Patent ID: 8162158
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjustable shelf for retail merchandise, comprising: a shelf having a generally U-shaped cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shelf, the shelf having a bottom wall and front and rear walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall in opposed spaced relation; a plurality of support members, wherein each of the plurality of support members includes a U-shaped opening for sliding reception of the shelf such that the opening completely surrounds the shelf and such that the shelf extends through the opening on either side of a vertical support wall of each of the plurality of support members, the vertical support wall being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shelf; a mounting portion formed on each of the plurality of support members, the mounting portion adapted to mount each of the plurality of support members to a vertical retail wall, the mounting portion providing a first sliding interface configured to permit sliding movement of each of the plurality of support members relative to the vertical retail wall in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shelf; wherein the U-shaped opening provides a second sliding interface configured to permit sliding movement of each of the plurality of support members relative to the shelf in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shelf, such that each of the plurality of support members is simultaneously slidable relative to the vertical retail wall and relative to the shelf; and wherein the U-shaped opening of each of the plurality of support members has a bottom edge that is not parallel with a bottom edge of each of the plurality of support members such that the bottom wall of the shelf is not parallel to the bottom edge of each of the plurality of support members.