Supports: racks – Special article – Apparel
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-03
2001-08-21
Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3634)
Supports: racks
Special article
Apparel
C211S113000, C206S778000, C206S278000, C223S085000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06276540
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention resides in the field of display devices for clothing and more particularly relates to a device for organizing a pair of gloves and attached tags.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Pairs of gloves of all kinds, both sport and dress, are most often displayed in stores attached to one another by a flexible line such as a nylon fishing line. They additionally have one or more information tags attached to the line. The tags show, For example, brand name, glove composition, and sales price.
Typically, the attached pairs are displayed for sale in an open space which allows prospective customers to rummage through the assorted offerings and try them for fit and appearance.
It is well known to store owners and sales clerks that such displays become disordered and entangled in short order. The attached gloves, lines, and tags intertwine requiring substantial and continuing effort to keep the display neat and attractive to prospective customers. Additionally as they are handled over a period of time, the tags become shop worn or separated entirely from their associated gloves leaving the gloves unmarked and essentially unsaleable.
The present invention is a sales display organizer designed to both protect display tags and reduce the intertwining described above while at the same time leaving one glove completely free to be tried on and the other available should the prospective customer wish to proceed after trying out the first.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention may be summarized as a sales display organizer for a pair of gloves consisting of a sleeve adapted to snuggly hold one the gloves having at least one transparent pocket affixed to the outer surface of the front or back of the sleeve. The invention is used to display gloves linked or ted together by a flexible line similar to the length of fish line as in common In the industry. The line not only keeps the gloves together as a pair but serves to hold an informational tag. The tag is secured by, for example, threading the line through a hole in one comer or by any other suitable means such as stapling over.
When one glove is inserted into the sleeve and the tag is inserted in the pocket, the other glove is free to be tried on and the entire package is relatively secure from entanglement with other such units.
When inserted in the pocket the tag helps to prevent the first glove from slipping out of the sleeve while leaving the second glove available for a trial fit.
Additional pockets may be provided to contain suitable information not included on the attached tag. Also, a clip may be added to further secure the first glove to the sleeve. If desired means to hang or suspend the organizer and gloves from a display rack can be included as well.
The features and advantages of the invention will be more fully understood from the description of the preferred embodiment and drawings which follows.
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Brandt John M.
Gibson , Jr. Robert W.
Gordini U.S.A. Incorporated
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