Stock shelf layout indicators

• US 3,889,408 A
• Filed: 08/11/1971
• Issued: 06/17/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TAUB Family Trust U/A
• Original Assignee: Burton E. Offner
• Inventors: Offner, Burton E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Michell, Robert W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US05/170,928
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 40/2,10,16,16.2,16.4,16.6 312/234.1 211/153
• US Class Current: 40/661.03
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/201 Enclosures enveloping completely the labels G09F3/203 - G09F3/207 take precedence

Abstract

A stock shelf layout indicator serving as reference and guide means to designate the relative spatial positions of shelf-stored and displayed articles, and comprising elongated strip or bar means having a surface adapted to carry article-identifying indicia thereon, the indicia carried on the strip means corresponding to a linear pattern of articles to be placed on the storage and display shelf.

Claims

1. Shelf stock layout indicia means adapted for use to present a diagrammatic representation of a predetermined linear pattern of items to be stocked on a shelf, said indicia means comprising:

strip means having at least one face receptive to application of visual data thereon, indicia means shielding means selectively shiftable between a position in which said indicia means is visually obstructed and a position in which said indicia means is visually exposed, product information displayed on said face of said strip means, said product information defining a linear array of stock items along the length of said strip means, items depicted in said array being spaced along said strip means to correspond with lineal placement positions of correlated actual items to be stocked along said shelf, whereby in checking inventory and in stocking said shelf, reference may be madE to said product information displayed on said strip means to facilitate inventory procedures, preparation of stock orders, and the restocking of shelves.

2. The structure as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising a generally C-shaped retainer band fastened to a product shelf and extending therealong, and, means securing said strip means proximate said retainer band.

3. The structure as set forth in claim 2 wherein said C-shaped retainer band is fastened on the edge of a supporting shelf and constitutes a price channel of the shelf.

4. The structure as set forth in claim 1 wherein said shelf carries a price rail, and further comprising clip means for attachment of said shelf stock layout indicator means to the stock shelf, said clip means being adapted for securement in the price rail carried by the stock shelf and being operable to support said strip means selectively in an in-view position in which said strip means overlies said price rail and in an out-of-sight position in which said strip means is carried beneath the stock shelf.

5. The structure as set forth in claim 4 wherein said clip means comprises, in combination, spaced wall means defining a generally L-shaped laterally open slot, and web means integral with said wall means adapted for securement to and support by a price rail carried by the stock shelf, whereby said L-shaped slot defines a passage extending forwardly of and beneath the stock shelf, said strip means being supportable by said clip means and being selectively shiftable within said passage between an in-view position in front of an overlying the price rail and an out-of-sight position beneath the stock shelf.

6. The structure as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising a price rail and attachment means securing said price rail to the shelf, said price rail being generally C-shaped in vertical cross section, and further comprising clip means, said clip means including vertically extending tab means sized to engage upper and lower portions of said price rail for securement therewithin, wall means depending from said tab means and constituting a support for said strip means, said wall means defining a laterally open generally L-shaped slot extending beneath and forwardly of the stock shelf, said strip means being adapted for support within said slot and being selectively shiftable in said slot between an out-of-sight position beneath the stock shelf and an in-view position in front of the stock shelf.

7. The structure as set forth in claim 6 wherein said wall means define a slot opening upwardly as well as laterally to facilitate downward insertion of said strip means into and ready removal of said strip means from said slot.

8. The structure as set forth in claim 6 wherein said clip means is fabricated of a self-supporting, flexible plastic material.

9. Shelf stock layout indicia means adapted for use to present a diagrammatic representation of a predetermined linear pattern of items to be stocked on a shelf, said indicia means comprising:

strip means having at least one face receptive to application of visual data thereon, attachment means securing said strip means to the shelf along an edge portion thereof, panel means overlying and visually shielding said strip means along the length thereof, and hinge means fastened to said panel means and extending longitudinally therealong at a marginal portion thereof, said panel means being selectively pivotally shiftable about said hinge means to expose to view said strip means and any product information carried thereby, whereby any said information carried by said strip means may be maintained normally out of the view of customers shopping for items on a shelf thereadjacent, and may be exposed to view, as required, for reference by personnel charged with the responsibility of stock replacement, product information displayed on said face of said strip means, said product information defining a linear array of stock items along the length of said strip means, items depicted in said array being spaced along said strip means to correspond with lineal placement positions of correlated actual items to be stocked along said shelf, whereby in checking inventory and in stocking said shelf, reference may be made to said product information displayed on said strip means to facilitate inventory procedures, preparation of stock orders, and the restocking of shelves.

10. The structure as set forth in claim 9 wherein said panel means overlying said strip means comprises a price channel substantially C-shaped in cross section.

11. The structure as set forth in claim 9 and further comprising a price channel secured to said shelf and wherein said attachment means securing said strip means to the shelf comprises means securing said strip means within said price channel.

12. The structure as set forth in claim 9 wherein said shelf carries a price rail, and further comprising clip means for attachment of said shelf stock layout indicator means to the stock shelf, said clip means being adapted for securement in the price rail carried by the stock shelf and being operable to support said strip means selectively in an in-view position in which said strip means overlies said price rail and in an out-of-sight position in which said strip means is carried beneath the stock shelf.