Sign Fixture

• US 20110277363A1
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Target Brands Inc. (Target Corporation)
• Inventors: Cheney, David H., Kostka, James W., Dukes, Gary A., Clark, Jeremy A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,234,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/606.01
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1843 Frames or housings to hold signs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1852 for fastening magnetically or by suction or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A sign fixture includes a support beam, a sign holder and at least one H-bracket. The support beam having a first end and a second end and supported by a product display structure. The sign holder supports a sign indicative of information related to a product displayed for sale. The at least one H-bracket includes a magnet to magnetically couple a first portion of the support beam to a first portion of the sign holder.

Claims

1. A sign fixture comprising:

a support beam having a first end and a second end and being supported by a product display structure;

a sign holder for supporting a sign indicative of information related to a product displayed for sale;

at least one bracket comprising;

first and second longitudinal members having first and second ends and oriented in parallel with each other;

a lateral member having a top surface and a bottom surface attached to and extending between the first and second longitudinal members at a location between the first and second ends of the first and second longitudinal members;

wherein the at least one bracket includes a magnet extending through a thickness of the lateral member and having a top end and a bottom end, the top end of the magnet exposed to and aligned with the top surface of the lateral member and the bottom end of the magnet protruding from the bottom surface of the lateral member; and

wherein the sign holder is magnetically coupled to the top end of the magnet and the support beam is magnetically coupled to the bottom end of the magnet such that the at least one bracket couples the support beam to the sign holder.

2. The sign fixture of claim 1, further comprising a pair of legs having proximal ends for coupling to the support beam and distal ends for mating to the product display structure.

3. The sign fixture of claim 2, wherein the proximal end of at least one of the pair of legs is fixed to a bottom of the support beam.

4. The sign fixture of claim 2, wherein the support beam comprises a hollow support beam and at least one aperture extending along and through a portion of a bottom of the support beam.

5. The sign fixture of claim 4, wherein the proximal end of at least one of the pair of legs is coupled to a slide block located in the hollow support beam such that the at least one leg is laterally adjustable within the aperture extending along and through the portion of the bottom of the hollow support beam.

6. The sign fixture of claim 2, wherein the support beam comprises a hollow support beam and a first aperture extending along and through a first portion and a second aperture extending along and through a second portion of a bottom of the support beam.

7. The sign fixture of claim 6, wherein the proximal ends of the first leg of the pair of legs is coupled to a first slide block located in the hollow support beam and the proximal end of the second leg of the pair of legs is coupled to a second slide block located in the hollow support beam such that each leg of the pair of legs is laterally adjustable within one of the apertures extending along and through the first and second portions of the bottom of the hollow support beam.

8. The sign fixture of claim 1, further comprising a pair of channel members having a closed side fixed to a bottom of the support beam and an open side for accommodating a magnet, the magnet coupling the support beam to the product display structure.

9. A sign fixture comprising:

a hollow support bar having a top, a bottom, a first end and a second end and including at least one aperture extending along and through a portion of the bottom;

a pair of posts having proximal ends for coupling to the support bar and distal ends for coupling to a product display unit, wherein the proximal end of at least one of the pair of posts is coupled to a movable base located within the hollow support bar such that the at least one post is laterally adjustable within the aperture extending along and through the bottom of the hollow support bar;

a frame member for supporting a sign indicative of information related to a product displayed for sale; and

at least one H-bracket having a magnet, wherein the H-bracket magnetically couples the hollow support bar to the frame member.

10. The sign fixture of claim 9, wherein the at least one H-bracket comprises:

first and second longitudinal elements oriented substantially in parallel with each other and having first and second ends; and

a lateral element attached to and extending between the first and second longitudinal elements at a location between the first and second ends, the lateral element having a top surface and a bottom surface.

11. The sign fixture of claim 10, wherein the magnet of the H-bracket extends through a thickness of the lateral element and has a top end and a bottom end, the top end of the magnet exposed to and aligned with the top surface of the lateral element and the bottom end of the magnet protruding from the bottom surface of the lateral element.

12. The sign fixture of claim 11, wherein the top end of the magnet magnetically couples to a portion of the frame member, the portion of the frame member inserted between the first and second longitudinal elements.

13. The sign fixture of claim 11, wherein the bottom end of the magnet magnetically couples to a portion of the hollow support bar, the portion of the hollow support bar inserted between the first and second longitudinal elements receive.

14. The sign fixture of claim 9, wherein the at least one aperture extending along and through a portion of the bottom of the hollow support bar comprises a first aperture extending along and through a first portion and a second aperture extending along and through a second portion of the bottom of the hollow support bar.

15. The sign fixture of claim 14, wherein the proximal ends of both of the pair of posts are each coupled to separate movable bases located in the hollow support bar such that each of the pair of posts is laterally adjustable within its respective aperture extending along and through the bottom of the support bar.

16. A sign fixture comprising:

a support beam having a first end and a second end and supported by a product display structure;

a sign holder for supporting a sign indicative of information related to a product displayed for sale; and

first and second H-brackets, each H-bracket including a magnet, the first H-bracket magnetically coupling a first portion of the support bar to a first portion of the sign frame and the second H-bracket magnetically coupling a second portion of the support beam to a second portion of the sign holder.

17. The sign fixture of claim 16, further comprising a pair of legs having proximal ends for coupling to the support beam and distal ends for coupling to the product display structure.

18. The sign fixture of claim 17, wherein the proximal end of at least one of the pair of legs is fixed to a bottom of the support beam.

19. The sign fixture of claim 17, wherein the support beam comprises a hollow support beam and at least one aperture extending along and through a portion of a bottom of the support beam.

20. The sign fixture of claim 19, wherein the proximal end of at least one of the pair of legs is coupled to a slide block located in the hollow support beam such that at least one leg of the pair of legs is laterally adjustable within the aperture extending along and through the bottom of the hollow support beam.