Modular Shelf Glide Organizer With Adjustable Product Channels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing shelf organizers are limited in their ability to accommodate shelves of varying widths and lengths, and they struggle to adjust product channels to fit products of different shapes and sizes, leading to inefficient use of space and difficulty in accessing products.
Innovation Solution
A variable shelf organizer system with adjustable floor members and divider members that can be assembled to fit any shelf length and width, featuring cooperatively engageable components with break-away sections and adjustable product guide channels to accommodate various product dimensions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If fixed shelf organizers are used, then product display is simple, but adaptability to different shelf sizes and product dimensions is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf organizer is divided into multiple modular floor members that can be assembled in different configurations. Each floor member contains standardized track ribs with projections, allowing the system to be segmented and reconfigured for various shelf sizes and product dimensions while maintaining structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The floor members and divider members are designed with universal engagement features (track ribs, projections, slots) that allow the same components to function across multiple shelf configurations and product types. This multi-functionality enables a single inventory of components to adapt to different shelf sizes and product dimensions.
2Ease of operation
If products are randomly distributed on shelves, then shelf space is easy to fill, but product accessibility and visibility are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The divider members are designed to be selectively positionable along the track ribs, allowing dynamic adjustment of product guide channel widths and positions. This enables the organizer to adapt to different product sizes while maintaining organized, accessible displays that maximize shelf space utilization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable divider members are added to create customizable channels, then adaptability to different products improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The divider member is segmented into a body portion and a separate product stop portion that can be selectively positioned. This segmentation allows the product stop to be adjusted along the track rib while keeping the overall structure relatively simple and reducing the number of completely separate components needed.
4Adaptability or versatility
If break-away sections are incorporated into floor members, then adaptability to different shelf lengths improves, but structural strength is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The floor members are pre-configured with break-away sections at predetermined locations during manufacturing. These pre-planned weakness points allow the floor member to be easily broken to the required length without compromising the structural strength of the remaining intact portions, enabling adaptation to different shelf lengths while maintaining necessary strength.
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AI summary
A variable shelf organizer glide system for merchandising products therefrom capable of being assembled to accommodate any shelf length and width and any product dimension including a plurality of cooperatively engageable adjustable floor members having a plurality of transverse projection members associated with each respective track rib, the transverse projection members extending laterally across only a portion of the respective longitudinal slots formed between adjacent track ribs, and a plurality of adjustable divider members, each divider member being selectively engageable with the transverse projection members to form any number of segregated product channels for arranging products therebetween. Each floor member includes frangible break-away portions for adjusting the overall length thereof, and each divider member includes a frangible break-away front product stop member as well as a plurality of frangible break-away rear portions for likewise controlling the overall length of each divider member.