Gravity feed merchandising apparatus
AssigneeCarroll Products and Designs Limited
InventorFrancis A. Carroll
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Abstract
A gravity feed merchandising apparatus having a sloped shelf, a vertical front wall and a slidable cassette for pushing merchandise on the shelf towards the front wall. A plurality of dividers divide the shelf into compartments, each one of which is provided with a cassette into which a portion of the merchandise is placed. The combined weight of the cassette and the merchandise contained therein forces the remainder of the merchandise to the front of the shelf adjacent the from wall. The lower edge of the front wall of the cassette has a rim which contacts the merchandise to the front thereof.
Claims9
A gravity feed merchandising apparatus comprising a sloped shelf (1) for supporting merchandise, a substantially upstanding front wall (10) and a slidable container (30) for urging or pushing the merchandise towards the front wall (10), the container (30) being adapted to contain approximately between 10% and 30% of the merchandise so as to create the force necessary to push the remaining stock of merchandise forward, characterised in that the container is fabricated or moulded in a material with a low co-efficient of friction and is provided with a generally horizontally disposed buffer (31, 42) at the lower edge of the front wall of the container for contact with merchandise adjacent the container, whereby when an item of merchandise is removed from the shelf (1), the remaining stock of merchandise is advanced towards the front wall (10) under the action of the buffer directing the force of the container (30) at the lower edges of the merchandise.
A gravity feed merchandising apparatus as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the shelf (1) is sloped downwardly from its rear to the front wall (10) and has a sliding surface for the container (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.