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US 2025/0031876 A1Published application
Shelving System and Methods
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsJamie Aaron Smedley, Gabriel Garduno, Billy Mertz
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Abstract
A racking system and methods of assembling a racking system is provided. The racking system includes one or more adjustably positionable backing walls that may be positioned at different distances from a front end of a corresponding shelf. Dividers may be provided to be positioned adjacent the one or more backing walls to divide a product display zone into separate zones.
Claims18
A rack system comprising:
- a support frame;
- a first shelf mounted to the support frame, the first shelf having a first product support deck extending between a front end and a rear end;
- a backing wall having a wall portion located on the first shelf, the wall portion extending vertically upward from the first shelf, the backing wall being mountable to the first product support deck in a plurality of fixed positions located between the front and rear end of the first product support deck to adjust a spacing between the wall portion and the front end of the first product support deck;
- and
- wherein:
- a product display zone above the product support deck of the first shelf is defined by the front end of the first shelf and the wall portion of the backing wall;
- and
- the product display zone is adjustable between first and second fixed sizes by adjusting the position of the wall portion toward or away from the front end of the first shelf between the first and second fixed positions.
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A method of assembling a rack system comprising:
- attaching a first shelf to a support frame, the first shelf having a first product support deck extending between a front end and a rear end;
- positioning a backing wall on the first shelf in a first position of a plurality of fixed positions between the front and rear ends of the first product support deck to define a first product display zone of a first fixed size above the first product support deck between the wall portion and the front end of the first shelf, the backing wall having a wall portion, the wall portion extending upward from the first shelf
- positioning the backing wall on the first shelf in a second position of a plurality of fixed positions between the front and rear ends of the first product support deck to define second a product display zone of a second fixed size above the first product support deck between the wall portion and the front end of the first shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.