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US 4,483,502 AGranted
Support unit for display items
OwnerJacob Fastinventor
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An integral unit for suspending one or more apertured items for display forwardly of a display shelf is arranged to be secured to the forward edge of the shelf or, alternatively, to a hook which is secured to the shelf. The unit is made of flexible plastic and includes a tag-like mounting portion which has two spaced and aligned bottom support edges adapted to be supported on a support ledge at the shelf forward edge. If that forward edge is a standard price molding, the mounting portion can be resiliently engaged therein. An item-supporting portion extends from between the support edges and is flexible to be suspended forwardly thereof. The item-supporting portion has one or more finger-like hook members adapted to support the apertured items for display. In one embodiment, the hook members are reinforced by an arcuate cross-section which is more pronounced near the hook tip. An inverted U-shaped punch-out portion surrounds the hook and, once removed, permits the hook to be bent out of plane to support an apertured item. Alternatively, the hook may have a winged tip which is flexibly foldable to be inserted through the aperture in the displayed item.
An article of manufacture for supporting apertured items for display from a display structure having a forward edge with a straight support ledge, said article comprising an integrally-formed unit having a mounting portion and an item-supporting portion, wherein said mounting portion is a flexible tag-like member including a support edge divided into two spaced straight edge segments which are adapted to be linearly aligned to contact said support ledge when said article is in use, said segments defining a space therebetween, and wherein said item-supporting portion comprises a flap-like member projecting through said space and outwardly beyond said edge segments from a location on said mounting portion inward of said edge segments, said item-supporting portion being flexible out of plane with respect to said edge segments, so as to be disposed forwardly of said support ledge when said edge segments are in linear contact with said support ledge, said item-supporting portion further including at least one finger-like member with a proximal end secured to said flap-like member and a remote end which is flexibly bendable forwardly of said flap-like member to engage an apertured item for display.
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