Patent ID: 6866155

Claim:
A display rack for the display of multiple merchandise packages with provisions for moving product packages toward the front of the assembly as packages are removed by customers, which comprises (a) a support base comprising four spaced-apart, parallel support elements formed of wire and connected together at front and back ends thereof, (b) means for supporting said base at least a short distance above an underlying surface, (c) a product pusher mounted on said support elements for forward and rearward sliding movement, for urging packages to the front of said display assembly, (d) said product pusher comprising a sheet-like structure of plastic material including front and back wall panels joined together and having bottom edge margins spaced apart in the direction of said sliding movement, (e) said front and back wall panels having laterally opening notches therein along opposite edges thereof adjacent said bottom edge margins, slideably engaging outer ones of said wire support elements, and a pair of downwardly opening notches in said bottom edge margins slideably engaging inner ones of said wire support elements, (f) a coiled strip spring for urging said product pushed in a forward direction, (g) means at a forward end of said display rack for securing one end of said spring, (h) spaced apart internal surfaces of said product pusher forming a confinement for a coiled body of said strip spring with said coiled body urging said product pusher in a forward direction, (i) said front wall panel having at least one opening therein positioned centrally therein and between said inner ones of said wire support elements for the passage of said strip spring.