Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
  • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
  • A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
  • A47F5/0815—Panel constructions with apertures for article supports, e.g. hooks
  • A47F5/0823—Article supports for peg-boards

Definitions

• This invention relates to a merchandise display assembly.
• the invention relates to a merchandise display assembly in which a display element may be hingedly mounted on anchor plate.
• the invention also relates to an anchor plate adapted for hingedly mounting a display element thereon.
• the display of merchandise at Point of Sale (POS) or Point of Purchase (POP) is a key factor in many retail operations.
• the retailer must take into account such factors as the ease with which the display means may be transported from one location to another, the accessibility of the displayed merchandise to customers, efficient use of space, the cost of the display means used, and safety and security issues.
• a widely used POS / POP display system involves an apertured board to which are attached a plurality of elongate protruding hooks or hangers. The merchandise is suspended from these hangers, often in carded display packaging.
• Eurohook is a double-pronged hanger, the twin prongs extending in parallel from a fixed base plate designed to attach to a merchandise display by means of clips, tabs, hooks or spikes provided on the reverse thereof.
• the twin prongs are generally angled part-way along their length so as to enable packaged goods to be retained on the hanger.
• a cross-piece bridges the ends of the prongs both providing strength and creating a squared end, thus forming a location for attaching a swing label showing, for example, the price of the merchandise displayed.
• the Eurohook thus has a number of advantages over single pronged systems employed elsewhere.
• the double-pronged structure provides greater strength, allowing the Eurohook to be used with a wider range of merchandise.
• single pronged hangers do not so readily provide a location for the attachment of swing labels.
• the present invention stems from the realisation that, despite the widespread use of the Eurohook, it does suffer from at least one shortcoming, due to its use of a fixed back plate.
• the hangers must therefore be supplied separately from the boards and attached once the display boards are in position in the retail environment.
• the hangers must be removed from the boards and then re-attached once the boards have been transported to their new location, or removed from storage. Each of these operations is time consuming, represents an inefficient use of labour, and is therefore costly.
• a merchandise display assembly comprising an anchor plate adapted to be mounted on a display board, and a double-pronged hanger adapted to be hingedly mounted on the anchor plate.
• the hanger is adapted to be hingedly mounted on the anchor plate for rotational movement between a first storage position wherein the hanger is disposed substantially parallel to the plane of the anchor plate, and a second operational position, wherein the hanger is disposed substantially perpendicular to the plane of the anchor plate.
• the hanger is adapted to be removably mounted on the anchor plate, attachment and detachment only being possible when the hanger is arranged in its first storage position.
• the assembly will preferably be adapted such that the hanger may be locked in at least its second operational position.
• the hinged, or hinged and removable, mounting of the hanger on the anchor plate is achieved by the co-operation of a bar formed at a first end of the hanger, with a single elongate hook member projecting from the anchor plate, said hook member having a single continuous receiving surface of complementary shape to that of the hanger bar.
• the elongate hook member has a single continuous receiving surface having an inner profile complementary to the shape of the hanger bar.
• the hook member has an axial extension, x, substantially equal to the length of the bar.
• the hook member may additionally be provided with one or more reinforcing buttresses.
• Each prong of the hanger has, at the first end thereof, a depending support leg associated therewith, said support legs abutting against the anchor plate when the hanger is in its second operational position.
• the hanger bar bridges the twin prongs, extending between the pair of support legs.
• a splay is provided in the upper surface of each prong at the first end thereof adjacent the boundary with the hanger bar, to facilitate the rotational movement of the hanger between its first (storage) and second (operational) positions.
• the hanger preferably comprises one or more of the following features, namely: a pair of triangular support ribs, one extending between each support leg and its associated prong; an inclined end section at the second end of the hanger, said section being formed by an angled junction in each prong; a strengthening plate bridging the two prongs, adjacent the angled junction; and a cross-piece bridging the two prongs at the second end of the hanger.
• the anchor plate is preferably provided with one or more upper tabs and one or more lower tabs for mounting on a display board. Most preferably, the anchor plate is provided with two upper tabs and one lower tab.
• the anchor plate and the hanger are preferably formed from plastics materials comprising one or more such materials selected from nylon, polycarbonate (PC), polypropylene (PPE), and glass or mineral filled nylon or polypropylene.
• an anchor plate for a merchandise display assembly comprising one or more upper tabs and one or more lower tabs for mounting on a display board, and an elongate hook member having a single continuous receiving surface, for receiving therein a bar of a merchandise display element, such that said element may be hingedly mounted on said anchor plate.
• the anchor plate is preferably adapted such that said merchandise display element may be removably mounted thereon.
• the anchor plate can thus be used in combination with a range of interchangeable merchandise display elements, each having a bar adapted to be received by the elongate hook member of the anchor plate.
• Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the components of a first embodiment of merchandise display assembly according to the present invention, prior to the hanger being mounted on the anchor plate;
• Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the merchandise display assembly of Figure 1 , with the hanger mounted on the anchor plate and arranged in its operational position;
• Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the merchandise display assembly of Figures 1 and 2, with the hanger mounted on the anchor plate and arranged in its storage position;
• Figure 4 shows a perspective view of the components of a second embodiment of merchandise display assembly according to the present invention, prior to the hanger being mounted on the anchor plate;
• Figure 5a shows a side view of the merchandise display assembly of Figure 4, with the hanger mounted on the anchor plate and arranged in its storage position;
• Figure 5b shows a side view of the merchandise display assembly of Figures 4 and 5a, with the hanger mounted on the anchor plate and arranged in its operational position
• Figure 6 shows a perspective view of the components of a third embodiment of merchandise display assembly according to the present invention, prior to the hanger being mounted on the anchor plate;
• Figure 7a shows a rear view of the anchor plate of the merchandise assembly of Figure 6; and Figure 7b shows a side view the anchor plate of the merchandise assembly of Figures 6 and 7a.
• FIG. 1 there is shown an anchor plate 11 and a hanger 12, which when assembled together form a first embodiment of merchandise display assembly, generally indicated 10.
• the anchor plate 11 has an elongate hook member 13 having a single continuous inner receiving surface 14 of complementary shape to a bar 15 provided on the hanger 12.
• the anchor plate 11 is provided with an upper tab 16 and a lower tab (not visible in Figure 1) as will be described in more detail subsequently with reference to Figures 5 and 7.
• the hanger 12 comprises a pair of parallel prongs 24, bridged at one end thereof by the bar 15.
• a support leg 25 depends from each prong 24 at said one end of the hanger 12, with a strengthening rib 18 provided between each support leg 25 and its associated prong 24.
• a splay 26 is provided in the upper surface of each prong 24 at said one end of the hanger 12 adjacent the bar 15.
• the prongs 24 are bridged by a crosspiece 27 which in use may be adapted to receive a swing label (not shown) presenting information about the merchandise on display. Further strength and rigidity is imparted to the hanger 12 by a strengthening plate 32 which bridges the prongs 24 near to said other end of the hanger 12. A junction 33 is formed in each prong 24 adjacent to the strengthening plate, such that the portion of the hanger 12 between said junction 33 and said crosspiece 27 is angled relative to the remainder of the hanger 12.
• the hanger 12 is mounted on the anchor plate 11 by locating the bar 15 (not visible in Figure 2) in the elongate hook member 13 to form the first embodiment of merchandise display assembly 10 according to the present invention.
• the assembly 10 is shown in Figure 2 with the hanger 12 in its operational position, with the prongs 24 arranged generally perpendicular to the anchor plate 11 and the support legs 25 abutting against the anchor plate 11. In this operational position, the angled section of the hanger 12 between the junction 33 and the crosspiece 27 is ready to receive goods for display.
• Figure 3 there is shown the first embodiment of merchandise display assembly 10, with the hanger 12 arranged in its storage position.
• the prongs 24 are arranged generally parallel to the anchor plate 11, with the splayed surfaces 26 of said prongs 24 abutting against said anchor plate 11.
• This position is used for storage and transportation of the merchandise display assembly 10 when mounted on a display board (not shown).
• the storage position must also be used when attaching the hanger 12 to the anchor plate 11 by inserting the bar 15 into the hook member 13, and when detaching the hanger 12 from the anchor plate 11 by removing the bar 15 from the hook member 13.
• FIG 4 there is shown a second embodiment of merchandise display assembly, generally indicated 20.
• the hanger 22 of the second embodiment 20 is broadly equivalent to the hanger 12 of the first embodiment 10 described previously with reference to Figures 1 to 3, except that the strengthening rib 28 is triangular in shape, rather than having a curved profile as in the strengthening rib 18 of the hanger 12 of the first embodiment 10.
• the triangular shape of the rib 28 imparts greater strength and rigidity to the hanger 22.
• the anchor plate 21 of the second embodiment 20 is also similar to the anchor plate 11 of the first embodiment, differing only in the construction of the elongate hook member 23.
• the elongate hook member 23 still has a single continuous receiving surface 14 and an axial extension, x, at least double its largest diameter, y, and substantially equal to the length of the bar 15.
• the hook member 23 differs from its counterpart 13 from the first embodiment 10 in that it is additionally provided with reinforcing buttresses 34 at either end thereof.
• the presence of the triangular strengthening ribs 28 and reinforcing buttresses 34 imparts greater strength to the second embodiment of merchandise display assembly 20 enabling it to be used for the display of heavier goods .
• FIGs 5a and 5b there is shown a side view of the second embodiment of merchandise display assembly 20, with the hanger 22 arranged, respectively, in its storage and operational positions.
• the splayed surface 26 of each prong 24 abuts against the anchor plate 21 when the hanger 22 is in its storage position.
• the hanger 22 is brought into its operational position as shown in Figure 5b, with the support leg 25 of each prong 24 abutting against the anchor plate 21.
• Figures 5a and 5b also show the upper 16 and lower 17 tabs of the anchor plate 21 , by means of which the anchor plate 21 may be mounted on a display board (not shown).
• Figure 6 shows a third embodiment of merchandise display assembly, generally indicated 30.
• the hanger 22 of the third embodiment 30 is identical to that of the second embodiment 20.
• the anchor plate 31 of the third embodiment 30 differs from previous embodiments in that it is larger, has a generally trapezoidal or "shield" shape, and is provided with two spaced upper tabs 16 rather than a single central tab.
• the construction of the anchor plate 31 in this way allows for greater versatility, enabling the anchor plate 31 to be used in combination with a range of merchandise display elements (not shown) not necessarily limited to double- pronged hangers 12, 22 of the Eurohook type.
• the anchor plate 31 thus forms a further aspect of the present invention.
• FIGS 7a and 7b there is shown an anchor plate 31 according to a further aspect of the present invention viewed, respectively, from the rear and from the side.
• the anchor plate 31 has an elongate hook member 23 having a single continuous receiving surface 14 and an axial extension, x, at least double its largest diameter y.
• the hook member 23 enables the anchor plate 31 to be used in combination with a range of merchandise display elements (not shown) each having a connecting bar 15 of complementary shape to the receiving surface 14.
• the hook member 23 is further provided with reinforcing buttresses 34 to enable heavier merchandise to be displayed.
• Figures 7a and 7b also show the twin upper tabs 16 and single lower 17 tab of the anchor plate 31, by means of which the anchor plate 31 may be mounted on a display board (not shown).

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