CA2353741A1 - Sign holder - Google Patents
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- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F3/00—Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
- G09F3/08—Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
- G09F3/18—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
- G09F3/20—Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
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- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
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- G09F7/18—Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
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Abstract
A sign holder, comprises a sheet of material, having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and formed by parallel elongate connecting portions extending between spaced laminas and elongate openings between the connecting portions. A length of wire is bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from the ground engagement portion to the sheet and having a pair of vertically spaced upper ends engaging in the openings at opposite sides of the sheet. A
bent wire clip engaged in the sheet secures a label on the sheet.
bent wire clip engaged in the sheet secures a label on the sheet.
Description
SIGN HOLDER
The present invention relates to sign holders and, more particularly, to sign holders comprising a length of bent wire supporting a sheet.
Sign holders of this type are particularly useful in garden centers and nurseries. For that purpose, it is essential for the sign holders to be ext~.°emely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
In the past, sign holders of this type have usually been formed with one or more prongs, which are inserted into the ground in order to maintain the sign holder in position.
However, the present inventor has appreciated that there is also a need for sign holders of this type which can be used on a horizontal surface, for example a shelf, without being inserted through the surface.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a sign holder, comprising a sheet of material, the sheet having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and comprising a pair of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending between the laminas and elongate openings between the connecting portions, the elongate openings extending between the side edges, and a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from the ground engagement portion to the sheet and having a pair of upper ends engaging in the openings at opposite sides of the sheet.
The horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion can be used to support the sign holder on a support surface and can additionally be inserted heneath a plant tray or pot, or some other obaect, in order to more securely retain the holder in position.
The present invention relates to sign holders and, more particularly, to sign holders comprising a length of bent wire supporting a sheet.
Sign holders of this type are particularly useful in garden centers and nurseries. For that purpose, it is essential for the sign holders to be ext~.°emely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
In the past, sign holders of this type have usually been formed with one or more prongs, which are inserted into the ground in order to maintain the sign holder in position.
However, the present inventor has appreciated that there is also a need for sign holders of this type which can be used on a horizontal surface, for example a shelf, without being inserted through the surface.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a sign holder, comprising a sheet of material, the sheet having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and comprising a pair of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending between the laminas and elongate openings between the connecting portions, the elongate openings extending between the side edges, and a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from the ground engagement portion to the sheet and having a pair of upper ends engaging in the openings at opposite sides of the sheet.
The horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion can be used to support the sign holder on a support surface and can additionally be inserted heneath a plant tray or pot, or some other obaect, in order to more securely retain the holder in position.
-2-According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sign holder includes a clip which comprises a length of wire bent to form front and rear portions which are curved towards and pressed against the front and rear faces of said sheet and mutually spaced upwardly open U-shaped portions connecting the front and rear portions awed receiving the bottom edge of the sheet, the U-shaped portions each having first and second links at the front and rear faces, respectively, of the sheet.
When the sign holder is in use, a label or other notice on a sheet of paper or cardboard can be inserted downwardly between the front face of the sheet and the clip, and the clip will then retain it in position on the front face of the sheet.
Also according to the present invention, there is provided a sign holder comprising a sheet of material having opposite side edges comprising a pavir of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending horiaontally between the laminas and elongate openings between said connecting portions and a length of wire bent to form a lower ground-engagement portion and an upper portion, the upper portion comprising a pair of upper ends proj ecting through respective ones of the side edges of the sheet into respective ones of the elongate openings, the upper ends being mutually vertically spaced.
Because the upper ends of the upper portion of the lf,ngth of wire are inserted into the elongate openings at vertically spaced positions, the sheet is securely held, relative to the length of wire, against rotation or other deflection by the wind. Thus, in an extremely simple manner, the sheet of material is securely held in position by the upper ends of the upper portion of the length of wire.
The invention will be more readily understood from the following description of an embodiment thereof given, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:--..--- W . ."
When the sign holder is in use, a label or other notice on a sheet of paper or cardboard can be inserted downwardly between the front face of the sheet and the clip, and the clip will then retain it in position on the front face of the sheet.
Also according to the present invention, there is provided a sign holder comprising a sheet of material having opposite side edges comprising a pavir of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending horiaontally between the laminas and elongate openings between said connecting portions and a length of wire bent to form a lower ground-engagement portion and an upper portion, the upper portion comprising a pair of upper ends proj ecting through respective ones of the side edges of the sheet into respective ones of the elongate openings, the upper ends being mutually vertically spaced.
Because the upper ends of the upper portion of the lf,ngth of wire are inserted into the elongate openings at vertically spaced positions, the sheet is securely held, relative to the length of wire, against rotation or other deflection by the wind. Thus, in an extremely simple manner, the sheet of material is securely held in position by the upper ends of the upper portion of the length of wire.
The invention will be more readily understood from the following description of an embodiment thereof given, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:--..--- W . ."
-3-Figure 1 shows a view in perspective of a sign holder according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 shows a view in front elevation of the sign holder of Figure l;
Figure 3 shows a view in rear elevation of the sign holder of Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 4 shows a broken-away view in side elevation of parts of the sign holder of Figures 1 to 3;
Figure 5 shows a view in perspective of a sign holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 6 shows a view in side elevation of the sign holder of Figure 5; and Figure 7 shows a view in rear elevation of the sign holder of Figures 5 and 6.
In Figure l, there is illustrated a sign holder indicated generally by reference numeral 10, which comprises a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion indicated generally by reference numeral 12, a~zd an upper portion formed by two upright supports 14 which extend upwardly from respective limbs 16 of the ground engagement portion 12.
A cross-bar 18 is connected to the same ends of the limbs 16 in order to rigidify the sign holder 10.
The sign holder 10 also includes a sheet in the form of ;~ corrugated plastic board which is indicated generally by reference numeral 20, and which. is rectangular in shape. The sheet 20 comprises a pair of spaced laminas 22, which are connected by parallel elongate
Figure 2 shows a view in front elevation of the sign holder of Figure l;
Figure 3 shows a view in rear elevation of the sign holder of Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 4 shows a broken-away view in side elevation of parts of the sign holder of Figures 1 to 3;
Figure 5 shows a view in perspective of a sign holder according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 6 shows a view in side elevation of the sign holder of Figure 5; and Figure 7 shows a view in rear elevation of the sign holder of Figures 5 and 6.
In Figure l, there is illustrated a sign holder indicated generally by reference numeral 10, which comprises a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion indicated generally by reference numeral 12, a~zd an upper portion formed by two upright supports 14 which extend upwardly from respective limbs 16 of the ground engagement portion 12.
A cross-bar 18 is connected to the same ends of the limbs 16 in order to rigidify the sign holder 10.
The sign holder 10 also includes a sheet in the form of ;~ corrugated plastic board which is indicated generally by reference numeral 20, and which. is rectangular in shape. The sheet 20 comprises a pair of spaced laminas 22, which are connected by parallel elongate
-4-connecting portions 24 extending between the laminas 22 and forming elongate openings 26 between the laminas 22 and the connecting portions 24.
As shown in Figure 2, the upper portion of the length of wire 12, forming the supports 14, is bent at the tops of the supports 14 so as to form a pair of bent upper ends 28 and 30, which are inserted into respective mutually vertically spaced ones of the openings 26 in the sheet 20. More particularly, to insert the upper ends 28 and 30 into their openings 26, the supports are spread apart from one another in order to correspondingly move the upper ends 28 and 30 apart from one another sufficiently to enable them to be thus inserted into the sheet 20.
The resilience of the support portions 14 subsequently resiliently urges the upper ends 28 and 30 towards one another, so that the supports 14 are pressed against opposite side edges 32 of the sheet 20 and, therefore, so that the upper ends 28 and 30 are securely retained in the openings 26 of the sheet 20.
As can be seen from Figure 2, the upper end 28 is relatively close to a lower edge 34 of the sheet 20, while the upper end 30 is relatively close to an upper edge 36 ofthe sheet 20. Since the upper ends 28 and 30 are thus mutually vertically spaced from one another, the sheet 20 is held from rotation about the upper ends 28 and 30 by the effect of wind.
The sign holder 10 includes a clip which is indicated generally by reference numeral 40. The clip 40 comprises a length of wire which is bent to form front portions 42 and a rear portion 44. The front portions 42 are curved towards and press through a label 46, against a front face 48 of the sheet 20, while the rear portion 44 is curved towards and presses against a rear face 50 (Figure 3) of the sheet 20.
The front portions 42 are connected, at their bottoms, to opposite ends of the rear portion 44 by upwardly open U-shaped portions indicated generally by reference numeral 52, which each have a first limb 54 at the front of the sheet 20 and: a second limb 56 at the rear of the
As shown in Figure 2, the upper portion of the length of wire 12, forming the supports 14, is bent at the tops of the supports 14 so as to form a pair of bent upper ends 28 and 30, which are inserted into respective mutually vertically spaced ones of the openings 26 in the sheet 20. More particularly, to insert the upper ends 28 and 30 into their openings 26, the supports are spread apart from one another in order to correspondingly move the upper ends 28 and 30 apart from one another sufficiently to enable them to be thus inserted into the sheet 20.
The resilience of the support portions 14 subsequently resiliently urges the upper ends 28 and 30 towards one another, so that the supports 14 are pressed against opposite side edges 32 of the sheet 20 and, therefore, so that the upper ends 28 and 30 are securely retained in the openings 26 of the sheet 20.
As can be seen from Figure 2, the upper end 28 is relatively close to a lower edge 34 of the sheet 20, while the upper end 30 is relatively close to an upper edge 36 ofthe sheet 20. Since the upper ends 28 and 30 are thus mutually vertically spaced from one another, the sheet 20 is held from rotation about the upper ends 28 and 30 by the effect of wind.
The sign holder 10 includes a clip which is indicated generally by reference numeral 40. The clip 40 comprises a length of wire which is bent to form front portions 42 and a rear portion 44. The front portions 42 are curved towards and press through a label 46, against a front face 48 of the sheet 20, while the rear portion 44 is curved towards and presses against a rear face 50 (Figure 3) of the sheet 20.
The front portions 42 are connected, at their bottoms, to opposite ends of the rear portion 44 by upwardly open U-shaped portions indicated generally by reference numeral 52, which each have a first limb 54 at the front of the sheet 20 and: a second limb 56 at the rear of the
- 5 -sheet 20. The bottom edge 34 of the sheet 20 is received in these two U-shaped portions 52.
The front portions 42 of the clip 40 have upper ends 58 which are bent and inserted into one of the openings 26 at the opposite side edges 32 of the sheet 20 to retain the clip 40 in position on the sheet 20.
In use, the label 46, which may for example be in the form of a sheet of stiff paper or cardboard, is slid downwardly along the front face 48 of the sheet 20 between the front portions 42 of the clip 40 and front face 48, and is then retained by the clip 40 in position on the sheet 20.
The ground engagement portion 12 is then placed on. a suitable horizontal support, for example a shelf, and may have a plant tray, pot or other object placed on top of it in order to more securely retain the sign holder 10 in position against of the effects of wind.
Figure 5 to 7 show a different sign holder which is indicated generally by reference numeral 60, and which includes a sheet indicated generally by reference numeral 62 and a length of bent wire indicated generally by reference numeral 64.
The sheet 62 is similar to the above described sheet 20 and therefore will not be described in greater detail.
The length of wire 64 is bent to form a lower ground engagement portion indicated generally by reference numeral 66, which has a U-shaped bottom 68 with limbs 70 and 71 which normally extend upwardly substantially parallel and adjacent one another to form a ground penetration prong.
The limb 70 merges into an upwardly and laterally inclined portion 72 extending across the rear of the sheet 62 to an upper end 74, which is inserted into the sheet 62.
The front portions 42 of the clip 40 have upper ends 58 which are bent and inserted into one of the openings 26 at the opposite side edges 32 of the sheet 20 to retain the clip 40 in position on the sheet 20.
In use, the label 46, which may for example be in the form of a sheet of stiff paper or cardboard, is slid downwardly along the front face 48 of the sheet 20 between the front portions 42 of the clip 40 and front face 48, and is then retained by the clip 40 in position on the sheet 20.
The ground engagement portion 12 is then placed on. a suitable horizontal support, for example a shelf, and may have a plant tray, pot or other object placed on top of it in order to more securely retain the sign holder 10 in position against of the effects of wind.
Figure 5 to 7 show a different sign holder which is indicated generally by reference numeral 60, and which includes a sheet indicated generally by reference numeral 62 and a length of bent wire indicated generally by reference numeral 64.
The sheet 62 is similar to the above described sheet 20 and therefore will not be described in greater detail.
The length of wire 64 is bent to form a lower ground engagement portion indicated generally by reference numeral 66, which has a U-shaped bottom 68 with limbs 70 and 71 which normally extend upwardly substantially parallel and adjacent one another to form a ground penetration prong.
The limb 70 merges into an upwardly and laterally inclined portion 72 extending across the rear of the sheet 62 to an upper end 74, which is inserted into the sheet 62.
-6-The limb 71 merges into a substantially horizontal upper portion 76, which extends to a bent end portion 78 inserted into the sheet 62. It will be seen. that the end portions 74 and 78 are mutually vertically spaced, so that the sheet 62 is thereby held from rotation about either of the end portions 74 and 78.
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, various modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, various modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (14)
1. A sign holder, comprising a sheet of material, said sheet having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and comprising a pair of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending between said laminas and elongate openings between said connecting portions, said elongate openings extending between said side edges, and a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from said ground engagement portion to said sheet and having a pair of upper ends engaging in said openings at opposite sides of said sheet.
2. A sign holder as claimed in claim 1, including a clip, said clip comprising a length of wire bent to form front and rear portions which are curved towards and pressed against said front and rear faces of said sheet and mutually spaced upwardly open U-shaped portions connecting said front and rear portions and receiving said bottom edge of said sheet, said U-shaped portions each leaving first and second links at said front and rear faces, respectively, of said sheet.
3. A sign holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein said rear portion of said clip comprises a bow-shaped wire length connecting said second limbs of said U-shaped portions.
4. A sign holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein said front portion of said clip comprises bow-shaped lengths of wire which extend upwardly from said second limbs of said U-shaped portion and are convex towards said front face of said sheet.
5. A sign holder as claimed in claim 4, wherein said bow-shaped lengths of wire extending upwardly from said second limbs and have upper end portions extending into said sheet between said laminas and between said connecting portions.
6. A sign holder as claimed in claim 2, including a label between said clip and said sheet.
7. A sign holder, comprising a sheet of material, said sheet having opposite side edges and comprising a pair of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending horizontally between said laminas and elongate openings between said connecting portions and a length of wire bent to form a lower ground-engagement portion and an upper portion, said upper portion comprising a pair of upper ends projecting through respective ones of said side edges of said sheet into respective ones of said elongate openings, said upper ends being mutually vertically spaced.
8. A sign holder as claimed in claim 7, wherein said ground engagement portion comprises a U-shaped bottom, said U-shaped bottom having limbs which extend upwardly parallel to and adjacent one another, whereby said ground engagement member forms a ground penetration prong.
9. A sign holder as claimed in claim 7, including a clip, said clip comprising a length of wire bent to form front and rear portions which are curved towards and pressed against said front and rear faces of said sheet and mutually spaced upwardly open U-shaped portions connecting said front and rear portions and receiving said bottom edge of said sheet, said U-shaped portions each having first and second links at said front and rear faces, respectively, of said sheet.
10. A sign holder as claimed in claim 9, wherein said rear portion of said clip comprises a bow-shaped wire length connecting said second limbs of said U-shaped portions.
11. A sign holder as claimed in claim 10, wherein said front portion of said clip comprises bow-shaped lengths of wire which extend upwardly from said second limbs of said U-shaped portion and are convex towards said front face of said sheet.
12. A sign holder as claimed in claim 11, wherein said bow-shaped lengths of wire extending upwardly form said second limbs and have upper end portions extending into said sheet between said laminas and between said connecting portions.
13. A sign holder as claimed in claim 9, including a label between said clip and said sheet.
14. A sign holder, comprising a sheet of material, said sheet having top, bottom and side edges and front and rear faces and comprising a pair of spaced laminas, a plurality of parallel elongate connecting portions extending between said laminas and elongate openings between said connecting portions, said elongate openings extending between said side edges, and a length of wire bent to form a horizontal V-shaped ground engagement portion and an upper portion extending upwardly from said ground engagement portion to said sheet, said upper portion having a pair of upper ends projecting through respective ones of said side edges of said sheet into respective ones of said elongate openings, said upper ends being mutually vertically spaced.
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