Patent ID: 8851303
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
1. An integrated shelf allocation management unit for allocating space among rows of products comprising: a horizontally oriented base component that is adjustable in a longitudinal direction, said base component comprising a front base sub-component and a rear base sub-component forming an integrated base component coupling mechanism, wherein said base component coupling mechanism comprises a pair of extended arms on a left and right side of a front end of said rear base sub-component that includes extensions that project laterally from a front end of said extended arm, wherein said pair of extended arms are adapted to fit into a pair of complementary grooves on said front base sub-component, further wherein said front base sub-component further includes a series of notches adapted to accept said extensions such that the front base sub-component and rear base sub-component may be combined to form an integrated base component having a length specified by the coupling of said first base sub-component and said second base sub-component through said extensions and said notches; and two vertically oriented side wall components disposed at a left and right side of said base component that are adjustable in a longitudinal direction wherein said two side wall components and said base component may be integrated into a single integrated shelf allocation management system through a coupling mechanism adapted to allow the distance between the two side wall components to be adjusted, wherein said coupling mechanism comprises a plurality of width adjustment tabs oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and disposed along a length of said side wall components at a plurality of distances from the front of the side wall components, where the tabs fit snugly into a plurality of complementary grooves located in said base component disposed along a length of the base component at the plurality of distances from the front of the base component, wherein the complementary grooves are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and where the distance between the two side wall components may be adjusted by changing the depth to which the plurality of tabs penetrates the plurality of complementary grooves.