Label/sign holder with J-strip support surface mount

• US 20050188574A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Fast Mind LLC
• Original Assignee: The Fast Mind LLC
• Inventors: Lowry, Michael G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,225,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/651
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/204 specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

Abstract

An attachment structure for a label holder for removably securing the label holder to a supporting surface of a shelf or case. The attachment structure includes a J-strip member fixedly secured to the supporting surface to define a channel for receiving a locking strip that is integral with the label holder. The J-strip includes a flexible bead that engages the upper planar surface of the locking strip and includes an elongated slot that receives a flexible bead integral with the locking strip. The flexible bead of the locking strip engages the elongated slot within the J-strip to secure the locking strip, and its integral label holder, within the J-strip.

Claims

1. An attachment arrangement for attaching a label holder to a merchandise supporting surface comprising an elongated channel securable to the supporting surface and a locking strip integral with the label holder;

said elongated channel including a base member affixable to the supporting surface, an upstanding member extending upward from the base member, and a clip plate extending angularly downward from the upstanding member in a direction toward the base member to define a mouth between the clip plate and the base member, the interior of said elongated channel including at least one elongated slot disposed on said base member interior and an elongated bead disposed on the interior of the clip plate adjacent said mouth;

said locking strip integral with the label holder insertable within the mouth of the channel, and including a substantially planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface including a flexible bead engageable within said elongated slot with said upper surface engaged by said elongated bead of said channel to retain said locking strip within said elongated channel.

2. The attachment arrangement of claim 1 wherein the label holder is an ESL carrier.

3. The attachment arrangement of claim 1, wherein said elongated channel is of rigid PVC material and said elongated bead disposed on the interior of the clip plate of said elongated channel is of a co-extruded flexible PVC material.

4. The attachment arrangement of claim 3, wherein said elongated slot on said base member is disposed closer to said upstanding member than to the mouth.

5. The attachment arrangement of claim 4, wherein three elongated slots are disposed on said base member.

6. The attachment arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a guide bar integrally formed with said base member.

7. The attachment arrangement of claim 1, wherein said substantially planar member of said locking strip is integrally co-extruded with said label holder.

8. The attachment arrangement of claim 7, wherein said substantially planar member is of rigid PVC material and includes a flexible PVC hinge portion integral with said label holder.

9. The attachment arrangement of claim 8, wherein said label holder is an ESL carrier.

10. A combined J-strip and locking strip attachment arrangement having a label holder integrally formed therewith and attachable to a merchandise supporting surface, comprising

a J-strip comprising a base member, an upstanding member, and a plate member overlying said base member, and defining an opening between said base member and plate member, an elongated bead disposed integrally with said overlying plate member adjacent said opening, said bead formed of flexible PVC material, and at least one elongated slot disposed on said base member within the interior of the J-strip and adjacent the upstanding member,

a locking strip comprising a substantially planar member integral with a label holder, said planar member having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface including a flexible bead that is engageable with said elongated slot of said J-strip when said locking strip is inserted within the interior of said J-strip, and wherein said elongated bead disposed on the overlying plate member provides a biasing force on the upper surface of said locking strip whereby the interengagement between the flexible bead and said elongated slot and the compressive force of said elongated bead against the upper surface of the locking strip serves to retain the locking strip within the J-strip.

11. The combination of claim 10, wherein said label holder is integrally formed with said locking strip by a co-extruded flexible hinge.

12. The combination of claim 11, further comprising a curved guide bar formed integrally with the base member.