Gravity feed pull out shelf with rear storage area and associated method for displaying and storing a product
AssigneeGilmour, Inc.
InventorsCraig A. Wilkerson, Phil O. McKinney
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Abstract
A retail apparatus for storing and displaying a product includes a base member having a roller surface associated therewith and a rack assembly having a number of rollers rotatably secured thereto. The rack assembly has a product bin and a storage rack. The storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed. The product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to the storage rack. The rollers are positioned in contact with the roller surface so as to allow the rack assembly to roll relative to the base member. A method of storing and displaying a number of products is also disclosed.
Claims17
A retail apparatus for storing and displaying a product, comprising:
- a base member;
- and
- a rack assembly movably secured to said base member, wherein (i) said rack assembly has a product bin and a storage rack, (ii) said storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed, and (iii) said product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to said storage rack,
- wherein said rack assembly further has a number of rollers which contact said base member during movement of said rack assembly relative to said base member.
A retail apparatus for storing and displaying a product, comprising:
- a base member;
- and
- a rack assembly movably secured to said base member, wherein (i) said rack assembly has a product bin and a storage rack, (ii) said storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed, and (iii) said product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to said storage rack,
- wherein said rack assembly has a number of rollers rotatably secured thereto,
- wherein said base member has a roller surface associated therewith, and
- wherein said number of rollers are positioned in contact with said roller surface so as to allow said rack assembly to roll relative to said base member.
A retail apparatus for storing and displaying a product, comprising:
- a base member;
- a rack assembly movably secured to said base member, wherein (i) said rack assembly has a product bin and a storage rack, (ii) said storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed, and (iii) said product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to said storage rack;
- and
- a shelf mounting bracket for securing said retail apparatus to a retail shelf.
A method of storing and displaying a number of products, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substantially horizontally disposed base member;
- movably securing a rack assembly to said base member, said rack assembly having a product bin and a storage rack, wherein (i) said storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed, and (ii) said product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to said storage rack;
- positioning a first plurality of said number of products in said product bin;
- and
- storing a second plurality of said number of products in a container positioned on said storage rack.
A retail apparatus for storing and displaying a product, comprising:
- a base member having a roller surface associated therewith;
- and
- a rack assembly having a number of rollers rotatably secured thereto, wherein (i) said rack assembly has a product bin and a storage rack, (ii) said storage rack is substantially horizontally disposed, (iii) said product bin is positioned at an inclined orientation relative to said storage rack, and (iv) said number of rollers are positioned in contact with said roller surface so as to allow said rack assembly to roll relative to said base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.