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US 9,750,354 B2Granted
Product management display system
AssigneeRTC Industries, Inc.
InventorStephen N. Hardy
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Abstract
A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes a divider secured to a support structure, a pusher to move product, a barrier, and a low product indicator device. The low product indicator device may be visible when an amount of product positioned on the top surface of the divider floor or on the shelf is low.
Claims20
A merchandise display system comprising:
- a divider configured to be secured to a support structure, wherein the divider includes a forward end and a rearward end;
- the divider includes a divider wall and a divider floor, the divider wall extending upwardly from the divider floor;
- a pusher mechanism comprising a biasing device and configured to slide along the divider floor to move a product toward the forward end;
- a barrier configured to be positioned proximate the forward end of the divider such that the product positioned on the top surface of the divider floor contacts the barrier when the product moves toward the forward end of the divider;
- a low product indicator device comprising a side wall, a front wall, and a bottom wall;
- wherein the biasing device comprises a coiled spring;
- and
- wherein the coiled spring passes over the bottom wall of the low product indicator device and below the front wall of the low product indicator device.
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A merchandise display system comprising:
- a divider configured to be secured to a support structure, wherein the divider includes a forward end and a rearward end;
- the divider includes a divider wall and a divider floor, the divider wall extending upwardly from the divider floor;
- a pusher mechanism comprising a biasing device and configured to slide along the divider floor to move a product toward the forward end;
- a barrier configured to be positioned proximate the forward end of the divider such that the product positioned on the top surface of the divider floor contacts the barrier when the product moves toward the forward end of the divider;
- a low product indicator device;
- wherein the low product indicator device is configured to move forward with the pusher mechanism as the product nearest the forward end is removed until a predetermined amount of product is removed from the merchandise display.
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A merchandise display system comprising:
- a divider configured to be secured to a support structure, wherein the divider includes a forward end and a rearward end;
- the divider includes a divider wall and a divider floor, the divider wall extending upwardly from the divider floor;
- a pusher mechanism comprising a biasing device and configured to slide along the divider floor to move a product toward the forward end;
- a barrier configured to be positioned proximate the forward end of the divider such that the product positioned on the top surface of the divider floor contacts the barrier when the product moves toward the forward end of the divider;
- a low product indicator device comprising a side wall, a front wall, and a bottom wall;
- wherein the biasing device comprises a coiled spring;
- wherein the coiled spring passes over the bottom wall of the low product indicator device and below the front wall of the low product indicator device;
- and
- wherein the low product indicator device is configured to move forward with the pusher mechanism as the product nearest the forward end is removed until a predetermined amount of product is removed from the merchandise display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.