Merchandising/Display Element

Abstract

A merchandising/display element for a merchandising/display system is in the form of a shelf having a rear part and front part, the parts being interengaged with the front part being slidable backwards and forwards relative to the fixed rear part to vary the shelf depth/length. Moreover the width of the shelf is also adjustable by means of slidable wire slides. The adjusted front part can be locked in position by detents thereof engaged by grips, whilst the adjusted wire slides can be locked in position when adjusted by lock bars with detents

1 . A merchandising/display element, having attachment means for attaching it, in use, to a mount, and adjustment means for adjusting at least one of the width and the depth/length of at least part of the element. 
   
   
       2 . The element of  claim 1 , wherein the or each adjusted dimension part of the element is releasably locked in position after adjustment. 
   
   
       3 . The element of  claim 1 , in the form of a shelf. 
   
   
       4 . The element of  claim 3 , wherein at a part thereof which is rearmost, in use, are provided said attachment means. 
   
   
       5 . The element of  claim 4 , wherein the attachment means comprises a pair of spaced apart quadrant-like flanges having respective aligned rows of openings therein on respective arcs struck about respective centers of respective aligned further openings in the flanges. 
   
   
       6 . The element of  claim 5 , wherein, in use, a screw is passed through the aligned further openings and through respective aligned openings in respective opposite sides of a mounting post or equivalent disposed between the flanges. 
   
   
       7 . The element of  claim 6 , wherein the post has identical aligned rows of such openings along its length and once the shelf has been set to a selected one of a series of pre-set angles defined by the holes in the flanges respectively, a further screw is passed through those pair of openings in the flanges which are aligned with the respective openings in respective opposite sides of the post. 
   
   
       8 . The element of  claim 7 , wherein there are three openings in each row of openings in the flanges so that there are three pro-set angular positions possible for the shelf relative to the post. 
   
   
       9 . The element of  claim 1 , wherein for widthwise adjustment of the element there is provided at one side thereof a slidable member. 
   
   
       10 . The element of  claim 9 , wherein the slidable member is in the form of a wire slide. 
   
   
       11 . The element of  claim 10 , in which the wire slide, which forms a widthwise extension to the element when slid out of a front part of the element, is slidably adjustable stepwise by an end thereof being engageable in a selected detent of a multiplicity of detents in a lock bar in said front part of the element. 
   
   
       12 . The element of  claim 1  wherein the lock bar is conveniently movable normal to the sliding movement of the slide when the extension of the slide widthwise is to be altered. 
   
   
       13 . The element of  claim 12 , wherein said movement normal to the siding movement of the slide is against spring bias. 
   
   
       14 . The element of  claim 12 , wherein said movement of the lock bar is carried out by manipulation thereof by an implement in an opening of the lock bar accessible at an upper surface of the front part of the element. 
   
   
       15 . The element of  claim 11 , wherein the front part of the element has two of said lock bars therein for adjusting two of said wire slides at respective opposite sides of the front part. 
   
   
       16 . The element of  claim 10 , in which the wire slide, which forms a widthwise extension to the element when slid out of a rear part of the element, is slidably adjustable stepwise by an end thereof being engagable in a selected detent of a multiplicity of detents in a lock bar in said rear part of the element. 
   
   
       17 . The element of  claim 10 , in which the wire slide, which forms a widthwise extension to the element when slid out of a rear part of the element, is frictionally retained in position after sliding adjustment in a direction into or out of a side of the rear part. 
   
   
       18 . The element of  claim 10 , in which the wire slide, which forms a widthwise extension to the element when slid out of a front part of the element, is frictionally retained in position after sliding adjustment in a direction into or out of a side of the front part. 
   
   
       19 . The element of  claim 11 , wherein the or each lock bar has a leaf spring. 
   
   
       20 . The element of  claim 15 , wherein the lock bars have respective leaf springs, and the leaf spring of one lock bar engages a rear surface of the other lock bar free of detents, and vice versa. 
   
   
       21 . The element of  claim 1 , wherein for length/depth adjustment of the element there can be relative slidable movement between front and rear parts of the element. 
   
   
       22 . The element of  claim 21 , wherein the front part has one or more rear legs arranged to slide in one or more openings extending forwards from the front of the rear part of the element. 
   
   
       23 . The element of  claim 22 , wherein at least one flexible guide extends forwards from the rear part to engage with a rear leg of the front part. 
   
   
       24 . The element of  claim 23 , wherein the or each rear leg is provided with a series of detents along its length, and a projection on the or each flexible guide is selectively engageable in a detent as the front and rear parts are relatively adjusted towards or away from one another. 
   
   
       25 . The element of  claim 24 , wherein a manually actuable part of the or each flexible guide can be operable to flex the guide so as to move the projection out of a detent in order to allow for relative sliding adjustment movement between the front and rear parts. 
   
   
       26 . The element of  claim 24 , wherein the or each rear leg is provided with a series of detents at its underside. 
   
   
       27 . A merchandising/display unit comprising at least one merchandising/display element as claimed in  claim 1 .