Product display partition and biasing device

A device for biasing a row of products toward a front portion of a shelf on which the products are disposed, the shelf having a plurality of connection points spaced apart by a fixed distance, the device comprising:

• a) a base portion comprising a first end adjacent to the front portion of the shelf and a second end adjacent to a rear portion of the shelf and having at least one opening disposed at said first end and at least one opening disposed at said second end for securing said base portion to the shelf;
• b) a product advancing member slidably mounted to said base portion, said product advancing member comprising a face extending substantially perpendicular to said base portion and a support for holding at least one product against said face;
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• c) a biasing element for biasing said product advancing member toward said first end of said base portion;
• wherein the at least one product held against said face pushes against a product not held against said face and disposed immediately in front of the at least one product held against said face, thereby biasing the row of products toward the front portion of a the shelf.

An assembly for securing to a shelf having a plurality of products disposed thereon and having a plurality of connection points spaced apart by a fixed distance, the assembly comprising:

• a) a first product display partition comprising:
• ii) a base portion having a first end and a second end;
• ii) a dividing wall extending upwardly from said base portion and spanning between said first end and said second end, thereby dividing said base portion into a first side and a second side;
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• iii) a plurality of openings for securing said first product display partition to the shelf, said plurality of openings comprising:
• a first pair of openings comprising a first opening disposed at said first end and said first side of said base portion and a second opening disposed at said second end and said second side of said base portion;
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• a second pair of openings comprising a third opening disposed at said first end and said first side of said base portion and a fourth opening disposed at said second end and said second side of said base portion;
• wherein a center of said first opening and a center of said second opening are spaced apart from each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to said dividing wall by a first distance equal to the fixed distance between the connection points on the shelf;
• wherein a center of said third opening and a center of said fourth opening are spaced apart from each other in said direction substantially perpendicular to said dividing wall by the first distance equal to the fixed distance between the connection points on the shelf;
• wherein said center of said first opening and said center of said third opening are spaced apart from each other in said direction substantially perpendicular to said dividing wall by a second distance less than the fixed distance between the connection points on the shelf;
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• b) a biasing device disposed adjacent to said first product display partition for biasing a row of products toward a front portion of the shelf, the biasing device comprising:
• i) a base portion comprising a first end adjacent to a front portion of the shelf and a second end adjacent to a rear portion of the shelf and having at least one opening disposed at said first end and at least one opening disposed at said second end for securing said base portion to the shelf;
• ii) a product advancing member slidably mounted to said base portion, said product advancing member comprising a face extending substantially perpendicular to said base portion and a support for holding at least one product against said face;
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• iii) a biasing element for biasing said product advancing member toward said first end of said base portion;
• wherein said first product display partition is securable to the shelf connection points at intervals equal to said second distance by aligning said first opening and said second opening or said third opening and said fourth opening with the shelf connection points;
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• wherein the at least one product held against said face pushes against a product not held against said face and disposed immediately in front of the at least one product held against said face, thereby biasing the row of products toward the front portion of the shelf.