Label mounting apparatus

• US 5,044,104 A
• Filed: 04/13/1990
• Issued: 09/03/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rehau AG + Company (Wagner Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Rehau AG + Company (Wagner Holding AG)
• Inventors: Hopperdietzel, Siegfried
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hakomaki, J.
• Application Number:
  US07/508,635
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 40/649, 40/642, 40/650, 40/651, 40/652, 40/661, 40/658, 248/225.1, 248/417, 248/289.3, 248/223.4, 248/221.4
• US Class Current: 40/654.01
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/204 specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

Abstract

A label mounting apparatus includes a molding member which is mounted on a support, such as a shelf. The apparatus also includes an elongated carrier for labels corresponding to items on the support. To permit the carrier to be mounted on the molding member at a desired angle, detents are provided on the carrier and on the molding member or the corner of the support.

Claims

1. An apparatus for mounting a label on a support, comprising:

a molding member connected to the support, the molding molding having first means for providing a plurality of molding detents; and

a carrier mounted on the molding member, the carrier having a rear wall with a bottom portion and an upper edge, a transparent front wall with a bottom portion that is connected to the bottom portion of the rear wall, and a pocket between the front and rear walls for receiving the label, the carrier additionally having second means extending from the rear wall for providing at least one carrier detent which is selectively engageable with one of the molding detents so as to selectively set the carrier at one of a plurality of angles, and a strip which is connected to the upper edge of the rear wall and which extends over the molding member to the support, the strip being made in one piece with the rear wall and having a flexible portion.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second means comprises a plurality of webs extending from the rear wall of the carrier, and detent tabs on the webs, wherein the molding member comprises a back wall which is connected to the support, and wherein the first means of the molding member comprises two side walls extending from the bottom wall at spaced-apart positions, the side walls having grooves which constitute the molding detents, the side walls and back wall of the molding member being generally U-shaped in cross-section.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second means comprises a plurality of webs extending from the rear wall of the carrier, and detent tabs on the webs, wherein the molding member comprises a base portion which is connected to the support, and wherein the first means of the molding member comprises two arcuate side walls extending from the base portion at spaced-apart positions, the side walls having grooves which constitute the molding detents.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the strip covers the molding member when the carrier is at any of the plurality of angles.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the molding member comprises a wall which is mounted on the support, the wall having top and bottom ends, wherein the first means of the molding member comprises another wall which is connected to the wall at the bottom end thereof, the molding detents being disposed at spaced apart positions on the another wall, wherein the second means of the carrier comprises an arm extending from the rear wall of the carrier and terminating in the at least one carrier detent, and wherein the strip is connected to the top end of the wall of the molding member.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bottom portions of the front and rear walls of the carrier are connected in the manner of a hinge, wherein the front wall of the carrier has a free upper edge, wherein the rear wall has an upper edge, and wherein the carrier further comprises a cover attached to the upper edge of the rear wall, the cover extending grippingly over the free edge of the front wall.

7. An apparatus for mounting a label on a support having a lower corner, comprising:

a molding member which is connected to the support, the molding member having a top end;

a strip connected to the top end of the molding member, the strip having a flexible portion; and

a carrier having a rear wall with a bottom end and with a top end that is connected to the strip, a transparent front wall with a bottom end that is connected to the bottom end of the rear wall, and a pocket between the front and rear walls for receiving the label, the carrier additionally having an arm extending from the rear wall, and means carried by the arm for providing a plurality of carrier detents which are selectively engageable with the lower corner of the support so as to selectively set the carrier at one of a plurality of angles.