Cooler display rack with adjustable gravity feed shelves

A display rack for providing access to merchandise supported thereon comprising:

• a plurality of generally upright posts having a top end, a bottom end, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of lateral spaced sides;
• base means attached to the bottom end of each said post for bracing said post in a generally vertical orientation, said post and said base means forming a generally L-shaped frame section;
• connecting means for joining in spaced and generally parallel relation each said frame section to an adjacent said frame section;
• at least one shelf extending between an adjacent pair of said posts, said shelf being secured by attachment means for mounting said shelf in a generally cantilever manner between said adjacent pair of posts;
• said shelf further comprising:
• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• a divider positioned atop said shelf insert, said divider projecting upwardly from said slid surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert;
• notch at a front end and a notch at a rear end of said divider;
• and
• a tab projecting from each said front frame member and said rear frame member, said front frame member tab and said rear frame member tab being inserted into said front end notch and said rear end notch, respectively, to attach said divider to the shelf.

A display rack for providing access to merchandise supported thereon comprising:

• a plurality of generally upright posts having a top end, a bottom end, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of lateral spaced sides;
• base means attached to the bottom end of each said post for bracing said post in a generally vertical orientation, said post and said base means forming a generally L-shaped frame section;
• connecting means for joining in spaced and generally parallel relation each said frame section to an adjacent said frame section;
• at least one shelf extending between an adjacent pair of said posts, said shelf being secured by attachment means for mounting said shelf in a generally cantilever manner between said adjacent pair of post;
• said shelf further comprising:
• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• divider positioned atop said shelf insert, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slid surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert;
• a plurality of laterally extending channels formed in an under side of said shelf insert;
• and
• a plurality of longitudinally extending channels formed in said shelf insert under side, said laterally and longitudinally extending channels providing added structural rigidity to said shelf insert.

In combination, a walk-in cooler and a cooler display rack for providing displayed access to merchandise supported upon the rack and located within the walk-in cooler, said cooler display rack comprising:

• a plurality of generally upright posts having a top end, a bottom end, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of lateral spaced sides;
• base means attached to the bottom end of each said post for bracing said post in a generally vertical orientation, said post and said base means forming a generally L-shaped frame section;
• connecting means for joining in spaced and generally parallel relation each said frame section;
• at least one shelf extending between an adjacent pair of said posts, said shelf being secured by attachment means for mounting said shelf in a generally cantilever manner between said adjacent pair of posts;
• said shelf further comprising:
• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• a divider attached to an uppermost surface of said slid surface upper layer without being interlocked therewith, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert.

In combination, a walk-in cooler and a cooler display rack for providing access to merchandise supported upon the rack and located within the walk-in cooler, said cooler display rack comprising:

• a plurality of generally upright posts having a top end, a bottom end, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of lateral spaced sides;
• base means attached to the bottom end of each said post for bracing said post in a generally vertical orientation, said post and said base means forming a generally L-shaped frame section;
• connecting means for joining in spaced and generally parallel relation each said frame section;
• at least one shelf extending between an adjacent pair of said posts, said shelf being secured by attachment means for mounting said shelf in a generally cantilever manner between said adjacent pair of posts;
• said shelf further comprising:
• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• a divider positioned atop said shelf insert, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert;
• a notch at a front end and a notch at a rear end of said divider;
• and
• a tab projecting from each said front frame member and said rear frame member, said front frame member tab and said rear frame member tab being inserted into said front end notch and said rear end notch, respectively, to attach said divider to the shelf.

In combination, a walk-in cooler and a cooler display rack for providing access to merchandise supported upon the rack and located within the walk-in cooler, said cooler display rack further comprising:

• a plurality of generally upright posts having a top end, a bottom end, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of lateral spaced sides;
• base means attached to the bottom end of each said post for bracing said post in a generally vertical orientation, said post and said base means forming a generally L-shaped frame section;
• connecting means for joining in spaced and generally parallel relation each said frame section;
• at least one shelf extending between an adjacent pair of said posts, said shelf being secured by attachment means for mounting said shelf in a generally cantilever manner between said adjacent pair of posts;
• said shelf further comprising:
• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• a divider positioned atop said shelf insert, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slid surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert;
• a plurality of laterally extending channels formed in an under side of said shelf insert;
• and
• a plurality of longitudinally extending channels formed in said shelf insert under side, said laterally and longitudinally extending channels providing added structural rigidity to said shelf insert.

A shelf for displaying merchandise supported thereon, said shelf comprising:

• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• a shelf insert supported on said frame, said shelf insert having a slip surface upper layer for gravity feed advance of the merchandise thereon;
• a divider positioned atop said shelf insert, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface upper layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface upper layer at a plurality of positions on said insert, said divider having an upwardly directed bowed configuration such that said front and rear ends each bow upwardly relative to a middle portion of said divider;
• a notch at a front end and a notch at a rear end of said divider;
• and
• a tab projecting from each said front frame member and said rear frame member, said front frame member tab and said rear frame member tab being inserted into said front end notch and said rear end notch, respectively, said upwardly bowed configuration enabling said front and rear end notches to engage said front and rear frame member tabs, respectively, and secure said divider to the shelf.

A shelf for a gravity feed display rack comprising:

• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• at least one shelf insert supported on said frame;
• a slip surface layer positioned atop said at least one shelf insert for gravity feed advance of merchandise thereon;
• and
• a divider attached to an uppermost surface of said slip surface upper layer without being interlocked therewith, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface layer at a plurality of positions on the shelf.

A shelf for a gravity feed display rack comprising:

• a frame having a pair of spaced side members connecting a front member spaced from a back member;
• at least one shelf insert supported on said frame;
• a slid surface layer positioned atop said at least one shelf insert for gravity feed advance of merchandise thereon;
• a divider positioned atop said slip surface layer, said divider projecting upwardly from said slip surface layer and extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member to guide the merchandise advancing toward said front frame member, said divider being selectively attachable and detachable from said slip surface layer at a plurality of positions on the shelf;
• a notch at a front end and a notch at a rear end of said divider;
• and
• a tab projecting from each said front frame member and said rear frame member, said front frame member tab and said rear frame member tab being inserted into said front end notch and said rear end notch, respectively, to attach said divider to the shelf.