Molded peg strip

• US 4,194,637 A
• Filed: 05/12/1978
• Issued: 03/25/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Talon, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Textron Inc
• Inventors: Edson, Sydney
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gibson, Jr., Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US05/907,512
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 211/87, 211/54.1, 211/57.1, 211/59.1, 211/96, 211/105.1, 248/221.3, 248/221.4, 248/220.2
• US Class Current: 211/96
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0807 Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor with fixed brackets A47F5/0876; packages comprising articles attached to cards B65D73/00; labels G09F

Abstract

A molded plastic peg strip for mounting on a display support a plurality of metal hooks from which merchandise bearing cards are hung has a laterally extending series of open top pockets projecting integrally from a transversely flexible base, each pocket being formed by a low front wall connecting the lower portions of two higher laterally spaced side walls which have slight transverse ribs in their upper portions to constrict the pocket width between said ribs for snapping of the side walls over the shank of a hook when the foot of the hook is pushed down into the pocket to seat the shank down on the top of the pocket front wall or seat the end of the foot on the bottom of the pocket.

Claims

1. A display support comprising:

a plurality of hooks formed from round stock each having an elongate shank and a downturned foot; and

a flexible molded plastic peg strip to hold said hooks, including

an elongate laterally flexible base adapted to be attached flush to a flat or curved surface and

a plurality of independent equally spaced pockets formed integrally along the length of said base and projecting therefrom, each pocket having

two parallel side walls of a height greater than the length of said hook foot, said walls being spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the diameter of said hook foot and extending a like distance from said base,

a front wall connecting said side walls below the top edges thereof to form a cavity with a square cross section,

a slot defined by the area between the side walls above the front wall to receive the shank of a hook and to prevent horizontal swinging thereof,

a bottom surface interconnecting the lower edges of said side walls and said base to provide a stop for said hook foot, and

an aperture in said base extending substantially the full width of said cavity from above said bottom surface to below the top edges of said side walls, a portion of said base remaining adjacent said bottom surface to provide lateral support for said hook foot, said aperature facilitating insertion of a hook foot into said cavity by providing rear clearance for said foot to permit the foot to be inserted into the cavity while in substantial angular misalignment therewith.

2. A display support as recited in claim 1 and further comprising

an integral rib extending transversely across the inner surface of each side wall from the base to the forward edge of the side wall, said rib being positioned so as to engage the shank of a fully seated hook above its diametral plane to retain the hook in the cavity.