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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1997
Keith Harbour, Springfield, IL (US);
Christopher C Bidwell, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
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.