Front stop and retail merchandise tray having snap in front stop
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsThomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett
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Abstract
A front stop, a retail merchandise tray and a method of assembling a retail merchandise tray are provided. The front stop has resilient mounting tabs that engage a frame of a retail merchandise tray. The tray includes a frame and a front stop mounted to the frame. A method of assembly includes resiliently biasing a mounting tab of the front stop when mounting the front stop to the frame.
Claims33
A retail merchandise tray, comprising:
- a frame extending between a front and a rear and providing a product support surface, the frame including first and second upstanding wall portions being laterally spaced apart from one another along a second axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis:
- a front stop mounted to the first and second upstanding wall portions, the front stop including:
- an upright member;
- a first mounting portion securing the front stop to the first upstanding wall portion, the first mounting portion including:
- a first mounting protrusion extending laterally generally parallel to the second axis into a first mounting protrusion receiving recess in the first upstanding wall portion;
- a first mounting tab extending laterally generally parallel to the second axis into a first mounting tab receiving recess in the first upstanding wall portion, the first mounting tab being resiliently attached to the upright member such that a lesser amount of force is required to laterally displace the first mounting tab parallel to the second axis relative to the upright member than is required to laterally displace the first mounting protrusion generally parallel to the second axis relative to the upright member;
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- a second mounting portion securing the front stop to the second upstanding wall portion.
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A front stop mountable to a frame of a retail merchandise tray,
- the frame having first and second upstanding wall portions that are laterally spaced apart from one another along a first axis a first distance, the front stop comprising:
- an upright member:
- a first mounting portion configured to secure the front stop to the first upstanding wall portion, the first mounting portion including:
- a first mounting protrusion extending laterally generally parallel to the first axis;
- a first mounting tab extending laterally generally parallel to the first axis, the first mounting tab being resiliently attached to the upright member such that a lesser amount of force is required to laterally displace the first mounting tab parallel to the first axis relative to the upright member than is required to laterally displace the first mounting protrusion generally parallel to the first axis relative to the upright member;
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- a second mounting portion configured to secure the front stop to the second upstanding wall portion.
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A retail merchandise tray, comprising:
- a frame extending between a front and a rear and providing a product support surface, the frame including first and second upstanding wall portions being laterally spaced apart from one another along a second axis being generally perpendicular to the first axis:
- a front stop mounted to the first and second upstanding wall portions, the front stop including:
- an upright member;
- a first mounting portion securing the front stop to the first upstanding wall portion, the first mounting portion including:
- a first rearward extending wall portion extending in a cantilevered orientation relative to the upright member:
- a first mounting tab extending laterally from the first rearward extending wall portion, the first mounting tab extending generally parallel to the second axis into a first mounting tab receiving recess in the first upstanding wall portion, the first rearward extending wall portion operably resiliently attaching the first mounting tab to the upright member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.