Patent ID: 6015051
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A shelf assembly comprising:a shelf frame having a front frame member and a rear frame member and a plurality of substantially parallel spaced dividers extending between said front frame member and said rear frame member, each of said dividers having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, the horizontal portions of the dividers defining substantially planar supporting surfaces, an adjacent pair of said dividers defining a track for supporting a plurality of products arranged in a column between said pair of adjacent dividers; anda pusher for urging said column of products forwardly along said track, said pusher comprising a sheet of material having a memory characteristic, said pusher having a plurality of recesses, said horizontal portions of said pair of adjacent dividers being received inside said recesses of said pusher so as to retain and guide said pusher in said track, said pusher being adapted to assume an upwardly bowed inverted U-shaped configuration above said supporting surfaces between said rear frame member and a rearwardmost one of said products in said track upon receipt of said column of products such that said memory characteristic biases said sheet toward a flat planar orientation so as to urge said column of products toward said front frame member.