Patent ID: 6360901
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A merchandising device including a row of bottles with each of said bottles having an annular neck flange, and an elongate track for supporting said row of bottles such that said bottles are suspended by said neck flanges thereof for movement along said track and are removable from said track through a front end of said track, said track comprising:an elongated track body including a pair of opposed elongated side walls extending along longitudinally said track, a top wall interconnecting upper edges of said side walls to form an elongate channel structure, and a pair of track flanges joined to said side walls along lower edges thereof and projecting laterally toward each other, said track flanges being disposed with a gap therebetween; a pair of rail members attachable to said side walls to be disposed substantially parallel to each other and spaced from each other, each of said rail members comprising a connector panel extending alongside a respective one of said side walls and a supporting ledge joined to and extending along said connector panel, said track flanges projecting laterally toward each other along undersides of said supporting ledges to support said rail members when said rail members are attached to said side walls, said supporting ledges projecting laterally of said connector panels toward each other when attached to said side walls and disposed with a gap therebetween to receive in said gap necks of said bottles such that said bottles are slidably engaged at undersides of said neck flanges with said supporting ledges, said between said supporting ledges being smaller than said gap between said track flanges to accommodate bottles with smaller neck flanges between said supporting ledges than between said track flanges; and means for detachably attaching said connector panels of said rail members to said side walls for installing and removing said rail members.