221 |
Shelf protector |
US683837 |
1976-05-06 |
US4073384A |
1978-02-14 |
Lawrence S. Celeste |
A protective shelf assembly which has a removable sheet-like shelf protector positioned over a shelf structure such as a wedge-shaped shelf installed on a supporting member. A lip of the shelf protector overhangs and abuts against a front edge of the shelf. A removable sheet-like shelf back protector is also provided which is positioned to lie against a shelf back member which is perpendicular to a rear edge of the shelf surface. As the shelf protectors become scratched, dented or otherwise damaged by products being displayed, the shelf protectors are discarded and replaced by new ones. |
222 |
Display rack construction |
US38503373 |
1973-08-02 |
US3855943A |
1974-12-24 |
LARSON C |
The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is directed to a display rack construction of the type to display a plurality of different kinds of articles. The display rack construction includes a support base upon which are secured one or more standards. A plurality of horizontally disposed, vertically displaced shelf members are secured to the standards and each shelf member includes a plurality of apertures formed about at least a portion of the periphery thereof. Article support bracket means are fashioned in such a manner so as to have a downwardly depending portion inserted into the aperture with a bight portion integral with the depending portion and turned over the top and edge portions of the shelf means. An extended portion is formed integral with the bight portion and is used to support either articles directly on the bracket or to support an apertured panel, or the like.
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223 |
Shelf detachably secured to an apertured board to form a display unit |
US3669034D |
1970-04-23 |
US3669034A |
1972-06-13 |
MARSCHAK HOWARD J |
A shelf or tray detachably secured to a conventional apertured board, such as a pegboard, to form a display unit. The shelf or tray is secured by means of a pair of wire brackets having hooking segments or hooking members, which brackets are detachably secured to the shelf or tray and the hooking segments are detachably peg-hooked into the openings in the apertured board so as to engage the apertured board to prevent lateral movement and sway of the brackets and also prevent inadvertent disassembly.
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224 |
PRODUCT DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE |
US16333306 |
2017-09-04 |
US20190239660A1 |
2019-08-08 |
Nigel Smith; Phil Smith; Carl Nowacki; Alistair Gordon Burns |
A product display for illuminating merchandise and/or display material includes a light guide that includes a first end and a further end. The light guide is configured to guide light from the first end towards the further end from a light source located at or near the first end of the product display. The product display also includes one or more surface feature respectively at one or more predetermined position on the surface of the light guide for allowing a portion of light to exit the light guide that position. The one or more surface feature a protrusion, indent, undulation or optical pattern. |
225 |
LED strip light for shelf signboards |
US15832410 |
2017-12-05 |
US10151472B2 |
2018-12-11 |
Guoqing Zeng; Yuanfang Xue; Jianguo Dong; Kai Xu; Fawei Zhang |
An LED strip light for shelf signboards, comprises a strip-shaped lamp chamber, and an LED light-emitting module. The strip-shaped lamp chamber comprises a card board connecting edge, a non-transparent edge, an upper transparent edge and a lower transparent edge. The upper transparent edge is parallel to the laminate. The LED light-emitting module comprises at least one LED chip, and a strip-shaped reflective device. The strip-shaped reflective device comprises a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the upper light transparent edge. The second reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the lower transparent edge. Due to the structure of the strip light chamber and the LED light-emitting module, the LED strip light for shelf signboards allows the first row of the article display side facing the customers which are placed on the laminate and the space below the laminate to be illuminated so as to improve the user's shopping experience. |
226 |
Medical cabinet communication system and methods |
US15455065 |
2017-03-09 |
US10115073B2 |
2018-10-30 |
Nathan John Wicks; Richard Eugene Leitermann; Jean-Claude Jacques Saghbini; Lars Rohrberg |
Described is an RFID-enabled medical item storage, organization, and/or tracking device, such as a cabinet or shelf, that includes a limited-range wireless network communication capability, such as low-energy Bluetooth or Zigbee, to communicate with nearby cabinets, shelves or mobile devices, any of which may serve as a communication aggregator to coordinate the communication of multiple cabinets, shelves and other devices with an inventory management system or other back-end computer system or other device via back haul wireless or wired networks (e.g., the Internet). |
227 |
TAPE FOR MODULAR SHELF SYSTEM |
US15937122 |
2018-03-27 |
US20180279806A1 |
2018-10-04 |
Greg Bryan; Matthew Jones |
A system and method are disclosed which facilitate installation of modular shelving through utilization of a notch indication tape. The notch identification tape may include an adhesive surface and an opposing identification surface having a plurality of identification markers. The identification markers can be numbers, letters, a combination thereof, or any other identification scheme. The notch identification tape may be placed on a vertical plane of a modular shelf so that it adheres to the vertical plane in order to identify specific notches on the vertical plane. |
228 |
MODULAR RFID SHELVING |
US15752040 |
2016-08-09 |
US20180235383A1 |
2018-08-23 |
Gary L. Josey |
A modular smart shelf for use in detecting and reading in real time, via Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), RFID-tagged or labeled articles disposed on or proximate the smart shelf. The smart shelf has a non-metallic low density core layer having opposed top and bottom faces, and an outer perimeter edge, antennae disposed on the top and/or bottom face of the core layer, and a thermoplastic or resinous surface sheet covering the antennae and secured to the top and bottom faces of the core layer. The modular shelf can additionally have a molded frame secured along the outer perimeter of the core layer, an RF transceiver electrically connected to the antennae and secured within a cavity of the rear molded member, and a power and communications connector connecting the RF transceiver with a front video display panel and with power and communications components in a support base of a shelf gondola. |
229 |
Display riser assembly |
US15284686 |
2016-10-04 |
US10045639B2 |
2018-08-14 |
Jason W. Johnson; Erin L. Zobel |
A display riser assembly includes at least one riser positioned on a back portion of a top surface of a display shelf and at least one paddle mounted to the at least one riser. The at least one riser includes a top panel, a front panel and two side panels located on either ends of the top panel and the front panel. The top panel includes a plurality of spaced apart through slots. The at least one paddle includes at least one planar display section that is horizontally oriented, at least one planar extension section that extends backwardly from the at least one display section and is inserted into one of the plurality of through slots so that the at least one display section is cantilevered forward from the riser and located above the top surface of the display shelf. Each riser supports a plurality of display sections. |
230 |
SIGNAGE SYSTEMS AND MERCHANDISING DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES |
US15423703 |
2017-02-03 |
US20180220812A1 |
2018-08-09 |
Thomas M. SHEA |
A shelf bracket for suspending merchandising display structures includes a generally planar main body portion, a proximal end for attachment to a shelf, and a distal end. The distal end is for suspending a merchandising display structure. The distal end defines at least one opening. A first tab extends into a first opening of the at least one opening for engaging a hole in a mounting tab a first merchandising display structure. |
231 |
LED STRIP LIGHT FOR SHELF SIGNBOARDS |
US15832410 |
2017-12-05 |
US20180180276A1 |
2018-06-28 |
Guoqing Zeng; Yuanfang Xue; Jianguo Dong; Kai Xu; Fawei Zhang |
An LED strip light for shelf signboards, comprises a strip-shaped lamp chamber, and an LED light-emitting module. The strip-shaped lamp chamber comprises a card board connecting edge, a non-transparent edge, an upper transparent edge and a lower transparent edge. The upper transparent edge is parallel to the laminate. The LED light-emitting module comprises at least one LED chip, and a strip-shaped reflective device. The strip-shaped reflective device comprises a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the upper light transparent edge. The second reflective surface reflects all the incident lights thereon toward the lower transparent edge. Due to the structure of the strip light chamber and the LED light-emitting module, the LED strip light for shelf signboards allows the first row of the article display side facing the customers which are placed on the laminate and the space below the laminate to be illuminated so as to improve the user's shopping experience. |
232 |
MERCHANDISING COMMUNICATION AND STOCK-OUT CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM |
US15821449 |
2017-11-22 |
US20180165626A1 |
2018-06-14 |
Gordon Davidson; Adrian Caminos; James Welty; Samuel Chen; Soul Kounlavong; Phong Nguyen |
A system and method for stock-out detection in a retail environment. The method includes sending, from a reference ultrasound emitter, a reference ultrasound pulse that is at least partially reflected by a retail shelf so as to form a return pulse. The return pulse is received at a reference ultrasound receiver. A reference round-trip-delay (RTD) corresponding to a time period between the sending of the reference pulse and the receiving of the return pulse is determined. A monitoring ultrasound pulse is sent toward the retail shelf and a reflection of the monitoring ultrasound pulse is received. A stock-out condition is determined based upon a comparison of the reference RTD and a monitored RTD associated with the monitoring ultrasound pulse. |
233 |
DISPLAY RISER ASSEMBLY |
US15284686 |
2016-10-04 |
US20180092470A1 |
2018-04-05 |
Jason W. Johnson; Erin L. Zobel |
A display riser assembly includes at least one riser positioned on a back portion of a top surface of a display shelf and at least one paddle mounted to the at least one riser. The at least one riser includes a top panel, a front panel and two side panels located on either ends of the top panel and the front panel. The top panel includes a plurality of spaced apart through slots. The at least one paddle includes at least one planar display section that is horizontally oriented, at least one planar extension section that extends backwardly from the at least one display section and is inserted into one of the plurality of through slots so that the at least one display section is cantilevered forward from the riser and located above the top surface of the display shelf. Each riser supports a plurality of display sections. |
234 |
Electronic smart shelf display |
US15225532 |
2016-08-01 |
US09924810B2 |
2018-03-27 |
Jean Vieville |
A merchandise display assembly comprises a tier of horizontally elongated metallic shelving for merchandise, with a display assembly detachably coupled at each shelf to an LED TV display of the merchandise. Each elongated LED TV display comprises an LCD screen comprised of 1920×95 pixels backlit by white light emitting LEDs, and projecting white LED lighting to illuminate the merchandise below each LED TV display, said LED TV displays each driven by an elongated compact HDMI or daisy chained controller board. The face of the display is arranged to have maximal area by confining vertical drivers to a compact upper region, permitting the boarder of the region to be of equal thickness both above and below the display and by providing a back cover that extends only to the rear surface of the display element. |
235 |
Stocking level indication apparatus and method |
US15585246 |
2017-05-03 |
US09911048B2 |
2018-03-06 |
Nicholaus A. Jones; Matthew A. Jones |
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein including a shelf assembly that utilizes the accumulated weight of products stocked thereon to compress a compression member disposed within the assembly. An electronic imaging device can be mounted proximate to the assembly and can be oriented to capture an image of the compression member to determine whether a particular shelf needs to be restocked and avoid having to manipulate or remove products from a shelf to determine a current stock level. |
236 |
DISPLAY PANELS WITH INTERCONNECTING PORTIONS |
US15476200 |
2017-03-31 |
US20180008063A1 |
2018-01-11 |
Joseph ROAN; Ivan LETINIC; Jacob A. DONADEE |
A display panel that has a first edge of a predetermined length that includes a first mating element at a predetermined location along the predetermined length; a second edge of a second predetermined length that includes a second mating element that is complementary to the first mating element and is located along the second predetermined length at a position that is complementary to the predetermined location of the first mating element; a third edge that is connected to the first and second edges and spaces the first and second edges apart by a predetermined distance; and, a fourth edge that is connected to the first and second edges and spaces the first and second edges apart by a predetermined distance and defines an opening for inserting a product into a display area. |
237 |
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHELF LABEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM |
US15508556 |
2015-09-28 |
US20170293959A1 |
2017-10-12 |
Yoshihiro ITOU; Kanako TAGA; Takenobu KITAHARA |
A product recognition unit (2020) recognizes a product from a target image on which the product and an electronic shelf label are imaged. A shelf label recognition unit (2040) extracts a shelf label ID from the target image. The shelf label recognition unit (2040) recognizes an electronic shelf label (3000) from the target image. A determination unit (2060) determines whether or not association of product information and the shelf label ID regarding the product and the electronic shelf label a closest product within the image, and product information and the shelf label ID of the electronic shelf label (3000) matches association of product information and a shelf label ID of relation information acquired by associating product information of the product and the shelf label ID based on the product and shelf label ID recognized from the target image. |
238 |
Shelf label holder |
US14876968 |
2015-10-07 |
US09697753B2 |
2017-07-04 |
Jason W. Johnson; Erin L. Zobel; Nicholas C. Juric |
A main body of a label holder is made of an opaque material and includes a main panel having a top end, a bottom end and a plurality of bends that define the main panel into a plurality of sections. The sections include a first substantially vertical section having a front facing surface that is spaced behind a front facing surface of a second substantially vertical section by a depth of a substantially horizontal section. A sign sleeve is at least partially made of a transparent material and is coupled to the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section. The sign sleeve is located between the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section and a plane that is in alignment with the front facing surface of the second substantially vertical section. |
239 |
Weldless shelf assemblies for merchandising display cases |
US14744043 |
2015-06-19 |
US09635958B2 |
2017-05-02 |
Chera Selvan Neelagantan; Satish Kumar Jatashanker Singh; Randall Booker |
The present application provides a shelf assembly for a display case. The shelf assembly may include a shelf, a pair of shelf brackets with a shelf bracket pocket, and a support rail with a pair of tabs. The support rail extends between the pair of shelf brackets and the tabs of the support rail fit with the shelf bracket pockets of the pair of shelf brackets. |
240 |
Retractable Hinged Shelf Display |
US15260647 |
2016-09-09 |
US20170071364A1 |
2017-03-16 |
Christopher J. Turner; Craig A. Fluegge |
A hinged drawer type shelving apparatus includes a shelf with a first portion and a second portion hinged to the first portion. The first portion is connected between opposing arms that have a guide connected to a rearward portion of the arm. A frame has opposing side members between which the shelf is disposed. Each side member has a channel for directing or guiding movement of the corresponding guide. The shelf moves between a first stored position, where the first and second shelf portions are coplanar with one another, and a second extended position to facilitate restocking of product. In the extended position, the first shelf portion is tilted and non-coplanar with the second shelf portion. |