Secure merchandising display with tunnel feature
AssigneeRock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC
InventorThomas A. Lockwood
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dispenser for controlling access to product, such as but not limited to bottles, housed within the dispenser. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an opening having a contour that generally mirrors the shape and/or dimensions of the product stored within the dispenser plus a relatively small amount of clearance and also includes a tunnel within the interior of the device. The configuration of the opening and/or the tunnel feature prevents a user from accessing product stored behind the opening within the dispenser. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes a pusher system that provides a time delay between the dispensing of products into a receiving area.
Claims25
A dispenser for housing a plurality of bottles, the dispenser comprising:
- a front comprising an opening that restricts access to the bottles stored within the dispenser, the opening generally mirroring a shape of the bottles plus a predetermined offset;
- sidewalls;
- a receiving area adjacent the front of the dispenser and located outside of the opening;
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- a tunnel formed within an interior of the dispenser that generally conforms to the shape of the bottles.
A dispenser for housing a plurality of product, the dispenser comprising:
- a front comprising an opening that restricts access to the product stored behind the opening within the dispenser, the opening generally mirroring a shape and dimensions of the product plus a predetermined clearance;
- sidewalls that abut one another to form the opening;
- a tunnel formed within an interior of the dispenser that generally conforms to the shape and the dimensions of the product;
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- a pusher system comprising a track, a pusher in sliding engagement with the track, a spring that urges the pusher along the track toward the front of the dispenser, and a resistance mechanism that slows a speed at which the pusher advances the product toward the front of the dispenser.
A dispenser for housing a plurality of items, the dispenser comprising:
- a front comprising an opening that restricts access to the items stored within the dispenser, the opening generally mirroring a shape of the items plus a predetermined clearance;
- sidewalls;
- one or more inserts that generally extend within an interior of the dispenser and form a tunnel that surrounds the items stored within the dispenser;
- a receiving area adjacent the front of the dispenser located outside of the tunnel;
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- a pusher system comprising a track, a pusher in sliding engagement with the track, a spring that urges the pusher along the track toward the receiving area, and a resistance mechanism that slows a speed at which the pusher advances the items toward the receiving area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.