Store shelf brochure holder and blank therefor

• US 5,423,425 A
• Filed: 09/17/1993
• Issued: 06/13/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fasteners for Retail Incorporated (FFR DSI Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Brian K. Stompe
• Inventors: Stompe, Brian K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman, Bryon P.
• Application Number:
  US08/123,346
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 206/449, 206/494, 206/425, 206/44 B, 211/50, 211/55, 211/94, 211/90, 211/126, 211/70.1
• US Class Current: 206/449
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0068 Shelf extensions, e.g. fixed on price rail
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/146 the show stands or the like being provided with compartments or pockets with theft prevention A47F7/0246
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/147 being individually detachable
• 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 die cut and scored blank from thin, stiff material such as paper or plastic and a literature holder assembled therefrom. The holder includes two shelf strip panels cut to permit attachment of the holder, without use of additional fixtures, adhesives, or adhesive devices, to the pricing channel, which is the facing on most retail store shelves, so that the weight of the holder'"'"'s contents are cantilevered against the store shelf for level display at 90 degrees to the store shelf, the optimum angle for viewing by consumers approaching from either direction. Shelf strip panels of the holder adjoin the side panels, which hold the contents upright, providing a printing surface which may be used to call attention to the holder'"'"'s contents, or if the holder is constructed of clear material, permitting full viewing of the holder'"'"'s contents. Bottom panels of the holder hinge from the side panels so when bottom panels are overlapped and locked into place, they hold the side panels firmly in place while providing a secure bottom on which the holder'"'"'s contents rest. The cut of the bottom panels and the common score by which the side panels are joined, permit formation without binding, leaving a smooth narrow profile in front of the shelf for minimum interference with view of, or access to, product on the shelf. Attached to one bottom panel is a tab lock, which engages a slit in the opposite bottom panel, quickly and easily locking the entire holder together for use.

Claims

1. A substantially flat die cut and scored blank made of thin, stiff material, for assembling into a holder for brochures, coupons or folders, which will be referred to as literature, comprising in combination, two die cut shelf strip panels, each having an angled cut on one side, and a cut shaped like the round metal edge of a retail store'"'"'s pricing channel, which forms the facing edge of a store shelf, on the other side;

two rectangular side panels, for holding literature in the holder upright when the holder is assembled from the blank form, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels and which side panels meet together at a common score;

two bottom panels, attached to the side panels, and which bottom panels, when the flat blank is assembled, provide a secure bottom platform for the holder'"'"'s contents, bracing the side panels in position, each of which bottom panels hinge from a score on the edge of the two side panels;

a die cut termination of the two rectangular bottom panels by die cutting them short of the length which they extend along the rectangular side panels by a distance approximately equal to the width of the bottom panels, which when the flat blank is assembled is approximately the inside width of the holder, enabling the holder to fold at the score joining the two side panels without binding or bunching at the end, providing a smooth narrow contour to the end of the literature holder when assembled;

a male tab lock which extends from one of the bottom panels which adjoins one of the rectangular side panels, can tuck into, and lock with a female lock cut in the score of the other bottom panel which adjoins the opposite side panel, which when the flat blank is formed into a holder, forms a bottom platform upon which literature may be placed, and holds the side panels in place.

2. The blank described in claim 1 which when assembled into a holder may be attached to a store pricing channel and by cantilevering the weight of literature which may be placed in it against a store shelf, will maintain the literature at an approximately level attitude for display at 90 degrees to the store shelf, for optimum viewing by persons approaching from either direction.

3. The blank described in claim 2 wherein the blank may be printed so that when assembled into a holder for literature and attached to a store pricing channel for display at 90 degrees from a store shelf, the printing will call attention to the literature it contains.

4. The blank described in claim 1, wherein the shelf strip panels allow the literature holder when assembled to be attached to a store pricing channel without use of additional fastening devices, tools, adhesives or adhesive devices.

5. The blank described in claim 1 when assembled into a literature holder and attached to a store shelf pricing channel, the literature holder is secured there by the two shelf strip panels, each of which is attached to one said side panel by a score which folds at 90 degrees to the shelf carrying the pricing channel, projecting the side panels, which relate to the wider display dimension of the literature holder, at approximately 90 degrees from the shelf, leaving the narrow profile defined by the common score which joins the two side panels in front of the shelf, offering minimum interference with view of, or access to, product on the shelf.

6. A holder for literature, which holder may be made of thin, stiff material, comprising two die cut shelf strip panels, each of which have an angle cut in the top surface, and a circular cut describing the shape of the round edge of a retail store'"'"'s pricing channel which is located at the outer edge of a shelf facing the store aisle;

two rectangular side panels for holding the contents of the holder upright, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels, and which side panels are hinged together by a score;

two rectangular bottom panels, attached to the side panels, which bottom panels provide a secure bottom platform for the holder'"'"'s contents, and which brace the side panels in upright position, each of which bottom panels hinge from a score on the bottom of each of the two rectangular side panels;

a die cut termination of the two rectangular bottom panels by die cutting them short of the length of the rectangular side panels by a distance approximately equal to the width of the bottom panels, which is approximately the inside width of the holder, enabling the holder to fold at the score joining the two side panels, without binding or bunching providing a smooth narrow contour to the end of the literature holder;

a male tab lock extending from one bottom panel which inserts in a female lock cut in the score joining the opposite bottom panel to the side panel, locking the panels in place.

7. The literature holder of claim 6 which when attached to a store pricing channel, cantilevers the weight of the literature placed in it against the associated store shelf, permitting the holder to maintain an approximately level attitude, displaying contents at approximately 90 degrees to the store shelf, for optimum viewing by persons approaching from either direction.

8. The literature holder of claim 6 wherein the holder is printed so that when attached at 90 degrees to the store shelf;

the printing will call attention to literature it contains.

9. The literature holder of claim 6 wherein the shelf strip panels allow the literature holder to be attached to a store'"'"'s pricing channel without additional fastening devices, tools or adhesives.

10. The literature holder described in claim 6, when attached to a store shelf pricing channel, is secured to the channel by the two shelf strip panels, which are attached to the side panels by a score which folds at 90 degrees to the shelf projecting the side panels, which relate to the wide display dimension of the literature holder, at 90 degrees from the shelf, leaving the narrow profile of the common score which joins the two side panels in front of the shelf, offering minimum interference with view of, or access to, product on the shelf.