Illuminated merchandise dispenser
AssigneeVulcan Spring & Mfg. Co.
InventorsAlexander Rankin, VI, Robert Gustafson
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Abstract
A merchandise dispenser is provided and has a product display tray with a bottom portion for supporting and guiding a rank of product items. The merchandise dispenser also has a spring assembly for advancing the product items forward on the bottom portion. The spring assembly includes a pre-stressed spiral tape having a top surface extending from a mounting end portion thereof and a plurality of light emitting diodes carried in spaced relation on a predetermined length of the top surface of the tape for upwardly illuminating product items when disposed in the product display tray.
Claims18
A dispenser, comprising:
- a product display tray having a bottom portion for supporting and guiding a rank of product items;
- and
- a spring assembly for advancing the product items forward on the bottom portion;
- said spring assembly comprising a pre-stressed spiral tape having a top surface extending from a mounting end portion thereof and a plurality of light emitting diodes carried in spaced relation on a predetermined length of said top surface of said tape for upwardly illuminating product items when disposed in the product display tray;
- said plurality of light emitting diodes being mounted on an elongate flexible strip bonded to said tape;
- and
- said flexible strip having conductor wires extending from said mounting end portion of said tape.
A dispenser, comprising:
- a product display tray having a bottom portion for supporting and guiding a rank of product items;
- and
- a spring assembly for advancing the product items forward on the bottom portion;
- said spring assembly comprising a pre-stressed spiral tape having a top surface extending from a mounting end portion thereof and a plurality of light emitting diodes carried in spaced relation on a predetermined length of said top surface of said tape for upwardly illuminating product items when disposed in the product display tray;
- and
- said plurality of light emitting diodes being wired in electrical parallel relation and having conductor wires extending from said mounting end portion of said tape.
A dispenser, comprising:
- a product display tray having a bottom portion for supporting and guiding a rank of product items;
- and
- a spring assembly for advancing the product items forward on the bottom portion;
- said spring assembly comprising a pre-stressed spiral metal tape having a top surface extending from a mounting end portion thereof and a plurality of light emitting diodes carried in spaced relation on a predetermined length of said top surface of said metal tape for upwardly illuminating product items when disposed in the product display tray;
- said plurality of light emitting diodes being mounted on an elongate flexible strip adhesively secured to said tape;
- said plurality of light emitting diodes being wired in electrical parallel relation;
- and
- said flexible strip having conductor wires extending from said mounting end portion of said metal tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.