Locking display tray

Abstract

Shelf or tray units adapted to be mounted on vertical walls for displaying merchandise are provided with a mounting support which has oppositely disposed mounting slots for receiving the stems of suction cups. The oppositely disposed slots prevent accidental or otherwise undesired dislocation of the tray from the supporting wall. The tray unit is also provided with spacing braces disposed between the tray and the wall on which the tray is mounted to prevent the load carried by the tray from exerting rotational forces on the suction cup stems which would cause the suction cups to separate from the supporting wall.

1 . A tray for supporting and displaying products adjacent one face of a substantially vertical wall comprising: 
 (a) a floor having a top face lying in a substantially horizontal plane;    (b) a back wall lying in a substantially vertical plane having a top edge extending upwardly from the top face of said floor;    (c) a front wall extending upwardly from the top face of said floor with a substantial portion thereof spaced horizontally from and substantially parallel with said back wall;    (d) a mounting support having a first face lying in a plane substantially parallel with and horizontally spaced from said back wall; and    (e) a plurality of elongated mounting slots in said mounting support, each slot having an entry end and a closed end, with at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a first direction and at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a second direction.    
   
   
       2 . A tray as defined in  claim 1  wherein a plurality of said elongated mounting slots are arranged to extend substantially vertically with their entry ends below their closed ends.  
   
   
       3 . A tray as defined in  claim 1  wherein said mounting support is attached to and depends from the top of said back wall in a plane substantially parallel with and spaced from said back wall.  
   
   
       4 . A tray as defined in  claim 3  including a brace secured in the space between said mounting support and said back wall which maintains a fixed spatial relationship between said mounting support and said back wall.  
   
   
       5 . A tray as defined in  claim 3  wherein: 
 (i) said mounting support defines a lower edge and a top edge;    (ii) the entry end of at least one of said slots extends to said lower edge; and    (iii) the entry end of at least one of said slots extends to said top edge.    
   
   
       6 . A tray as defined in  claim 1  further comprising: 
 (f) a spacing brace extending from the plane of said back wall toward and past the plane of said mounting support.    
   
   
       7 . A tray as defined in  claim 6  wherein said spacing brace extends from said floor.  
   
   
       8 . A tray as defined in  claim 6  wherein said spacing brace extends from said back wall.  
   
   
       9 . A tray as defined in  claim 6  further comprising side walls intermediate said front wall and said back wall wherein said spacing brace extends from at least one of said side walls.  
   
   
       10 . A tray for supporting and displaying products adjacent one face of a substantially vertical wall comprising: 
 (a) a floor having a top face lying in a substantially horizontal plane;    (b) a back wall extending upwardly from the top face of said floor in a second plane;    (c) a front wall extending upwardly from the top face of said floor with a substantial portion thereof spaced horizontally from and substantially parallel with said back wall;    (d) a mounting support supporting said floor and having a first face lying in a plane substantially parallel with and horizontally spaced from said back wall; and    (e) a spacing brace extending from the plane of said back wall toward and past the plane of said first face of said mounting support.    
   
   
       11 . A tray as defined in  claim 10  wherein said spacing brace extends from said floor.  
   
   
       12 . A tray as defined in  claim 10  wherein said spacing brace extends from said back wall.  
   
   
       13 . A tray for supporting and displaying products adjacent one face of a substantially vertical panel comprising: 
 (a) a floor having a top face lying in a substantially horizontal plane;    (b) a wall lying in a substantially vertical plane having a top edge extending upwardly from the top face of said floor;    (c) a mounting support having a first face lying in a plane substantially parallel with and horizontally spaced from said wall; and    (d) a plurality of elongated mounting slots in said mounting support, each slot having an entry end and a closed end, with at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a first direction and at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a second direction.    
   
   
       14 . A tray as defined in  claim 13  wherein a plurality of said elongated mounting slots are arranged to extend substantially vertically with their entry ends below their closed ends.  
   
   
       15 . A tray as defined in  claim 13  further comprising: 
 (e) a spacing brace attached to and extending from said floor in the direction of and extending past the plane of said mounting support to maintain the position of said floor spatially fixed with respect to said mounting support.    
   
   
       16 . A tray for supporting and displaying products adjacent one face of a substantially vertical panel comprising: 
 (a) a floor having a top face lying in a substantially horizontal plane;    (b) a mounting support connected to and supporting said floor having a first face lying in a plane substantially normal to said floor;    (c) a plurality of elongated mounting slots in said mounting support, each mounting slot having an entry end and a closed end with the closed ends of said mounting slots aligned in a plane above the top face of said floor; and    (d) a spacing brace attached to and extending from said floor in the direction of and extending past the plane of said mounting support to maintain the position of said floor spatially fixed with respect to said mounting support.    
   
   
       17 . In combination: 
 (a) a support wall with a substantially flat face lying in a substantially vertical plane;    (b) a tray with a floor lying in a substantially horizontal plane;    (c) a mounting support, attached to and supporting said floor, with a first face aligned substantially parallel with and spaced from said face of said support wall;    (d) a plurality of elongated mounting slots in said mounting support, each slot having an entry end and a closed end, with at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a first direction and at least one slot extending from its entry end to its closed end in a second direction;    (e) a plurality of suction cups, each having a suction cup body and a stem extending from said suction cup body which terminates in an expanded base having a diameter greater than the diameter of the stem, with the stem of one suction cup mounted in the closed end of each of said slots; and    (f) a spacing brace attached to said tray and extending between said tray and said support wall to maintain the position of said floor spatially fixed with respect to said support wall.