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1. A bottom supporting shelf allocation and management system for allocating shelf space among rows of products, the system comprises:
a plurality of adjacent shelf allocating and managing units, each unit associated with at least one row of products, wherein each unit includes: a base substantially corresponding in length to a depth of a shelf where the base is adapted to rest on the shelf and to support the at least one row of products, a perpendicular side divider approximately the same length as the base where the side divider is removeably attached to the side edge of the base and where the coupling of the side divider and base locks the side divider and base in a fixed lateral position but enables the side divider to slide forward and backward along the length of the base while the base remains stationary, a backstop attached to the rear of the side divider and protruding laterally across the base which is configured, when the side divider is drawn forward, to make contact with a rearmost product resting on the base and will push the rearmost product and any other products on the base forward in sympathy to the forward movement of the side divider, and at least one of a front catch coupled to the base and configured to engage a front edge of the shelf preventing unwanted rearward movement of the base, and a rear catch configured to engage a rear edge of the shelf preventing unwanted forward movement of the base. |
