Article divider assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10413094-B2
Application number	US-201815875247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2018
Priority date	Mar 13, 2015
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

An article divider assembly is provided with a support bracket adapted to be mounted to a retail display. A divider member extends from the support bracket and is sized to extend between a pair of articles at an upper region of the pair of articles to divide the articles without blocking an outward face of the articles. The divider member comprises a proximal end mounted to the support bracket and a distal end extending away from the support bracket. A display bracket is mounted to the distal end of the divider member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A retail display comprising:
a frame;
at least one article divider assembly mounted to the frame, the article divider assembly comprising:
a support bracket mounted to the frame,
a divider member extending from the support bracket and sized to extend between a pair of articles at an upper region of the pair of articles to divide the articles without blocking an outward face of the articles, wherein the divider member comprises a plurality of incrementally spaced divider members extending from the support bracket, wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members comprises a proximal end mounted to the support bracket and a distal end extending away from the support bracket, and
a stabilizer bracket mounted to the distal ends of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members; and

at least one pair of articles provided in the display adjacent to the divider member; and
wherein each of the plurality of spaced divider members is spaced apart in a thickness direction of the at least one pair of articles.

2. The retail display of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members is spaced apart a distance that is greater than a thickness of one of the pair of articles.

3. The retail display of claim 2 wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members is spaced apart the distance that is less than a combined thickness of the pair of articles.

4. The retail display of claim 1 wherein the support bracket comprises an upper support bracket and a lower support bracket; and
wherein the divider member extends from the upper support bracket and the lower support bracket.

5. The retail display of claim 4 wherein at least one of the upper support bracket and the lower support bracket is adjustable relative to the other.

6. The retail display of claim 1 further comprising a display bracket mounted to the distal end of the divider member.

7. The retail display of claim 6 wherein indicia indicative of article information is provided on the display bracket.

8. The retail display of claim 6 wherein the display bracket is oriented above an upper height of the pair of articles for clearance of the articles.

9. The retail display of claim 6 wherein the display bracket is angled relative to the divider member to face downward.

10. The retail display of claim 1 wherein the divider member is provided above a center of gravity of the at least one pair of articles.

11. The retail display of claim 1 wherein the at least one pair of articles comprises a shower door component.

12. The retail display of claim 1 wherein each of the at least one pair of articles is provided in the display in between a pair of the of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members.

13. A method for displaying a shower door component, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a support bracket mounted to a retail display;
providing a plurality of laterally spaced apart divider members extending from the support bracket;
providing a display bracket with an outward display face, mounted to distal ends of the plurality of divider members;
providing a shower door component in the display with an upper region of the shower door component between a pair of laterally spaced apart divider members with an outward display face in the same direction as the outward display face of the display bracket; and
displaying the shower door component below the display bracket without blocking the outward display face of the shower door component.

14. A retail display comprising:
a frame;
at least one article divider assembly mounted to the frame, the article divider assembly comprising:
a support bracket mounted to the frame,
a divider member extending from the support bracket and sized to extend between a pair of articles at an upper region of the pair of articles to divide the articles without blocking an outward face of the articles, wherein the divider member comprises a plurality of incrementally spaced divider members extending from the support bracket, wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members comprises a proximal end mounted to the support bracket and a distal end extending away from the support bracket, and
a stabilizer bracket mounted to the distal ends of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members;

at least one pair of articles provided in the display adjacent to the divider member; and
a display bracket mounted to the distal end of the divider member; and
wherein the display bracket is angled relative to the divider member to face downward.

15. The retail display of claim 14 wherein each of the at least one pair of articles is provided in the display in between a pair of the of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members.

16. The retail display of claim 14 wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members is spaced apart a distance that is greater than a thickness of one of the pair of articles; and
wherein each of the plurality of incrementally spaced divider members is spaced apart the distance that is less than a combined thickness of the pair of articles.

17. The retail display of claim 14 wherein the support bracket comprises an upper support bracket and a lower support bracket;
wherein the divider member extends from the upper support bracket and the lower support bracket; and
wherein at least one of the upper support bracket and the lower support bracket is adjustable relative to the other.

18. The retail display of claim 14 wherein the display bracket is oriented above an upper height of the pair of articles for clearance of the articles.

19. The retail display of claim 14 wherein the divider member is provided above a center of gravity of the at least one pair of articles.

20. The retail display of claim 14 wherein the at least one pair of articles comprises a shower door component.

Assignees

• Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp

Inventors

• Boehnen Patrick William
• Klein Matthew James

Classifications

• A47F2005/0075

  Headers for show stands, shelves, racks or cases · CPC title

• A47F7/148

  the show stands or the like being made of wire, tubes or metal strips · CPC title

• A47F5/08

  secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices · CPC title

• A47F7/0021

  for long or non-stable articles, e.g. fishing rods, pencils, lipsticks or the like; Compartments or recesses as stabilising means (A47F7/14, A47F7/28, A47B81/005 take precedence) · CPC title

• A47F7/0014 Primary

  for a horizontal stack of flat articles in an almost vertical position; Stabilising means therefor · CPC title