Display device
AssigneeBemis Manufacturing Company
InventorsPeter F. Bemis, Timothy J. Otte
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Abstract
A display device that can be used singularly for securing a single open-faced container on a shelf for display of and access to the container contents or in multiples to secure any number of like open-faced containers on a shelf for display of and access to the contents of each container. The display device includes a frame defining an access opening. The frame is dimensioned to surround the open face of the container on which the frame is to be mounted. The display device further includes a releasable lock for removably securing the frame to the open-faced container, and an anchor for attaching the frame to the shelf when the display is in use.
Claims27
A display device that can be used singularly for securing a single open-faced container on a shelf for display of and access to the container contents or in multiples to secure any number of open-faced containers on a shelf for display of and access to the contents in each container, said device comprising:
- a frame defining an access opening, said frame being dimensioned to surround the open face of the container on which the frame is to be mounted;
- a releasable locking means on said frame for removably securing said frame to the open-faced container on which said frame is to be mounted;
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- an anchor means for releasably attaching said frame to the shelf when said display is in use.
A point of sale display and container assembly mountable on a shelf, said assembly comprising:
- a container having side walls and an open face providing access to products within the container;
- a frame defining an access opening, said frame being dimensioned to surround said open face;
- an anchor means for attaching said frame to the shelf;
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- a releasable lock for removably securing said frame to one or more of said container walls to allow said container when empty to be removed from said frame and replaced with a full container.
A point of sale display, container and shelf assembly comprising:
- a shelf;
- a plurality of containers each having sides and an open face providing access to products within the container;
- a plurality of frames each mounted on a respective one of said containers, each of said frames having an access opening in register with the open face of the associated container;
- a releasable lock for removably securing each of said frames to one or more of said sides of the associated container;
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- an anchor for removably securing each of said frames on said shelf in side-by-side relation to each other, said anchor including a base having an upper portion releasably attached to each of said frames and a lower portion secured to said shelf, said anchor allowing each of said frames to be removed from said shelf with the associated container attached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.