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Product management display system

US6041720A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 13, 1997
Grant dateMar 28, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 13, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47F5/005
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A system for organizing and displaying items on a gondola shelf system comprising a gondola shelf connected to at least one vertical upright, the shelf including a front and a rear portion, a rail extending along and affixed to the front portion of the shelf, the rail comprising, a rail shelf surface extending longitudinally along the front portion of the shelf, the rail shelf surface including a first tongue extending from the rail shelf surface; a rail groove surface extending substantially perpendicular from the rail shelf surface, the rail groove surface including a first groove extending along the groove surface; and a display apparatus slidably engaged with the front rail, the display apparatus comprising a second tongue and a second groove, the first tongue engaging the first groove and the second tongue engaging the second groove.

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