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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Atlas Bolt & Screw Company Llc, Ashland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Michael William Mercier, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel Davenport, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Atlas Bolt & Screw Company LLC, Ashland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/12 (2006.01); A47F 5/08 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G01B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F 1/126 (2013.01); A47F 5/083 (2013.01); G01B 21/16 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12);
Abstract
A product display merchandiser comprising a track, a pusher configured to move along the track, a biasing mechanism configured to apply a force on the pusher in one direction along the track, and a distance sensor configured to detect the distance between the pusher and a fixed point. The distance sensor determines the number of products contained in the product display merchandiser based on the distance measured.