Patent ID: 8616387

Claim:
A device for providing selective concealment and access to items stored on an overhead part of a retail shelving system, the device comprising: a plurality of mounting posts attachable to the retail shelving system, wherein each of the plurality of mounting posts extend in a substantially vertical direction above the retail shelving system and comprise a plurality of substantially vertical channels terminating in respective ends thereof, wherein each of the plurality of mounting posts comprise side walls attached to a front wall, wherein each of the side walls include one of the substantially vertical channels terminating in respective ends thereof, and wherein the respective ends of each of the substantially vertical channels terminate in a lower aperture and an upper aperture; and at least one panel support unit configured to hold a panel therein, wherein the at least one panel support unit is engaged with the plurality of mounting posts and is selectively moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration such that: when in the open configuration, the at least one panel support unit is displaced to provide access to the items stored on the overhead part of the retail shelving system, when in the closed configuration the at least one panel support unit conceals the items stored on the overhead part of the retail shelving system, and when attached to the retail shelving system, the lower aperture is obstructed by vertical posts of the retail shelving system and the at least one panel support unit is not engageable with the lower aperture.