Patent attributes
A bottom supporting shelf allocation and management system for allocating shelf space among rows of products comprises a plurality of adjacent shelf allocating and managing units. Each unit is associated with at least one row of products. Each unit includes a base extending to a shelf depth and supporting the row(s) of products, an integral perpendicular side divider attached to the side edge of the base, an open side of the base opposite the base side to which the side divider is attached, a puller that travels in a channel on the base and along the length of the base, a backstop attached to the rear of the puller extending laterally across the surface of the base which is configured to make selectively contact a rearmost product resting on the base and push the row of products on the base forward in sympathy to the puller forward movement.
