FR2916615A1 - Movable support for e.g. shop, has plate with castor, roller or ball type elements, and support with U-shaped handle on which pivoting latch with rail stop is fixed, where latch is moved in rotation around axis - Google Patents

Abstract

The support has a plate (1) of width and depth less than width and depth of a shelf. The plate has castor, roller or ball type elements (5) on its lower side and a handle (6) on its front side, where the elements displace the plate on a support shelf. The support has a U-shaped handle on which a pivoting latch (8) with a rail stop (9) is fixed. The latch is moved in rotation around an axis permitting open and locked positions of the latch.

Description

The present invention relates to the presentation and storage of articles

  various on presentation plans such as shelves of gondolas, racks or others.

  The invention has, in its aspects, for the purpose of equipping the aforesaid materials, as well as in sales outlets as in reserves and other places of storage.

  The said invention is developed in response to the difficulties encountered in gripping objects or goods located on shelves too high and / or too deep:

  For example, but without this application is restrictive, the proliferation of references in stores, combined with the price of m2 of the said store led distributors to use shelves (gondolas) higher and higher and deeper.

  Goods located on the highest shelves are then accessible to the consumer only on a shallow depth.

  The actual commercial surface capacity is reduced accordingly and the risks of stockouts increase proportionally.

  The positioning of products and goods on high and deep shelves induces a certain difficulty for the personnel in charge of restocking the shelves and increases the potential risk of accidents.

  For the customers, the contortion-extensions made necessary for the taking of the goods, besides the risk of accident, generate a negative perception of the store and are globally anti-commercial.

  The present invention aims to eliminate all or part of the disadvantages described above by adding on said shelves a movable member to significantly increase the usable surface.

  The points of sale and / or storage of materials and goods are generally equipped with presentation or storage plans in the form of gondolas or racks; these plans are commonly called shelves.

  The said flat shelves have widths ranging from a few tens of cm up to two meters and more for a depth that can reach or even exceed 120 cm. The inter-shelf spaces in height, calculated so as to accommodate a maximum of shelves, thus minimized, prohibit, in most cases, the possibility of adding inclined planes to promote the forward positioning of some products.

  The invention that will be described can be used on all types of shelves, whatever their size, and for all types of products generally present on these shelves.

  The invention consists of a plane support (1) Fig.l, metal or other materials with suitable mechanical characteristics, width and variable depth.

  The support or tray (1) of lower depth than that of the shelf, may be, but this is only an example, a depth equal to that of half of the support shelf. The loading of the shelf is done in two stages: the movable plate, brought forward is loaded first; then pushed back to the bottom of the shelf; the liberated part at the front of the shelf is loaded in turn. Thus, the total capacity of the shelf is used. When the products occupying the AV part are removed (sold), the products located on the tray become accessible, simply by pulling the tray forward. This operation can be done either by the consumer or by the store staff, who in this case can then rotate the locking latch to prevent the tray from going backwards when the consumers are using (Fig.4). .

  The width of the tray may be equal to that of the shelf (functional games near), or lower, for example, the third or half, if said shelf hosts 1, 2, or 3 different references.

  The shelf will accommodate trays of different widths as needed, depending on the width assigned to each reference. But, it may appear more rational to target the invention to shelves hosting one or two references maximum.

  The tray (1) has a return directed upwards, for stopping the products at the back and on the right and left sides (2). The height of these returns will be determined by the characteristics of the goods hosted; the surfaces of these returns may indifferently be openwork or full, depending on the need for vision of the products (Fig.3).

  The tray (1), if it is metal can receive, as usually shelves, an epoxy type surface treatment on all sides. The reference color (Bichon or other), may be that specific to the brand of the product hosted.

  On its underside, the tray is provided with rollers, rollers, balls, or other elements (5) (Fig. 2 and 3) to facilitate its movement on the support shelf, from front to back and reciprocally.

  The main characteristic of this element, in addition to its mechanical resistance to the load, and its function of movable connection between the plate (1) and the support (4) (Fig.l), is its dimension reduced in height so that the distance between the platea.z (1) and the shelf is as small as possible so as not to significantly reduce the free space between shelves. These rollers, rollers, balls, or others, may, depending on the load constraints be metallic, injected plastic material or other. They can be individual or integrated into a support assembly facilitating their positioning on the plate. Their number varies according to the load supported and the size of the plate (Fig.2). The tray (1), provided on its front face with a U-shaped handle (6) and a pivoting locking latch (8) (Fig.4). - The handle makes it easy to grab the tray to bring it to the front of the shelf. 40 - the latch makes it possible to block the plate in its position when it is in place at the front of the shelf (to avoid a recoil during the restocking for example) (Fig.4).

  FIG. 4 illustrates a system of mobility of the latch: when the latch is rotated by turns, counterclockwise (FIG. 4), it is blocked horizontally by the cleat (8) and releases the plate in translation relative to the shelf.

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  Figure 4 defines the functional components of this feature of the invention. This feature is incidental to the main claim defined above.

  The function of guiding the tray on the shelf during its forward / reverse movements is provided by the assembly consisting of a rigid frame (4), two or more guide rails (5) corresponding to the rolling paths. wheels, rollers or others (Fig.3).

  The type of rollers and the number of rolling paths (referred to as rails), depends on the dimensions (width and depth) of the tray, as well as the weight of products or goods to support.

  The frame (4), a priori mechanically welded, (without excluding other techniques), perhaps, either simply placed on the shelf, or positioned / fixed by a semi permanent mechanical connection (bolting), or positioned / fixed with double-sided tape or magnetic tape (Fig.3).

  The frame (4) has a stop at the AV (10) to prevent the support (1) to exceed the right AV of the shelf 25 during its translational movement (Fig.3). DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

  The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention:

  The plate 1 represents a perspective view of the entire device.

  The board 2 represents a sectional view from the side of the device.

  The plate 3 represents an exploded view of the device.

  tep Plate 4 represents a perspective of the 2 positions of the tray and the latch.

Claims (5)

  1-mobile support for facilitating the gripping of goods on deep and / or high shelves, characterized in that it consists of a plate (1) of width and depth less than that of the shelf, provided on its underside of elements (5) type wheels, rollers, balls intended to facilitate its movement on the support shelf, and provided with a handle (6) on its front face (Fig.3).   2- Support according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a return (2) directed upwards to the rear and on the right and left sides for stopping the goods (Fig.3).   3- support according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a return directed downwards to the front, for fixing the handle.   4- Support according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that on the U-shaped handle 20 is fixed a pivoting latch with stopper (Fig.4).   5- Support according to claim 4, characterized by the mobility of the latch (8) in rotation about an axis for two positions: 25 - open position: latch held in horizontal position by engagement with the latch (9) (Fig 4) . - Locked position: by turning 31 circle clockwise, the latch (8) 30 in the vertical position, blocks the support in translation AR relative to the shelf (Fig.4).