Gondola display with improved display rack and rack lock
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorWilliam B. Wiggins
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Abstract
A gondola display with improved display rack and rack lock is disclosed which utilizes previously unused shelf space by locating a row of product which spans the ends of two abutted display shelves within a novel wire display rack, and which has a rack lock incorporated within the display shelves for securing wire legs of the wire display rack within the edge of the display shelf by biasing and forcing the rack legs against edges of holes in the shelf edge with spring clips.
Claims12
A gondola display comprising
- a base having front and rear sides,
- gondola posts extending vertically from the rear of said base, said posts containing vertically spaced slots on the front side thereof,
- a gondola shelf, said shelf defining a front side, a rear side, and a shelf surface extending between said front and rear sides, said shelf having hooks extending rewardly from its rear side, said hooks being receivable into said slots of said gondola posts,
- said shelf surface containing holes generally perpendicular to said shelf surface along front and rear edges of said shelf,
- a wire shelf divider rack, said rack having front and rear wire grids and divider wires extending between said grids and defining channels above said shelf surface, said grids having vertical wire legs extending downwardly from said grids and received in said holes in said shelf surface, and
- a lock mechanism engagable with said vertical legs to lock said wire shelf divider rack to said gondola shelf.
A wire shelf divider rack for use atop a gondola display shelf, said rack having rectangular front and rear grids and divider wires extending between said grids and defining channels above said shelf, said grids having vertical wire legs extending downwardly therefrom and receivable in holes in said shelf, said divider wires connecting said grids together at their upper edges and defining a plurality of full-width channels and one one-half-width channel, said one-half-width channel being half the width of one of said full-width channels, said one-half-width channel being located at the end of said rack, said channels traversing a distance between said front and rear grids, whereby when said two racks are attached to two shelves and said two shelves are abutted end to end thereby placing said one-half-width channels together, an additional channel is defined which spans the ends of said two shelves, wherein said shelf having said rack mounted thereon may be utilized for displaying articles in rows, said rows of said articles contained within said channels, said divider wires spaced accordingly.
A lock mechanism for attaching a wire shelf divider rack having vertical wire legs extending downwardly therefrom to a gondola display shelf, said lock mechanism engagable with said vertical legs to lock said shelf and comprising
- a top surface,
- a retainer surface parallel to and underneath said top surface, said retainer surface being spaced away from said top surface,
- a bottom surface parallel to and underneath said retainer surface, said bottom surface being spaced away from said retainer surface, and
- a retainer spring clip between said retainer surface and said bottom surface;
- said top surface and said retainer surface having holes with a common axis generally perpendicular to said top and retainer surfaces, said holes being of a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of said wire legs of said rack so as to be able to accept said wire rack legs without undue binding, said retainer spring clip extending in a downward direction below said retainer surface and into an imaginary cylinder formed by said top surface hole and said retainer surface hole, said wire rack legs introduced through first said top surface hole and then said retainer surface hole, said wire rack legs engaging said spring clip, said wire rack legs contacting said bottom surface, said spring clip biasing said wire rack legs against an edge of said top surface hole and said retainer surface hole.
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