Claims
- 1. A self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf adapted to be supported on a support structure for merchandising refrigerated food products comprising:
- a product supporting shelf structure;
- a transparent cover mounted atop said shelf structure for continuously displaying and providing access to food products on said shelf structure, said cover comprising separate cover portions each of which comprises a top wall and at least a side wall integral with said top wall, each of said cover portions being movable relative to the other of said portions and said shelf structure; and
- means within said self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf for refrigerating product located on said shelf structure;
- whereby said self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf can be placed on a support structure to continuously display and to allow to be accessed and removed from either side and either end of said shelf refrigerated food products.
- 2. The self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf of claim 1 wherein each said cover portion comprises:
- a pair of side walls; and
- a top wall connected between said side walls;
- said cover portions overlapping and each being slidable longitudinally relative to the other of said portions and said shelf structure.
- 3. A self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf adapted to be supported on a support structure for merchandising refrigerated food products comprising:
- a product supporting shelf structure;
- a transparent cover mounted atop said shelf structure for continuously displaying and providing access to food products on said shelf structure, said cover comprising separate cover portions each of which is movable relative to the other of said portions and said shelf structure; and
- means within said self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf for refrigerating product located on said shelf structure;
- wherein each said cover portion comprises:
- a pair of side walls; and
- a top wall connected to said side walls along respective adjacent edges of said side walls;
- said cover portions overlapping and said top and side walls of each said cover portion being integrally slidable longitudinally relative to the other of said portions and said shelf structure;
- whereby said self-contained refrigerated food merchandising shelf can be placed on a support structure to display and to allow to be accessed and removed from either side and either end of said shelf refrigerated food products.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/184,968, filed on Jan. 19, 1994, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/093,309, filed on Jul. 16, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,301,517, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/891,653, filed on May 29, 1992, now abandoned.
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