US 5,096,272 A · Adjustable width display shelf

Abstract

An adjustable width display shelf is provided that can be detachably mounted on the inside surface of a transparent door panel. The display shelf includes first and second separate shelf units each including a horizontal shelf for supporting products. Each of the horizontal shelves has a relieved area providing a variable width horizontal hand access opening. A product retainer wall is provided on each of the shelf units having a generally vertically extending inner periphery with the inner peripheries being in opposed spaced facing relation to each other to define a variable width vertical product access opening. An interconnect structure is provided to permit moving the shelf units toward and away from each other to adjust overall width and includes a guide on one of the shelf units and a guideway on the other of the shelf units for adjustably receiving the guide means. An attachment means is mounted on the shelf units for detachably securing the shelf units to the inside surface of a door panel.

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Dependent claims

An adjustable width display shelf for a point-of-sale cabinet of the type that includes a transparent door panel having an inside surface, said display shelf being detachably mountable on said inside surface and comprising:

first and second separate shelf units each including a shelf means for supporting products that has spaced apart inner and outer edges, an interfacing end, and an outer end;
an interconnect means for mounting said first and second shelf units with said interfacing ends in opposed facing relation for movement toward or away from each other to permit the overall width of said display shelf to be adjusted to any predetermined width, said interconnect means including,
a guide means on one of said shelf units projecting toward the other of said shelf units when they are in said facing relation,
a guideway means on the other of said shelf units dimensioned to slidably receive said projecting guide means, and
said guide means and guideway means interconnecting said first and second shelf units to hold them as an integrated freestanding assembly at any predetermined width;
and
an attachment means mounted on said shelf units for detachably securing the latter to said inside surface of the door panels.

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first and second separate shelf units each having a shelf means for supporting products that includes spaced apart inner and outer edges, an interfacing end, and an outer end;
an end wall extending vertically from each of said outer ends of said shelf means and having inner and outer vertical margins;
a product retainer means extending vertically above said outer edges of each of said shelf means;
a back wall means on each of said shelf units including a first flange member depending from said inner edge of each of said shelf means, respectively, and a second flange member connected to said inner margin of each of said end walls to extend vertically thereof;
an interconnect means for mounting said first and second shelf units with said interfacing ends in opposed facing relation for movement toward or away from each other to permit the overall breath of said display shelf to be adjusted to any predetermined width, said interconnect means including,
a guide means on one of said shelf means projecting toward the other of said shelf units when in said facing relation,
a guideway means on the other of said shelf means dimensioned to slidably receive said projecting guide means, and
said guide means and guideway means interconnecting said first and second shelf units to hold them as in integrated freestanding assembly at any predetermined width;
and
an attachment means mounted on each said shelf units for detachably securing the latter to said inside surface of the door panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Adjustable width display shelf

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