Automatic display racks

Claim 1

An automatic package-positioning display rack consisting of compartment defining guide rails and package-supporting rails sloping downwardly from back to front, and being provided with a stacker, said stacker having positioning means at the lower end thereof whereby it can be attached to said package supporting rails in slidable and constraining relationship; the said supporting rails being so constructed and arranged as to permit lateral displacement of the intermediate portions of the individual rails of a pair thereof by an amount sufficient to allow the Reception of said stacker therebetween, said displacement being within the elastic limits of the material of said rails; the said stacker-positioning means consisting of a lower portion sloping rearwardly and upwardly to such a degree as to be in substantial parallel relationship with the supporting rails of said rack, a slide mounted on said lower portion of the stacker comprising a flat base portion having upstanding flanges on the ends thereof, said flanges having recesses on their inner sides whereby the lower portion of said stacker can be inserted between said flanges, the edges of the lower portion being contained within said recesses and its final assembled position fixed by dowel and dowel-engaging means, and a pair of flanges depending from the lower face of said slide having recesses adapted to receive said supporting rails in slidable relationship.