Display hook and combination
AssigneeSide-Kik Corporation
InventorPaul O'Brien
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Abstract
A display hook and rack combination. The rack has a plurality of spaced openings into which the support fingers of a hook may be inserted. The rack has spaced protrusions thereon associated with the spaced openings and engaging the face plate of the hook providing support and stabilization to the hook so that it cannot be easily dislodged when a product, suspended on the hook, is removed therefrom.
Claims13
A display rack and hook combination for supporting products therein comprising:
- a wall having a plurality of vertically spaced rows of horizontally aligned openings therein;
- a plurality of vertically spaced rows of horizontally aligned nubs protruding from said wall between said successive vertically spaced rows of openings;
- at least one display hook mounted in one of said openings, said display hook having a face plate having a substantially planar rear surface, an L-shaped, locking member having a width slightly less than that of said rectangular opening such that said locking member is substantially coextensive with said opening to prevent movement of said locking member within said opening by forces acting on said face plate in a direction parallel thereto, said locking member having a first leg attached to said face plate rear surface at a position sufficiently below an upper edge of said face plate such that a portion of said face plate rear surface extends above said first leg and in contact with said wall immediately above said opening when said hook is mounted therein for resisting movements acting upwardly on said face plate, said locking member first leg extending rearwardly from said face plate rear surface through said opening for a distance slightly greater than said wall material thickness and upwardly for a length sufficient to abut against the back of said wall, said face plate having a lower portion with a width slightly less than the spacing between successive ones of said horizontally aligned nubs and an upper portion of a width greater than the width of said lower portion, the intersection of said upper and lower portions forming undercut areas on opposite sides of said face plate whereby said lower portion can be maintained between successive ones of said hubs when said locking member is mounted in one of said openings with said undercut areas being supported by said successive ones of said nubs, and a resilient support extending rearwardly from said face plate lower portion into one of said openings vertically spaced from said one of said openings into which said locking member extends, and an elongated support member cantilevered outwardly from the front of said face plate for supporting one of said products therefrom, said support member being angled slightly upwardly from the horizontal and terminating in an upturned portion at its outer end.
In a combination hook and display rack wherein the display rack has a plurality of vertically spaced openings into which a hook can be mounted, said vertically spaced openings being defined by a plurality of spaced interconnecting horizontally extending panels, a plurality of spaced vertically extending spaced flanges interconnecting said panels thereby forming said spaced openings therebetween, a plurality of horizontally aligned nubs protruding outwardly from said panels between successive vertically spaced rows of said openings, the hook comprising:
- a face plate having a front wall and a rear wall and an upper edge and a lower edge;
- an elongated support member cantilevered outwardly from said front wall, said support member being angled slightly upwardly from the horizontal and terminating in an upturned portion at its outer end;
- an L-shaped locking member having a first leg extending from the rear wall of said face plate and a second leg integral with the first leg extending upwardly from said first leg, spaced from said rear wall and generally parallel thereto and above the upper edge thereof;
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- a support integral with said lower edge extending in a direction opposite that of said support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.