Patent ID: 9578961
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47F,H02G

Claim:
1. A display shelf comprising: a table having an upper surface for displaying at least one electrically powered consumer product and a back end; a trough that extends along an entire length of the table and having a front wall, a bottom wall and a back wall and being defined between the back end of the table and the back wall of the trough, wherein the bottom wall of the trough is located below the upper surface of the table; a door that extends an entire length of the trough and having right and left side edges, a fixed edge rotatably coupled to a top of the back wall of the trough, a front free edge and a top side, wherein the front free edge includes a first linear portion spaced from the fixed edge by a first distance, a second linear portion spaced from the fixed edge by a second distance that is less than the first distance and a third linear portion spaced from the fixed edge by the first distance and wherein the second linear portion is located between the first and third linear portions; and a lip protruding from the front wall of the trough in a direction away from the table and engaging with the front free edge of the door along the first linear portion and the third linear portion when the door is in a closed position, wherein the top side of the door is in alignment with the upper surface of the table when the door is in the closed position so that between the back end of the table and the second linear portion of the free edge of the door forms an elongated slot in the display shelf for receiving a power cord from the at least one electrically powered consumer product displayed on the table; wherein the second linear portion that forms the elongated slot includes a length that is greater than lengths of both the first and third linear portions.