Product management display system with trackless pusher mechanism

摘要

A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.

主权项

1. A merchandise display system comprising:
a front rail; and at least one divider configured to attach to the front rail and separate product into rows, wherein the at least one divider includes a divider wall extending in a direction perpendicular to the front rail, a divider floor perpendicular to the divider wall, wherein the divider floor is configured to hold product, and a cam coupled to the divider, the cam defining a cam glide extending outwardly from the cam and extending beneath the divider floor and contacting the front rail, wherein the cam is configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein the at least one divider is movable in a lateral direction parallel to the front rail when the cam is in the first position and the cam glide contacts the front rail, wherein the at least one divider is out of contact with the front rail when the cam is in the first position, and wherein the at least one divider resists movement in the lateral direction parallel to and along the front rail when the cam is in the second position and the cam glide is not in contact with the front rail.