Tapeless label holders for flat front face shelves

• US 7,627,971 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2006
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Fast Mind LLC
• Original Assignee: The Fast Mind LLC
• Inventors: Fast, Jacob
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris; Lesley D
• Assistant Examiner(s): VERAA, CHRISTOPHER
• Application Number:
  US11/409,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20060254106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,324 Days
• Field of Search: 406/610.3
• US Class Current: 40/661.03
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/204 specially adapted to be attached to a shelf or the like

Abstract

A label holder including a transparent cover member overlying a main body panel to form a label-receiving pocket connectable to a flat front face shelf without tape. The main body panel faces the front face of the shelf. The label holder includes an attachment structure for attaching the label holder to a horizontally oriented shelf lip by defining a U-shaped slot or gap. The attachment structure includes a concave portion, preferably U-shaped, that is elastically stretchable or deformable. This allows stretching of the attachment structure to accommodate different depths of the shelf lip.

Claims

1. A merchandise display apparatus comprising:

a shelf comprising a horizontally-oriented merchandise support surface, a front face extending downwardly therefrom and a planar bottom lip substantially parallel to the support surface, directed rearwardly, and having a free bottom lip edge;

a label holder for carrying and displaying merchandise labels comprising a back panel and a transparent cover member, said back panel and cover member being resiliently interconnected to define a pocket therebetween for carrying a label, and an attachment structure for attaching the label holder to said planar bottom lip of the merchandise shelf, said attachment structure including a bottom leg integrally connected with said back panel and extending rearwardly therefrom to define a generally acute angle with said back panel, said bottom leg including a front portion integrally-coupled with said back panel, a rear portion having a free end, an upturned section extending from the free end for receiving said free bottom lip edge of said shelf, and an intermediate portion located between said front portion that is coupled to said back panel and said free end, said intermediate portion of generally concave configuration, said bottom leg having a width from the back panel to

the free end less than the width of said planar bottom lip before attachment, said bottom leg elastically stretchable at its concave intermediate portion to tightly grip the bottom lip and retain the label holder thereto.

2. The label holder of claim 1, wherein said concave portion is U-shaped.

3. The label holder of claim 1, wherein said concave portion is V-shaped.

4. The label holder of claim 1, wherein the cover member and back panel are resiliently interconnected at their top edges.

5. The label holder of claim 1, wherein said cover member and back panel are resiliently interconnected at their bottom edges.

6. The label holder of claim 1, wherein said concave portion is defined by a substantially circular arc between said front section and rear section and is deformable such that the radius of curvature of said arc increases when attached to said bottom lip.