Strip merchandiser with universal mounting means
OwnerJacob Fast, Robert A. Fastinventors
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Abstract
A strip merchandiser for suspending apertured products from a product display shelf has a versatile form of mounting portion providing optional forms of attachment for the strip merchandiser to the display shelf. The mounting portion is in the form of a panel which can be flexed so as to secure the panel in a concave price channel on the forward edge of a shelf. Further, the mounting panel is provided with a depressable head which can be used for attaching it in an aperture of a display shelf.
Claims8
A strip merchandiser of plastic sheet material comprising an elongate body portion including longitudinally spaced product suspension hook defining means, and a mounting portion at one end of the body portion, the mounting portion being in the form a mounting panel separated from the body portion by respective slits having respective lateral sections extending inwardly from opposite longitudinal edges of the strip and respective longitudinal sections extending lengthwise of the strip from the lateral sections toward one end of the strip defining one edge of the panel, the longitudinal sections defining a stem therebetween connecting the mounting panel to the body portion of the strip, and the mounting panel including a further slit between said longitudinal sections and said one end of the strip, the further slit defining a depressable head for engaging in a shelf aperture and the like to form one mode of suspension with portions of the panel adjacent the head engaging an upper surface of the shelf to preclude upward tilting of the strip, the depressable head being connected to the mounting panel by a connection line located between said longitudinal sections and said one end of the strip, and wherein said lateral sections define a split edge of the panel, the panel being capable of being flexed between said split edge and said one edge of the strip for engagement in a concave price channel to provide another mode of suspension for the strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.