MERCHANDISE DISPLAY STAND AND REMOVABLE LABEL HOLDER

• US 20110047844A1
• Filed: 09/01/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Sedon, Nicholas M., Fawcett, Christopher J.
• Application Number:
  US12/552,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047844A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/642.02
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1445 with detection of interference with a cable tethering an article, e.g. alarm activated by detecting detachment of article, breaking or stretching of cable furniture, e.g. shelves for displaying merchandise, incorporating tethers to prevent theft A47F7/024, A47F5/0861
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/149 with electric, magnetic, capacitive switch actuation

Abstract

A merchandise display stand for displaying an item of merchandise includes a base and a sensor housing coupled to the base. The sensor housing includes a mounting surface for receiving the item of merchandise and attachment means for affixing the item of merchandise to the mounting surface. A label holder is configured to be removably mounted on the base and prevented from being removed from the base with the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing. The label holder includes a mounting portion and a label holding portion extending from the mounting portion. The base has an exterior contour and the mounting portion of the label holder has a complimentary interior contour defining an opening for receiving the base. The opening is sized smaller than an outer periphery of the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing such that the label holder cannot be removed from the display stand with the label holder mounted on the display stand and the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing

Claims

1. A merchandise display stand for displaying an item of merchandise, the display stand comprising:

a base; and

a label holder removably mounted on the base, the label holder having a mounting portion for mounting the label holder on the base and a label holding portion;

wherein the label holder is configured such that the label holder is prevented from being removed from the base while the item of merchandise is displayed on the display stand.

2. The merchandise display stand according to claim 1, wherein the base has an exterior contour and the mounting portion of the label holder has an interior contour defining an opening configured to receive the base.

3. The merchandise display stand according to claim 2 wherein the interior contour of the mounting portion conforms generally to the exterior contour of the base such that the label holder is slidably mounted on the base.

4. The merchandise display stand according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor housing coupled to the base, the sensor housing including a mounting surface for receiving the item of merchandise and attachment means for affixing the item of merchandise to the mounting surface.

5. The merchandise display stand according to claim 4, wherein the base comprises an upright portion for supporting the sensor housing and wherein the mounting portion of the label holder defines an opening configured to pass over the sensor housing and to be received on the upright portion of the base without the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing.

6. The merchandise display stand according to 4, wherein the sensor housing comprises a proximity sensor having a secured state and an unsecured state and wherein the proximity sensor is in the secured state with the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing and is in the unsecured state without the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing.

7. The merchandise display stand according to claim 6, further comprising an alarm operatively coupled to the proximity sensor, the alarm having an unarmed state and an armed state for monitoring the secured state and the unsecured state of the proximity sensor.

8. The merchandise display stand according to claim 1, wherein the label holding portion extends outwardly from the mounting portion and wherein the label holder further comprises at least one joining rib extending between the mounting portion and the label holding portion for connecting the label holding portion to the mounting portion.

9. A merchandise display stand for displaying an item of merchandise comprising:

a base;

a sensor housing coupled to the base, the sensor housing comprising a mounting surface for receiving the item of merchandise and attachment means for affixing the item of merchandise to the mounting surface; and

a label holder configured to be removably mounted on the base and prevented from being removed from the base with the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing.

10. A label holder for removably mounting on a base of a display stand, the label holder comprising:

a mounting portion having an interior contour that defines an opening for receiving the base of the display stand; and

a label holding portion extending from the mounting portion.

11. The label holder according to claim 10, wherein the mounting portion is configured to be removably mounted on the display stand without an item of merchandise displayed on the display stand and cannot be removed from the display stand with an item of merchandise displayed on the display stand.

12. The label holder according to claim 10, wherein the base has an exterior contour and the mounting portion of the label holder has a complimentary interior contour defining an opening that conforms generally to the exterior contour of the base such that the label holder is slidably mounted on the base.

13. The label holder according to claim 10, wherein the opening defined by the mounting portion is sized smaller than an outer periphery of an item of merchandise affixed to the display stand such that the label holder cannot be removed from the display stand with the label holder mounted on the display stand and the item of merchandise affixed to the display stand.

14. The label holder according to claim 10, further comprising at least one joining rib extending between the mounting portion and the label holding portion for connecting the label holding portion to the mounting portion.

15. The label holder according to claim 10, wherein the label holding portion defines an arcuate surface for receiving a label having visual information printed thereon.

16. An item of merchandise in combination with a merchandise display stand for displaying the item of merchandise and a removable label holder, comprising:

a merchandise display stand comprising a base and a sensor housing movably attached to the base;

a label holder configured to be removably mounted on the base of the display stand; and

an item of merchandise configured to be affixed to the sensor housing;

wherein the label holder is prevented from being removed from the base of the display stand when the label holder is mounted on the base and the item of merchandise is affixed to the sensor housing.

17. The combination according to claim 16, wherein the base of the display stand has an exterior contour and the label holder has an interior contour that generally conforms to the exterior contour of the base.

18. The combination according to claim 16, wherein the label holder comprises a mounting portion and a label holding portion extending outwardly from the mounting portion and wherein the mounting portion defines an opening sized to receive the base of the display stand.

19. The combination according to claim 18, wherein the opening is sized larger than an outer periphery of the sensor housing and is sized smaller than an outer periphery of the item of merchandise.

20. The combination of claim 16, wherein the sensor housing comprises a proximity sensor having a secured state with the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing and an unsecured state without the item of merchandise affixed to the sensor housing and wherein the display stand further comprises an alarm having an unarmed states and an armed state for monitoring the secured state and the unsecured state of the proximity sensor.