US 5,702,008 AGranted

Merchandise display hook with positioning support for pivoting label holder

AssigneeTrion Industries, Inc.

InventorsDavid R. Thalenfeld, Thomas O. Nagel

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Abstract

A merchandise display hook provided with an improved form of pivoting label holder. A merchandise supporting arm extends below and terminates forwardly of a label supporting arm. A cross bar provides a pivot mount for a plastic label holding device, with the end extremity of the merchandise support arm serving as an abutment stop to limit rearward pivoting movement of the label holder. The cross bar can be so positioned as to provide for a normal, slightly upwardly tilted orientation of the label holder, to facilitate viewing. In one embodiment, the cross bar is welded to the shaft of the label support arm. In other embodiments, the label support arm is bent to form a cross bar at right angles to the shaft.

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Dependent claims

A merchandise display hook with pivoting label holder, which comprises,

(a) an outwardly extending merchandise support element,
(b) an outwardly extending label holder arm having a shaft and a cross bar member,
(c) said cross bar member being fixed substantially perpendicular to said shaft of said label holder arm for the support of a label holder,
(d) means associated with an inner end of said display hook for mounting said display hook on a support structure,
(e) a label holder-mounted on said cross bar member and having a label panel for retaining a product information label,
(f) said label holder including a cross bar engaging clip portion for mounting said label holder on said cross bar member,
(g) said cross bar engaging clip portion and said label holder being freely pivotally mounted on said cross bar to accommodate easy product removal from said merchandise support element from a position below said label holder arm, and
(h) a label holder positioning support carried by said merchandise support element and engageable with a back portion of said label panel,
(i) said positioning support being adapted to support said panel in an at-rest position at an easily-visible, upwardly inclined angular orientation and to prevent rearward pivoting movement of said label holder beyond said easily visible, upwardly inclined at-rest orientation while accommodating free pivoting movement of said label holder in a forward direction for product removal and loading.

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