Remote controlled electronic price tag
OwnerYehuda Yokedinventor
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Abstract
An electronic price tag is adapted for wireless adjustment, which consists of a display placard mounted to the goods at, for example, a point of manufacture for the goods; a plurality of price display fields on the placard; a receiver/decoder horn mounted to the placard for receiving signals from a remote location and decoding same to be inputted to the price display field. Additionally, the price tag of the present invention permits the retailer to maintain in confidence and secrecy price information pertaining to the specific goods, i.e. the goods are not routed through a supplier or other third parties that would obtain knowledge of the retailer's pricing strategy.
Claims15
An electronic price tag adjustable from a remote location, consisting of:
- support means for attachment to a specific product at a point of manufacture/distribution for the product for which the electronic price tag is associated;
- electronic display means mounted on the support means for displaying adjustable pricing information;
- power supply means mounted on the support means for supplying power to the electronic display means;
- said electronic price tag further consisting of a longitudinal member having a recess formed therein for receiving the power supply means, the longitudinal member constructed and arranged for being mounted to a surface of the support means for sandwiching the-power supply means between the longitudinal member and the support means surface opposite to a surface to which the electronic display means is mounted on the support means.
An electronic price tag adjustable from a remote location, consisting of:
- support means for attachment to a specific product at a point of manufacture/distribution for the product for which the electronic price tag is associated;
- electronic display means mounted on the support means for displaying adjustable pricing information;
- power supply means mounted on the support means for supplying power to electronic display means;
- and
- a longitudinal member having a recess formed therein for receiving the power supply means,
- the longitudinal member constructed and arranged for being mounted to a surface of the support means for sandwiching the power supply means between the longitudinal member and the support means surface opposite to a surface to which the electronic display means is mounted on the support means.
An electronic price tag adjustable from a remote location, consisting of:
- support means for attachment to a product at a point of manufacture/distribution for the product for which the electronic price tag is associated,
- said support means having a surface receptive to the printing of indicia from external means;
- display means mounted on the support means and actuated by electronic signals corresponding to the product for displaying adjustable pricing information for the product;
- and
- power supply means mounted on the support means for supplying power to the display means.
A price tag adjustable from a remote location, consisting of:
- a container having a front surface and a rear surface;
- a space in the container disposed between the front and rear surfaces;
- and
- an electronic display package for indicia pertaining to a product, the electronic display package constructed and arranged to be disposed in the space of the container for displaying indicia pertaining to the product to which the tag is attached, and
- responsive to wireless signals with data encoded corresponding to the product to which the tag is associated for actuation of the electronic display package.
A method of manufacturing a price tag adjustable from a remote location, the method consisting of the steps of:
- assembling a paperboard package having a space therein;
- disposing in the space an electronic package for electronically displaying
- indicia specific to a product and to which the tag is mounted;
- and
- enclosing the electronic display package in the space within the paperboard
- package, the electronic display package responsive to wireless signals corresponding to the product for displaying the indicia to an exterior of the price tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.