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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229143 | Refrigerator shelf retainer assembly A retainer assembly includes a divider element which is shiftably mounted to a shelving unit of a refrigerator. The divider element is biased toward one end of the shelving unit in order to urge food product containers, which are supported on the shelving unit, betw... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7159726 | Mobile merchandising unit A mobile merchandising unit for storing and displaying merchandise particularly in a retail store. The mobile merchandising unit includes a cart assembly including a cabinet being mounted upon a wheel assembly and having bottom, side, top, and back walls, and also h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152536 | Product management display system A product management display system for merchandising both wide and narrow product includes a unique pusher mechanism having an extendable pusher face. The pusher mechanism is mounted to a track on a base that is, in turn, mounted to a store shelf. The pusher face i... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7093546 | Product management display system An integrated âTâ assembly combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider. The T assembly may have a wide-base portion, which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side of the divider and a narrow-base portion... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028854 | Organizer including resilient retaining members An organizer (10) that includes a housing (12) having a first end (12a), a second end (12b), and a channel (14) extending along at least a portion of the housing (12) between the first end (12a) a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6971316 | Restraint A restraint for retaining a person within a seat. The restraint has a lap bar and a shoulder bar which can be independently adjusted. The lap bar can be rotated either to retain a person or to permit a person to enter or exit. Also, the lap bar can be pulled farther... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964235 | Product management display system An integrated âTâ assembly (500) combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider (504). The T assembly may have a wide-base portion (518), which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side o... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6935514 | Downrod display A point of purchase display which is modular in design. A point of purchase display for use by a retailer to display ceiling fan downrods of various lengths in a slightly sloping upright position. Compartments for various lengths of downrods are placed side by side ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6886699 | Merchandising system Systems and methods for merchandising product. A merchandising system includes a base having a first set of interfaces and a second set of interfaces, a first divider having a first engagement portion, and a second divider having a second engagement portion. The fir... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6692091 | Mail and related documents/items organizer A table top or wall mountable organizing station for mail or other documents and related items is disclosed. The organizer is centered around an open fronted box having a plurality of adjustable, vertical dividers which typically define 31 slots for organ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685037 | Telescoping shelf divider An adjustable divider assembly generally includes a front divider and a rear divider. The front divider comprises a front frame, a plurality of front posts, and a front clip. The rear divider comprises a rear frame, a plurality of rear posts, and a rear c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6460710 | Wire shelving with adjustable divider assembly for multimedia and the like A wire shelving has a plurality of support surfaces stacked with rods one above the other, the support surfaces each have spaced longitudinal wires. A wire divider assembly is positionable by the user to any desired position along the wires to provide an ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6419099 | Lane dividers for commercial display refrigerators A lane divider for fitting to a shelf having front and rear rails, including at least one elongated loop having front and rear ends and a member affixed to each of the front and rear ends of the elongated loop, the member including a face for engaging the... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6409028 | Shelf tray system A self-facing, add-on shelf system is made up of universal base, divider, front, and rear sections. Universal in the sense that these sections form basic building sections for constructing shelf systems of various sizes and operational mode. The front and... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6389991 | Display device An article display device adapted for use with a shelving structure including a flat shelf. The display device includes a curved article retaining element for retaining articles placed side by side on the shelf. The curved article retaining element is spa... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6227385 | Shelf tray system A self-facing, add-on shelf system is made up of universal base, divider, front, and rear sections. Universal in the sense that these sections form basic building sections for constructing shelf systems of various sizes and operational mode. The front and... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6078503 | Partitionable cabinet A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an I/O adapter card, and an interconnect printed board, electrically connected to the motherboard... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6047647 | Adjustable shelf assembly An adjustable shelf assembly for storing products. The assembly includes a base and a generally upstanding front member including a plurality of teeth defining a plurality of slots along the length of the front member. The front member and the base includ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6006678 | Method and apparatus for selective engagement of shelf separation structures conformed to provide visual display surfaces Apparatus and method for selectively securing a shelf separator array to display shelves includes a plurality of openings formed in the shelves, and resilent clips that are securable both to the separator structure and in the openings. In the first form t... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5738019 | Adjustable shelf assembly for merchandising display stand An extendable shelf assembly is removably mounted on the slotted uprights of a display stand and comprises a shelf mounted on a shelf support, a shelf extender attached to said shelf and the shelf support and operable so that the shelf can be extended or ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5682824 | Display shelf system A shelf system including a rail member and a plurality of shelf dividers. The shelf divider includes a longitudinally extending portion which has formed at its front end an integral flexible undulated C-shaped member disposed normal to the longitudinally ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5657702 | Shelf having separations A shelf having separations, the separations extending upwardly from the shelf. Extending from each of the separations is a respective horizontal portion that rests against the shelf. At least one of the ends of each horizontal portion has a portion that p... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5655670 | Clamping bookend A clamping bookend which can be securely mounted at selected locations along a shelf includes a body member containing a slot for receiving the shelf, a clamping member pivotally connected with the body member which serves to clamp the bookend to the shel... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5464105 | Multiple item shelving display system A shelving system capable of displaying multiple items, such as photo albums and their associated photo album refills, is used in conjunction with a flat shelf and includes a plurality of separated shelving members attached to the flat shelf at spaced-apa... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5437380 | System for dividing a wire deck A system for dividing a wire deck is provided. The system has a divider which is attached to opposed clips. These clips attach, releasibly, to the wire of the deck. These hooks can attach to either the longitudinal wires or the latitudinal wires. The divi... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5415297 | Storage rack for optical disc storage cases A modular storage rack for optical disc storage cases consisting of a plurality of rods extending between, and supported by, a pair of side frames. A slide abutment is removably connected to at least one of the rods for positionable sliding movement there... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5381908 | Organizer for grocery shelves The device is a shelf organizer. A clip portion slidably snap engages inwardly facing tracks of a grocery shelf. A post portion attached by a living hinge to the clip portion extends vertically therefrom. The post portion snap engages a planar shelf divid... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5275297 | Clip-on book support and label holder A book support of the clip-on type including a label holder having at least one transparent label viewing surface which may releasably engage to the front wall of the book support in covering, spaced relation thereto. In a preferred embodiment of the inve... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5217124 | Clip-on divider device for supporting and organizing objects on a shelf A shelf divider adapted to support and organize objects located on the shelf. The shelf divider includes an upper and a lower web portion adapted to be positioned against the exposed edges surface of the shelf, a base plate extending perpendicularly from ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5209357 | Hanging book end device The hanging book end device includes a slotted track for installation above a book shelf, and a book end which is hung from the track. The top of the book end is flanged to fit into the track slots in a manner such that book end can be positioned anywhere... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209360 | Shelf divider The divider includes an elongated rod adapted to be attached removably to a mounting bracket made of plastic. The bracket includes an upright strip having a resiliently hinged tongue which is adapted to be wedged between a shelf and an adjacent wall in or... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5161704 | Shelf divider A divider for separating a retail display shelf into specific zones and maintaining merchandise in an orderly and segregated arrangement while preventing the mingling of different merchandise. The divider includes an upright dividing panel made of plastic... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5085154 | Expandable tray assembly An expandable item carrying tray assembly adapted to be supported on a shelf is provided. The tray assembly includes at least one track and a mechanism for mounting the at least one track to the shelf so that the track is fixed longitudinally with respect... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5082125 | Partitioning device A display shelf for use in an article display unit having a bottom surface, side surfaces, a pair of support members disposed along the side surfaces and at least one partition for partitioning the display shelf into a plurality of compartments, each part... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4942968 | Shelf divider A shelf divider for use on an apertured shelf is made from an elongate strip of plastic sheet divided by a lengthwise fold line in an attachment panel and a divider panel. The attachment panel has a row of fold-down tabs which are inserted into respective... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4899668 | Shelf divider A divider for separating adjacent zones of a retail merchandise shelf from one another in order to keep merchandise in each zone in a neat and orderly arrangement and to prevent mingling of merchandise in one zone with merchandise in an adjacent zone. The... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4858774 | Shelving system A shelving system (10) is provided for displaying articles within partitioned areas defined by a partition (30). Partition (30) is engaged to both the shelf bottom wall (24) and rear wall (25) in a reversibly locking manner. Partition (30) comprises a pla... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4792051 | Reversible shelf divider A reversible shelf divider particularly advantageous for use on shelving systems having sloping shelves comprises a divider member having a length edge of a first dimension and a width edge of a second dimension which is lesser than the first dimension. A... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4783130 | Circular shaped compartment floor for furniture A rotatable compartment floor (10) for corner cupboards or the like has a circular contour or a contour in the form of a circular sector and is provided at the circle center with a hub (12) and at the outer edge with a peripheral wall (14) projecting vert... | 11/08/1988 |
