U.S. patent application number 11/875134 was filed with the patent office on 2008-04-24 for sill with integral bumper support.
This patent application is currently assigned to VENGER GROUP. Invention is credited to Jack FIFE, Brian SMITH, Garvin WEBER.
Application Number | 20080093526 11/875134 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39317026 |
Filed Date | 2008-04-24 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080093526 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
FIFE; Jack ; et al. |
April 24, 2008 |
SILL WITH INTEGRAL BUMPER SUPPORT
Abstract
A sill with integral bumper support. The sill consists of an
elongated body having an exterior face and an interior face. The
interior face is adapted to overlay a sill portion of a cooler
display case. A bumper retaining profile is integrally formed with
and extends outwardly from the exterior face of the body.
Inventors: |
FIFE; Jack; (Edmonton,
CA) ; WEBER; Garvin; (Sherwood Park, CA) ;
SMITH; Brian; (Leduc, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
DAVIS BUJOLD & Daniels, P.L.L.C.
112 PLEASANT STREET
CONCORD
NH
03301
US
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Assignee: |
VENGER GROUP
Leduc
AB
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Family ID: |
39317026 |
Appl. No.: |
11/875134 |
Filed: |
October 19, 2007 |
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Application
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Patent Number |
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60853267 |
Oct 20, 2006 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
248/687 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47B 95/043
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/687 |
International
Class: |
A47F 10/02 20060101
A47F010/02 |
Claims
1. A sill with integral bumper support, comprising: an elongated
body having an exterior face and an interior face, the interior
face being adapted to overlay a sill portion of a cooler display
case; a bumper retaining profile integrally formed with and
extending outwardly from the exterior face of the body.
2. The sill of claim 1, wherein the bumper retaining profile
includes an upper appendage and a lower appendage adapted to engage
an interior surface of a bumper.
3. The sill of claim 2, wherein each of the upper appendage and the
lower appendage comprising a convex surface for engaging an
interior surface of a bumper, the convex surface of each of the
upper appendage and the lower appendage being directed away from
each other.
4. The sill of claim 1, wherein the body is formed of molded
plastic.
Description
FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to a sill with an integral
bumper support, specifically, a sill of a cooler display case.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Cooler display cases are commonly used to display food that
needs to be maintained at a lower temperature, such as meats and
dairy products. Sills are positioned along an upper front edge of
the display cases. To protect sills from damage caused by impacts
with shopping carts, bumper retainers are secured by fasteners to
either the sills or the tank panels. Shock absorbing bumpers are
then retained by the bumper retainers.
SUMMARY
[0003] There is provided a sill with integral bumper support. The
sill comprises an elongated body having an exterior face and an
interior face. The interior face is adapted to overlay a sill
portion of a cooler display case. A bumper retaining profile is
integrally formed with and extends outwardly from the exterior face
of the body.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] These and other features will become more apparent from the
following description in which reference is made to the appended
drawings, the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and
are not intended to be in any way limiting, wherein:
[0005] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the sill with integral
bumper support.
[0006] FIG. 2 is an end elevation view of the sill of FIG. 1.
[0007] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the sill of FIG. 1
supporting a bumper.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0008] A sill with integral bumper support generally identified by
reference numeral 10, will now be described with reference to FIG.
1 through 3.
[0009] Structure and Relationship of Parts:
[0010] Referring to FIG. 3 sill with integral bumper support 10
includes am elongated body 12, preferably formed of molded plastic,
having an exterior face 14 and an interior face 16. Interior face
16 is adapted to overlay a sill portion of a cooler display case
(not shown). As the sill portion may come in a variety of shapes
and sizes, it will be understood that elongated body 12 may be
adapted from the size and shape shown accordingly. Referring to
FIG. 2, a bumper retaining profile 18, is integrally formed with,
and extends outwardly from, exterior face 14 of body 12.
Preferably, bumper retaining profile 18 includes an upper appendage
20 and a lower appendage 22. Both upper appendage 20 and lower
appendage 22 comprise a convex surface 24 and 26, respectively,
directed away from the other. It will be appreciated that upper
appendage 20 and lower appendage 22 can be in alternative
configurations, bumper retainers known in the prior art provide
numerous examples of alternative configurations. The present
invention is not intended to be limited in any way to a particular
configuration. Referring to FIG. 1, upper appendage 20 and lower
appendage 22 engage an interior surface 28 of a bumper 30.
[0011] Operation:
[0012] Referring to FIG. 2, interior face 16 body 12 is adapted to
overlay a sill portion of a cooler display case (not shown). Once
securely installed, bumper 30 is supported by bumper retaining
profile 18, which is integrally formed with exterior face 14. This
is done by sliding bumper 30 over upper appendage 20 and lower
appendage 22, such that upper appendage 20 and lower appendage 22
engage interior surface 28 of bumper 30.
[0013] Advantages:
[0014] By providing a retaining profile 18 that is integrally
formed with body 12, the installation of such a sill covering
becomes faster, and less expensive. The need to install separate
bumper retainers is avoided, resulting in a considerable saving in
both materials and labour. In addition, alignment problems which
may occur when connecting separate components are completely
avoided.
[0015] In this patent document, the word "comprising" is used in
its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are
included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A
reference to an element by the indefinite article "a" does not
exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is
present, unless the context clearly requires that there be one and
only one of the elements.
[0016] It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that
modifications may be made to the illustrated embodiment without
departing from the spirit and scope defined in the Claims.
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