Patent ID: 8468844

Claim:
An air baffle structure for an open front refrigerated display case, where the display case is provided with a back wall with openings for the forward flow of refrigerated air and where a display bar of non-circular cross section extends horizontally in front of said back wall, which comprises, (a) one of more product display trays mounted in cantilever fashion at back ends thereof on said display bar and extending forwardly from said display bar for the display of merchandise in said display case, (b) a baffle support mounted on said display bar and extending generally horizontally forwardly therefrom, (c) said baffle support including laterally spaced apart support elements extending horizontally outward with respect to said display bar and upwardly extending portions joined with inner end portions of said support elements, (d) said upwardly extending portions being secured to and positioned adjacent to said display bar, and (e) a thin, generally flat baffle plate removably supported on said baffle support, (f) said baffle support and said baffle plate extending underneath said one or more trays in closely spaced relation to bottoms thereof, (g) said baffle plate having positioning elements at a rear edge region thereof engaging said upwardly extending portions for releasably positioning said baffle plate with respect to said baffle support.