Rack assembly
OwnerWilliam R. Castleberryinventor
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Abstract
A vertical storage, display and dispensing rack assembly is shown which is filled from the front and dispenses articles from the front. The rack has a plurality of slots with each slot being adjustable in both width and depth so that a different sized article may be dispensed from each slot. Retaining flanges hold the articles in the individual slots with the lower front being open for ease of dispensing the articles. The rack assembly has interchangeable components for ease of assembly or change of configuration to accommodate different size articles in accord with the changing needs.
Claims13
A rack assembly for storing and dispensing articles of varying width and depth comprising:
- adjustable vertical walls forming vertical compartments therebetween;
- bottom means for carrying the weight of said articles contained in said compartments, said bottom being connected to said adjustable vertical walls;
- retaining means connected to said adjustable vertical wall for holding said articles in said compartments until dispensed;
- top means for detachably connecting to the uppermost portion of said vertical walls;
- depth adjustment means extending from said top means to said bottom means to maintain smaller articles at the front of said compartments until dispensed;
- cooperating means on said top means, bottom means and said depth adjustment means to allow adjustments in depth of said vertical compartments without removing said depth adjustment means from within said rack assembly;
- said articles feeding by gravity as an individual article in a compartment is removed through an opening in the bottom portion of said retaining means thereby allowing the remaining articles in that compartment to drop downward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.