Patent ID: 6672464
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A track device and a display shelf, said display shelf having a front, a rear and a plurality of parallel wires extending between the front and rear, said track device adapted to receive a row of articles for sliding movement therealong, each article having a bottom with a groove therein, said track device comprising:a base member adapted to rest on the shelf; a plurality of parallel ribs upstanding from said base member, said ribs having tops defining a plane; at least one article orienting rib upstanding from said base member and extending above said plane, said article orienting rib being adapted to prevent rotation of the articles by being adapted to engage said groove in each of the articles as the articles slide along the track device; and means, attached to said base member, for releasably attaching said base member to at least one of said parallel wires of said shelf, said base member being supported on said parallel wires of said display shelf solely by said means, said means including at least one rib protruding downwardly from said base member and having an engaging surface arcuate in cross-sectional configuration, said at least one rib adapted to forcibly engage a top surface of a single one of said parallel wires.