Overhead guide channel stabilizer means for use in association with product merchandising display units

A guide channel stabilizer structure for use in combination with product merchandising display equipment wherein the product merchandising display equipment includes a plurality of vertical support members and a plurality of product support areas, said guide channel stabilizer structure comprising a plurality of spaced apart, parallel guide members defining a plurality of parallel adjacent guide channels for receiving and guiding the upper portions of product containers when said product containers are positioned and supported on one of said product support areas,

• means engageable with said guide channel stabilizer structure and with the vertical support members of the product merchandising display equipment for mounting said stabilizer structure within the product merchandising display equipment, said stabilizer structure being positioned and located in spaced apart relationship above any one of said product support areas such that the upper portions of the product containers positioned on the product support area located therebelow will lie within said stabilizer guide channels when positioned thereon, said stabilizer structure working in cooperation with the product support area located therebelow to provide sideward support for the product containers positioned within said stabilizer channels,
• said stabilizer structure being independently mountable and adjustable between any two spaced apart product support areas without affecting the position and location of such product support areas.

In a product merchandising display unit having at least one shelf member associated therewith and a plurality of elongated support members positioned in an upstanding orientation at spaced locations around said shelf member, the upright elongated support members being attached in supportive relationship to said shelf member and extending upwardly therefrom, said shelf member being adaptable for holding and supporting a plurality of bottle containers in an upright orientation when positioned thereon, the improvement comprising

• a guide member adaptable for attachment to the product merchandising display unit so as to be positioned in spaced apart relationship above said shelf member, said guide member including a plurality of spaced divider wall portions defining therebetween a plurality of parallel guide channels for guiding and providing sideward support for the upper portions of bottle containers positioned therewithin, and
• means supportably attaching said guide member to at least some of the upright support members in spaced apart relationship above said shelf member, said guide member being located such that at least the upper neck portion of the bottled containers positioned on the shelf member therebelow will extend into and be received by the parallel guide channels of said guide member when such bottle containers are positioned and located thereon, said plurality of parallel guide channels guiding the movement of the bottled containers on said shelf member in orderly rows therealong, said attachment means being independent of said shelf member and allowing installation and adjustment of the position of said guide member above said shelf member without affecting the position and location of any shelf member.