The Mead Corporation

Edmond B Reinagel

Dennis E Parham

Bernard Primiano

Gerald O Salveson

An arrangement for interconnecting first and second objects, comprises a connector element and an anchoring element which are formed on the first object and a connector aperture and an anchoring aperture defined in the second object. The connector element extends from the first object along a notional line. The anchoring element is disposed at a distance along the notional line from the connector element, and extends parallel to the connector element. The anchoring aperture is disposed at a distance along the notional line from the connector aperture. The connector element is received in the connector aperture and disposed at an engaged position where the connector element engages the periphery of the connector aperture. Within the connector aperture, the connector element is movable along the notional line between the engaged position and a disengaged position. The anchoring element is received in the anchoring aperture and disposed at a retaining position where the anchoring element allows the connector element to be in the engaged position. Within the anchoring aperture, the anchoring element is movable along the notional line between the retaining position and a releasing position. A flexible locking element is joined to the second object and disposed in the anchoring aperture at a position where it takes over the releasing position for the anchoring element.

Arrangement for interconnecting two objects

A pusher unit for placement into a merchandise display tray to dispense merchandise which has an elongated shelving track with a front end and a top surface for carrying the bottom surface of the merchandise. The pusher unit has a spring-biased pusher plate with a front surface for contacting the side surface of the merchandise. The bottom section of the pusher plate is movable along the top surface of the shelving track so that the front surface of the pusher plate engages the side surface of the merchandise and the merchandise is thereby disposed between the pusher plate and the front end of the shelving track. The pusher plate has interconnected upper and lower sections with the upper section being movable between a merchandise-dispensing position and a merchandise-loading position. When the upper section is in the merchandise-loading position, the front surface of the upper section of the pusher plate is out of the plane defined by the front surface of the lower section. The pusher plate can be locked into a selective position along the shelving track to facilitate loading merchandise on the shelving track in front of the pusher plate. An improved shelf for dispensing merchandise is also provided, which has a shelving track removably attached to the merchandise display tray.

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Social Circle, GA, United States of America

Edmond B Reinagel