JP2003208117A - Device of fitting an information display material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device with which a sheet-like information display material for displaying sales promotion information and other various kinds of information can simply be fitted to a shopping basket or a shopping card to be served for shopping in a variety of stores. <P>SOLUTION: The device comprises the sheet-like information display material holding an information sheet displaying information in a see-through holding sheet, and a fitting tool for holding the edge of the inserted sheet-like information display material. The fitting tool is obtained by integrally forming, with synthetic resin, a substrate means and a closing plate means which hold the edge of the inserted sheet-like information display material from both sides and connecting them to be openable and closable in a mutually superposed position and a developed position via a thin hinge, and is provided with a fitting means capable of fitting the substrate means and the closing plate means in such a manner that they can be fitted and removed in a mutually superposed state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus in which a sheet-shaped information body for displaying sales promotion information and other various information can be detachably attached. For example, a supermarket, a convenience store,
The present invention relates to a device capable of easily attaching a sheet-shaped information body to a shopping basket or a shopping cart used for shopping in a rental video shop or other stores.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, customers at various stores have been provided with shopping carts and shopping carts for convenience of accommodating a plurality of shopping products.

[0003]

Such shopping baskets and shopping carts are used exclusively for the convenience of shopping and have no added value.

Therefore, if an information body displaying information such as a sales promotion display is detachably attached to such a car or cart, the added value can be improved, which is advantageous. In the specification, "sales promotion" means "sales promotion" in a broad sense, and "information" means information that is likely to be of great interest to customers regardless of whether the sales promotion is performed or not). For example, by adding a sheet that displays advertisements about new products, new stores, etc., or a sheet that can be used as a discount ticket for products, etc., a sales promotion effect is expected, and the original purpose function of the shopping basket and shopping cart is expected. The above added value can be given.

Regarding this point, as for the shopping cart, there is provided one in which a panel for displaying advertisement or the like is attached to the surface of a metal plate, but since the panel is fixed to the cart with a wire or the like, the panel is attached. Is difficult to exchange and the information displayed cannot be changed in a timely manner. In addition, since a panel must be manufactured for each piece of information, there is a problem of high cost.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a mounting device for an information display body which solves the above-mentioned problems, and is constituted as a means thereof so that an information sheet on which information is displayed can be seen through. It comprises a sheet-shaped information body held by a holding sheet, and a fixture for sandwiching and holding the edge of the sheet-like information body, and the fixture is a substrate means for sandwiching the edge of the sheet-like information body from the front and back surfaces. The closing plate means and the closing plate means are integrally formed of synthetic resin, and are connected via a thin hinge so that they can be opened and closed between the overlapping position and the expanded position. It is characterized in that it is provided with a fitting means that can be fitted into and removed from each other in a stacked state.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the fitting means comprises a convex portion provided on one side of the substrate means and the closing plate means and a concave portion provided on the other side. The sheet-shaped information bodies are provided with holes through which the projections can be inserted, so that the projections and the recesses can be fitted and removed with each other. It is possible to simultaneously perform the two functions of the means and the means for preventing the sheet-shaped information body from falling off.

Further, in a preferred embodiment, at least one back surface of the substrate means and the closing plate means is provided with an attaching / detaching means, and the attaching / detaching means is a tubular shape which can be fitted into a hole provided in an attached body. It is configured by either a protrusion or a finger protrusion that is capable of holding a rod provided on a body to be attached.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(Structure of Information Display and Attachment Device) As shown in FIG. 1, a sheet-shaped information body 1 includes a holding sheet 3 including an information sheet 2 and a see-through sheet-like bag for accommodating the information sheet. It consists of and. The information sheet 2 is typically composed of a sheet displaying an advertisement regarding a new product, a new business store, etc., a sheet that can be used as a discount ticket for the product, etc., but the form thereof is not particularly limited. In short, it is sufficient as long as it can provide information to users such as shopping baskets and shopping carts. In the case of the illustrated example, the holding sheet 3 has an opening 3a near the upper end by welding transparent synthetic resin sheets to each other.
However, the present invention is not limited to this and may be any one as long as it can hold the information sheet 2 in the stored state and can be visually recognized from the outside.

Therefore, the sheet-shaped information body 1 has an outer peripheral portion 1
An edge portion 4 of the holding sheet 3 is provided at a place or a plurality of places, and a hole 5 is opened in the edge portion 4. In the case of the illustrated example, an edge portion 4a as a header is extended from the upper edge portion of the holding sheet 3, and three holes 5, 5, 5 are arranged in a row at intervals in the edge portion 4a. Optionally, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 1, an edge portion 4b is extended to the lower edge portion of the holding sheet 3 and three holes 6, 6 are provided at intervals in the edge portion 4b. 6 may be arranged in a row.

The fixture 7 is constructed by integrally forming a substrate means 8 for sandwiching the edge portion 4 of the sheet-shaped information body 1 from the front and back sides and a closing plate means 9 with a synthetic resin, and the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9 are formed. Are connected via a thin hinge 10 so as to be openable and closable between the overlapping position and the expanded position. In the illustrated example, the thin hinge 10 is provided along one longitudinal edge of the fixture 7, but it may be provided along one lateral edge.

The substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9 are provided with a convex portion on at least one of them, and a concave portion consisting of a hole or a recess detachably fitted to the convex portion is provided on the other. In the illustrated embodiment, the fitting means based on such an unevenness includes the convex portion 11 a provided on the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9.
In addition to the recessed portion 11b provided on the base plate means 8, the pair of raised portions 12a provided on the closing plate means 9 and the recessed portion 1 provided on the substrate means 8
It is composed of 2b and 12b. The relationship between the convex portion and the concave portion may be opposite to that shown in the drawing, and
The number of them does not matter, and in short, the board means 8 and the closing plate means 9 may be provided so that they can be fitted to each other. A total of three protrusions 11 provided in this way
The diameter and spacing of a, 12a, 12a are determined by the edge 4a or 4b.
It is configured so that it can be inserted into the three holes 5 or 6 arranged in line.

Therefore, the attachment 7 is provided with one or both of the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, and in the illustrated example, the substrate means 8 is provided with attachment / detachment means 13, 13 on its back surface.

(First Embodiment of Attachment / Detachment Means) A first embodiment of the attachment / detachment means 13 is shown in FIG.
3 is composed of a cylindrical projection 14 protruding on the back surface of the substrate means 8. The cylindrical projection 14 is divided by grooves 15 at intervals in the circumferential direction so that it can be expanded and contracted by elastic deformation. Is configured.

Therefore, according to this first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, and the convex portion 1 is formed.
The sheets 1a, 12a, 12a can be inserted into the holes 5, 5, 5 and fit into the recesses 11b, 12b, 12b with the tubular projections 14 fitted in the holes 17 of the mounted body 16, The fixture 7 that suspends the status information body 1 is detachably attached to the attached body 16.

At this time, the attaching / detaching means 13 may be integrally formed with the attachment 7, but it is preferable that the attachment / detachment means 13 is detachable from the attachment 7. For example, as shown in FIG.
If the tubular projection 14 is detachably fixed through the fastener 18 that is inserted into and removed from the substrate means 8, the tubular projection 14 can be attached and detached by finger projections as shown in FIG. 3 described later. It becomes possible to exchange with the means 13.

Further, at the tip of the cylindrical protrusion 14, as shown in FIG.
A tapered retaining portion 19 as shown in (D) may be formed, which improves the reliability of attachment of the mounted body 16 to the hole 17.

(Second Embodiment of Attachment / Detachment Means) A second embodiment of the attachment / detachment means 13 is shown in FIG.
3 is a finger protrusion 20 protruding on the back surface of the substrate means 8.
The finger protrusion 20 has an opening 21 formed on the tip side of an annular body or a tubular body, and is configured to be expandable and contractible by elastic deformation.

Therefore, according to this second embodiment, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, and the convex portion 1 is formed.
1a, 12a, 12a are inserted into the holes 5, 5, 5 and are fitted and fixed in the concave portions 11b, 12b, 12b, and the rod 2 of the mounted body 16 is attached by the finger projections 20.
If 2 is held, the fixture 7 that suspends the sheet-shaped information body 1 is detachably attached to the attached body 16.

As in the first embodiment, the attaching / detaching means 13 is
Although it may be integrally molded with the fixture 7, it is preferable that the fixture 7 is detachable from the fixture 7. That is, as shown in FIG. 3 (C), if the finger projections 20 are detachably fixed via the fasteners 18 that are inserted in the substrate means 8 in a removable manner, the finger projections 20 will be removed as described above. It is possible to replace the attaching / detaching means 13 including the cylindrical projection 14 shown in FIG. At this time, the finger protrusions 20 are attached to the fastener 1.
In the state of being fixed to 8, it is preferable that the opening portion 21 can be rotated about the axis as shown by the arrow in the drawing so that the direction of the opening portion 21 can be changed.

(First Utilization Example) A first utilization example is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 in which the sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to and displayed on a shopping cart by using the above-mentioned attachment 7.

The shopping basket 23 has a basket body 24.
It is composed of a hand and 25, 25. Basket body 2
4 has a tapered side wall 27 that spreads from the bottom wall 26 toward the upper opening, and forms an outward flange 28 on the side wall 27 along the opening edge, and is integrally molded of synthetic resin. . In the illustrated example, the entire shape is formed into a substantially rectangular shape, but the shape does not matter. The hand 25
It is formed of a synthetic resin in a substantially gate shape, and the shaft portions at both ends are pivotally attached to a boss portion 29 formed in the car body 24 so as to be capable of undulating and pivoting. Therefore, the shopping basket 23
Can be carried freely by raising the handles 25, 25, and when the handles 25, 25 are laid down along the flange 28, they can be stacked by fitting a plurality of car bodies 24 to each other. is there.

Although the above is the common structure to the conventionally known shopping basket, the attachment 7 provided with the attaching / detaching means 13 having the cylindrical projection 14 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is used. As a result, the sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to the car body 24.
Can be attached to the specified display surface of. That is, the shopping basket 24 has the above-mentioned attached body 16 by the car body 24.
And an inner surface 26a and an outer surface 26 of the bottom wall 26.
b and the inner surface 27a and the outer surface 27b of the side wall 27 form a display surface. Therefore, in the case of the car body 24 having a substantially rectangular shape as shown in the drawing, two surfaces are formed by the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom wall 26. The display surface can be selected from a total of 10 surfaces including the inner surface and the outer surface of the side wall 27, that is, the inner surface and the outer surface. In the case of the illustrated example, the sheet-shaped information body 1 can be attached to the display surface selected by the inner surface 27a of each of the four peripheral portions of the side wall 27.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, with respect to one sheet-shaped information body 1 attached to each display surface, an upper fixture 7 (which holds the upper portion of the sheet-shaped information body 1 by sandwiching it) And a lower attachment 7 (shown by reference numeral 7D in the drawing) for sandwiching and holding the lower portion is arranged.
Corresponding to the attachment / detachment means 13 of the respective attachments 7, the flange 28 of the car body 24 is provided with attachment recesses 30 and 30 formed of holes or depressions, and the same is provided near the boundary between the side wall 27 and the bottom wall 26. Mounting recesses 31 and 3 formed of holes or depressions
1 is provided. In the case of the illustrated example, the mounting recesses 31, 31
Is provided on the side wall 27, but may be provided on the bottom wall 26.

Therefore, in the upper fixture 7U, the attaching / detaching means 13, 13 are fitted in the attachment recesses 30, 30 of the flange 28 with the thin hinge 10 arranged outward and the substrate means 8 arranged horizontally. Be dressed. At this time, the upper surface of the flange 28 is recessed through the step 32, and the upper surface of the closing plate means 9 is flush with the upper surface of the flange 28 with the closing plate means 9 superposed on the substrate means 8. It is configured to be one.

The lower fixture 7D is a thin hinge 1
The attaching / detaching means 13, 13 can be fitted into the mounting recesses 31, 31 of the side wall 27 in a state in which 0 is arranged downward and the substrate means 8 is arranged in a substantially vertical posture. At this time, the side wall 27 may be recessed from the inside to the outside so as to receive the substrate means 8.

As described above, the sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to the display surface of the car body 24 (the side wall 27 in the illustrated example) by the attachment device 7.
When attached to the inner surface 27a) of the above, the upper fitting 7U is attached in advance to the mounting recess 3 corresponding to a predetermined display surface.
It is attached to the flange 28 via 0 and 30, and the lower holder 7D is attached to the side wall 27 via the attachment recesses 31 and 31. Therefore, after preparing the sheet-shaped information body 1 in which the predetermined information sheet 2 is housed in the holding sheet 3, as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6B, the upper holding tool 7U and the lower holding tool 7U.
In any of D, the closing plate means 9 is separated from the substrate means 8 via the thin hinge 10, and in that state, the upper edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is closed with the substrate means 8 of the upper fixture 7U. It is located between the plate means 9 and the lower edge 4b is located between the board means 8 and the closing plate means 9 of the lower fixture 7D. Next, from this state, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 (B), the closing plate means 9 for both the upper holding tool 24U and the lower holding tool 24D via the thin hinge 10.
Are stacked on the substrate means 8, the convex portions 11a, 12a,
12a and the recesses 11b, 11b, 11b are fitted to each other, whereby the upper edge portion 4a and the lower edge portion 4b of the sheet-shaped information body 1 are the substrate means 8 of the respective holders 7U, 7D.
And the closing plate means 9 for sandwiching and holding the holes 5,
5, 5 and the holes 6, 6, 6 respectively, the convex portions 11a, 12
a and 12a can be inserted. Since the holes 5 and 6 of the sheet-shaped information body 1 are locked to the projections 11a of the respective attachments 7 before the closing plate means 9 is superposed on the board means 8, the edge portions 4a and 4b. Is positioned.

However, in addition to the above method, such an operation procedure is as follows. First, the upper edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is made to hold the upper fixture 7U, and the lower edge portion 4b is moved downward. The fixture 7d of the above is clamped and held, and then the fixture 7 on the upper side is held.
U is fitted in the mounting recesses 30, 30 of the flange 28, and the lower holder 7D is mounted in the mounting recesses 31, 31 of the side wall 27.
You may make it fit in.

(Second Use Example) FIG. 7 shows a second use example in which the sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to and displayed on a shopping cart by using the attachment 7 described above.

As is well known, the shopping cart 33 constitutes a trolley that can travel freely via wheels 34 such as casters, and also has a horizontal rod 22a and a vertical rod 2.
It has a car portion 35 formed by 2b.

Therefore, by using the fixture 7 provided with the attachment / detachment means 13 having the finger projections 20 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. It can be attached to the attached body 16 constituted by the display surface. That is, the display surface of the attached body 16 is the basket portion 35 of the shopping cart 33.
Can be arbitrarily selected from the inner surface and the outer surface of the portion, and other portions.

That is, in the case of the sheet-shaped information body 1 shown by reference numeral A in FIG. 7, one edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is held by the upper fixture 7 (indicated by reference numeral 7U in the drawing). At the same time, the other edge 4b is held by the lower fixture 7 (denoted by reference numeral 7D in the drawing), and the attachment / detachment means 13 of each fixture 7 is attached to the lateral rods 22a, 22a by the finger protrusions 20, The sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to the outer side surface of the car portion 35.

On the other hand, in the case of the sheet-shaped information body 1 shown by reference numeral B in FIG. 7, one edge portion 4a of the sheet-shaped information body 1 is held by the right-side fitting 7 (indicated by reference numeral 7R in the drawing). At the same time, the other edge 4b is held by the lower fixture 7 (indicated by reference numeral 7L in the drawing), and the attachment / detachment means 13 of each fixture 7 is attached to the vertically oriented rods 22b, 22b by the finger protrusions 20. The sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to the inner side surface of the car portion 35.

Further, in the case of the sheet-shaped information body 1 shown by reference character C in FIG. 7, only the upper edge portion 4a is held by the mounting tool 7, and the attaching / detaching means 13 of the mounting tool 7 is arbitrarily turned sideways by the finger projections 20. The sheet-shaped information body 1 is attached to the rod 22a, and is attached to any portion of the shopping cart 33 in a suspended manner.

[0036]

According to the present invention, for example, in supermarkets, convenience stores, rental video shops, and other stores, sales promotion information and various other information are provided for shopping carts 23 and shopping carts 33 used for shopping. Since the sheet-shaped information body 1 for displaying can be easily attached, there is an advantage that the sales promotion effect and the like can be improved and new added value can be added to the shopping basket 23 and the shopping cart 33.

In particular, according to the present invention, since the edge portion 4 of the sheet-like information body 1 is sandwiched and held by the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, the sheet-like information body 1 is arranged along the width direction. Since the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9 can be stably held and are integrally formed of synthetic resin as being connected by the thin hinge 10, the handling is simple and the sheet-shaped information body 1 can be easily handled. There is an effect that attachment or detachment can be easily performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, between the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, the convex portions 11a, 12a, 12a are provided on one side and the concave portions 11b, 12b, on the other side. 12b is provided and the sheet-shaped information body 1
The holes 5 and 6 formed in the edge 4 of the
Since the a and 12a are inserted, the two functions of fitting and fixing means of the board means 8 and the closing plate means 9 and the fall prevention means of the sheet-like information body 1 are realized by the fitting configuration of the convex portion and the concave portion. Can be played simultaneously.

Further, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3,
In the fixture 7 provided with the attachment / detachment means 13 constituted by the cylindrical projection 14, the attachment 7 can be easily attached / detached only by providing the hole 17 in the attached body 16 such as the shopping basket 23. In addition, in the fixture 7 provided with the attachment / detachment means 13 constituted by the finger protrusions 20, the rod 22 of the attached body 16 such as the shopping cart 33 is used as it is, so that the fixture 7 can be easily attached / detached. It has the excellent effect that it is possible and easy to implement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a perspective view showing a disassembled state of a sheet-shaped information body and a fixture.

2A and 2B show an embodiment of a fixture including a first embodiment of the attaching / detaching means, FIG. 2A is a perspective view of the fixture, and FIG.
-A sectional view, (C) is a BB sectional view, and (D) is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which a retaining portion is formed on a cylindrical protrusion.

3A and 3B show an embodiment of a fixture including a second example of the attaching / detaching means, FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the fixture, and FIG.
-C sectional drawing, (C) is DD sectional drawing.

FIG. 4 is a cutaway perspective view showing a first application example in which a sheet-shaped information body is displayed on a shopping cart by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part in a first application example.

FIG. 6 shows a mounting method in the first usage example,
(A) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state before the sheet-shaped information body is attached, and (B) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the sheet-shaped information body is attached.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a second application example in which a sheet-shaped information body is displayed on a shopping cart by the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Sheet-shaped information body 2 Information sheet 3 holding sheet 4 edges 5, 6 holes 7 fittings 8 substrate means 9 Closure plate means 10 Thin-walled hinge 11a, 12a convex part 11b, 12b recess 13 Detaching means 14 Cylindrical protrusion 15 grooves 16 Attached body 17 holes 18 Fasteners 20 finger protrusion 21 Open 22 rod 23 shopping basket 33 shopping cart

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sheet-shaped information body 1 formed by holding an information sheet 2 on which information is displayed on a transparent holding sheet 3.
And a fixture 7 for sandwiching and holding the edge of the sheet-like information body. The fixture 7 includes a substrate means 8 and a closing plate means 9 for sandwiching the edge 4 of the sheet-like information body from the front and back sides. It is integrally molded with synthetic resin and is connected via a thin hinge 10 so that it can be opened and closed between the overlapping position and the expanded position, and the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9 are overlapped. Fitting means 1 that can be fitted into and removed from each other by means of
An apparatus for mounting an information display body, comprising: 1a, 12a, 11b, 12b. 2. The fitting means comprises convex portions 11a and 12a provided on one of the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, and
The concave portion 11b and the concave portion 12b provided on the other side are configured so that the convex portion and the concave portion can be fitted into each other so that they can be inserted into and removed from each other. The edge portion 4 of the sheet-shaped information body 1 has the convex portion 11a, 12a
The mounting device for an information display body according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with holes (5) and (6) for inserting therein. 3. The attaching / detaching means 13 is provided on the back surface of at least one of the substrate means 8 and the closing plate means 9, and the attaching / detaching means 13 is provided.
Is a cylindrical protrusion 14 that can be fitted into a hole 17 provided in the mounted body 16 and a rod 2 provided in the mounted body 16.
3. The information display attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the attachment device is constituted by any one of the finger projections 20 that can hold the user.