Price Channel Extrusion With Sign Holding Grip

A label holder for a retail display apparatus, the label holder configured to engage at least one sign, the label holder comprising:

• a front panel of a plastic material having a front surface;
• a clip integrally connected to the front panel via a first integral hinge and pivoting relative to the front panel through the first integral hinge, the clip including a second integral hinge, the first integral hinge between the second integral hinge and the front panel;
• wherein the front panel and clip are made from the same plastic material, and are extruded from a single extrusion screw head, the front panel and clip extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end defining a same cross-sectional shape at all locations between the first end and second end;
• and
• a sign engagement arrangement formed between the clip and the front surface, the clip having a gripping surface;
• wherein the clip is configured such that when a force is imparted to the sign to remove the sign from between the front surface and the gripping surface of the clip, the gripping surface engages the sign such that a free end of the gripping surface rotates toward the front panel to reduce a distance therebetween and to increase engagement between the clip and the sign.

A method of forming a label holder for a retail display apparatus that includes a shelf, the method comprising:

• extruding a front panel and a clip through an extrusion die using a single extrusion screw head and the same plastic material such that the front panel and clip are a continuous piece of material;
• constructing the front panel from a plastic material, the front panel having a front surface;
• integrally connecting the clip to the front panel via a first integral hinge, the clip pivoting relative to the front panel through the first integral hinge, the clip including a second integral hinge, the first integral hinge being located between the second integral hinge and the front panel;
• constructing the clip from the same plastic material used for the front panel;
• forming a sign engagement arrangement between the clip and the front surface, the clip having a gripping surface;
• and
• configuring the clip such that when a force is imparted to the sign to remove the sign from between the front surface and the gripping surface of the clip, the gripping surface engages the sign such that a free end of the gripping surface rotates toward the front panel to reduce a distance therebetween and to increase engagement between the clip and the sign.