Patent ID: 8152005

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying retail merchandise, comprising: a receptacle having a bottom, a front wall, a back wall and a pair of side walls, the walls extending upward from the bottom to define a chamber for holding retail merchandise; at least one hook projecting from the back wall; at least one removable divider positioned within the receptacle and in contact with the bottom, the front wall, and the back wall to separate the chamber into discrete side by side retail merchandise containment compartments; at least one retainer projecting from the back wall in vertically spaced relation to the at least one hook; wherein the at least one retainer is at least partially horizontally offset from the at least one hook; wherein each retainer is sandwiched between two hooks, one on each lateral side of the retainer; wherein each hook and each retainer are unitarily formed with the receptacle, the hook including a spacer portion extending rearwardly from the back wall and a downward portion depending downwardly from the spacer portion to define a slot in conjunction with the spacer portion and the back wall; wherein the at least one retainer is below the at least one hook and defines an internal vertical span H therebetween of between about 1 inch and about 1.25 inches, wherein the slot defines an internal width W of between about 0.15 and about 0.35 inches, whereby the dimensions H and W are configured to accommodate at least one of a retail wire rack with about a 1 inch spacing between adjacent wires of about 3/16 inch diameter and a retail cross bar having a vertical span of about a 1 inch and a thickness of about 3/16 inch; wherein the at least one retainer includes a bottom flange projecting rearwardly from the back wall and an upwardly depending flange projecting from the bottom flange in spaced relation to the back wall; and further comprising a ramp along the back wall defining a ramp surface at a first inclined angle relative to an extension of the back wall, and wherein the downward portion projects away from the extension of the back wall at a second inclined angle relative thereto, wherein the first and second inclined angles are between 2 degrees and 10 degrees.