Peg loader and method of use thereof

• US 20060086678A1
• Filed: 10/18/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henry Mattesky
• Original Assignee: Henry Mattesky
• Inventors: Mattesky, Henry
• Application Number:
  US11/252,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20060086678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/59.100
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0838 Rails or bars; Article supports therefor, e.g. brackets being slidably attached on the outside thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 1/00 Sheets temporarily attached together without perforating; Means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 67/00 Kinds or types of packaging elements not otherwise provided for B65D5/425 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/00 Packages comprising articles attached to cards, sheets or webs B65D85/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 73/0071 the tag-like element being doubled-over to engage the upper part of the article

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for holding and facilitating the unloading therefrom of packaged merchandise onto a display peg. More particularly, the device includes a substantially rigid member for holding a group of packages together. The member has opposing ends and is sized and shaped so as to pass through hanging holes provided in the packages. The member also has a generally uniform cross-section along its entire axial length and includes an opening extending through the member between the opposing ends. The opening is provided with a size which is substantially greater than a cross-sectional area of the display peg so as to facilitate the insertion of the display peg into the opening through one of the opposing ends for permitting the packages to be placed onto the display peg with the aid of the member. The present invention also relates to a method for loading the packages onto the display peg using the device.

Claims

1. A device for holding and facilitating the unloading therefrom of packaged merchandise onto a display peg, comprising a substantially rigid member for holding a group of packages together, said member having opposing ends and being sized and shaped so as to pass through hanging holes provided in the packages, said member having a generally uniform cross-section substantially along its entire axial length, said member having an opening extending through said member between said opposing ends, said opening having a size which is substantially greater than a cross-sectional area of the display peg so as to facilitate the insertion of the display peg into said opening through one of said opposing ends for permitting the packages to be placed onto the display peg with the aid of said member;

and retaining means projecting outwardly from at least one of said opposing ends of said member.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said member includes a plurality of substantially planar panels extending in a generally axial direction.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein at least one of said substantially planar panels overlaps another one of said substantially planar panels to be substantially aligned therewith.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said member is formed from a sheet of material folded into a predetermined shape.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said retaining means is monolithically formed with said member.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said retaining means includes at least one flare.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein said at least one flare includes a plurality of flares.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein each one of said plurality of flares are movably affixed to said one of said opposing ends of said member.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein said plurality of flares are monolithically formed with said member.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein said member includes a plurality of folds extending in an axial direction.

11. The device of claim 1 in combination with a box having a bottom and a top.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein each one of said opposing ends forms a friction fit with one of said bottom and said top.

13. The device of claim 1 in combination with a flexible tabs having the hanging hole formed therethrough.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein each one of said flexible tabs have a channel formed therein that extends from a surface of one of said flexible tabs corresponding therewith to one of the hanging holes corresponding therewith.

15. A method for loading packaged merchandise onto a display peg using a loading device having a substantially rigid member with opposing ends and retaining means projecting outwardly from at least one of the opposing ends, the member having a generally uniform cross-section substantially along its entire axial length, the member having an opening extending through the member between the opposing ends, the opening of the member having a size which is substantially greater than a cross-sectional area of the display peg so as to facilitate the insertion of the display peg into the opening, the method comprising the steps of passing the member through the hanging holes of the packages;

inserting the display peg into the opening of the member through one of the opposing ends such that the display peg passes partially though the member;

engaging the retaining means to allow the packages to be removed from the member; and

pushing the packages off of the member onto the display peg.