Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Holder
Patent
1994-03-16
1995-08-22
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Holder
40647, G09F 318
Patent
active
054428726
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a holder for strip-like information carriers intended for use in self-service stores, shops and like establishments for use in conjunction with goods displaced on a pronged rack and comprising a holder part which is intended to be fitted to the rack and an information-carrier receiving part which is connected to the first mentioned holder part.
Effective and efficient holders are known which can be fitted to the front edge surfaces of shelving, wire cages or baskets and the like in shops and stores, and which carry information strips relating to the goods displayed.
On the other hand, it has been more difficult to produce inexpensive and effective holder means for information carriers which disclose information concerning goods and articles that are displayed for sale on pronged racks, for instance packaged articles displayed on long, substantially horizontal prongs.
In order to enable customers to read the information disclosed, the information should be presented on labels of normal size placed on the forward ends of the prongs. It is also beneficial to store personnel when one and the same label size can be used in all instances. One problem, however, resides in the provision of a holder for labels of this kind which will not obstruct removal of packaged articles or other goods from the prongs. This is particularly difficult to achieve when the labels are placed forwardly of the ends of the prongs. Labels which are fitted above the prongs encroach on expensive display space. Furthermore, it is desirable to eliminate the need to use separate, empty prongs solely as label or tag carriers. The main object of the present invention is to provide a holder for strip-like information carriers which is intended for use with pronged racks and which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks, among other things.
This object is achieved in accordance with the present invention in that the holder part, which is intended to receive an information carrier is mounted forwardly of the front ends of the prong and can be swung-up when removing articles from the prong or prongs of the rack structure.
According to the present invention, a holder of the kind defined in the first paragraph of the specification is mainly characterized in that the mounting part is intended to be fastened to the inwardly lying part of at least one prong and is provided with a cantilever arm which extends above and essentially parallel with the prong; in that the information-carrier receiving part of the holder has the form of a pocket which is open at its upper edge; in that the pocket is so mounted at the forward end of the cantilever arm as to enable said pocket to be swung-up when removing articles from the prong; and in that the forward end of the arm is provided with at least one support element which bears against the rear wall of the pocket, so that in a downwardly hanging position the pocket can be opened by exerting pressure on the lower part of the front wall of said pocket.
A holder of this kind has the advantage of enabling standard-sized labels to be used and placed in a position in which the information thereon can be read easily by the customer. Another advantage is that no additional space is required for the holder. Furthermore, the pocket can be opened very easily, which greatly facilitates the exchange of labels.
A preferred embodiment of an inventive holder is characterized in that the pocket is transparent; in that at least a portion of the upper part of the rear wall of the pocket is folded rearwardly to form a downwardly open cylindrical channel; and in that the forward end of the cantilever arm is provided with a transversal pivot-pin which coacts with said channel. The channel opening is somewhat narrower than the pivot-pin, so as to enable the pin to be pressed into the channel while flexing the channel wall outwards to some extent, so as to hold the pin in the channel when the channel wall returns to its original position.
It is preferred that the pocket can only be swung to a limited extent, s
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Dorner Kenneth J.
HL Display AB
Silbermann Joanne
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