NL1023839C2 - Retail space. - Google Patents

Description

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Retail space

The invention relates to a retail space provided with rack walls for placing products to be offered for sale at a number of predetermined viewing heights, the rack walls being placed along and / or walls bounding the retail space.

Such a retail space is generally known and can be observed everywhere where items are offered for sale.

The known retail space is for instance used for the sale of shoes placed on the rack walls.

A problem with the known retail space is that the effective floor space available for presenting the products to be sold is limited. On the one hand, the desired presentation space can be provided by placing more rack walls. However, this conflicts with requirements with regard to the minimum walking space to be maintained between the racking walls that is required for shopping to take place in a pleasant manner.

The invention has for its object to increase the effective shopping area such that more products can be displayed at a given store surface without this being at the expense of the remaining effective walking space.

To this end, the retail space according to the invention is characterized in that the rack walls have a curved course.

The design of the retail space in which the racks have a double-curved course is particularly advantageous. With this embodiment the greatest efficiency improvement is achieved while, moreover, the rack walls can be placed stably without special aids as a result of the double-curved course. The applicant mentions, as a possible return on investment, an effective retail space that is increased by approximately 41%.

Suitably the retail space can be designed in such a way that T023839 · the rack walls have an IS-shaped course at least over a part of their length. Among other things, this makes application I of the so-called shop-in-shop model simple. With such an S-shaped course, the rack wall has a concave section and a convex section. In the hollow part, for example, Nike material can be arranged, while in the convex part material of another brand, for example PUMA, can be placed.

In a further aspect of the invention, the shop space is characterized in that the rack walls comprise metal profile parts and material strips that can be taken and removed between the profile parts. For example, cardboard or plastic can be used for this. This makes it possible for H to manufacture the rack walls in large numbers at low cost, while moreover they can remain very light in weight due to a suitable choice of the material strips used. Moreover, it is an advantage that sales-supporting images or texts can be provided on the material strips, so that a advertising function can also be assigned to the rack walls.

It is advantageous for the profiles to be arranged for placement of detachable product carriers.

It is thereby preferred that the product carriers are made rigid transversely of their bearing surface and are flexible in their bearing surface so that they can follow the course of the shelf walls.

The product carriers can be formed in a suitable manner from a glass fiber-reinforced injection molded plastic.

The invention is also embodied in the separate rack wall which is suitable and intended to be placed in the retail space explained above. The invention also relates to the loose product carrier that can be placed in such an H rack wall.

The invention will be further elucidated hereinbelow on the basis of a non-limiting exemplary embodiment and H with reference to the drawing.

In the drawing: figure 1 shows a rack wall for placement in a retail space according to the invention; figure 2 shows the rack wall according to figure 1 provided with an image on the cardboard strips forming part of the rack wall; and figures 3, 4 and 5 a product carrier according to the invention to be placed in the rack wall.

Identical reference numbers used in the figures refer to the same parts.

Referring first to Figure 1, the rack wall 1 according to the invention is shown. It is believed that it is not necessary for a person skilled in the art to explain how a typical retail space is designed in which such a rack wall 1 is to be placed. This shelf wall can be placed both along and between the walls that border the retail space.

As Figure 1 clearly shows, the rack wall 1 has a curved and in particular a double-curved course. In the case shown, this rack wall is designed such that it has the shape of an 's'. It is conceivable, however, that the s-shaped course of the rack wall 1 is continued and is repeated.

The rack wall 1 can suitably be realized in such a way that metal profile parts, in particular aluminum profile parts, 3 are accommodated at the level of the product carriers 2 and that plastic or cardboard strips 4 are located between the profile parts 3 which are removable and repositionable.

Figure 2 shows that with this embodiment of removable plastic or cardboard strips 4 the rack wall 1 can also show an image which is arranged in or on the cardboard or the plastic 4, respectively.

Reference has just been made to the product carriers 2 which are placed in the metal profile parts 3 of the rack wall 1.

These product carriers 2 serve to place the products to be sold. In connection therewith, the product carriers 2 are rigid in the direction transversely of their bearing surface and in order to be able to correspond to the shape of the rack wall 1, the product carriers 2 in their bearing surface 1023839

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Claims (9)

A retail space provided with rack walls for placing products to be offered for sale at a number of predetermined viewing heights, the rack walls being placed along and / or walls bounding the retail space, characterized in that the rack walls have a have a curved gradient. Retail space according to claim 1, characterized in that the rack walls have a double-curved course. Shop space as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the rack walls have an S-shaped course at least over a part of their length. Shop space as claimed in any of the claims 1-3, characterized in that the rack walls comprise metal profile parts and material strips that can be taken and removed between the profile parts. Shop space as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the profiles are adapted for placement of detachable product carriers. Shop space as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the product carriers are made rigid transversely of their bearing surface and are flexible in their bearing surface so that they can follow the course of the shelf walls. 7. Retail space according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the product carriers are formed from a glass fiber-reinforced injection-molded plastic. 8. Shelf wall for placement in a retail space as described as part of the retail space according to any one of claims 1-7. Product carrier for placement in a rack wall characterized in that it is made rigid transversely of the support surface and is flexible in the support surface so that the course of the rack wall can be followed. 1023839 ·