Supports – Brackets – Shelf or scaffold type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-12
2001-11-13
King, Anita (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Shelf or scaffold type
C248S229150, C248S276100, C403S084000, C403S379300, C211S095000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06315258
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a bracket for carrying merchandise for retail display. More particularly, this invention relates to such a bracket which can suspend a variety of sizes of merchandise from a wall or fixture at a variety of angles relative to the wall or fixture.
BACKGROUND ART
It is often the desire of the retailer to display certain types of merchandise by hanging the merchandise on a wall or fixture. Normally, such merchandise is merely hooked onto the wall or fixture, or in the case of larger items, such as children's toy cars or the like, cables are used to hold the item against the wall. Not only could such support be unsafe, but also such does not permit the carrying of merchandise in a suspended-animation type of configuration, which desirably presents a unique, attractive, and eye-catching manner of displaying merchandise in the retail establishment.
Such a display is not easy to accomplish, and in known displays, the merchandise normally extends perpendicularly outward from or parallel to the wall or fixture. However, the retailer, if space allows, would often want the customer to observe the merchandise from a perspective view, and as such, the merchandise would have to be suspended at some angle to the wall or fixture. To date, there is no known device which can allow the retailer to create such a display whereby the merchandise can be suspended at an angle to the wall or fixture as selected by the retailer.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
It is thus an object of the present invention to provide a bracket which can support merchandise on a wall or fixture so that it would appear to be in suspended animation away from the wall.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a bracket, as above, which can be adjusted to carry the merchandise at a wide variety of angles relative to the wall.
It is an additional object of the present invention to provide a bracket, as above, which can be adjusted to carry merchandise of differing sizes.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a bracket, as above, which can easily be installed on a conventional wall or fixture at the desired location along the wall or fixture.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a bracket, as above, in which the merchandise can be readily attached thereto.
These and other objects of the present invention, as well as the advantages thereof over existing prior art forms, which will become apparent from the description to follow, are accomplished by the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.
In general, a bracket for carrying merchandise on a fixture made in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting member adapted to be attached to the fixture. A support frame is pivotally attached to the mounting member and is adapted to carry the merchandise at a selected angle relative to the fixture.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a bracket for carrying merchandise on a fixture includes a mounting member adapted to be attached to the fixture, and a support frame carried by the mounting member and adapted to carry the merchandise. The support frame is adjustable so as to be adapted to carry merchandise of varying sizes.
A preferred exemplary bracket incorporating the concepts of the present invention is shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings without attempting to show all the various forms and modifications in which the invention might be embodied, the invention being measured by the appended claims and not by the details of the specification.
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Myler Jeffry A.
Vuraich John M.
Darko Company, Inc.
King Anita
Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber
Szumny Jon A
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