Replacement track for display rack
US5695077A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47F1/12
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A replacement track is specially designed for a display rack channel devoid of any upstanding front lip. In one embodiment, the replacement track is provided with removable longitudinal segments in the front portion to allow a reduction in the longitudinal length of the track member to fit in a channel, and the back end of the replacement track is enlarged either in width or in height relative to a back end of the channel, so as to limit by abutment therewith the forward movement of the replacement track in the channel. In another embodiment, the replacement track is provided with removable longitudinal segments in the back portion to allow a reduction in the longitudinal length of the track member to fit in a channel and outwardly biased spring fingers extending along the longitudinal edges of the replacement track include locking means which engage cooperating locking means on the sidewalls of the channels to limit forward movement of the replacement track relative to the channel when the locking means interengage.
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