Apparatus and method for securing items to a hangable merchandiser
AssigneeEveready Battery Company, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro
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Abstract
An apparatus and process for simultaneously securing a plurality of display articles onto a hangable merchandiser are disclosed. The apparatus includes a strip shaped hangar and a detachable handle secured to the strip. The handle is used to secure the display articles to the strip and then the handle is detached from the strip. The process reduces the cost of securing display articles to the strip.
Claims36
An apparatus for simultaneously attaching a plurality of articles to a foldable strip shaped merchandiser, comprising:
- (a) a strip shaped element having an undulating cross sectional configuration comprising a series of folds, said strip comprising intermediate segments located between sequential folds in the strip shaped element, said intermediate segments comprising connection means located thereon;
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- (b) a detachable handle contacting said series of folds at one or more points of contact.
A process for attaching a plurality of display articles to an undulating strip shaped merchandiser, said process comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an apparatus comprising a handle and an undulating strip member secured to one another, said strip comprising a plurality of releasable connection means located along the length of said strip;
- (b) providing a plurality of display articles, each article comprising at least one releasable engagement means;
- (c) contacting said apparatus' strip to said plurality of display articles, said strip's connection means engaging said display articles' engagement means and releasably securing the display articles to the strip;
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- (d) separating said handle from said strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.