Patent ID: 6302279
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
An in-store product display area rack array located at the end of a row of display racks and positioned between a pair of first and second parallel aisles and a third end aisle transverse to said parallel aisles, said aisles being used by customers for selecting merchandise from the front surfaces of racks on opposite sides of the aisles, said display area rack array comprisinga first fixed rack for storage and display of merchandise, said first rack having a front display surface facing a first aisle, a parallel rear surface adapted to be exposed to a second adjacent parallel aisle and side surfaces which are generally perpendicular to said rear and front surfaces,is a second end cap rack for storage and display of merchandise, said second rack being mounted adjacent to and moveable relative to said first rack, said second end cap rack having a front display face facing said third end aisle, said second end cap display rack having a rear face which is generally parallel to said third end aisle and which is parallel to and closely adjacent to one of the side surfaces of said first rack, said second end cap display rack being moveable between a first position in which said rear face and said one side surface of said first rack are closely adjacent and a second position in which said rear face and said one side surface are spaced apart a distance sufficient to allow a person to freely enter the space there-between and to load said second end cap rack with merchandise from said rear face,a third rack for storage and display of merchandise, said third rack being mounted adjacent to and moveable relative to said first rack, said third rack confronting the rear surface of said first rack and facing said second aisle and moveable away from said rear surface to expose said rear surface to allow a person to load said first rack with merchandise from the rear surface of said first rack,said three storage and display racks constituting a unitary rack array comprising a display area in a first display mode and defining an open loading area behind said end cap rack in a second loading mode.