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Sliding and Tilting Shelves, Especially for Use in a Refrigerated Mechandise Display

a technology for refrigerated mechanized displays and shelves, which is applied in the direction of display hangers, cabinets, dismountable cabinets, etc., can solve the problems of not being cost-effective, requiring greater clearance, and small units that do not provide significant display space. , to achieve the effect of increasing the percentage of item storage volum

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-04-03
IMAGEWORKS DISPLAY & MARKETING GROUP
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The invention is a merchandise assembly that uses slidable and tiltable shelves to maximize the use of display space. The assembly includes fixed side brackets that hold the shelves in place. The shelves slide and tilt without interfering with the stored items, allowing them to be positioned close together. This results in a larger ratio of item storage space to display space. Overall, the assembly provides an efficient and effective solution for displaying and storing merchandise.

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However, these smaller units do not provide significant display space.
A larger refrigeration unit or chiller could display more product, but if it is substituted for a standard display unit or section, it may not be cost effective unless the new refrigeration unit is capable of storing a large number of items in an available display space.
This would require greater clearance and therefore reduce the storage density of product stored therein.

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[0023]FIG. 1 shows a retail product display and storage unit or section 2 that includes a refrigerated compartment 10 that can be referred to as a chiller. This refrigerated unit 2 can be employed in combination with standard merchandise display sections 16 and 18 on either side. This allows merchandise items 8 that should be maintained at a lower temperature than normal to be stored and displayed next to other merchandise that may not require special care, but which may not offer the margins to the retailer that can be realized from these refrigerated items 8. However, these refrigerated items 8 can be part of the same general product category as the other items that should be displayed in close proximity. Since the volume of product displayed is an important consideration, the substitution of a refrigerated product display and storage unit 2 for a standard display section cannot significantly reduce the number of items on display. Furthermore, overall dimensions of the refrigerate...

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Abstract

A shelf system for use in displaying and storing merchandise is especially suited for use in a refrigerated or chiller compartment that can be used with other conventional display sections. The shelving system or unit includes a squared frame that is mounted in a refrigeration compartment. Side or knife brackets are mounted on opposite sides of the frame and shelves on which items of merchandise are stored in spring loaded pusher track systems are mounted on the side brackets. Guide members mounted on the side brackets allow the shelves to slide between a retracted and an extended position on a planar path, but when the shelves reach the extended position, the glide members tilt allowing the shelves to tile for easier access to items stored thereon.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR CO-PENDING APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of prior co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 626,844 filed on Oct. 4, 2011.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]This invention is directed to a retail merchandise display unit that can be used to display and store merchandise in the form of individual items that will be removed from the shelves forming the retail display unit. More particularly, this invention is directed to a refrigerated retail display unit or chiller that can replace a standard shelving unit without disturbing standard retail shelving sections that would remain on either side of the refrigerated retail display unit.[0004]2. Description of the Prior Art[0005]Merchandise is commonly displayed and stored on shelves. Spring loaded pusher systems are also mounted on the shelves to push items in different rows forward when the item at the front of a particular row is removed. These ...

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IPC IPC(8): F25D11/00A47B96/02A47F5/00
CPCA47F5/0043A47F5/0081A47F5/101A47B88/48
Inventor WELKER, BRIAN HARTISAACS, GREGORY SCOTT
Owner IMAGEWORKS DISPLAY & MARKETING GROUP
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