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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary E Zimmer, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Thomas E McEachron, Louisville, KY (US);
Kenneth J Oser, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Richard Tipton, Jeffersontown, KY (US);
Assignee:
The Interlake Companies, Inc., Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
211 592 ; 211151 ;
Abstract
A gravity feed storage rack includes two different types of roller strips. Heavy duty roller strips are located in the back to absorb the impact of products being dropped on the back of the rack. Regular duty roller strips extend to the front of the rack so that products can roll forward to the front of the rack. The heavy duty roller strips may lie behind the regular roller strips or may lie between the regular roller strips in the rear portion of the rack.