Patent ID: 6439401
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A shelf assembly for organizing and merchandising a plurality of products, said shelf assembly comprising:an inclined gravity feed shelf, a plurality of dividers extending from front to back on said shelf, an adjacent pair of said dividers and said shelf defining a track for supporting a plurality of products arranged in a column, and a front stop member supported by said pair of dividers, said front stop member being pivotal about a horizontal axis and adapted to abut a forwardmost one of said products in said column, said horizontal axis being positioned such that as said forwardmost one of said products is removed from said track by pulling a top portion of said forwardmost one of said products over said front member, said front member is caused to pivot about said horizontal axis and move a top edge of said front member forwardly so as to enable said forwardmost one of said products to be moved forwardly over said front stop member, said front member having projections engaged with receptacles integrally formed in said pair of dividers.