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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370867 | Banquet cart A banquet cart including a cabinet, a plurality of chimneys, an information center, and releasably lockable swivel casters. The plurality of chimneys are positioned inside the cabinet at different corners of the cabinet. The information center includes at least two ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367559 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or contr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350648 | Modular display system A modular display system comprises a plurality of identical modules. Each module includes a vertical mounting surface, a pair of sidewalls, top surface and a bottom surface lying in planes which extend at right angles to the mounting surface. A pair of top rails lie... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347335 | Pusher assembly, merchandise dispenser and method of dispensing merchandise A spring-driven pusher assembly of a merchandise dispenser in which the spring is carried entirely on the pusher assembly behind the articles being dispensed to thereby eliminate any interference problems with RF signals or the like used for purposes of determining ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7213806 | Cutting board holder A cutting board kit having a cutting board holder capable of securely receiving two or more cutting boards. The cutting boards may be designated for use with specific classes of food products. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204484 | Simple and inexpensive high-capacity output catch tray for document production machines The invention is relates to a simple, inexpensive high capacity output catch tray for copiers and other document production machines. The output tray automatically increases in capacity as the stack of copies in it accumulates, without external power source or contr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201281 | Adjustable modular merchandise pusher system A modular pusher system for use with articles of merchandise in a display includes pusher tracks and dividers, each of which include detachable sections so that these basic components can be used in pusher systems of different depths. Spring loaded pushers are mount... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7143719 | Pet treat dispenser assembly with clicker An improved pet treat dispenser assembly is provided with a canister for holding pet treats, a dispenser slidably mounted in the canister for dispensing treats, and a clicker on the canister to attract a pet's attention following desired behavior. The canister inclu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7086541 | Flexible front merchandising display device A merchandising device displays a column of articles having a lead article with a front contour. The device includes a base member with first second and third columns of slots. A first side panel has a plurality of downwardly extending feet protruding through slots ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065880 | Hot dog slicer A housing with elongate chambers for hot dogs and transverse guide channels extending all the way through the chambers, a longitudinal blade assembly having sets of four radially arranged longitudinal blade sections positioned within the chambers and connected to ea... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063245 | System for dispensing plurality of wet wipes There is provided a wet wipes dispensing system. The system includes a plurality of separably joined wet wipes and the plurality of separably joined wet wipes include a lubricant. The system also includes a dispenser including a sealed chamber, the sealed chamber ho... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063217 | Modular display rack having horizontally separable front barrier A display rack for rounded articles generally includes a product track with a pusher block slidably mounted thereon. The pusher block is biased toward a front portion of the display rack, and the side walls of the display rack are configured to support a circular or... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7032761 | Product display rack with front barrier panel A product display device is comprised of a wire base structure with a plurality of spaced-apart, straight parallel wire supports extending in a front-to-back direction, and wire cross bars underlying the wire supports adjacent their front and back ends. Plastic base... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028852 | Merchandising system A system and method for providing a merchandising system. The merchandising system includes a first divider, a second divider, and a third divider. The merchandising system further includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector couples the fi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014197 | Cassette-based money storage and transportation system and apparatus A coin bag storage apparatus including a bag storage cassette tower having a compartment sized to store a plurality of bags, one on top of the next, and a spring-mounted platen located within the storage compartment for receiving each of the bags and progressively l... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6976598 | Shelving system The present disclosure provides enhanced storage systems that facilitate efficient storage of, and access to, a variety of items and products. Exemplary systems according to the present disclosure include Mechanisms that permit reliable and efficient repositioning o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6955269 | Weighted pusher A weight-driven pusher for product on a gravity-fed display shelf includes a weighted frame. A front plate is mounted on the frame and manually adjustable in upper reach relative to the frame to accommodate product of varying height and preclude product from tipping... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955268 | Merchandise display A modular display system for polyhedron shaped merchandise, such as DVD's, software, computer games, CD's and the like, and a method for manufacturing such a display. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of individual pocket constraints config... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948330 | Cage for frozen foods with reducer of cold room A cage in which is mounted a reducer of cold room that can be manually raised and blocked during the loading or unloading of the goods, and that automatically slopes down above the frozen foods when the door is closed for reducing the space preserving the frozen foo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6820754 | Product feed apparatus and method for shelf unit A product feed apparatus for feeding a row of products towards the front edge of a shelf has an elongate track mounted on the shelf so as to extend from a rear edge to the front edge of the shelf. A pusher member is slidably mounted in the track for engaging the rea... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6772888 | Adjustable forward feeding display system An adjustable display rack is used in a shelf management system. The rack stores and displays products of a variety of shapes and sizes and automatically delivers the products to the front of the rack. The adjustable display rack includes a frame and a product suppo... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6749071 | Merchandizing display A merchandise display device for dispensing and displaying digital media cases. Digital media cases are inserted vertically into the opening between the front panel and the lateral supports. This opening limits the number of cases which can be removed and/or inserte... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6719151 | System and method for product display, arrangement and rotation A device, system, and method system for manually arranging products on a display shelf without requiring additional shelf width. The product containers, such as jars, cans, and bottles, may be pulled forward toward the front of the display shelf by pulling a front m... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715621 | Product merchandising display unit with pull through front wall members A product module for supporting and merchandising product containers therefrom including at least one elongated product channel defined by a pair of laterally spaced upstanding side walls and a substantially planar product supporting floor portion extending therebet... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6655536 | Merchandise display device A device for displaying merchandise on a store shelf provides for arranging articles in rows with a pusher device for pushing the remaining articles forward on the shelf as each article is removed. A coiled spring operates to drive the pusher device for e... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6622874 | Apparatus and method for holding and feeding product A product storage and dispensing assembly includes first and second tracks that are each capable of holding a row of product to be fed in a direction. A longitudinal engagement element is disposed adjacent a side of the first track and rows of detachably ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6601498 | Bread storage device A bread storage device for keeping bread fresher for longer periods of time. The bread storage device includes a container having top, back, bottom and side walls, and also having an open front; and also includes a door being removably closed over the ope... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6536609 | Vial dispenser A device suitable for dispensing a plurality of like articles therefrom, the device characterized as having a plurality of columns for storing and dispensing the articles, each column having a front opening for dispensing the articles and a bottom side fo... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527127 | Universal shelving A device for moving forward in an easy and efficient manner, articles such as canned goods, that are placed on a store shelf in order to facilitate their frontal display. The device makes use of positioning rods that are installed on the shelf so as to ex... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523703 | Pusher mechanism for a merchandising display shelf A pusher apparatus pushes articles on a shelf in a display case forward when the front article is removed. The pusher apparatus has a partition panel dividing the shelf into first and second segments. The partition panel has front and rear end portions, f... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6520604 | Product housing apparatus and product housing method for vending machine A product housing apparatus for a vending machine, for housing therein a plurality of products arranged in the longitudinal direction, the product housing apparatus comprising: a product passage defined by a product rack horizontally extended in the longi... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6484891 | Adjustable track system for modular display systems A display rack comprises a frame, at least one dividing base unit and a track. The track supports a follower arrangement. The base unit comprises a partition wall and a support surface. The track is positioned on the support surface and is capable of late... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6464089 | Adjustable spring-driven pusher device for a merchandise dispenser A spring-driven pusher device for a forward, side, top, or up feeding merchandise dispenser having an adjustment mechanism for setting a desired pushing force. The adjustment mechanism is utilized to increase and/or reduce the tension of the windings of t... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6454107 | Shipping and display container A tray-shaped shipping and display container has a support surface for supporting items for display. A pusher member is mounted for sliding movement on the support surface, and is elastically biased in a forward direction so that it continually urges item... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450360 | Spring-loaded tube assembly A plurality of spring tubes is provided in an assembly to make a worker's practice of "pearl diving" unnecessary. A container has one tube attached in each corner and each tube has an internal coil spring secured at a bottom of an inner chamber but extend... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6409027 | Dispensing tray for display console Apparatus for displaying and dispensing flat objects of different widths from a tray that includes an open top tray having a bottom wall, opposed side walls, a front wall and a back wall. A pair of elongated panels are slidably mounted in the bottom wall ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409026 | Showcase assembly unit for showcase structure A showcase assembly unit for a showcase structure is disclosed, which includes a roller support frame and a plurality of parallel sets of rollers mounted on the roller support frame, wherein the rollers in each set of rollers are mounted rotatably and arr... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6375015 | Shelving system and display unit therefor A display unit comprising a plurality of product trays connected to a plurality of shelves is disclosed. Each product tray includes a product slide moveable relative to the shelf and a facing slide moveably relative to both the product slide and the shelv... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6253930 | Dispensing carton assembly A carton assembly for dispensing product members such as spools of wire and other rollable products having circular ends of the same diameter. The carton comprises a bottom, forward and rearward end walls, two side walls and a closable top. Within the car... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6227386 | System and method for product display, arrangement and rotation A system for displaying products generally forming a queue having a rear product on a display surface having a rear portion and a front portion, comprising an arranging mechanism operable for moving the products selectively and manually from the rear port... | 05/08/2001 |
