Supports: racks – Special article – Stacked articles
Patent
1995-06-07
1997-05-06
Ramirez, Ramon O.
Supports: racks
Special article
Stacked articles
A47F 700
Patent
active
056262434
ABSTRACT:
A product merchandising system is provided which is particularly useful for supporting and displaying baseball and/or softball gloves and mitts. The merchandising system includes an upright store fixture and at least one hanger arm coupled with the upright store fixture. The hanger arm has (i) a gravity slide portion extending forwardly and angularly downward from a location on the front side of the upright store fixture, (ii) a stop member disposed on the gravity slide portion near the lower end thereof, (iii) a front portion extending forwardly from the lower end of the gravity slide portion, and (iv) a support device at the forward end of the front portion. At least one product/clip combination is suspended from the hanger arm. The product/clip combination comprises a product (e.g., a baseball or softball glove or mitt) and a clip releasably engaging a predetermined portion of the product. The clip has a hook configured to releasably engage the hanger arm at any location rearward of the support device and to suspend the product/clip combination therefrom. The hook and the gravity slide portion of the hanger arm are configured to enable a product/clip combination suspended from the hanger arm to slide downward along the gravity slide portion under the influence of gravity when the hook engages the gravity slide portion. Each product/clip combination is removable from the hanger arm by moving the clip laterally relative to the hanger arm thereby to unhook the product/clip combination from the hanger arm. The system enables products to be organized (e.g., by quality, type, price, etc. ) and for information about the products to be displayed to make it simple and efficient for a customer to make a selection of a product that meets the customer's particular needs.
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American Greetings Corporation
Purol Sarah L.
Ramirez Ramon O.
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