US2263039A - Mounting card - Google Patents

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2 Shieets-.Sheet 2' Nov. 18, 1941. c. w. JoRGENsN' MOUNTING' CARD f 4 Filed sept', 26,-19'58 i v Clarence 1 r L liliu- Patented Nov. 18, 1941 MOUNTING CARD Clarence W. Jorgensen, Chicago, lll., assignor to Superior Fastener Cor corporation of Illinois Application September 26, 1938, Serial No. 231,628

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel method of handling and merchandising certain types of devices in package form An object of the invention is directed broadly to an improved form of merchandising package adapted to carry the articles mounted thereon in a manner providing an unique type of display, as well as an unique type of mounting that makes their handling easy, particularly those devices that are somewhat diiicult to handle by reason of sharp pointed prongs or other protuberances that tend to tangle and interfere with each other.

Devices having prongs with pointed tips that are sharp and are of the general character described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,117,308, granted May 17, 1938, for example, are diicult to handle in the shipping or marketing thereof. First, their sharp pointed prongs pierce the hands of the individuals required to handle them, which is annoying not only to the dealers whose retail sales require individual handling of these devices, but also to the workmen at the factory who are required to count and pack them. Second, their sharp points cause these devices to cling together which makes it extremely diicult to separate them in the counting or weighing thereof. These latter diiiiculties are also somewhat generally experienced in any type 'of device having protuberances that tend to cause the same to cling to each other.

According to the teachings of the invention, a mounting card or the like is provided that is penetrable by the sharp prongs or protuberances. The devices may be arranged upon the card so that the prongs or protuberances enter the same and are firmly held therein. Each device may be individually positioned in a manner providing an exceptionally novel type of display in connection with related advertising matter Vvthat may be also contained upon the Card. The prongs individually enter the card and are so anchored therein that they will not come into contact with each other, and, if so desired, they may be protected against projecting therethrough so as not to pierce the hands of the individuals handling the cards,

In one speciiic embodiment of the invention a separate member may be used to carry the advertising matter, and the fastening member used to hold the devices upon the penetrable card may enter this card and extend therethrough to serve as a common securing means for holding this separate advertising member to the card. In another embodiment, the penetrable card may carryv poration, Chicago, lll., a

the advertising matter directly, either on the side the devices are displayed, or upon the rear side.

In either case, the penetrable material provides a novel mounting for the devices and permits arranging a display thereof in connection with advertising matter in package form that overcomes the diiculties of handling them and at the same time exhibits them in a way tending to promote their sales by making them readily visible and showing their diierent uses.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the detail specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1` is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevational view looking at the bottom edge thereof;

Fig.'3 is a sectional View taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig 5 illustrates the manner in which the packages may be advantageously stacked in the handling thereof in order to conserve space;

Fig. 6is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3, but illustrating how various types of penetrable material other than that shown in Fig. 1 may be used and still embody the present invention;

Fig. 7 illustrates the parts of the inventionv arranged in a slightly diierent manner;

Fig. 8 is a view of the rear face of the form of invention shown in Fig. 7; and

Fig. 9 is another variant embodiment of the invention to illustrate how the mountingpiece of penetrable material may be made suiciently large to include the advertising material directly hereon.

The novel form' of merchandising package, shown and described herein, is adapted for use in connection with carrying and displaying different types and kinds of devices having sharply pointed prongs or protuberances and is, therefore,v not to be limited solely in connectionwith the marketing' of the specific type of device shown in the aforesaid Patent No. 2,117,308. It will be understood, however, that although I do not wish to be limited to the mounting and displaying of a specic'type of device, this invention is particularly useful in carrying and displaying the devices shown in this patent because it advantageously protects against contact-with 'the excep-` tionally sharp curved prongs of these devices.

is found that corrugated cardboard may be used because the tips of the prongs 3 can be made to lie between the front face 4 and the back face 5 in properly anchored relation within the intermediate corrugated member B. Unless excessive pressure is employed, the sharp tips of prongs 3 may be held from piercing or projecting through back wall 5, and therefore, protected by this back Wall. To assure that fasteners 2 will be held in position with their prongs 3 anchored within card I, a holding member 'I in the form of a strap of any suitable material may be arranged to lie across fasteners 2 with its ends bent at 8V to pass through card I and then again bent at 9 to lie against the back face of card I. Hence, the holding member 1 may be used in a simple and inexpensive manner to keep fasteners 2 in position upon card I. Holding member 'I is shown in the form of a thin strap that will not interfere with displaying a substantial portion of fasteners 2. Strap I may be made of thin material that will cover a minimum portion of the front face of fasteners 2 or it may be made of transparent material through which the fasteners will be visible.

As to the feature of this form of package that effectively carries devices or articles having sharp pointed prongs or protuberances vthat interfere with their ready handling in the marketing thereof, an advertising card I may be attached to mounting I thatk may bear such advertising matter as will make the package as a whole an effective counter or showcase display tending to promote sales. The advertising material may relate directly to the type of device 2 mounted upon card I, showing by proper illustrations the different uses to which this device 2 may be put. It is found that a very simple and inexpensive form of attaching advertising card I0 to card I may be had through the use of the bent ends 9 of strap 1 that lie against the rear face of card I. When the endsl of strap 1 are inserted through card I, they may likewise be inserted through card Ill, so that card I0 will be held in position'against c ard I when the bentv ends 9 are formed.

` It will be observed that the requisites of cheapness and simplicity are present in the structure described. These devices, including the printing, the assembly of parts I, IB ing of fasteners 2 upon card I, may be provided at a very small cost that is practically negligible with respect to the marketing cost heretofore of devices of this type. Any added cost would be absorbed, however, in the increased novelty and advantages obtained fromV the exhibiting of these devices in connection with the readily visible advertising matter as illustrated and shown herein.

By limiting the width of cards I,'space may be conserved in their shipping and storage by alternately stacking the packages as illustrated in Fig. 5.

Any suitable type of penetrable material may be used. .To this end there isv shown in Fig. 6 a mounting card I that may be made of sub-.-

and 'I, and the mountstantially solid but soft material I6, such as wallboard or wood capable of receiving prongs 3 of devices 2. In case devices 2 are of a substantially large size that will occupy a lgreater portion of the width of the package shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, and it is, therefore, necessary to increase the width of card I and thereby reduce the exposed space of advertising card Ill, an arrangement may be provided that will include placing a portion of the advertising matter upon the rear face of card I0. This embodiment of the inven- 'tion is illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. Mounting card I8 may be of any suitable penetrable material to which the larger devices or fasteners I9 are attached and held by the fastening member 20, likewise provided in the-form of a strap, if so desired. The bent ends 2| may also hold an l advertising card 22, that will be similar to advertising card Ill, but which will have a portion of the advertising upon its rear face, as shown in Fig. B. The advertising matter upon the 'front face of card 22 may be substantially related with respect to the type and character of devices I9 as to provide enough descriptive matter to advertise them while the advertising material upon the rear face of card 22 may be devoted to the usesto which the devices may be put.

If it is desirable to eliminate the use of a separate advertising card, such as I0 or 22, the mounting member 30 of penetrable material may be made of a suflicient width to receive the k advertising material directly thereon as illustrated in Fig. 9. Hence, it will be understood that the invention is not to be limited necessarily to the feature of providing a separate advertising card capable of being attached to the mounting member of penetrable material. It is found that the time saved and the overcoming of the annoyance ofhandling sharp pointed devices have made the type of merchandising package hereinshown and disclosed exceptionally popular not'only from the standpoint of the convenience enjoyed by the retail dealers who are obliged to handle them upon their counter and in their showcases, but also from the standpoint of vproviding a novel type of display that has greatly increased sales.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will I so fully explain the gist of my invention that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adopt the same for use under varying conditions of service, without eliminating certain features, which may properly be said to constitute the essential items of novelty involved, which items are intended to be defined and secured to me by the following claims.

I claim:

l. A merchandising package adapted to carry a plurality of sharp-pronged devices in a manner exhibiting these devices in connection with related advertising matter thereon comprising a relatively at strip of penetrable material adapted to receive the sharp prongs of said devices in embedded and concealed relation, a fastening strap extending across the body of said devices to hold them upon said strip of penetrable material, and a card disposed against the rear face of said strip of penetrable material, said card being of greater size than said strip to extend therebeyond and tending to reenforce said strip at said rear face to prevent the sharp tips of said prongs from projecting beyond and thereby be exposed at said rear face, said fastening strap passing through said strip and said card to lock the same together into a unit package.

2. A merchandising package adapted to contain a plurality of sharp-pronged devices exposed thereon in a manner exhibiting these devices in connection With related advertising matter carried thereby comprising a strip of penetrable material adapted to receive the sharp prongs of said devices in embedded relation whereby a substantial portion of said devices will be exposed upon the outer face of said strip for display purposes without exposing said sharp ends, a card adapted 10

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