Pusher assembly for products having circular packaging
AssigneeSouthern Imperial, Inc.
InventorThomas O. Nagel
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Abstract
A pusher tray is provided. The pusher tray includes a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface. A pusher is slidably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray. The pusher has a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface. A pair of dividers are slidably mounted to the base structure. Each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that a portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion.
Claims16
A pusher tray for storing merchandise, the pusher tray comprising:
- a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface;
- a pusher slideably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray;
- a pair of opposed dividers slideably mounted to the base structure to adjust the width of the pusher tray, enabling items of various sizes to be stored in the pusher tray;
- wherein each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion having a radius of curvature, the arcuate frame portion configured to approximate a circular outer periphery of an item of retail merchandise carried by the pusher tray;
- wherein each one of the pair of dividers includes a pair of support elements, the arcuate frame portion supported by the pair of support elements such that the pair of support elements extend from the arcuate frame portion and such that terminal ends of the support elements are received in the base structure;
- wherein each support element includes a straight portion and an angled portion arranged at an obtuse angle relative to the straight portion, wherein the angled portion is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by the arcuate frame portion.
A pusher tray for storing merchandise, the pusher tray comprising:
- a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface;
- a pusher slideably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray, the pusher having a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface;
- a pair of opposed dividers slideably mounted to the base structures to adjust the width of the pusher tray, enabling items of various sizes to be stored in the pusher tray;
- wherein each of the pair of dividers includes a frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the frame portion;
- wherein each support element includes a straight portion and an angled portion arranged at an obtuse angle, relative to the straight portion;
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- wherein the frame portion of each divider is arcuate, the arcuate frame portion supported by the pair of support elements such that the pair of support elements are tangent to the arcuate frame portion, wherein terminal ends of the support elements are received in the base structure, wherein the arcuate frame portion is configured to approximate a circular outer periphery of an item of retail merchandise carried by the pusher tray.
A pusher tray for storing frozen pizzas having a circular outer periphery, the pusher tray, comprising:
- a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface;
- a pusher slideably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray, the pusher having a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface;
- a pair of opposed dividers slideably mounted to the base structure to adjust the width of the pusher tray, enabling items of various sizes to be stored in the pusher tray;
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- wherein each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that an angled portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion;
- and wherein each support element includes a straight portion arranged at an obtuse angle relative to the angled portion of the support element, wherein the arcuate frame portion is configured to approximate the circular outer periphery of the frozen pizzas carried by the pusher tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.