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.

主权项

1. A pusher mechanism for merchandising product on a shelf comprising:
a first pusher section; a second pusher section, wherein the first pusher section and the second pusher section are configured to together advance; and wherein one of the first pusher section and the second pusher section includes a projection and the other of the first pusher section and the second pusher section includes a corresponding recess to receive the projection of the other pusher section; wherein the first pusher section and the second pusher section are adjustable relative to each other to accommodate product; wherein one of the first pusher section and the second pusher section includes a toothed rack and the other of the first pusher section and the second pusher section includes a slot or opening for receiving the toothed rack and a worm gear configured to mesh with the toothed rack and wherein the worm gear is configured to adjust the first pusher section relative to the section pusher section.