Shower door assembly display and retail

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11439255-B2
Application number	US-201916363629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2019
Priority date	May 30, 2012
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. An array of various shower door frames is oriented within the display unit. An array of various shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. A method for displaying shower door assemblies for retail is provided by displaying various shower door frames for purchaser selection. Various shower door glass panes are provided for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to display shower door assemblies for retail, the method comprising:
providing a retail display unit with a structure configured to support:
a first module configured to display one or more shower door frames,
a second module configured to display one or more glass panes, and,
a third module configured to display an assembled shower assembly;

providing an assembled shower door assembly, wherein the assembled shower door assembly is mounted to the retail display unit such that the assembled shower door assembly is translatable relative to the retail display unit;
displaying various shower door frames packaged separately in the first module of the retail display unit for purchaser selection;
displaying the assembled shower door assembly;
displaying various shower door glass panes packaged separately in the second module of the retail display unit for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames; and
displaying the assembled shower assembly in the third module of the retail display unit.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving the separately packaged shower door frames from a first manufacturing facility; and
receiving the separately packaged shower door glass planes from a second manufacturing facility that is different than the first manufacturing facility.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a shower door assembly.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying various shower hardware accessories in the retail display unit for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames and the shower door glass panes.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising displaying the various shower door frames, the various shower door glass panes, and the various shower hardware accessories in a sequence in the retail display unit.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising displaying instructional indicia for consumer selection of a shower door frame, a shower door glass pane, and a shower door hardware accessory from the retail display unit.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the various door frames for different shower door sizes.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the various shower door frames for various shower door styles.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the various shower door glass panes for various shower door styles.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying the various shower door frames in a first region of the retail display unit; and
displaying the various shower door glass panes in a second region of the retail display unit.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying various shower hardware accessories in a third region of the retail display unit for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames and the shower door glass panes.

Assignees

• Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp

Inventors

• Austin Iii James Allen
• Boehnen Patrick William
• Klein Matthew James
• Roetken Richard L
• Bosch Marcus
• Krumpe Geraint
• Schraufnagel Natalie A

Classifications

• A47F7/30

  for furniture, e.g. beds, mattresses · CPC title

• A47F7/0042 Primary

  for flat articles, e.g. panels, tiles (A47F7/0014, A47F7/14, A47F7/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06Q30/06

  Buying, selling or leasing transactions · CPC title

• G06Q30/0621

  by configuring or customising goods or services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0281

  Customer communication at a business location, e.g. providing product or service information, consulting · CPC title