Clip-on price channel
AssigneeSouthern Imperial, Inc.
InventorMichael Brinkman
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Abstract
A clip-on price channel that is designed to clip on to storage room shelving without the use of adhesive tape, nails, screws, etc. The shelf that it is designed to work with is made of wood and has a metal rail attached to the front edge. The price channel has a U-shaped, rear facing flange with opposing fingers at the free-ends that go over the metal rail that is attached to the shelf and grip into grooves between the metal rail and the wood shelf.
Claims15
An elongated clip-on label holder for a shelf, the shelf having a first groove on a top side and a second grove on a bottom side near a front edge of the shelf, the label holder comprising:
- a label holding section held by a shelf gripping section;
- the shelf gripping section having a rear-facing, U-shaped flange that closely conforms to the shape of the edge the shelf;
- and,
- the shelf gripping section having two opposing fingers that mate with the groves on the top and the bottom side of the shelf.
An elongated clip-on label holder for a storage room shelf, the shelf comprising a metal rail which grips onto a front edge of a wood board, the rail being generally U-shaped and having two end surfaces at the top of the U, the label holder comprising:
- a label holding section held by a connecting section, the connecting section extending from a shelf gripping section;
- the shelf gripping section having a rear-facing, U-shaped flange that closely conforms to the shape of the metal rail;
- and,
- the shelf gripping section having two opposing fingers that grip against the two end surfaces of the U-shaped rail.
- the connecting section having a reduced thickness to form a hinge that allows the label holding section to be rotated such that the label holding section can be moved out of the way to access a lower shelf.
An elongated clip-on label holder for a shelf, the shelf having a first grove on a top side and a second grove on a bottom side near a front edge of the shelf, the label holder comprising:
- a label holding section held by a connecting section, the connecting section extending from a shelf gripping section;
- the shelf gripping section having a rear-facing, U-shaped flange that closely conforms to the shape of the edge the shelf;
- the shelf gripping section having two opposing fingers that mate with the groves on the top and the bottom side of the shelf;
- the connecting section having a horizontal section, a 90° bend, a vertical section and a reduced thickness to form a hinge that allows the label holding section to be rotated such that the label holding section can be moved out of the way to access a lower shelf.
- the horizontal section extending from a top corner of the shelf gripping section to the 90° bend;
- the vertical section extending downward from the 90° bend;
- the hinge extending below the vertical section;
- and,
- the label holding section extends below the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.