudinal element extending from the lateral element, wherein the lateral element includes a pair of opposed ends, with a key formed adjacent each one of the opposed ends, wherein each key is arranged to pass through a keyway formed in each one of the pair of load bearing members, respectively, such that the pair of load bearing members are interposed between the keys formed at each end of the lateral member.
A retail merchandise tray, comprising:
- a pair of opposed load bearing members;
- a front stop mounted to the pair of load bearing members;
- a wire support structure interposed between the pair of load bearing members providing a support structure for retail merchandise;
- a pusher mounted to the wire support structure, the pusher movable along the wire support structure toward the front stop along a first axis in a dispensing direction;
- at least one divider assembly movable relative to the pair of opposed load bearing members along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the at least one divider includes a divider wall and a pair of wire supports, the pair of wire supports removably attached to the divider by a resilient connection;
- a pair of spacers aligned along the first axis and interposed between the pair of load bearing members and situated below the wire support frame, the pair of spacers receiving the wire supports of the at least one divider;
- wherein the front stop is hinged such that it is rotatable about a rotational axis perpendicular to the first axis such that the front stop partially moves in a loading direction opposite the dispensing direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.