US1932295A - Price tag holding means - Google Patents

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Oct. 24, 1933. c. E. TIMMONS PRICE TAG HOLDING MEANS Filed Feb. 8, 1933 El Er. E

I i INVENTOR.

c. ,TJMMOHS. BY j ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 24, 1933 A A I t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRICE TAG HOLDING MEANS Charles E. Timmons, Kernville, Calif.

Application February 8, 1933. Serial No.'655,808

2 Claims. (CI. -11) This invention relates to improvements in price the rail so as to lie directly in front and just tag holding means and has particular reference to below the goods.

' means for holding price tags in an adjustable po- In the accompanying drawing wherein for the sition relative to a shelf supporting goods to be purpose of illustration is shown a preferred em- 5- sold. bodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 desig- A further object is to produce a holder wherenates shelves as are commonly found in stores.

in the tag may be moved longitudinally along Mounted beneath each of these shelves is a supthe shelf so as to be directly beneath the goods to porting rail 6. This rail is peculiarly formed so which it refers. as to have an offset front edge 7 and a channel 10- An additional object is to produce a price tag 8 at its rear edge. At 9 I have formed a bead holder which is economically manufactured, easy W c p j dOWhWardly as best illustrated in to apply and one wherein the figures may be Figs. 3 and 4. This rail is fastened to the shelf readily changed from time to time, in any desired manner as for instance by screws Other objects and advantages will be apparent 1- I Order to pp price tags p this 15- during the course of the following description. rail, I provide tag holders W c Cons st f a In the accompanying drawing forming a part blank having a front plate 12, which is providedof this specification and in which like numerals with bent ends 13 and 14 to receive and retain a are employed to designate like parts throughout price card in Contact With the p A tongue the same, 16 prevents the price card from dropping out of Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a shelf arrangethe holder.

30 section,

This tag holder has a portion 17 bent at right angles to the plate 12 and provided with spring portions 18 and 19, adapted to engage the upper surface of the offset portion 7 of the rail.

A tongue 21 is formed integral with the portion 1'7 and has an offset portion 22, which is adapted to engage the bead 9 (see Fig. 4). The end 23 is received in the channel 8. The modified form shown in Fig. '7, the construction of the card holder is substantially the same with the exception that I have substituted for the plate 12 a hook 24 from which a hanger 26 may be suspended and I have also formed the parts 18 and 19 byv bending the metal of the tongue back upon itself, which hanger carries a card holding mernber 27 which is similar to the plate 12 in its function. The price cards preferably consist of showing an indicia bearing strip about to be folda b a 29 of any desired 00101 and of sufiicient ed upon the price card. length to extend between the bent ends 13 and In the grocery business it is essential th t 14 of the holder. These cards serve to carry inmeans he provided for indicating the sale price dicia Strips 31 p which indicia is p of the goods being sold, particularly in grocery The indicia strips are bent as indicated in Figs. 8

stores where the customer helps himself, and and 9, the Sho end being bent Over the p owing to the fact that the articles upon the and the long end Ov r t bOttOm- This arrangeshelves are constantly being moved, increased or ment permits several indicia strips to be posidiminished, it will be obvious that it becomes tioned upon a single card and then the card necessary to continuously move the price tag in placed in the holder.

order that it may be directly in front of the goods It willbe apparent that when an arrangement,

50 to which it refers. Applicant has, therefore, desuch as -I have illustrated, is in use, that the vised a novel means of accomplishing this puruser may readily place various price cards in pose, which consists of asupporting rail mounted each of the holders and may then place the beneath the shelf upon which the goods are holders on the supporting rail, after which the placed. This rail slidably supports a number of holder may be moved longitudinally, and that ment having my invention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of one of the supporting rails and a tag holder slidably mounted thereon, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the supporting rail,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view of a portion of a shelf showing my invention applied thereto, the supporting rail being in cross Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tag holder, Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the tag holder, Fig. '7 is a modified form of tag holder,

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of a price card, showing the manner of folding an indicia bearing strip thereabout, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the price card 55 price or tag holders which may be shifted along through the construction the holder will be efv fectively retained against accidental displacement and will also present a neat appearance.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and, described is to be taken asa preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim2 1. In a device of the character described, a supporting rail having an offset edge, a channel formed on its opposite edge, a bead interposed between said edges, means for securing said supporting rail to a shelf, and a tag holder longitudinally movable on said rail.

2. In a device of the character described, a tag holder including a plate having its end portions bent upon itself to retain a price card, a portion formed at right angles to said plate, a tongue formed integral with said bent portion,

an offset portion formed within said tongue, a

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