Patent ID: 8827111

Claim:
A dispenser and display rack system storing and displaying a plurality of generally cylindrically shaped products all having substantially equal diameters on store shelving, said system comprising: at least three panels having an operative orientation wherein said panels are disposed in spaced-apart side-by-side relation and wherein adjacent ones of said panels constitute panel pairs; each of said panel pairs having an open front region; said open front region having an upper section and a lower section; rails affixed to each of said panels forming first and second product chutes between each of said panel pairs; each of said first and second product chutes having a loading end, a dispensing end and an elongated product travel path descending at least substantially full length from said loading end to said dispensing end; the loading end of said first product chute being located at said upper section and disposed above the loading end of said second product chute; the dispensing end of said first product chute being located at said lower section and disposed below the dispensing end of said second product chute, wherein the dispensing end of said second product chute is disposed above the dispensing end of said first product chute a distance about equal to the diameter of the generally cylindrically shaped products and offset rearwardly from the dispensing end of said first product chute a distance about equal to one and one-half the diameter; a product label holder moveable from a closed position in access closing relation to each said loading end to a removed position in access opening relation therewith; a product travel stop disposed proximal to the dispensing end of each of said first and second product chutes, said product travel stops being horizontally offset from each other a sufficient distance to permit placement of one product atop adjacent products disposed at the dispensing end of said first product chute and contiguous at least one of said adjacent products, said rails of each of said first and second product chutes including at least one rail set; each said at least one rail set including a first rail having set a first product support surface and a second rail having a second product support surface offset from and disposed below said first product support surface.