Roto-track display device

A front-loading and front-discharging, exclusively gravity-feed display device for upright articles, comprising:

• an exclusively gravity-feed track of a U-shaped design in top plan open at the front thereof, said track having an upper free end, a lower free end, vertically extending first outer sidewalls adjacent opposing legs of said U-shaped track, and vertically extending first inner sidewalls parallel with said first outer sidewalls and located therebetween, said first outer sidewalls each having a height defined by a lower edge thereof at the level of said lower free end and an upper edge thereof spaced above said upper free end, said track defining a generally uniform article-supporting longitudinal incline extending downwardly along the length of said track, said track defining:
• (i) a loading or supply end, including said upper free end,
• (ii) a dispensing or delivery end, including said lower free end, said loading and dispensing ends being in generally the same vertical plane,
• (iii) a bight track section spaced from the same vertical plane and defining the curved bottom portion of the "U",
• (iv) an upper track section functionally connecting said loading end and said bight track section, and
• (v) a lower track section functionally connecting said bight track section and said dispensing end;
• said upper, bight and lower track sections cooperatively and successively defining said downwardly-extending article-supporting incline extending lengthwise along the entire U-shaped length of said track from said upper free end to said lower free end between respective first outer sidewalls and first inner sidewalls;
• each of said upper and lower track sections including a base for supporting articles thereon and a pair of first inner and outer sidewalls upstanding therefrom said bight track section including a base, a second outer sidewall functionally connecting said first outer sidewalls, and, as a second inner sidewall, a vertically-extending bumper disposed adjacent said first inner sidewalls for assistance in maintaining the articles upright as they pass along said bight track section.