EP1601271B1

EP1601271B1 - System and holder for an electronic information display

Info

Publication number: EP1601271B1
Application number: EP04720309A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Marten SJÖBERG; Jan TÖRNLUND
Original assignee: HL Display AB
Current assignee: HL Display AB
Priority date: 2003-03-13
Filing date: 2004-03-12
Publication date: 2007-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 2024-03-12
Also published as: ES2285448T3; WO2004080247A1; DE602004006092D1; EP1601271A1; ATE360385T1; SE0300682L; SE524793C2; SE0300682D0

Abstract

System for holding electronic information displays (8) at a shelf and comprising a profile element (1), which when mounted extends along the entire length of the shelf or a section of the shelf and which comprises a mounting portion (2) designed for allowing the profile element to be mounted at a front edge of the shelf. For allowing great flexibility concerning the design and positioning of different individual displays, independent of each other, the profile element (1) comprises a support portion (3) intended to be able to support a plurality of short display holders (4). Each display holder comprises a fixation portion (4') for attaching the display holder at any position along the profile element and a holder portion (4'') for holding an electronic information display (8). The support portion (3) of the profile element (1) and the fixation portion (4'') of the display holder exhibit co-oerating members (5, 6, 7, 7', 9, 9', 10, 11, 11') for snap-fit attachement of the fixation portion at the support portion. The invention also concerns a display holder for such a system.

Description

Field of the invention

The present invention concerns a system for holding electronic information displays at a shelf, including a profile moulding that in the assembled mode extends along the entire length of the shelf or a shelf section and that has an mounting part adapted to allow mounting of the profile moulding at the shelf's front edge. The invention also concerns a display holder for such a system.

Background of the invention

Electronic information displays are used to a greater and greater extent in for instance grocery stores, department stores and the like where products are displayed on shelves. The displays usually consist of separate units that are placed in display holders on the shelf's front edge near the product that the information concerns. The information shown is usually statements about price, cost-per-unit price, product number and possibly product name. Compared with conventional paper labels the electronic displays have the advantage that it is easy to change and keep the information about the respective product type updated. For instance this can be made centrally via a store computer, whereby the displays are arranged to communicate with the computer.
The displays often include an electronic character screen of LCD or LED type. For the electronic information displays to be an advantage compared with paper labels the information shown must be easily visible and readable for customers and personnel. This requires that the character screen has a certain smallest size. Furthermore, of special importance for the readability is that the screen be arranged at a certain angle to the vertical. In general terms this angle decreases as the height of the shelf that carries the display increases and it increases when the shelf is lower. However, because of for instance different light conditions along a shelf's length the optimal readability angle can vary along one and the same shelf. It is therefore desirable to be able to adjust the angles of different displays along one and the same shelf independent of the angles of nearby and other displays along the shelf.
Different product types placed on one and the same shelf often require that different quantities and types of information be shown by the respective display. It can therefore be desirable that different types of electronic display be arranged along the shelf. These different types of display can be significantly different from each other concerning e.g. dimensions and optimum readability angles.
The total space in a shop is determined by the size of the premises and usually represents a limited resource that must be used optimally. This means among other things that one always tries to reduce the shelves' thickness and to place them at smaller and smaller vertical distances in order to increase the useful product display space. This puts even more difficult requirements on the system for attachment of the electronic information displays used. Narrow displays with a height corresponding to the shelf's thickness often do not have the requisite quantity of information if they are to be easily readable. Displays and holders with greater heights and that extend down under the shelf interfere with the shelf space below and make it difficult to put in and take out products. Further, long display holders that extend along a shelf and protrudes down under the shelf give an impression of increased compactness, which is not attractive and therefore not desirable.
A further important aspect of the usage of electronic information displays is that they are liable to be stolen since they contain electronics. In combination with the fact that it naturally is desirable to prevent manipulation of the displays as much as possible this puts stringent requirements on secure attachment of the displays to the shelves. Apart from the fact that the displays should be secured against removal from the shelves it is also desirable that they be firmly attached to prevent displacement in the shelf's longitudinal direction. Such displacement, that can be caused mistakenly or on purpose, can otherwise cause disorder on the shelf and confusion amongst customers and personnel since the displays can then end up in front of incorrect product types.
Electronic display holders are further relatively sensitive to mechanical impact and to dust and dirt penetration. This in combination with the fact that they are relatively expensive means that it is important to protect them from such impact and penetration by foreign matter.
Furthermore, for such displays and their holder arrangements it is desirable to avoid uneven surfaces, tight corners, material pockets and the like being exposed to the surroundings as much as possible. Otherwise there is the risk that dirt and dust can penetrate into such parts, which is both not aesthetic and unhygienic.

Previously known art

WO93/19448, with the same applicant as the present application, describes a device for attachment of information carriers, such as electronic LCD displays, on a shelf. The device consists of a long profile moulding that, in the assembled mode, extends along the shelf. A back part of the profile moulding's cross-section forms a mounting part with which the profile moulding is attached to the shelf's front edge. The profile moulding's front part includes a generally u-shaped holder section that is intended to receive several electronic information displays arranged one after the other. The front part is also connected to a hinged lid that can be folded down over the holder section in order to cover the displays mounted therein. The front part is connected to the back part by a hinge that allows the angle of the holder section to be varied. For configuration of the desired angle a hinged leg is arranged on the assembly. The leg can cooperate with a number of support elements arranged at the back of the u-shaped holder section. When the holder section is rotated to the desired angle the leg is folded out so that its free end is placed against a suitable support element, whereby the holder section is held firmly at the thus adjusted angle.
An advantage of the construction described in WO93/19448 is that several displays can be attached to the shelf with one and the same profile moulding that extends along the entire length of a shelf or a shelf section. This facilities mounting of the device since the assembly can be easily snapped onto or attached to the shelf with double-stick tape. The construction also provides simple angle adjustment for all the displays mounted in the holder section.
However, a serious problem of said construction is that the angles of the individual displays arranged along the shelf cannot be adjusted independently of each other. Furthermore, the construction does not allow displays with different dimensions or shapes to be held by the profile moulding beside each other along the shelf. Further, the construction entails that along the profile moulding's full length the display holder part hangs down in front of the shelf edge and the shelf space below. Especially for displays with greater heights and for relatively small vertical distances between the shelves this gives an undesirable compact impression while simultaneously making it difficult to put in and take out products. An additional disadvantage is that the construction does not have means that prevents larceny or manipulation of the displays. Neither does it allow displays to be firmly attached to prevent displacement along the profile moulding. The known device consists of a single extruded or pressed profile moulding. In order to allow angle adjustment a relatively complicated profile is needed, which entails high mould costs and complicated production.
WO 01/78043 describes a mounting system for label holders. This system comprises a profiled strip which is arranged to be attached to the front edge of a shelf and a number of label holders for being attached to the profiled strip. The label holders are formed as narrow pockets for insertion of thin labels or as panels for attachment of sheets extending perpendicularly out from the front edge of the shelf. This system may not be used for carrying electronic information displays.

Object of the invention

An object of the present invention is therefore to achieve a system for holding electronic information displays to a shelf with which at least some of the above-described problems are reduced or entirely eliminated.
Another object is to achieve such a system, with which several displays can be attached to the shelf with one and the same long profile moulding and that allows great flexibility concerning the design and placement of the different individual displays, independent of each other.
A further object is to achieve such a system that allows several displays with different dimensions to be attached to the shelf with one and the same profile moulding.
Further objects are to achieve such a system that:

Allows different individual angle adjustments of the displays that are attached to the shelf with the profile moulding.
Allows high displays that hang down in front of the shelf area below to be attached to the shelf without producing a compact general impression or making putting in and taking out products from the shelf below significantly more difficult.
Prevents larceny and manipulation of the displays.
Allows simple positioning and fastening of the displays and simultaneously prevents the displays from being displaced along the shelf after fastening.
Protects the displays from mechanical impacts and dust and dirt penetration.
Is simple and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and that is aesthetically pleasing when it is mounted.

These and other objects are achieved according to the present invention with a system for attachment of electronic information displays of the type given in the first paragraph of this description, which system is characterized in that the profile moulding has a support part intended to be able to support several short display holders, whereby each display holder includes an attachment part for attaching the display holder at optional positions along the profile moulding and a holder part for holding an electronic information display and that the profile moulding's support part and the display holder's attachment part have cooperating organs for attachment by snapping the attachment part to the support part. The system is further equipped with an angle adjustment organ in order to allow simple configuration of the angle of individually held displays in the system.
A very flexible system is achieved in that the system has individual short display holders that by simple snapping can be placed at optional positions along the profile moulding, where each separate display holder can be shaped and adjusted in order to fit the respective display independent of the other display holders.
Another object of the invention is to achieve a display holder for use with the system. This object is achieved by a display holder of the type given in the independent patent claim 15.
Other features and advantages of the system and display holder according to the invention are made clear by the following dependent patent claims.

Detailed description of embodiments

Exemplifying embodiments of the invention are described below in detail with reference to the attached drawings, where:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of part of a system and a display holder according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 1A is a view from the side of the perspective view shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the system according to fig. 1 when equipped with means for angle adjustment.
Fig. 2A is a view from the side of the perspective view shown in fig. 2.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of part of a system and of a display holder according to a second embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3A is a view from the side of the perspective view shown in fig. 3.
Fig. 3B is a perspective view like that in fig. 3 with the electronic information display removed.
Fig. 4 is an exploded view in perspective of part of a system and of a display holder according to a third embodiment of the invention that also shows a tool for use with the system.
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in fig. 4 in the assembled mode that also shows one of the tool's functions.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view obliquely from below of the embodiment shown in fig. 4 that also shows a different tool function than that shown in fig. 5.

In figs. 1 and 1A part of a system for holding of electronic information displays to a shelf is shown. In the figures only one attached display is shown but it is clear that the system is intended to hold more displays beside each other along the shelf. The system includes a long profile moulding 1 that is intended to be attached at the front edge of a shelf (not shown). In the figure only part of the profile moulding 1 is shown, which in the figure is indicated by the sawtooth edge of the profile moulding's far end 1'. The profile moulding 1 consists of a pressed or extruded plastic material such as PVC. Its back part has a mounting part 2 that can be shaped in a number of different ways in order to be attached to different types of shelfs and - shelf geometries, for instance by snapping, gluing or screwing. In the example shown, the mounting part 2 includes two surfaces 2a, 2b arranged essentially at right angles and intended to be attached to the shelf's front edge with two-sided tape. The profile moulding's front part has a support part 3 that carries a display holder 4. The support part 3 includes a forward arched front 5, a rounded lower part 6 and an upper screen-like extension 7 with a bent-down hook 7'. The display holder 4 includes an attachment part 4' that is attached to the profile moulding's 1 support part 3 and a holder part 4" that holds the electronic information display 8. The display holder's attachment part 4' has an upper part 9 with a bent-up hook 9' that extends in under the screen-like extension 7 of the support part 3 and is hooked onto the bent-down hook 7'. The attachment part 4' also has a forward arched front 10 that closely adjoins the support part's arched front 5 and a rounded lower part 11 that is snapped on over the rounded lower part 6 of the load bearing part 3.
The profile moulding's 1 support part 3 and the display holder's 4 attachment part are thus specially designed in order to allow simple snapping on/of the display holder 4 at optional positions along the profile moulding. When a display holder 4 is to be attached to the profile moulding 1, first the display holder is angled up (to the right in the figure) so that the attachment part's 4' bent-up hook 9' can be inserted in under the support part's 3 screen-like extension 7. Thereafter the display holder is angled down, whereby the attachment part's 4' bent-up hook 9' grips the screen-like extension's 7 bent-down hook 7'. Finally the display holder is fixed in position by the attachment part's rounded lower part 11 snapping firmly around the support part's 3 rounded lower part 6.
At the same time as the construction allows simple snapping, the profile moulding's support part 3 and the display holder's 4 attachment part 4' are specially designed to prevent the display holder being separated from the profile moulding without tools being used. The two hooks' 7' and 9' stable grip on each other contributes to this as well as that the support part's 3 and the attachment part's 4' arched fronts 5, 10 and rounded lower parts 6, 11 join each other closely in order not to allow a finger or the like to be inserted in between the parts. In particular the free end 11' of the attachment part's lower rounded part 11 is designed so that it does not significantly extend out from the support part's 3 lower rounded part 6. This end 11' is cut off abruptly so that only the material thickness of the attachment part's 4' lower rounded part 11 defines the surface against which a finger or the like can be used in order to pull the display holder 4 loose from the profile moulding 1. In practice this means that the edge that is formed by the free end 11' is only about 1-2 mm thick. The display holder's attachment part is furthermore made of a PVC material with a relatively high modulus of elasticity so that a relatively large force is needed in order to pull off the display holder's lower rounded part 11 from the load bearing part's 3 lower rounded part 6. This means that in practice it is very difficult, if not impossible, for a person without tools to separate the display holder from the profile moulding.
In figs. 4 and 6 a special tool 100 is shown that is intended to be used when loosening a display holder 4 that is snapped according to the above to a profile moulding 1. The tool includes a long handle 101 functioning as a lever. A first tool part 102 is arranged at one end of the handle. The tool part 102 has a generally J-shaped profile whose shape joins closely to the form of the lower rounded part 11 of the display holder's 4 attachment part 4'. An edge part of the J profile has an inwards projecting hook flange 104 that extends essentially along the J profile's entire length. When a display holder is to be taken off from the profile moulding (see figs. 4, 6 and 1A) the tool part 102 is inserted against the lower rounded part 11 of the display holder's 4 attachment part 4' and angled so that the hook flange 104 comes into contact against the lower rounded part's 11 free end 11'. Thereafter the handle is turned anticlockwise in the figure so that the rest of the J profile's interior comes into contact against the attachment part's 4' lower rounded part 11 and part of the forward arched front 10. The hook flange 104 thus comes into secure contact with the free end 11' and continued anticlockwise twisting with the help of the lever handle 101 produces a sufficiently large force on the attachment part's lower rounded part 11 and its free end 11' to break this part loose from the load bearing part's 3 lower rounded part 6. Thereafter the display holder is angled up to the right so that the attachment part's bent-up hook 9' can be taken out from its grip on the load bearing part's 3 screen-like extension 7 and its bent-down hook 7'.
In order to prevent the display holder 4 from being displaced along the profile moulding when it is snapped onto the profile moulding 1, for instance the back side of the front arched front 10, the lower rounded part 11 or the bent-up hook 9' of the display holder's 4 attachment part 4'' can be provided with a coating of a material with high friction, for instance softened PVC. Such a friction-increasing coating can also be arranged on corresponding parts 5, 6, 7' of the profile moulding's 1 support part. Instead of utilising a coating, at least one of these parts can be entirely or partly made of a high friction material.
In figs. 2, 2A and 4 it is shown how the angle of a display holder that is attached to a profile moulding can be varied and adjusted, independent of the adjustment of other display holders that are attached to the same profile moulding. In the figures it is shown that the display holder's 4 support part 4' and attachment part 4" are attached to each other by a bridge 12. The bridge 12 has a part with a smaller material thickness, which part constitutes a hinge 13. The joint extends parallel to the profile moulding's 1 and the display holder's 4 longitudinal direction and allows the display holder's 4 holder part 4" to rotate around hinge 13 relative to the attachment part 4' and thereby the profile moulding 1 and the shelf. This hinge serves mainly two purposes. Partly it enables the holder part 4" to be turned up in front of the shelf in order to make putting in and taking out products from a shelf below easier. This is especially advantageous if the display 8 and thereby the holder part 4" have a large height compared to the shelf's thickness and to the distance between the shelves. The holder part 4" can then be simply turned up with one hand so that the shelf space below is fully freed, while products can be put in and taken out with the other hand.
Further, the hinge serves to enable the angle of the holder part 4 to be adjusted to a readability angle appropriate for the display. For this the system includes angle adjustment organs 20. Each angle adjustment organ 20 comprises a separate, preferably extruded plastic part that cooperates with a display holder 4 for adjustment of the readability angle of a display 8 received in the display holder. When mounted the angle adjustment organ 20 is inserted between the display holder's holder part 4" and the arched front 5 of the profile moulding's 1 support part 3. The organ 20 includes a long arched support portion 21 that extends in the profile moulding's longitudinal direction and at both ends is terminated by a gable 22. The two gables 22 each have an arched edge turned away from the support portion 21 that is supported against the front arched front 5 of the profile moulding's 1 support part 3. An attachment flange 24 extends down from the support portion 21 and has a hook organ 25 at its downward extending end. There is a central depression 26 in the side of the support part 21 opposite the downward extending attachment flange 24. When the angle of a display holder's 1 holder part 4" is to be adjusted to a different angle than the one that naturally results because of the action of gravitation on the holder part 4" and the display 8, an angle adjustment organ for the appropriate angle is selected and inserted in between the holder part 4" and the profile moulding. It is the angle between the gables' 22 arched edges 23 and the support portion 21 that defines the adjusted angle and the angle adjustment organs can be designed with different such angles in order to be appropriate for use for different shelf heights and for displays with different optimum readability angles. The angle adjustment organ is inserted in position by first folding up the display holder's 4 holder part 4" to the right in figs. 2 and 2A. Thereafter the attachment flange 24 is inserted into a pocket 14 arranged on the holder part's 4" backside for this purpose. The attachment flange's 24 hook organ 25 cooperates with the corresponding hook organ 15 on the pocket 14 in order to fix the angle adjustment organ 21 at the holder part 4" so that the support portion 21 contacts the holder part's 4" backside. Thereafter the holder part 4" is once again folded down whereby the arched front 10 of the display holder's 4 attachment part 4' is received in the angle adjustment organ's 21 depression 26. The gables' 22 arched edges 23 can then pass axially outside the display holder's attachment part and come into contact with the arched front 5 of the profile moulding's 1 support part 3. Hereby the smallest angle between the display holder's 4 holder part 4" and a vertical plane that gravitation or other forces can move the holder part 4" to is defined when the angle adjustment organ 20 is mounted. The angle adjustment organ 21 also allows the holder part 4" to fold up in front of the profile moulding 1 and the shelf in order to facilitate putting in and taking out products as described above. In figs. 3, 3A, 3B and 4 part of a system with means that prevents removal of the display from the display holder is shown. The display holder's 4 holder part 4" has a general U profile 30 that is connected to the attachment part 4' by the bridge 12. In the assembled mode the U profile 30 extends essentially parallel to the profile moulding 1. The U profile 30 has two elastic legs 31, 32 that are equipped with snap hooks 31a and 32a, respectively, at their free ends. The information display 8 has a groove 8a that extends around the display's sides. The display can be attached to the U profile 30 by pressing it in from the front whereby the legs 31, 32 spring outwards so that the snap hooks 31a, 32a can snap into the groove 8a. The legs are relatively stiff so that the snapped display cannot be lifted out forward in the direction perpendicular to the U profile's bottom without using a tool in order to force the snap hooks out of the groove.
In figs. 3, 3A, 3B an embodiment of means that prevents the display from being taken out of the U profile by being displaced axially in the U profile is shown. An insert 40 that has a plate 41 is placed in the U profile 30 between the U profile's 30 bottom and the display 8. The insert 40 extends in the U profile's longitudinal direction past both ends 33 of the U profile's bottom. The insert 40 has a pair of first lock flanges 42 that, axially outside the respective end 33 of the U profile's bottom, extend from the plate 41 in the direction toward the U profile's bottom so that they can be supported by the respective end surface 33 of the U profile's bottom. These first lock flanges 42 prevent axial displacement of the insert 40 relative to the U profile 40. The insert also has a pair of second lock flanges 43 that, axially outside the respective end of the display 8, extend essentially at right angles from the plate 41 in the direction toward the display 8 so that they can bear against the respective end surface of the display in order to prevent axial displacement of the display relative to the insert and thereby the U profile.
When the insert 40 is placed in the U profile, the display 8 can be snapped firmly to the U profile 30 using the snap hooks 31a, 32a and the display's groove 8a, as described above. The display then firmly locks the insert that prevents axial movement whereby it is not possible to extract the display 8 from the holder part 4" either axially or at right angles to the U profile's bottom without using a tool to force the snap hooks 31a, 32a.
In fig. 4 another embodiment of the means of preventing axial displacement and removal of the display in the U profile is shown. Here this means consists of a cover 50. The cover has an upper side that, in the assembled mode, extends over the display's 8 upper side and that is provided with a window 51 through which the display's 8 numerical display is visible. From the cover's upper side extend end walls 52 and side walls 53 generally perpendicularly to the upper side's plane, in the direction toward the U profile's 30 bottom and past the end surfaces 33 of this bottom. On the inside of both its end walls 52 the cover 50 has snap hooks 54 with relatively high stiffness that are intended to cooperate with the groove 8a on the display 8 in order to lock the cover to the display. When the display is snapped onto the U profile using the snap hooks 31a, 32b, as described above, the cover 50 is snapped to the display 8, whereby the snap hooks 54 grip the groove 8a on the display's 8 short sides. Because the end walls 52 at the cover's two ends extend past the U end surfaces 33 of the U profile's bottom, the cover and thus the display are prevented from being moved axially out of the U profile 30.
For freeing the snap hooks 54 a penetrating opening in the form of a slit 55 is arranged in the cover above the snap hook 54 on at least one end wall 52. The slit allows a tool to be inserted through the slit 55 and abut the snap hook 52 in order to free it from the groove 8a in the display through bending. Such a tool can be designed for instance as another tool part 105 on the tool 101. In order to further increase safety against withdrawal of the cover 50 and the display 8, the opening 55 can have a more complicated shape, whereby a corresponding shape is needed on the tool part 105 in order to allow insertion of the tool. For instance the opening can be double or multiple, whereby the tool part 105 has a corresponding number of projecting parts. The cover 50 thus comprises effective protection against larceny and manipulation of the display. Furthermore, the cover protects the display from damage by impacts from for instance customer trolleys and shopping baskets. Furthermore the cover comprises effective protection against penetration of dirt and dust into the display at the same time as with its smooth covering surfaces it prevents dust and dirt from sticking to the display, the display holder and the profile moulding. A further advantage of the cover is that it can be designed freely with aesthetically attractive shape and colour in order to contribute to the whole aesthetic impression in the shop or the like where the system and the display holder are used.
The above described embodiments are given as examples and can be varied within the limits of the following claims. For instance the angle adjustment organ, with its arched edge 23, in the assembled mode, can bear against the front arched front 10 of the display holder's 4 attachment part 4' instead of against the arched front 5 of the profile moulding's 1 support part 3.
Further, the insert 41 shown in fig. 3B can be formed so that it also comprises an angle adjustment organ, whereby the angle adjustment organ 20 shown in fig. 2 can be dispensed with. At least one of the first lock flanges 42 can then be shaped so that it extends out longer from the plate 41 in the direction toward and past the U profile's 30 bottom. The lock flange's 42 free end can be given an arched shape that joins the shape of the arched front 5 of the profile moulding's 1 support part or the arched front 10 of the display holder's attachment part 4'. The distance from the plate to the lock flange's arched free end then defines the smallest angle between the display holder's holder part and the attachment part, or the profile moulding's support part.
Also the cover shown in figs. 4 and 5 can be shaped so that it comprises an angle adjustment organ, whereby at least the cover's one end wall extends out longer from the cover's upper side in the direction toward and past the display. This end wall's free end can be given an arched shape that corresponds to the shape of the arched front of the profile moulding's support part or the arched front of the profile moulding's attachment part. The arched free end can then be supported by one of these fronts in order to define a smallest angle between the respective arched front and the cover and thereby the display.

Claims

System for attachment of electronic information displays (8) at a shelf, including a profile moulding (1) that in the assembled mode extends along the entire length of the shelf or a shelf section and that has an mounting part (2) adapted to allow mounting of the profile moulding to the shelf's front edge,
characterized in that
the profile moulding has a support part (3) intended to be able to support several short display holders (4), each display holder including an attachment part (4') for attaching the display holder at optional positions along the profile moulding and a holder part (4") for holding an electronic information display,
the profile moulding's support part (3) and the display holder's attachment part (4") have cooperating organs (5, 6, 7, 7', 9, 9', 10, 11, 11') for attachment by snapping the attachment part (4") to the support part (3),
the display holder's (4) holder part (4'') is arranged articulated at the attachment part (4') along a hinge (13) that, in the assembled mode, extends essentially parallel to the profile moulding (1) in order to allow rotation of holder part around the hinge and
by a separately attachable angle adjustment organ, which, in contact with the profile moulding (1) or the display holders attachment part (4') and the display holder's (4) holder part (4") or a display (8) in the holder part, is arranged to prevent rotation of the holder part (4") in a direction toward the profile moulding (1).
System according to claim 1, whereby the angle adjustment organ (20) is attachable between the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) and the display holder's (4) holder part (4") in order to prevent rotation of the holder part in a direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4') and the display holder's holder part (4").
System according to claim 1, wherein the angle adjustment organ includes a portion of a cover which is attachable to the display holder's holder part (4") or to a display (8) received in the holder part, which portion of the cover prevents rotation the holder part (4") in a direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4').
System according to claim 1, wherein the angle adjustment organ includes a portion of an insert, which can be received in the display holder's holder part (4"), which portion of the insert prevents rotation of the holder part (4") in a direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4').
System according to claim 1, comprising means that is designed to prevent a display (8) in the display holder (4) from being removed from the shelf without the use of a tool.
System according to claim 5, wherein the cooperating organs (5, 6, 7, 7', 9, 9', 10, 11, 11') for attachment by snapping the attachment part (4") to the support part (3) are designed to prevent the display holder (4) from being separated from the profile moulding (1) without the use of a tool.
System according to claim 6, wherein the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) has a forward arched front (5), a rounded lower part (6) and an upper screen-like extension (7), and the display holder's (4) attachment part (4") has an upper part (9) arranged to be able to extend in under the screen-like extension and a rounded lower part (11) arranged to be able to be snapped firmly over the rounded lower part (6) of the support part (3).
System according to claim 7 wherein the display holder's (4) attachment part (4") has such a modulus of elasticity that when it is snapped onto the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) the attachment part cannot be separated from it without the use of a tool.
System according to any of claims 5-8, wherein the display holder's (4) attachment part (4') or the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) includes a friction-increasing material in order to prevent the display holder (4), in the assembled mode, from being displaced along the profile moulding (1).
System according to any of claims 5-9, wherein the display holder (4) has a lock organ that prevents an attached display from being separated from the display holder without the use of a tool.
System according to claim 10, wherein the display holder's (4) holder part (4'') has a general U-profile (30) that, in the assembled mode, extends essentially parallel to the profile moulding (1) and that on its legs (31, 32) is provided with snap organs (31a, 32a) that are intended to cooperate with corresponding snap organs (8a) on the electronic information display (8) in order to prevent the display from being taken out of the U profile in a direction perpendicular to the U profile's bottom and wherein means is arranged to prevent the display from being taken out of the U profile by being displaced axially along the U profile.
System according to claim 11, wherein the means to prevent axial displacement of the display (8) includes an insert (40) that has a plate (41) that, in the assembled mode, is placed in the U profile (30) between the U profile's bottom and the display (8), and that extends in the U profile's longitudinal direction past both ends (33) of the U profile's bottom, which insert (40) further has a pair of first lock flanges (42) that, axially outside the respective end of the U profile's bottom, extend from the plate (41) in the direction toward the U profile's bottom so that they can bear against the respective end surface (33) of the U profile's bottom in order to prevent axial displacement of the insert (40) relative to the U profile (30) and a pair of second lock flanges (43) that, axially outside the respective end of the display (8), extend essentially perpendicular from the disc (41) in the direction toward the display so that they can bear against the respective end surface of the display in order to prevent axial displacement of the display (8) relative to the insert (40) and thereby the U profile (30).
System according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first lock flanges (42) comprises an angle adjustment organ that, in the assembled mode, extends in the direction toward the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) in order to prevent rotation of the display holder's holder part (4") in the direction toward the profile moulding (1) when the angle adjustment organ bears against the support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4').
System according to claim 11, wherein the means for preventing axial displacement of the display includes a cover (50) that, in the assembled mode, extends over at least part of the display's (8) upper side and the display's and the U profile's (30) end surfaces (33), which cover (50) has snap organs (54) that are intended to cooperate with corresponding snap organs (8a) on the display (8) to lock the cover onto the display.
Display holder (4) for a system for holding electronic information displays at a shelf according to any of the above claims, including a holder part (4") for holding an electronic information display (8) and
characterized in that
an attachment part (4") has organs (9, 9', 10, 11, 11') that are designed to cooperate with corresponding organs (5, 6, 7, 7') of a support part (3) of a profile moulding (1) which has an mounting part (2) for fastening the profile moulding to the front edge of the shelf, whereby said cooperating organs enable the attachment part to snap firmly onto the profile moulding's support part, in that the holder part (4") is arranged articulated at the attachment part (4') along a hinge (13) that, in the assembled mode, extends essentially parallel to the profile moulding (1) in order to allow rotation the holder part around the hinge, and
by a separately attachable angle adjustment organ, which in contact with the profile moulding (1) and the display holder's (4) holder part (4") or a display (8) in the holder part is arranged to prevent rotation of the holder part (4") in a direction toward the profile moulding (1).
Display holder according to claim 15, wherein the angle adjustment organ (20) is attachable between the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) and the display holder's (4) holder part (4'') in order to prevent rotation the holder part in the direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4') and the display holder's holder part (4'').
Display holder according to claim 15, wherein the angle adjustment organ includes a portion of a cover which is attachable to the display holder's holder part (4") or to a display (8) received in the holder part, which portion of the cover prevents rotation of the holder part (4") in the direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4').
Display holder according to claim 15, whereby the angle adjustment organ includes a portion of an insert, which can be received in the display holder's holder part (4"), which portion of the insert prevents rotation of the holder part (4") in the direction toward the profile moulding (1) by bearing against the profile moulding's support part (3) or the display holder's attachment part (4').
Display holder according to claim 15, comprising means designed to prevent a display (8) received in the display holder (4) from being removed from the shelf without the use of a tool.
Display holder according to claim 19, wherein organs (9, 9', 10, 11, 11') for attachment by snapping the attachment part (4'') to the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) are designed to prevent the display holder (4) from being separated from the profile moulding (1) without the use of a tool.
Display holder according to claim 20, wherein the display holder's (4) attachment part (4") has an upper part (9) arranged to be able to extend in under an upper screen-like extension (7) on the profile moulding (1) and a rounded lower part (11) arranged to be able to be snapped over a support bearing part (3).
Display holder according to claim 21, wherein the attachment part (4") has such a modulus of elasticity that when it is snapped onto the profile moulding's (1) support part (3) the attachment part cannot be separated from it without the use of a tool.
Display holder according to any of claims 19-22, wherein the attachment part (4'') includes a friction-increasing material in order to prevent the display holder (4), in the assembled mode, from being displaced along the profile moulding (1).
Display holder according to any of claims 19-21, wherein the display holder (4) has lock organs that prevent an attached display from being separated from the display holder without the use of a tool.
Display holder according to claim 24, wherein the display holder's (4) holder part (4") has a general U profile (30) that, in the assembled mode, extends essentially parallel to the profile moulding (1) and that on its legs (31, 32) is provided with snap organs (31a, 32a) that are intended to cooperate with corresponding snap organs (8a) on the electronic information display (8) in order to prevent the display from being taken out of the U profile in a direction perpendicular to the U profile's bottom and wherein means is arranged to prevent the display from being moved out of the U profile by axial displacement axially along the U profile.
Display holder according to claim 25, wherein the means to preventing axial displacement of the display (8) includes an insert (40) that has a plate (41) that, in the assembled mode, is placed in the U profile (30) between the U profile's bottom and the display (8), and that extends in the U profile's longitudinal direction past both ends (33) of the U profile's bottom, which insert (40) further has a pair of first lock flanges (42) that, axially outside the respective end of the U profile's bottom, extend from the plate (41) in the direction toward the U profile's bottom so that they can bear against the respective end surface (33) of the U profile's bottom in order to prevent axial displacement of the insert (40) relative to the U profile (30) and a pair of second lock flanges (43) that, axially outside the respective end of the display (8), extend essentially perpendicular from the plate (41) in the direction toward the display so that they can bear against by the respective end surface of the display in order to prevent axial displacement of the display (8) relative to the insert (40) and thereby the U profile (30).
Display holder according to claim 26, wherein at least one of the first lock flanges (42) comprises an angle adjustment organ that, in the assembled mode, extends in the direction toward the display holder's (4) attachment part (4') in order to prevent rotation of the display holder's holder part (4") in the direction toward the attachment part (4') when the angle adjustment organ bears against the attachment part (4') or the profile moulding's support part (3).
Display holder according to claim 25, wherein the means for preventing axial displacement of the display includes a cover (50) that, in the assembled mode, extends over at least part of the display's (8) upper side and the display's and the U profile's (30) end surfaces (33), which cover (50) has snap organs (54) that are intended to cooperate with corresponding snap organs (8a) on the display (8) in order to lock the cover firmly to the display.