Label holder

Details Label holder Label holder

1997-12-02

2001-08-28

Silbermann, Joanne (Department: 3628)

Card, picture, or sign exhibiting

Check, label, or tag

For use with horizontal merchandise support hook

C040S657000, C248S230700, C248S291100, C211S057100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06279256

ABSTRACT:

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a display label attachment means of the type mentioned in the preamble of the independent claims.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
In many shops an article displaying bracket or holder unit known as a peghook display is provided for displaying unit packages. GB-A 2275807 shows a peghook display in which a backboard with a pattern of holes supports an array of projecting peghooks. Each of the peghooks projects substantially horizontally and has two vertically spaced arms. At the free end of the upper arm a label with an electronic display is provided while the lower arm acts as a goods bearing member on which the goods to be displayed may be hung. The label is hinged about a horizontal axis at the end of the upper arm and normally hangs downwards. It can however be pivoted about the horizontal axis and manually held out in a horizontal orientation to enable goods to be placed onto, and removed from, the lower arm.
A problem with such the label attaching means for peghook displays with pivotable labels is that as the label hangs vertically it may be difficult to read if it is too low or too high. This is particularly true if the label is a LCD electronic display which typically have only a narrow viewing angle i.e. it is only possible to read the display if the person looking at the display is looking nearly perpendicularly at the display. Another problem with such label attaching means can be that it requires the use of two hands to add goods to the goods bearing member—one hand to hold the label attaching means up out of the way of the goods bearing member and the other hand to feed goods onto the goods bearing member.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object with the present invention is to overcome the problems of prior art label attaching means.
According to the invention this is achieved by a label attachment means having al least one bracing means which co-operates with the label supporting means such as a peghook arm. The bracing means has at least one bracing surface which can be selectively, individually brought into contact with the label holder. Each bracing surface causes the label holder to take up a predetermined angle with respect to the label supporting means. The bracing arm or label holder is preferably provided with retaining means for retaining the bracing surface in the desired position. This allows the angle to the vertical of the label to be adjusted and maintained so that it is at an optimum angle for reading.


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