Patent ID: 8087522
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shelving system comprising: a product; a base having a top surface forming a receptacle and including a hanger assembly for releasably securing the base to a shelving unit positioned in a retail environment; a tray insert releasably secured into the receptacle formed in the top surface of the base, the tray insert having a plurality of slots spaced along a length of the tray insert; a template received over the tray insert to cover the tray insert, the template having a plurality of openings through the template to selectively expose a desired subset of said slots of said tray insert; and a placement clip releasably secured through one of the openings in the template into a pair of the desired subset of said slots of said tray insert, wherein one of the plurality of openings in the template is sized and shaped according to a size and shape of the placement clip, and wherein the size of the one of the plurality of openings is different from a size of the pair of the desired subset of said slots, the placement clip acting to releasably secure the template to the tray insert and being adapted to maintain the product; wherein the top surface of the base forms a front product tier and a rear product tier sized for supporting the product, the front product tier including the receptacle and the rear product tier being defined in a space between a pair of fences and being disposed at a substantially higher vertical position than the front product tier, and wherein the front product tier is angled forwardly and downwardly and the rear product tier extends substantially horizontally relative to the front product tier.