FR2507879A1 - PRESENTATION SYSTEM OF ARTICLES ON THEIR SALE - Google Patents

Abstract

SYSTEM FOR PRESENTATION OF ARTICLES AT THEIR PLACE OF SALE, OF THE TYPE INCLUDING RODS OR HOOKS 2 FIXED IN A PERPENDICULAR PLAN TO THE FRONT OF A SHELF, ON WHICH THE PACKAGINGS 7 OF THE ARTICLES ARE INTENDED TO BE MADE, WHICH EACH PRESENT A OPENING 8 FOR THIS PURPOSE. ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION, EACH HOOK 2 HAS AT LEAST, AT THE LEVEL OF ITS FREE END, A PART 3 PRESENTING A SENSITIVELY VERTICAL SIDE 4 INTENDED TO RECEIVE A MARKING AND BOUNDED BY A DISCRIMINANTLY SHAPED CONTOUR, THE OPENING CONTAINED IN THE PACKAGING. BEING OF SECTION AT LEAST EQUAL TO THAT OF THE FREE END OF THE HOOK.

Description

The present invention relates to a system of

  presentation of articles on their place of sale.

  Whether in large-area stores, or in small shops and self-service, small objects are increasingly available for sale in a package comprising a support card or the like overflowing with the object and having, at the level of the overhang, an opening or a cut open or closed allowing their engagement on a rod or "hook", substantially horizontal and fixed in a plane

  substantially perpendicular to the facade of the radius considered.

  Depending on the length of the stems, and the thickness

  of articles presented for sale, a greater or lesser number of articles may be

  behind the others on the same hook.

  To serve, the customer or merchant removes the item closest to the free end from the hook

of it.

  The hooks can have different sections and lengths, or even double to ensure greater stability of the articles and form at their end, a closed loop, which, despite a higher cost, has greater security for users and especially for children, avoiding to present to the public a sharp end that can be dangerous for a person striking

said end.

  If, until now, each article had a label indicating its price, the marking of prices tends to evolve with the use of the "code".

  bars ", or other pricing systems.

  Thus it is currently common for the price of an article to appear only at the level of the department where this article is presented, the bar code or other code enabling the cashier to call the price, this call being made by elsewhere most often automatically to

  using an optical drive or other.

  It often results for the buyer a difficulty in identifying the price of the item he wants to acquire, depending on the relative positions of

  the price and article label.

  In addition, to place this label at a radius, it is necessary to have a support which, in some cases, is placed at the end of a hook parallel to the hanger of the articles, which increases the price of comes back from the presentation material, takes a

  certain volume that could be used for the present

  other articles, but without allowing the indica-

  price of the item to which the label corresponds, to the extent that the label is between

  two superposed rows of articles for example.

  Another disadvantage of traditional devices is that if a person takes an item off the shelf to examine it, and relies on a hook that is not his normal presentation hook, subsequent buyers will have a false indication of the price of the item. article, since the latter may be next to a label that does not

does not match the price.

  The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks.

  For this purpose, in the system which it concerns of the type comprising rods or hooks fixed in a plane perpendicular to the front of a spoke, on which are intended to be engaged the packaging of the articles, which each have an opening for this purpose, each hook has at least, at its free end, a portion having a substantially vertical face for receiving a marking and bounded by a contour

  of discriminating form, the opening in the packaging

  ge being at least equal to that of the end

free of the hook.

  At the same radius, the free ends of the hooks intended for the presentation of different products

  are of different shapes from each other.

  The end face of each hook serves to support a label or other marking system indicating the price of each item suspended hook or the qualities of said article This arrangement allows a price display without unnecessary waste of space, with the price in each article, so that the buyer can immediately associate with an article he looks at the price

of this article.

  The presentation system, by its discriminant form, forms a key facilitating the combination packaging-hook So, if a package is not hanging from the hook that is intended, it will shock the buyer, which will give the article on the hook

  which was originally intended for him.

  Advantageously, the profile of the opening formed in each package, corresponds, on part of its contour, to the profile of the free end of the hook intended

to its suspension.

  Since the package has a closed opening, the profile of the edge of the opening corresponds to the profile of the free end of the hook used for the opening.

suspension of said package.

  This arrangement makes it possible to achieve perfect discrimination of the products from one hook to the other, only allowing the attachment of a package on a hook which has a shape complementary to the opening it has. According to a first embodiment, each article suspension hook has a constant section on

all its length.

  According to another embodiment of the invention, each hook is in the form of a wire or the like whose free end is equipped with a tip

larger section.

  Advantageously, the connection between the end of large section of the tip and the wire is made by

inclined surfaces.

  This latter arrangement is interesting because allowing the use of existing hooks with simple addition of widened tips, these widened tips also forming stops avoiding the accidental release of hanging items. The presence of inclined connecting surfaces between the larger section portion and the smaller section portion is advantageous because guiding the packages to the outside without risk of tearing them, to the extent that the support is fragile as

  cardboard or thin synthetic material.

  Depending on the applications, the enlarged tembout may be associated with a single hook or a double hook whose two branches lying in a same vertical plane or in the same horizontal plane are, or not, combined for

form a closed loop.

  In any case, the invention will be well understood in

  using the following description with reference to the drawing

  schematic annexed representing, by way of non-limiting examples, several embodiments of this article presentation system Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first system in which several articles are in the presentation position; Figures 2 and 3 are two views corresponding to an alternative embodiment of the male part of the presentation system; Figures 4 and 5 correspond to two presentation systems with hooks of constant section over their entire length; Figuresm 6 and 7 are two views respectively of a hook A branch and a hook with two branches A closed loop, to be equipped with a nozzle according to the invention; Figures 8 and 9 are two views of the free end of a hook with two branches, forming guide rails; Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view passing through its free end of a hook which is suspended

an article.

  The system shown in Figure 1 comprises a hook 2 in the form of a wire whose rear end is fixed perpendicular to the front of a spoke The free end of the hook 2 is equipped with a tip 1 whose maximum section turned towards the outside, corresponds to a substantially vertical surface 4 intended for fixing a label on

  which shows the price of items on the shelves.

  The connection between the maximum section 4 and the

  body of the hook 2 is made by inclined surfaces 5.

  The articles to be presented on the shelf are intended to be packaged inside an envelope 6 fixed on a support 7, for example made of cardboard.

blister type.

  In the part of the support 7 located in the overhang of the envelope of the article is formed an opening 8-shaped and of dimensions corresponding to those of the maximum section 4 of the nozzle 1 This opening 8 allows the engagement, of in other words, it will not be possible to engage on the same hook 2 an article packaged on a support having an opening of different shape, in the measure of course o the dimensions of this opening are not significantly higher than those of

the face 4.

  The tip 3 can be attached to a hook 2, or be an integral part of the hook This is possible especially in the case where the assembly is made of material

synthetic and obtained by molding.

  Figures 2 and 3 show two tips,

  3 a and d 3, having maximum sections, respectively 4 a and 4 b, of different shapes from that 4 of the tip 3, which demonstrates the discriminating character

tips.

  Figures 4 and 5 show hooks 2c and 2d having a constant section over their entire length,

  this section has a discriminating character.

  Figures 6 and 7 show two existing hooks, respectively 9 for the single hook of Figure 6, and

  for the closed loop double hook of Figure 7.

  In both cases, may be provided the attachment of a tip, respectively 12 and 13, ensuring the hook a

discriminant input.

  FIGS. 8 and 9 correspond to two types of double hooks, respectively 14 and 15, with rods in a vertical plane for the hook 14, and in a horizontal plane for the hook 1 In both cases, the endpiece is constituted by a plate, respectively 16, 17,

connecting the two rods.

  The rods form both supports and guide rails for packaging, while the plate confers

  crocheting a discriminating character.

  In the embodiment shown in Figure 10, the tip 18 forming the entrance of the hook has the hatched maximum section The opening 19 formed in the carrier of the package has, for its part, an oval shape which is complementary to that of the tip 18 on substantially half of the periphery thereof In this case, the discrimination is not total, but sufficient to the extent that the shapes of the different hooks equipping the same display are very distinct the each

others.

  As is apparent from the foregoing, the invention brings a great improvement to the existing technique by providing a system of presentation of articles at their point of sale, in which the price is not affixed to each article, but at the level of the free end of each support hook of a series of articles, which ensures the immediate association for the consumer between the product and the price thereof, the discriminating shape of the end of each hook avoiding a bad one distribution of products in departments as a result of

buyer manipulation.

  It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of this presentation system, described above as examples; she embraces it,

  on the contrary, all the variants.

  It is thus in particular that the packaging of the products to be presented could be open-cut and not closed-cut, without leaving the framework

of the invention.

Claims (1)

CLAIMS-1 system of presentation of articles at their point of sale, of the type comprising rods or hooks (2) fixed in a plane perpendicular to the front of a spoke, on which are intended to be engaged packaging (7) articles, each having an opening (8) for this purpose, characterized in that each hook (2) has at least, at its free end, a portion (3) having a substantially vertical face (4) for To receive a marking and defined by a contour of discriminant shape, the aperture arranged in the package being of at least section equal to that of the free end of the hook. 2 System according to claim 1, characterized in that the profile of the opening (19) m "naged in each package, corresponds, on part of its contour, to the profile of the free end (18) of the hook The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the profile and the dimensions of the opening (8) in each package correspond to the profile and the dimensions of the free end (3) of the hook ( 2) for its suspension 4 System according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each hook (2 c, 2 d) of article suspension has a constant section over its entire length. any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each hook is in the form of a wire (2) or the like whose free end is equipped with a tip (3) of larger section. according to claim 5, characterized in that the connection between the end of large section of the tip (3) and the wire (2) is formed by inclined surfaces (5). 7 -System according to any one of the claims   1 to 3, characterized in that each hook is in the form of a plurality of parallel wires or rails carrying, at their respective free ends, a   plate having a contour of discriminant shape.