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US 5,645,182 AGranted
Adjustable shelf support structure
AssigneePaul Flum Ideas, Inc.
InventorsDonald J. Miller, Jr., Keith Harbour
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AssigneePaul Flum Ideas, Inc.
InventorsDonald J. Miller, Jr., Keith Harbour
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An adjustable shelf support structure adaptable for use in combination with existing refrigerated display coolers and other types of product merchandising display equipment including first and second members which are engageable with each other such that the first and second members can be moved relative to each other to change the overall width of the support structure, the first and second members further including a mechanism for varying the effective length of the support structure so as to change the overall depth thereof, the first and second members when engaged with each other being capable of both width and depth adjustment to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment. The present shelf support structure can be seated on existing support clips which are attached to upright support members commonly associated with existing display equipment, the support clips being selectively engageable with such upright support members at various intermediate locations therealong so as to orient the present support structure in either a substantially fiat horizontal position or in an inclined position for gravity feed operations.
A shelf support structure adaptable for use with existing product merchandising display equipment comprising first and second relatively movable members, each of said first and second movable members having at least one portion thereof forming one opposed side portion of said support structure and each having a plurality of spaced members arranged transversely to said associated side portion, said plurality of spaced transverse members defining the width of said support structure and the length of said associated side portions defining the depth thereof, at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with each of said plurality of spaced transverse members having cross-sectional shapes adaptable for slidably receiving and engaging each other so as to enable said first and second members to be arranged in telescoping relationship with each other whereby said first and second members can be moved relative to each other to change the overall width of said support structure, each side portion of said first and second members including means for adjusting the effective length thereof so as to change the overall depth of said support structure, each of said adjustment means including an additional member having a first portion extending substantially parallel to said side portions and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular thereto, said first and second members when engaged with each other forming an open grid structure capable of both width and depth adjustment to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment.
A shelf support structure adaptable for use with existing product merchandising display equipment comprising first and second relatively movable members, each of said first and second movable members having at least a portion thereof forming one opposed side portion of said support structure and each having a plurality of spaced members arranged transversely to said associated side portion, at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with one of said first and second movable members having means associated therewith for slidably engaging at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with the other of said first and second movable members so as to enable said first and second members to be moved relative to each other to change the overall distance between the respective portions of said first and second members forming the opposed side portions of said support structure, and means engageable with each side portion of said first and second members for adjusting the effective length thereof so as to change the overall depth of said support structure, said adjustment means including an additional member having first and second portions extending substantially parallel to said side portions and a third portion extending substantially parallel to at least one of said transverse members, said first and second members when engaged with each other forming an open grid structure capable of both width and depth adjustments to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment.
A shelf support structure adaptable for use with existing product merchandising display equipment comprising first and second relatively movable members, each of said first and second movable members having at least a portion thereof forming one opposed side portion of said support structure and each having a plurality of spaced members arranged transversely to said associated side portion, at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with one of said first and second movable members having means associated therewith for engaging at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with the other of said first and second movable members so as to enable said first and second members to be moved relative to each other to change the overall distance between the respective portions of said first and second members forming the opposed side portions of said support structure, each side portion of said first and second members including means for adjusting the effective length thereof so as to change the overall depth of said support structure, each of said adjustment means including an additional member having a first portion extending substantially parallel to said side portions and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular thereto, said first and second members when engaged with each other forming an open grid structure capable of both width and depth adjustments to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment.
A shelf support structure adaptable for use with existing product merchandising display equipment comprising first and second relatively movable members, each of said first and second movable members having at least a portion thereof forming one opposed side portion of said support structure, each opposed side portion including an offset portion located near the front portion thereof, each of said first and second relatively movable members having a plurality of spaced members arranged transversely to said associated side portion, at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with one of said first and second movable members having means associated therewith for engaging at least some of the spaced transverse members associated with the other of said first and second movable members so as to enable said first and second members to be moved relative to each other to change the overall distance between the respective portions of said first and second members forming the opposed side portions of said support structure, and means engageable with said first and second members for adjusting the overall depth of said support structure, said first and second members when engaged with each other forming an open grid structure capable of both width and depth adjustments to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment.
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