Modular Shelf Organizer With Rollers for Heavy Product Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gravity feed shelf systems face challenges in facilitating the movement of heavier products and inefficiently utilize shelf space, particularly in accommodating products of varying sizes and shapes, leading to difficulties in stocking and displaying merchandise effectively in retail settings.
Innovation Solution
A modular shelf organizer system comprising adjustable floor members with rollers and grid-like surfaces, divider members, and a front wall member that acts as a momentum arrestor, allowing for customizable shelf widths and lengths to accommodate various product sizes and shapes, ensuring easy movement and visibility of products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If heavier packaged products are placed on traditional gravity feed shelves, then product storage capacity is improved, but product movement capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf surface is segmented into multiple rollers that independently rotate to facilitate product movement. Each roller acts as a separate element that can be individually actuated, allowing heavy products to be moved through distributed mechanical assistance rather than relying on gravity alone.
Solution Approach 2:
Rollers are introduced as intermediary elements between the shelf surface and the heavy packaged products. These rollers reduce friction and provide mechanical assistance for moving heavy items, serving as a mediator that enables product movement without requiring direct manual handling or complex mechanical systems.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed shelf configurations are used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but adaptability to different product sizes and shapes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf system incorporates adjustable divider members that can be repositioned along the shelf length and width, transforming a static shelf configuration into a dynamic one. This allows the same shelf unit to adapt to different product sizes and shapes while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through standardized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The shelf design uses universal, standardized components including adjustable dividers, modular roller sections, and configurable front walls that can serve multiple product types. This multi-functional approach allows a single shelf design to accommodate various product configurations without requiring custom-manufactured units.
3Area of stationary object
If products are randomly distributed on shelves, then shelf space utilization is improved, but product accessibility and selection efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The shelf space is segmented into defined channels and zones using adjustable divider members, which organize products into specific pathways. This segmentation maintains high space utilization by efficiently packing products while simultaneously improving accessibility by guiding customer视线 and hand movement along organized channels to specific products.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively addresses the challenges by facilitating the movement of heavier products and optimizing shelf space utilization, providing a flexible and efficient solution for displaying and stocking merchandise of different sizes and shapes, enhancing customer access and visibility.
Implementation Method 1
The shelf system includes a floor member having a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of rollers spaced apart along a bottom surface of the floor member
Implementation Method 2
The shelf system includes a front wall member which is likewise engageable with the various embodiments of the floor member and acts as a momentum arrestor to prevent product from toppling over the front wall of the shelf system
Implementation Method 3
The present shelf system can be conveniently supported in a flat horizontal position or in an inclined position for gravity feeding products positioned thereon
Data Source
AI summary
A variable shelf organizer system for displaying merchandise thereon including a standard track glide floor member, a plurality of removably adjustable divider members and a front wall member. The divider members and front wall member are engageable with the floor member and when multiple divider members are engaged therewith, product channels are formed therebetween for holding and securing products of varying size and shape on the floor member. The width of the shelf system may be increased or decreased by joining or detaching similarly constructed floor members in a side-by-side relationship and the length of the shelf system may be increased by attaching one or more floor extension members to the floor members.