US 7,451,881 B2Granted

Product securement and management system

AssigneeRTC Industries, Inc.

InventorsStephen Hardy, Adam Gold, John Ward, Max E. Syvuk, John W. Swafford, Jr., David J. Henke

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Abstract

A modular shelving system is disclosed. In an embodiment, a box shelf is provided that may be supported by vertical rails of a shelf upright. The box shelf may be supported by shelf supports that engage the vertical rails. The box shelf may include a slideable shelf mounted on a rail and held in position by a biased hinge plate. The slideable shelf may include a divider to separate the shelf into one or more regions and to interfere with the rapid removal of products from the shelf. The box shelf may further include a door that in an embodiment may be required to be opened before products can be removed from slideable shelf.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A modular shelving system for mounting to vertical rails of an upright, comprising:

a housing comprising a front and a rear, the front of the housing including an opening;
a slideable shelf including a divider, the slideable shelf mounted within the housing and being translatable between a first and a second position, the first position being positioned substantially within the housing and the second position extending out of the opening in the housing;
a door supported by the housing and translatable between a closed positioned and an open position, wherein the door at least partially obstructs access to the slideable shelf when in the closed position;
at least two shelf supports extending from the rear of the housing and configured to engage the vertical rails of the upright so as to support the housing;
a hinge plate mounted within the housing and being translatable between an unlocked and a locked position, wherein the hinge plate is configured to retain the slideable shelf in the first position when in the locked position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/685,530Filed 13 Mar 2007 · continuation in part
Priority: 3 Feb 2004
Published: US 2007/0084812 A123 Aug 2007
Granted: 18 Nov 2008
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A47F 3/002
Show cases or show cabinets: devices for protection against sunlight or theft
A47F 1/125
Dispensing from the side of an approximately horizontal stack: with an article-pushing device
A47F 5/0018
Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features: display racks with shelves or receptables
A47F
Special furniture, fittings, or accessories for shops, storehouses, bars, restaurants or the

Family

Application60/541,804Us provisional application · filed 3 Feb 2004
Application11/047,915Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Feb 2005
Application11/140,023Parent of this continuation · filed 27 May 2005
Application60/782,000Us provisional application · filed 13 Mar 2006
Application11/612,210Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Dec 2006
US 7,150,365 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Dec 2006
US 2007/0193971 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Aug 2007
US 7,299,934 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part
Application11/612,210Parent of this continuation
Application11/140,023Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2005/0161420 A1Published application
US 2005/0269279 A1Published application
US 2007/0084812 A1Published application
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US 7,451,881 B2This patent

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