Patent ID: 7905364
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: an elongate rod configured to support a plurality of packaged products thereon; said rod having a proximal end secured to a fixed display surface and extending generally horizontally and forwardly therefrom, and a distal end; and a product pusher device movably supported on the rod for forward and rearward movement therealong; said product pusher device having a biasing mechanism therein that engages the rod and applies a relative force thereto from the pusher device such that said product pusher device engages a rearmost one of the plurality of packaged products and applies a pushing force thereto so as to move the packaged products forward towards the distal end of the rod; said biasing mechanism being completely supported in the product pusher device and moving therewith on the rod; said rod having an outer surface with an upwardly disposed upper surface portion configured to slidingly support the packaged products thereon so that said packaged products are suspended from the rod and are able to slide thereon, the product pusher device engaging with and being wholly supported on the outer surface of the rod and moving in its entirety along the rod so as to push the packaged products forward on the rod.