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US 4,364,481 AGranted
Shelf organizer
AssigneeBristol-Myers Company
InventorAlbert A. Ricci
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Abstract
A variable shelf organizer adapted to being assembled to provide shelf organizers of various sizes. The elements are constructed so that portions of them may be broken away to adjust both the length and the width and so that the parts interlock to give product troughs of various widths.
Claims6
A variable shelf organizer adapted to being assembled to give shelf organizers of different overall horizontal dimensions as well as product troughs of various sizes comprising:
- (a) at least one regular organizer unit, at least one longitudinally perforated organizer unit and at least one end strip;
- (b) said regular organizer unit comprising a longitudinally extending product supporting member provided with a first barrier member extending upward from said supporting member adjacent a lateral margin of said supporting member, said product supporting member also being provided with a plurality of longitudinal grooves adapted to engage a barrier member from an adjacent organizer unit;
- (c) said longitudinal perforated organizer unit also comprising a second longitudinally extending product supporting means and second barrier member having inner and outer legs extending upwardly from said product supporting member adjacent a lateral margin of said second product supporting member;
- said second product supporting member also being provided with a plurality of second longitudinal grooves having weakened lines formed at the bottom thereof whereby portions of said second product supporting member may be broken away to adjust the width of said shelf organizer;
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- (d) said end strip being provided with a horizontal member adapted to engage an adjacent organizer unit and an upwardly extending member adapted to serve as the guard rail marking lateral termination of the shelf organizer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.