Paul Flum Ideas, Inc.

Keith Harbour

Donald J Miller, Jr

Christopher C Bidwell

Dewalt W Fowler

Paul L Flum

Andrew J Boron

Jonathan L Headrick

Andrew J Covault

Rebecca J Bidwell

William B McWilliams

A display stand for supporting a conventional cooler chest or other product holding container including a first member foldable to form a shell for receiving the cooler chest, a second member positionable within the shell for supporting the cooler chest when positioned thereon, and a third member positionable within the shell providing a floor surface for holding the cooler chest, the third member being located within the shell such that the shell wraps around the side walls of the cooler chest when the cooler chest is positioned on the third member. The third member further includes an extension portion foldable to form a drain spout, the drain spout being positionable through a door assembly associated with the first member for funneling the waste water away from the cooler chest to a suitable container positioned exterior of the display stand.

Display stand for merchandising chilled products and the like

A product module adaptable for interlocking engagement with other similarly constructed modules to form a composite display assembly for merchandising products therefrom, each product module including at least one elongated product channel defined by a pair of laterally spaced upstanding side walls and a substantially planar product supporting floor portion extending therebetween, each product channel including a product graphic panel which is removably attachable to the front portion of each product channel via a wide variety of different constructional arrangements. Each product graphic panel is preferably dimensioned such that when it is attached to the front portion of a particular product channel, the graphic panel will substantially overlay the product identification and graphics associated with the lead product container positioned within that particular product channel. The present product modules may also optionally include an adjustable mechanism for adjusting the fore and aft position of such module relative to the front portion of an underlying support structure upon which the modules may rest. Still other optional features associated with the present product modules function to more effectively facilitate their utilization in a wide variety of different merchandising applications.

Product merchandising display unit with replaceable product graphics

A product merchandising display device having variable/selectable product capacity adaptable for use in merchandising both chilled and non-chilled products, the present device including a tub member or receptacle having an internal cavity adapted for receiving and holding a quantity of product, and ice if so desired, and a product support floor member positionable at any one of a plurality of different elevated locations within the tub cavity for varying the product holding capacity thereof. A wide variety of constructions for supporting the product support floor member at the various plurality of different elevations within the tub cavity are disclosed herein, the preferred constructions including at least one shoulder portion located adjacent the tub sidewall at each of the respective elevated locations, the shoulder portions being engageable with at least one peripheral edge portion associated with the product support floor member for supporting the floor member at each of the elevated locations. The floor member is also constructed so as to be maneuverable past any interfering shoulder portions into its substantially flat operative position at each of the plurality of different elevated locations within the tub cavity.

Product merchandising unit with variable/selectable product capacity

An overhead guide channel stabilizer structure for use in cooperation with existing product merchandising display equipment so as to enable such existing equipment to more readily accommodate the merchandising of taller product containers therefrom, the present stabilizer structure being positionable within such existing equipment in spaced relationship above a product support area located therein and including a plurality of spaced, parallel guide members defining a plurality of guide channels therebetween for receiving and guiding the movement of the upper portions of product containers positioned therebetween and supported on the product support area located therebelow. The present stabilizer structure is easily mounted within existing display equipment, including refrigerated display coolers and other types of product merchandising display devices having a wide variety of different product support areas and other shelf constructions associated therewith; it provides sideward support for the product containers positioned therebetween to prevent such containers from falling over; it functions to guide the movement of product containers in orderly rows on the product support area located below; it includes an adjustment mechanism for varying the height of the stabilizer structure above the product support area depending upon the particular height of the product containers to be dispensed therefrom; it can be conveniently mounted in either a flat substantially horizontal position or in an inclined position for gravity feed operation; and it may also include frangible side portions which can be easily detached for adjusting the width of the overall structure to facilitate use in existing display equipment having varying width dimensions.

Overhead guide channel stabilizer means for use in association with

A gravity feed product merchandising display device for suspending a plurality of product containers in parallel rows therefrom, the display device comprising one or more adjacent product channels adaptable for receiving the cap or closure portion associated with a wide variety of product containers when positioned therewithin, each product channel including a pair of rail members for engaging the product containers positioned therebetween whereby the product containers are slidably movable therealong towards the front portion of the device for easy access and removal therefrom, and a stop member positioned adjacent the front portion of each product channel, the stop member including a generally forwardly facing aperture located in communication with each respective product channel, the stop member aperture being sized and shaped to engage the closure portion of the lead product container in each product channel so as to prevent its passage through the aperture when the product container is oriented in its suspended free state orientation but being sized and shaped so as to allow the closure portion of each product container to pass therethrough when the product container is angularly oriented at at least a minimum predetermined angle relative to its suspended free state orientation. The present invention also discloses several optional configurations and various components for accommodating product containers having differently sized neck and closure portions. Several methods for manufacturing the present display devices are also disclosed herein.

Gravity feed product merchandising display device and method for

An adjustable shelf support structure adaptable for use in combination with existing refrigerated display coolers and other types of product merchandising display equipment including first and second members which are engageable with each other such that the first and second members can be moved relative to each other to change the overall width of the support structure, the first and second members further including a mechanism for varying the effective length of the support structure so as to change the overall depth thereof, the first and second members when engaged with each other being capable of both width and depth adjustment to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment. The present shelf support structure can be seated on existing support clips which are attached to upright support members commonly associated with existing display equipment, the support clips being selectively engageable with such upright support members at various intermediate locations therealong so as to orient the present support structure in either a substantially fiat horizontal position or in an inclined position for gravity feed operations.

Adjustable shelf support structure

An adjustable shelf support structure adaptable for use in combination with existing refrigerated display coolers and other types of product merchandising display equipment including first and second members which are telescopingly engageable with each other such that the first and second members can be moved relative to each other to change the overall width of the support structure, the first and second members further including a mechanism for varying the effective length of the opposed side portions of the support structure so as to change the overall depth thereof, the first and second members when engaged with each other being capable of both width and depth adjustment to accommodate the varying width and depth dimensions associated with existing product merchandising display equipment. The present shelf support structure also includes a plurality of hook members which are specifically designed to engage both the shelf support structure and the upright support members commonly associated with existing display equipment, the hook members being selectively engageable with such upright support members at various intermediate locations therealong so as to orient the present support structure in either a substantially flat horizontal position or in an inclined position for gravity feed operations.

An improved construction for mounting one or more changeable display panels in overlaying relationship to the outer surface of a product merchandising display unit or other supporting structure, the mounting construction including spaced opposed channel members and spaced opposed guide members positioned at predetermined locations on the outer surface of the display unit so as to cooperatively engage at least a portion of the respective top, bottom, and side edge portions of the display panel for holding the same in proper orientation on the display unit, the opposed channel members being constructed and dimensioned to provide additional maneuvering space therewithin so as to enable the opposed top and bottom edge portions of the display panel to be aligned and positioned for insertion therewithin, and at least one of the channel members including a step formed therein to facilitate the maneuvering of the display panel within the channel member preparatory to engaging and capturing both the top and bottom edge portions thereof with the respective channel members.

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Florissant, MO, United States of America

Keith Harbour