Literature holder and blank therefore
OwnerBrian Keating Stompeinventor
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Abstract
Improvements may be incorporated in the literature holder and blank therefor which allow it to firmly hold upright for display one or two pieces of literature without support of a bottom panel, and which improvement provides a more economical blank, and provides access for insertion and withdrawal of literature from two open sides of the assembled holder; as well as an improvement which allows the blank and literature holder formed from it to dispense literature from the top of, or from the front of the holder; and an improvement which enables the blank and literature holder assembled therefrom to reduce space required by the holder.
Claims8
A substantially flat, die cut and scored blank made of stiff material, for assembling into a holder for literature, comprising in combination, two die cut shelf strip panels, each having an angled cut on one side, and a cut shaped like the round edge of a store shelf, on the opposite side, with two holes cut in each of said shelf strip panels, each of said respective two holes being located inward from the opposite sides of their shelf stip panel at where a respective said shelf strip panel meets a side panel, at a point where cuts can be made to each of the four holes from the exterior of the shelf strip panels where they join said side panels, to a point where when the cuts are made, the shelf strip panels may be flexed for insertion in a horizontal opening in a vertical surface, which opening is provided for attachment of objects to the surface, so that when said shelf strip panels are inserted in the opening they will hold the literature holder leveraged against the surface with a narrow profile of the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface;
- and with additional holes in each of the shelf strip panels, the horizontal centers of said additional holes in each of the two shelf strip panels, when the literature holder is assembled from the blank, are separated and which horizontal distance between their centers is the horizontal distance between the center of corresponding holes in a pegboard, which is commonly used for display surface, and which pegboard holes are consistently spaced, whereby the shaft of a friction fit fastener, which shaft is attached to a broad flat bead, can pass through each of the said additional holes in the shelf strip panels into the pegboard, leveraging a literature holder securely against the surface to which it has been attached with the narrow profile positioning the holder at 90 degrees to the surface;
- and two rectangular side panels, for holding literature in the holder upright when the holder is assembled from the blank, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels and which said side panels meet together at a common axis midway between the opposing sides of the side panels to which the shelf strip panels are joined to said side panels, wherein the improvement comprises the ability of said blank to be folded with said side panels folded along their common axis so they meet and remain touching each other, so literature may be placed between said side panels when said panels are held apart to accept the literature, the literature will be secured when the side panels are released to resume contact with each other, the literature being pressed between said side panels and which literature is also held in place by the narrowness of the common axis where the panels meet, which narrow juncture impinges on the literature placed with the edge of the literature in said juncture, so that literature held in the holder will be displayed in an upright position at 90 degrees to the surface to which the literature holder is attached, providing said narrow profile and provides openings at both the top and at the bottom of the holder for insertion and withdrawal of literature.
A substantially flat, die cut and scored blank made of stiff material, for assembling into a holder for literature, comprising in combination, two die cut shelf strip panels, each having an angled cut on one side, and a cut shaped like the round edge of a store shelf, on the opposite side, with two holes cut in each of said shelf strip panels, each of said respective two holes being located inward from the opposite sides of their shelf strip panel at where said shelf strip panel meets a side panel, at a point where cuts can be made to each of the four holes from the exterior of the shelf strip panels where they join said side panels, to a point where when the cuts are made, the shelf strip panels may be flexed for insertion in a horizontal opening in a vertical surface, which opening is provided for attachment of objects to the surface, so that when said shelf strip panels are inserted in the opening they will hold the literature holder leveraged against the surface with a narrow profile of the holder leveraged against the surface with the narrow profile positioning the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface;
- and with additional holes in both of the shelf strip panels, the horizontal centers of said addition holes in each of the two shelf strip panels, when the literature holder is assembled from the blank, are separated and which horizontal distance between their centers is the horizontal distance between the center of corresponding holes in a pegboard, which pegboard is commonly used for a display surface, and which the pegboard holes are consistently spaced, whereby the shaft of a friction fit fastener, which shaft is attached to a broad flat bead, can pass through each of the said holes in the shelf strip panels into the pegboard, leveraging a literature holder securely against the surface to which it has been attached with a narrow profile positioning the holder at 90 degrees to the surface;
- and two rectangular side panels, for holding literature in the holder upright when the holder is assembled from the blank form, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels, wherein the improvement comprises the side panels being joined along a common axs which positions the shelf strip panels which are attached to said side panels on the same side of the blank, with the cut in each of the shelf strip panels, which is shaped like the round metal edge of a retail store's pricing channel, facing each other, and with the shelf strip panels positioned so that when said side panels are folded along their common axis so they meet, and remain touching each other, said shelf strip panels will also be touching, with the die cuts of said shelf strip panels matched together in the same position mirrored opposite each other, said improvement permits literature to be placed between said two side panels when said side panels are separated for insertion of the literature and wherein the literature is held firmly in an upright position between said side panels when said side panels resume contact with each other, pressing literature which may have been inserted between them firmly between said side panel, and with the edge of the literature placed close to the narrow juncture of the axis where said two side panels meet, so that said narrow juncture will impinge on the literature, holding it in place so that when the literature holder assembled from the blank is leveraged at a display surface, the literature is held upright with the narrow profile of the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface, and which literature may be replaced from either the top, or from the front of the holder, which front is opposite the side of the holder which may be attached to a display surface.
A holder for literature made of stiff material, comprising in combination, two die cut shelf strip panels, each having an angled cut on one side, and a cut shaped like the round edge of a store shelf, on the opposite side, with two holes cut in each of said shelf strip panels, each of said respective two holes being located inward from the opposite sides of their strip panel where the a respective shelf strip panel meets a side panel, at a point where cuts can be made to each of the four holes from the exterior of the shelf strip panels where they join the side panels, to a point where when the cuts are made, the shelf strip panels may be flexed for insertion in a horizontal opening in a vertical surface, which opening is provided for attachment of objects to the surface, so that when shelf strip panels are inserted in the opening they will hold the literature holder leveraged against the surface with the a narrow profile of the holder leveraged against the surface, with the narrow profile of the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface;
- and with additional holes in each of the shelf strip panels, the horizontal centers of said addition holes in each of the two shelf strip panels are separated, and the horizontal distance between their centers is the horizontal distance between the centers of corresponding holes in a pegboard, which pegboard is commonly used for a display surface, and which pegboard holes are consistently spaced, whereby the shaft of a friction fit fastener, which shaft is attached to a broad flat bead, can pass through each of the said additional holes in the shelf strip panels into the pegboard, leveraging the literature holder securely against the surface to which it has been attached with the narrow profile positioning the holder at 90 degrees to the surface;
- and two rectangular side panels, for holding literature in the holder upright, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels and which said side panels meet together at a common axis midway between the opposing sides of the side panels to which the shelf strip panels are joined to said side panels, wherein the improvement comprises the ability of said holder to be folded with said side panels folded along their common axis so they meet, and remain touching each other, so literature may be placed between said side panels when said panels are held apart to accept the literature, the literature will be secured when the side panels are released to resume contact with each other, the literature being pressed between said side panels and which literature is also held in place by the narrowness of the common axis where the panels meet, which narrow juncture impinges on the literature placed with the edge of the literature in said juncture, so that literature held in the holder will be displayed in an upright position at 90 degrees to the surface to which the literature holder is attached, providing a said narrow profile and provides openings at both the top and at the bottom of the holder for insertion and withdrawal of literature.
A holder for literature made of stiff material, comprising in combination, two die cut shelf strip panels, each having an angled cut on one side, and a cut shaped like the round edge of a store shelf, on the opposite side, with two holes cut in each of said shelf strip panels, each of said respective two holes being located inward from the opposite sides of their shelf strip panel at where said shelf strip panel meets a side panel, at a point where cuts can be made to each of the four holes from the exterior of the shelf strip panels where they join said side panels, to a point where when the cuts are made, the shelf strip panels may be flexed for insertion in a horizontal opening in a vertical surface, which opening is provided for attachment of objects to the surface, so that when said shelf strip panels are inserted in the opening they will hold the literature holder leveraged against the surface with a narrow profile of the holder leveraged against the surface with the narrow profile positioning the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface, which presents literature which may be held in the literature holder for viewing by people from either direction;
- and with addition holes in both of the shelf strip panels, the horizontal centers of said additional holes in each of the two shelf strip panels are separated, and which the horizontal distance between their centers is the horizontal distance between the center of corresponding holes in a pegboard, which pegboard is commonly used for a display surface, and the pegboard holes are consistently spaced, whereby the shaft of a friction fit fastener, which shaft is attached to a broad flat bead, can pass through each of the said additional holes in the shelf strip panels into the pegboard, leveraging the literature holder securely against the surface to which it has been attached with the narrow profile positioning the holder at 90 degrees to the surface and two rectangular side panels, for holding literature in the holder upright, attached to and adjoining the two shelf strip panels, wherein the improvement comprises the side panels of the holder being joined along a common axis with the shelf strip panels attached to said side panels above said axis, with the cut in each of the shelf strip panels which is shaped like the round metal edge of a retail store's pricing channel facing down so that said side panels which are folded along their common axis so they meet, and remain touching each other, said shelf strip panels also touch each other with the die cuts of said shelf strip panels matched together in the same position mirrored opposite each other, which improvement permits literature to be placed between said two side panels when said side panels are separated for insertion of the literature and wherein the literature is held firmly in an upright position between side panels when said side panels resume contact with each other, pressing literature which may have been inserted between them firmly together said side panels, and with the edge of the literature placed close to the narrow juncture of the axis where said two side panels meet, so that said narrow juncture will impinge on the literature, holding it in place so that when the literature holder is leveraged against a display surface, the literature is held upright with the narrow profile of the holder at a 90 degree angle to the surface, and which literature may be replaced from either the top, or from the front of the holder, which front is opposite the side of the holder which may be attached to a display surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.