Product Securement and Management System
AssigneeRTC Industries, Inc.
InventorStephen N. Hardy
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Abstract
A merchandising system that improves the merchandising of product by limiting the number and the frequency with which product can be removed from, for example, a merchandising shelf. The merchandising system may include a base configured to support product and a housing configured to engage the base. The housing may comprise a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front retaining wall mounted to the base at an angle. The system may further include a spring-urged pusher movably mounted on the base. The system may further include an opening defined by the first side wall and the front retaining wall through which product may be removed.
Claims12
A product display system, comprising:
- a unitary, one-piece base and divider assembly comprising a base and a divider, wherein the divider protrudes upwardly from the base and separates the base into a first portion and a second portion;
- a mounting rail, wherein the mounting rail is adapted to be mounted to a shelf, and wherein the base and divider assembly is adapted to be coupled to the mounting rail via complimentary tongue and groove coupling;
- wherein the first portion of the base comprises a pusher track, wherein the pusher track comprises a top surface adapted to support product, an underside surface, an elongate slot defined in the pusher track, and a plurality of notches defined in the pusher track, wherein the plurality of notches include a pair of opposing notches defined in opposite sides of the elongate slot;
- a spring-urged pusher adapted to be coupled to the pusher track, wherein the spring-urged pusher comprises an upper pusher portion that is offset, via an angled offset pusher portion, from a lower portion;
- a coil spring adapted to urge the spring-urged pusher forward;
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- a barrier, wherein the barrier is adapted to be moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the barrier is sized to inhibit access to product positioned on the shelf when the barrier is in the closed position and allow a limited number of product to be lifted over the barrier at one time when the barrier is in the closed position, and wherein the barrier is adapted to facilitate restocking of product on the shelf when the barrier is in the open position, wherein the barrier is adapted to be coupled to the system proximate a front edge of the shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.