An article moving device of the present invention includes a plurality of roller members, a base member which has a bottom plate section and a peripheral wall section and accommodates the plurality of roller members, and a plate-shaped cover member which is detachably attached to the peripheral wall section so as to cover an opening section surrounded by the peripheral wall section, wherein the base member is formed of a material having a flexural modulus of 2500 MPa to 4000 MPa, a first parameter of 7.00 to 18.00, as calculated by the formula: flexural modulus (MPa)×yield stress in tension (MPa)×thickness (mm)/density (g/cm.sup.3)/100000, and a second parameter of 2.00 to 10.00, as calculated by the formula: first parameter×nominal tensile strain at break (%)/100.

A bottom supporting shelf allocation and management system for allocating shelf space among rows of products comprises a plurality of adjacent shelf allocating and managing units. Each unit is associated with at least one row of products. Each unit includes a base extending to a shelf depth and supporting the row(s) of products, an integral perpendicular side divider attached to the side edge of the base, an open side of the base opposite the base side to which the side divider is attached, a puller that travels in a channel on the base and along the length of the base, a backstop attached to the rear of the puller extending laterally across the surface of the base which is configured to make selectively contact a rearmost product resting on the base and push the row of products on the base forward in sympathy to the puller forward movement.

The present invention provides a modular pusher system for facing products on a shelf. The system comprises a plurality of dividers each having a front end and a rear end, at least one pusher comprising a spring element for biasing the pusher towards a front edge of a shelf, a back rail having a mounting element for holding rear ends of the dividers and that is mountable on an upper side of a shelf in a position that is parallel to a front edge of the shelf and at a distance from the front edge of the shelf, and a plurality of front retainers for retaining products at the front edge of a shelf. Wherein when the system is constructed on a shelf each front retainer is mounted at the front edge of the shelf to extend upwardly from the front edge, the back rail is mounted on an upper surface of a shelf in a position that is parallel to a front edge of the shelf and at a distance from the front end of the shelf, each divider is mounted at its front end to a front retainer and at its rear end to the back rail, and each pusher is mounted on the upper side of the shelf between two dividers and is biased towards the front edge of the shelf by its spring element. This results in a pusher system wherein products can be positioned on a shelf in at least one channel formed between adjacent dividers and between a pusher and front retainers to be thereby faced on a shelf. The system is advantageous in that it is a system that can be retrofitted to substantially any shelf or shelving unit. It can also be used with products of a variety of sizes. Preferably the system further comprises a low-friction glide mat that is positioned on an upper surface of a shelf before the other components of the system are mounted thereon and is thereby held in position.

A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame for supporting retail merchandise, a pusher that slides along the frame, and at least one movable divider assembly adjustable positionable relative to the frame, the divider assembly including a movable baffle plate extension.

A merchandise display system can include a front rail, at least one divider configured to engage the front rail, the at least one divider including a barrier. The at least one divider may also include a divider wall, and a roller carriage extending along the divider wall. The roller carriage can be provided with a plurality of rollers, and the roller carriage can be configured to advance the product. Additionally, the roller carriage can be tilted such that the product is configured to move toward the barrier. The roller carriage can be formed of a first portion and a second portion, and the roller carriage can provided with a plurality of axles that are configured to receive the plurality of rollers such that the plurality of rollers are configured to rotate on the roller carriage. A method for forming a merchandise display system is also contemplated.

The method includes first connecting an upper portion of two or more vertical uprights to a first crossbar, second connecting a lower portion of the two or more vertical uprights to a second crossbar, inserting a projection of each of a pair of support brackets into a first cavity and a second cavity on respective ends of the first crossbar, the pair of support brackets each including a first engaging structure, and attaching the first engaging structure of each of the pair of support brackets to a first column and a second column of a consumer product display, respectively.

Sensor-equipped display management systems and methods that may be used to calculate a number of products removed from a display management system based upon motion of one or more mechanisms within the display management system. Additionally, the systems and methods may be used to detect patterns from the sensor data, which may be indicative of attempted theft of products stored within the display management system.

A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.

An adjustable tray for a merchandise display system may include a retainer for limiting the movement of products loaded in the adjustable tray, a pusher mechanism configured to bias product toward the retainer, a first divider extending from a first panel and second divider extending from a second panel. The spacing between the first divider and the second divider can be configured to be adjusted. The first panel and the second panel can be configured to move to provide additional surface area for the adjustable tray to accommodate different sized products.

A merchandise security system comprises a divider rail, a tile rail selectively engaged with the divider rail, one or more dividers slidably engaged with the divider rail, and one or more tiles slidably engaged with the tile rail, the one or more tiles configured to extend in a vertical direction relative to a base surface and the one or more tiles configured to slide along the tile rail in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.