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Patent: 4,765,492
Issued: August 23, 1988
Inventors: Fred Howard, New York, NY; Sydney Edson, East Meadow, NY
Assignee: Sara Lee Corp., Winston-Salem, NC
   The main object of this invention is to provide display space which can be selectively configured to accommodate and display packages of different sizes. Also, the invention is designed to provide a configurable knitwear or softwear shelf that has variable spacing of the lengthwise separators and which easily and conveniently assembles with the transverse separators.

Patent: 4,763,796
Issued: August 16, 1988
Inventor/Assignee: Paul Flum Ideas, Inc., St. Louis, MO.
   This invention is a simple, efficient, and cost effective means for achieving a gravity feed array in which individual shelves are automatically supported in a stable inclined position. It also provides a means for converting existing modular displays with a number of horizontal display surfaces into gravity feed systems.

Patent: 4,762,236
Issued: August 9, 1988
Inventors: William C. Jackle, III, Scottsdale, AZ; Richard A. Sherwood, Dallas, TX; James V. Seifert and Frederick M. Avery, Phoenix, AZ.
Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group, Des Plaines, IL
   A product dispensing apparatus consists of a tray system which includes several adjustable partitions that create side-by-side trays. A guide in each of the trays supports a pusher that pressure feeds products to the front.

Patent: 4,760,927
Issued: August 2, 1988
Inventor: Jean-Pierre Dechirot, Balan, France
Assignee: Societe Vynex, SA, France

Patent: 4,760,928
Issued: August 2, 1988
Inventor: Rafael T. Bustos, Alpharetta, GA
Assignee: Leggett & Platt, Inc., Carthage, MO

Patent: 4,756,409
Issued: July 12, 1988
Inventor: James R. Murray, Fairport, NY
Assignee: Pennwalt Corp., Philadelphia, PA
   An open top, clear display tray has a display or billboard panel extending downward from the tray's front panel. The display panel is positioned against the channel portion of shelves in drug stores, supermarkets, and the like. It includes a clear upper portion which allows information affixed to the channel to remain visible while the lower portion contains the promotional point-of-purchase display.

Patent: 4,756,430
Issued: July 12, 1988
Inventors: William S. Spamer, Roswell, GA, and David S. Leverette, Hartwell, GA
Assignee: The Mead Corp., Dayton, OH

Patent No. 4,756,408
Issued: July 12, 1988
Inventor: Karl L. Grauf, Jackson, MS
Assignee: Manville Corp., Denver, CO

Patent: 4,754,873
Issued: July 5, 1988
Inventors: Eugene Rawlings, Ft. Myers, FL, and John D. Coleman, Philadelphia, PA
Assignee: Eugene Rawlings, Ft. Myers, FL
   This is a hollow carrier, constructed of flat panels, designed to display and allow demonstration of a particular level. The level has a pair of arms nested together but pivotally connected so as to be angularly separated.

Patent: 4,753,495
Issued: June 28, 1988
Inventor: Michael A. Swink, Tucker, GA
   This merchandising stand provides a number of wall surfaces for displaying items. The walls enclose storage space that can be used to store additional merchandise. Adapter panels can be fixed to one or more of the walls to change the surface and mounting arrangements. The stand includes a rotating base so it can be placed adjacent to a wall and keep all surfaces viewable by customers.