Merchandiser assembly

Claim 1

A merchandiser assembly for use in storing and displaying products in a shelf-like orientation, the merchandiser assembly comprising: product tray means for holding and supporting a plurality of merchandised products, said product tray means having a front end portion and a rear end portion; track means for providing generally horizontally oriented support of said product tray means, said track means having a front portion; engagement means of said product tray means and of said track means for effecting sliding engagement between said product tray means and said track means and for permitting said product tray means to move with respect to said track means along a pathway that is generally longitudinally oriented with respect to said product tray means; a generally upstanding product follower member slidably mounted with respect to said product tray means for movement generally between said rear end portion and said front end portion of the product tray means; biasing means for urging said product follower member and any merchandised products in front of said product follower member generally toward said front end portion of the product tray means; stop means for engaging said product follower member with said front portion of the track means when the merchandiser assembly is in a fill mode at which the front end portion of said product tray means is slidably extended beyond said front portion of the track means, whereby movement of said generally upstanding product follower member beyond said front portion of the track means is prevented and whereby said product follower member is positioned in spaced away relationship with respect to said front end portion of the product tray means in opposition to said biasing means; clamp means are included along said track means, said clamp means being for securing the merchandiser assembly to a shelf, said clamp means including an adjustable securement assembly having generally U-shaped means for adjustably engaging a rear edge of the shelf and for adjustably engaging a bottom edge of the shelf; said adjustable securement assembly includes ratcheting tie means for one-way adjustment of a shelf-engaging member of the generally U-shaped means; and said ratcheting tie means includes an elongated tie and a ratchet block secured to one component of said generally U-shaped means, said elongated tie having a tail in ratcheting engagement with said ratchet block and a head in engagement with another component of said U-shaped means.