Patent ID: 6659293
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A tray assembly adapted to be attached to a wire rack shelf disposed therebeneath, said tray assembly configured for holding containers and delivering the containers to a front of said tray assembly by gravity, said tray assembly comprising:at least one elongated, open top tray having a surrounding wall at least on a front and two sides which define a container-holding region therebetween, and having a tray bottom, said surrounding wall on said sides directing the containers via gravity to the front of said tray when said tray assembly is tilted so that the front of the tray is at a position lower than the rest of the tray, a first linear slide component cooperatively slidable with respect to a second linear slide component, positioned beneath said tray bottom, and substantially movable with said tray, said second linear slide component cooperatively slidable with respect to said first linear slide component, wherein when said first and second linear slide components are at a first tilt, the first and second linear slide components are prevented from sliding with respect to each other, said first and second linear slide components cooperatively configured to be tilted together to a tilt away from the first tilt so to allow the first and second linear slide components to then become slidable with respect to each other, and a first fastener for maintaining the position of said second linear slide component in a tiltable but otherwise substantially fixed position with respect to said wire rack shelf during the cooperative sliding movement such that the tray extends relative to the wire rack shelf.