Patent ID: 6092674
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
A package display rack system for mounting products on a pegboard, the package display rack system comprising:(a) at least two package display racks;(b) each one of said display racks having a predetermined width, and a rear support member, each said rear support member having means for being mounted directly to the pegboard;(c) each said rear support member being connected to a respective face plate via interconnecting members, each said respective face plate being positioned a spaced distance from its respective said rear support plate;(d) each said rear support member having a plurality of wire hooks connected at a first end of said wire hooks to, and extending forward of, said rear support member;(e) each said face plate having means for displaying indicia on a front portion of said face plate facing away from its respective, said rear support member, said indicia conveying information related to the products to be positioned on said display rack system;(f) a plurality of packages including a front panel having means for being slideably positioned on said wire hooks, said packages being cooperatively dimensioned with said display rack system for placement substantially within the width of said display rack so that when at least a first display rack is positioned on the pegboard vertically above a second display rack, and their respective predetermined widths vertically aligned, and said respective rear support members extend in a longitudinal direction parallel to the floor, and said respective wire hooks extending forward of the pegboard at least in part at an acute angle relative to the plane of the floor,a second end of said wire hooks being positioned in proximity to said respective face plate and a spaced distance below said face plate, said packages on said respective wire hooks arranged in-line, one behind another, and under the influence of gravity, said first display rack positioned a predetermined distance above said second display rack, whereby a base portion of the respective said front panel of the first one of said packages in-line, adjacent said second end of said wire hook, is disposed in contact with a top portion of a rear face of said face plate facing towards said rear support member of said second display rack, so that said first-in-line package is maintained in a substantially vertical plane, so that as customers remove said first in-line package from said rack, a package next in-line, under the influence of gravity, descends on its respective wire hook to occupy the rack system position of said removed, first-in-line package, said next in line package stopping its descent when its respective front panel contacts said top portion of said rear face of said face plate of said second display rack whereby said next in line package is then maintained in a substantially vertical plane.