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US 9,038,300 B2Granted
Shelf label holder
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorsJennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford, Robert M. Gray
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Abstract
A label holder includes a base, a sign sleeve for receiving at least one printed price label and a living hinge coupling the base to the sign sleeve. The sign sleeve is defined by a main panel that is substantially planar and a return flange that is coupled to the main panel at a joined end. The return flange extends upward from the joined end and terminates at an end located along the main panel.
Claims20
A shelf assembly comprising:
- a first shelf label holder including a fastening section that fastens to a front of a shelf and a transparent pocket for receiving at least one first printed sign, wherein the pocket includes a front, a back, a bottom and an open top and wherein the bottom of the pocket is located above the fastening section of the first shelf label holder and above the shelf;
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- a second shelf label holder including a rigid base, a sign sleeve and a flexure connecting the rigid base to the sign sleeve;
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- wherein the rigid base of the second shelf label holder is inserted through the open top of the pocket and held in the pocket of the first shelf label holder behind the at least one first printed sign.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first shelf label holder fastened to a front of a shelf and including a transparent pocket having a front, a back, a bottom and an open top through which the pocket receives at least one first printed sign that is retained by the pocket and wherein the bottom of the pocket is located above a fastening section of the first shelf label holder and above the shelf;
- inserting a rigid base of a second shelf label holder into the open top of the pocket of the first shelf label holder and behind the at least one first printed sign, the second shelf label holder including a sign sleeve coupled to the rigid base by a flexure, wherein the sign sleeve is defined by a rigid main panel and a flexible flap joined to the rigid main panel by a joined bottom end;
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- rotating the sign sleeve of the second shelf label holder about the rigid base of the second shelf label holder using the flexure after the rigid base is inserted into the open top of the pocket of the first shelf label holder so as to access information printed on the at least one first printed sign.
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A shelf assembly comprising:
- a first shelf label holder including a fastening section that fastens to a front of a shelf and a transparent pocket having a front, a back, a bottom and an open top, wherein the bottom of the pocket is located above the fastening section of the first shelf label holder and above the shelf;
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- a second shelf label holder including a rigid base, a sign sleeve and a flexure connecting the rigid base to the sign sleeve of the second shelf label holder, wherein the rigid base extends from the flexure, terminates at an end and includes at least a first arcuate bend that is concave relative to a front surface of the rigid base and a second arcuate bend connected to the first arcuate bend and is convex relative to the front surface of the rigid base;
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- wherein the rigid base of the second shelf label holder is inserted through the open top of the pocket and held in the pocket of the first shelf label holder with the at least first and second arcuate bends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.