Shelf tag identification system
AssigneeGrandville Printing Company
InventorsDennis M. Kucharczyk, Anthony S. Trevino
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Abstract
A shelf tag/sign distribution system that includes identifications of areas of stores, dates, end caps and other information to provide for the accurate and simplified installation of tags/signs within a store. Sheets of shelf tags are color coded on edge surface(s) to provide information as to the types of shelf tags located on each sheet. The sheets can be arranged within a package that includes coded information as to the types of tags that are contained within the package.
Claims20
A compilation of sheets of shelf tags, comprising:
- a package containing a plurality of sheets of printed shelf tags;
- a coded label on said package indicating what groupings of shelf tags are located within said packaging;
- a first section of colors printed on a portion of an edge surface of a plurality of sheets of shelf tags for indicating in what area of a store the shelf tags are to be placed;
- wherein the plurality of sheets are positioned within said package to have similar colors in at least one group;
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- wherein each different color on a portion of the edge surface of the plurality of sheets of shelf tags is staggered such that a grouping of one color has edge coloring that is offset from an adjacent grouping of a different color.
A compilation of sheets of shelf tags, comprising:
- a first section of colors printed on a portion of an edge surface of a plurality of sheets of shelf tags for indicating in what area of a store the shelf tags are to be placed;
- the plurality of sheets are positioned to have similar colors in at least one group;
- wherein each different color on a portion of the edge surface of the plurality of sheets of shelf tags is staggered such that a grouping of one color has edge coloring that is offset from an adjacent grouping of a different color;
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- a second section of colors printed on a portion of an edge surface of a plurality of sheets of shelf tags for indicating a date on which the sheet of shelf tags is to be placed in the store.
A compilation of sheets of shelf tags, comprising:
- a box containing a plurality of sheets of printed shelf tags;
- a first section of colors printed on a portion of an edge surface of a plurality of sheets of shelf tags for indicating in what area of a store the shelf tags are to be placed;
- wherein the plurality of sheets are positioned within said package to have similar colors in at least one group;
- wherein each different color on a portion of the edge surface of the plurality of sheets of shelf tags is staggered such that a grouping of one color has edge coloring that is offset from an adjacent grouping of a different color;
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- a second section of colors printed on a portion of an edge surface of a plurality of sheets of shelf tags indicating the date on which to place the shelf tag within the store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.