Gravity feed display unit with modular capability

Abstract

A gravity feed display unit capable of being both vertically and horizontally arranged to achieve a wide variety of modular gravity feed configurations comprising a plurality of shelf members each having opposed side wall portions and a planar floor portion extending therebetween dividing each shelf member into respective upper and lower portions, a plurality of socket cavities integrally formed with the respective upper and lower portions of each of the shelf members, the shelf socket cavities being positioned at spaced locations adjacent the opposed side wall portions of each respective shelf member and each socket cavity including angularly oriented side wall portions, a plurality of elongated support members each having opposed end portions adapted to be insertably receivable within each of the shelf socket cavities so as to connect adjacent shelf members in spaced apart relationship one above the other, the planar floor portion of each shelf member being angularly oriented relative to a horizontal surface in a gravity feed orientation when a plurality of the support members are engaged with the upper and lower socket cavities of adjacent shelf members and the connected support members are thereafter vertically oriented relative to the same horizontal surface. A connector member is likewise disclosed for joining at least two of the present shelf members in a side-by-side gravity feed relationship one adjacent the other, use of a plurality of the present connector members enabling vertically disposed adjacent shelf members to be connected both in spaced apart gravity feed relationship one above the other and in side-by-side gravity feed relationship one adjacent the other.