Magnetic sign mount

• US 4,703,575 A
• Filed: 09/30/1985
• Issued: 11/03/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Merchandising Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: Merchandising Display Corporation
• Inventors: Diamond, Israel
• Primary Examiner(s): Peshock, Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stone, Cary E.
• Application Number:
  US06/781,664
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 40/617, 40/600, 40/11 R, 40/16.4, 40/621, 40/13, 24/487, 24/67 R, 248/467, 211/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 40/600
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/204 specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 211/01 Magnetic article holder

Abstract

A suspended sign display includes rigid front and rear leaves hinged together adjacent their upper edges. The rear leaf includes a device for attachment to a supporting surface such as a store window. The leaves are held folded together by a magnet which is secured to the inner face of each leaf. An indicia bearing placard sign is clamped between the magnets. An abutment projects from the rear leaf to assist in positioning the placard. The outer face of the front leaf includes additional sign indicia either directly imprinted on the leaf or on a card carried by the leaf, and the outer face of the rear leaf may also include sign indicia. In one embodiment, each leaf is a separate extrusion having a grooved channel along its upper edge. A separate hinge extrusion is engaged in each of the channels. In an alternate embodiment the mount is formed as a single extrusion, and the device for attaching the mount to a supporting surface includes a pair of diverging webs which clip to a shelf edge molding. In a further embodiment the upper edge of one leaf includes a sleeve and the upper edge of the other leaf includes a rod seated in the sleeve to provide a hinge.

Claims

1. An extruded thermoplastic mount for suspending placard signs comprising a front, generally planar, substantially rigid leaf and a rear, generally planar, substantially rigid leaf, each leaf having an upper and a lower edge and an inner and an outer face, hinge means pivotally joining the leaves adjacent their upper edges, the leaves being movable about the hinge means from an open position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are separated from one another to a closed position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are substantially juxtaposed, the outer face of the rear leaf including means for attaching the mount to a support surface, a first magnetic means secured to the inner face of the rear leaf and a second magnetic means secured to the inner face of the front leaf, the magnetic means being in registration when the leaves are in their closed position, the magnetic means engaging a placard sign placed between the magnetic means to suspend the placard sign when the leaves are in their closed position, abutment means for positioning the placard sign, the abutment means being spaced above the magnetic means and extending uninterruptedly throughout the length of the leaves from the inner face of the rear leaf toward the front leaf a distance greater than the thickness of the first magnetic means, the abutment means being engaged by the top edge of the placard sign when the placard sign is positioned between the magnetic means the front leaf further including means for mounting a card sign to its outer face, the mounting means comprising a pair of spaced opposed facing channels, the card sign being dimensioned to be slidably received between the channels.

2. A magnetic mount for suspending placard signs constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein the front and rear leaves comprise separate extrusions.

3. A mount for suspending placard signs constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein the means for attaching the mount to a support surface comprises a double faced adhesive tape.

4. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sign indicia is imprinted on the outer face of the front leaf.

5. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein the outer face of the rear leaf carries sign indicia.

6. An extruded thermoplastic mount for suspending placard signs comprising a front, generally planar and a rear, generally planar, substantially rigid leaf, each leaf having an upper and a lower edge and an inner and an outer face, hinge means pivotally joining the leaves adjacent their upper edges, the leaves being movable about the hinge means from an open position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are separated from one another to a closed position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are substantially juxtaposed, a first magnetic means secured to the inner face of the rear leaf and a second magnetic means secured to the inner face of the front leaf, the first and second magnetic means being in registration when the leaves are in their closed position and engaging a placard sign placed between the magnetic means to suspend the placard sign in a desired position, the mount further including means for attaching the mount to a support surface, the support surface comprising a shelf edge molding having top and bottom inturned longitudinal edges, the means for attaching the mount to the support surface comprising pair of means for engagement with the inturned edges of the molding, and a pair of webs, each web extending between one engagement means and the rear leaf, the engagement means being spaced apart from one another a distance greater than the distance between the inturned edges, the engagement means being resiliently compressed toward one another when in engagement with the inturned edges of the molding, the front leaf further including means for mounting a card sign to its outer face, the mounting means comprising a pair of spaced opposed facing channels, the card sign being dimensioned to be slidably received between the channels.

7. A mount for suspending placard signs constructed in accordance with claim 6 wherein the outer face of the front leaf carries sign indicia imprinted directly thereon.

8. A mount for suspending placard signs comprising a front leaf and a rear leaf, both leaves being generally planar and substantially rigid, each leaf having an upper and a lower edge and an inner and an outer face, hinge means pivotally joining the leaves adjacent their upper edges, the leaves being movable about the hinge means from an open position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are separated to a closed position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are substantially juxtaposed, the outer face of the rear leaf including means for adhesively attaching the mount to a support surface, a first magnetic means secured to the inner face of the rear leaf and a second magnetic means secured to the inner face of the front leaf, the magnetic means being in registration when the leaves are juxtaposed and engaging a placard sign placed between the magnetic means to suspend the sign in a desired position when the leaves are closed, each leaf comprising a separate plastic extrusion, the hinge means comprising a further plastic extrusion, the hinge means extrusion including a pair of legs and a web interconnecting the legs, the web including a fold line for unitary bending, the fold line comprising a hinge axis, means forming a channel in each of the leaves adjacent the upper edge, one of the legs of the hinge extrusion being seated in each of the channels the hinge extrusion being formed of polypropylene and the leaves being formed of a material having a surface suitable for facilitating adhesive attachment.

9. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 8 wherein the leaves are formed of a material selected from a group consisting of rigid polyvinylchloride, ultraviolet stable styrene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

10. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 8 wherein the outer face of the front leaf carries sign indicia.

11. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 10 wherein the sign indicia is imprinted on the outer face of the front leaf.

12. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 10 further including a card sign, the sign indicia being positioned on the card sign, the front leaf further including means for mounting the card sign to the outer face.

13. A magnetic mount constructed in accordance with claim 8 wherein the outer face of the rear leaf carries sign indicia.

14. A mount for suspending placard signs comprising a front leaf and a rear leaf, both leaves being generally planar and substantially rigid, each leaf having an upper and a lower edge and an inner and an outer face, hinge means pivotally joining the leaves, the leaves being movable about the hinge means from an open position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are separated to a closed position wherein the inner faces of the leaves are substantially juxtaposed, the outer face of the rear leaf including means for attaching the mount to a support surface, a first magnetic means secured to the inner face of the front leaf, the magnetic means being in registration when the leaves are in the closed position and engaging a placard sign placed between the magnetic means to suspend the sign in a desired position, the hinge means comprising an elongate slit cylinder on one of the leaves and an elongate rod on the other leaf, the rod being engaged in the cylinder the front leaf further including means for mounting a card sign to its outer face, the mounting means comprising a pair of spaced opposed facing channels, the card sign being dimensioned to be slidably received between the channels.

15. A magnetic mount in accordance with claim 14 wherein the outer face of the front leaf carries sign indicia.