Patent ID: 8820545

Claim:
In a product display tray of the type having a base structure comprising a plurality of laterally spaced apart, longitudinally extending wire elements, a product pusher slideably supported on said wire elements for forward and rearward movement thereon, said product pusher having front and back panels having bottom portions normally longitudinally spaced apart a predetermined distance and being joined together at a distance above said bottom portions, and a spring element having a first portion positioned to act upon said front panel to urge said product pusher in a forward direction on said wire elements and a second portion connected to said tray, the improvement characterized by (a) a locking member associated with said front panel and having an opening therein with edge portions thereof positioned to engage one or more of said wire elements, (b) said front and back panels being joined in a manner such that, when the bottom portions thereof are resiliently deflected toward each other the front panel of said product pusher is caused to tilt in a forwardly direction, and (c) said locking member being so associated with said front panel that, when said front panel is tilted forwardly, said locking member is also caused or permitted to tilt whereby said edge portions of said opening lockingly engage said one or more wire elements to lock said locking member and front panel against forward movement.