Claims
- 1. A shelf insert for use on a generally inclined gravity feed shelf, said shelf insert comprising:
a bottom and a plurality of dividers, an adjacent pair of said dividers and said bottom of said insert defining a track for supporting a plurality of products arranged in a column, each track having a pivotal front member engaged with said adjacent dividers at the front of the track, said front member being pivotal about a horizontal axis, said horizontal axis being positioned such that as a forwardmost one of said products is removed from said track by pulling a top portion of said forwardmost one of said products over said front member, said front member is caused to pivot about said horizontal axis.
- 2. The shelf insert of claim 1 wherein said pivotal front member is arcuate.
- 3. The shelf insert of claim 1 wherein said front member is caused to return to its original position upon a product behind said forwardmost one of said products sliding forwardly in said track and contacting said front member.
- 4. A shelf insert for use on a generally inclined gravity feed shelf for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products, said shelf insert comprising:
a rear member, two sides and a plurality of parallel internal dividers dividing the shelf insert into a plurality of parallel tracks, each track having a front member pivotal about a horizontal axis, said front member preventing product from falling off a front edge of said shelf, whereby upon a forwardmost product in said column of products being pulled over said front member, top and bottom edges of said front member are caused to rotate about said horizontal axis.
- 5. The shelf insert of claim 4 wherein said top edge of said front member rotates in front of said horizontal axis when said forwardmost one of said products is removed from said track.
- 6. The shelf insert of claim 4 wherein said front member is arcuate.
- 7. The shelf insert of claim 4 wherein said bottom edge of said front member rotates behind said horizontal axis when said forwardmost one of said products is removed from said track.
- 8. A shelf insert for use in a generally inclined gravity feed shelf, said shelf insert comprising:
a plurality of parallel internal dividers dividing the shelf insert into a plurality of parallel tracks, a front member supported at the front of each of said tracks, said front member being pivotal about a horizontal axis and having top and bottom edges located respectively above and below said horizontal axis such that upon a forwardmost one of said products being pulled over said front member, said front member is caused to pivot about said horizontal axis, said in the course thereof, said bottom edge of said front member is moved rearwardly in said track and said top edge of said front member is moved forwardly.
- 9. The shelf insert of claim 8 wherein said front member is arcuate
- 10. The shelf insert of claim 8 wherein said horizontal axis is spaced above said bottom of said product holder.
- 11. The shelf insert of claim 8 wherein said front member has a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/574,076 entitled “Shelf Assembly” filed May 18, 2000 which application is fully incorporated herein. Application Ser. No. 09/574,076 is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/168,647 entitled “Shelf Assembly” filed Oct. 8,1998 which application is fully incorporated herein. Application Ser. No. 09/168,647 claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/062,020 filed Oct. 10,1997 entitled “Shelf Insert”, which is fully incorporated by reference herein.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60062020 |
Oct 1997 |
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Divisions (1)
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09574076 |
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09858102 |
May 2001 |
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Continuations (1)
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09168647 |
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09574076 |
May 2000 |
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