US3081570A - Ticket holder - Google Patents

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March 19, 1963 K. BOCK 3,08l,570 TICKET HOLDER Filed April 23, 1959 PURE WOOL II I 7 75 C OV E R F/G', mA.

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NVENTOR! /fa-Z Bo c r BY %p A ttarney United States Patent Ofifice 3,081,570 TICKET HOLDER Karl Boek, 334 Hornberger Strasse, Lauterbach, Black Forest, Kreis Rottweil (Neckar), Germany Filed Apr. 23, 1959, Ser. No. 808,333 Claims priority, application Germany Apr. 26, 1958 1 Claim. (Cl. 40-142) This invention relates to price ticket holders, signs or tags such as are used in shop-windows for indicating prices and other information concerning the articles displayed.

The numerous known systems for such price ticket holders are all open to some disadvantage, mostly that they require special skill, for example, for introducing the numbers into guides constructed as slides or when changing a number, other numbers also must be removed, the numbers are not straight and the devices in question are expensive or unsghtly.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the various objections of prior ticket holders and tags and to produce a price ticket holder which can be used in various ways for indicating prices, advertising and designations, but which nevertheless enables the character plates to be inserted individually and easily so that they are reliably and accurately aligned. Legible inscriptions are obtained by using a plastic construction, and according to the invention a holder consisting of a base suitable as a stand plug-in or hanging and character-hearing tickets or plates adapted to be fitted thereon, are

arranged side by side on the back of the tickets or plates and provided with slots which fit snugly on the bar and are clamped thereon. For this purpose the hooks form the actual character-hearing plate by means of a spacer member and they can be made in one piece with the character-hearing plate, especially if plastic material is used for their production.

The mouth of the hook preferably opens slightly conically and/ or the bar also increases conically in thickness from the edge so that the plates may clamp firmly on the bar. It is advantageous to provide a step on the front of the bar on which the fitte d plates can rest and they are thus accurately aligned.

The hooks and bar can advantageously be made in alignment in upward and downward direction so that the bar can not only be fitted with character plates at the top and bottom but by merely inserting a middle bar either at the top or bottom, a double lined inscription can be produced. It is likewise possible to provide the side edges of the bar with a hook projected laterally, and this hook is preferably shorter than the character-hearing plates and holds alone only a letter plate, with the longer plates having two or more hooks spaced a distance from each other.

The bars preferably have a foot member bent over at an angle which is suitable as a stand. The foot can be constructed as a rearwardly projecting pin which with the aid of which the bar can be fixed on perforated plates. A plug foot may also be provided on the bar.

For fixing the bar on the neck of a bottle, semi-circular arms are provided on the rear side and resiliently slipped over the neck of the bot-tle. Also the bar may be equipped with other bars, also of a different type, stepped one above t the other towards the rear, and constructed as a prefabricated element in which case the plastic material can be used with advantage for such pieces.

The invention enables each character-hearing plate to be fitted and easily exchanged without any special skill being required and without it being necessary to Shift 3-,08l,570 Patented Mar. 19, 1963 plates which have already .been fitted. Also the nvention enables the production of accurately aligned signs in a. great variety of arrangements, whereby the plates are firmly seated without exciting any special eifort. The use of plastics enables the plates with the hooks and bars with the feet and holder to be produced cheaply and with a clean finish.

Further objects will be apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating several embodiments of the inven-tion schematically by way of example and in which; v

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a bar with simple foot and with plates placed thereon,

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1 showing the bar without the plates thereon,

FIG. 3 is a front elevation of FIG. 1,

FIG. 4 is a front elevation of a modified arrangement,

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the plates of FIG. 4,

FIG. SA is a vertical cross section of a modified sign,

FIG. SB is a vertical cross section of a further modified sign,

FIG. 6 is a side elevation showing the sign with FIG. 6A is a side view of the sign of FIG. 6,

FIG. 7 is a side view of a foot part for standing and plugging into a perforated plate,

FIG. 7A is a top View of FIG. 7,

FIG. 8 is a top plan view partly in section of a bar fitted on a bottle neck,

FIG. 9 is a cross section of FIG. 10 is a side elevation sign and simple foot,

FIG. 1OA is a front elevation of FIG. 10,

FIG. 11 is a side elevation of a stand composed of two bars arranged one behind the other, and

FIG. 11A is a front elevation of FIG. 11.

1 designates a bar which is of a thickness on its upper side along its entire length so that plates 2 can be slipped onto the bar and seat firmly thereon by means of hook ledges 3 provided on the backs of the plates and integral therewith. The plates 2 have on their front side printed, embossed, raised or sunken symbols, such as letters, numbers or the like. The flat hook ledges 3 are shorter than the plates 2 and have a sli ghtly conical mouth which enables the plates to be easily and quickly fitted and to be firmly seated. The alignrnent and good seating of the plates 2 on the bar 1 is attained by means of a step 4 in the bar 1, and on which step the lower edge of the plates 2 rest, FIG. 1. The hook ledges 3 and its plate 2 can be made of one or two pieces, that is the ledges 3 open upwards and downwards and the 2 has not only an upper edge for receiving the but also a lower edge is also available for this purpose. FIGS. S to SB show a double or intermediate bar 5 which has feet or sockets 6 on its rear side for receiving a prop 7 for support in easel fashion. The prop 7 may be of any suitable form as for instance shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B.

A bar constr'ucted as a spike is shown in FIGS. 6 and GA. This spike 9 can be eXtended by means of plastic :tube 10 for use for markng flowers 'and the like.

The bar or plate 1 'can also have sockets 11 on its rear side `for stand-ing or plugging into perforated plates, FIGS. 7 and 7A.

For fitting the plate on a bottle neck 12, FIG. 8, slightly resilient holding arms or spring clips '13 are provided suitably att-ached on the rear side of the plate 1.

According to FIG. 9, the plate 1 'is set forward to be Secured on a shelf or wall 14 and FIGS. 10 to 11A stands are provided composed of a plurality of plates. The stand 16, FIG. 10, may be provided with a pera spike,

a bar fixed on a shop shell?, of a bar with inscription or manent inscription plate 15 above which a plate 1 is i Secured for receiving plates 2, or bars or pia-tes of different systems types 2 and 17 may be arranged one behind and above the other and to form a stand 18, FIGS. 11 and '11A.

I claim as my invention:

A price tag comprising a holding bar having at least one seouring element in the form of a socket member and at -the top and bottom provided with -a fiat portion, a plurality of plates each having symbols thereon and at the top and bottom edges provided with a resilient g ipping member to grip the flat portion of the holding bar, a projecting portion extending across the mid part of the bar arallel to the fiat portions thereof and against which the plates 'contact in a lignment When mounted on References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,229,716 Clark June 12, 1917 l,3 27,77S Platt Jan. 13, 1920 2,342,237 Barbieri Feb. 22, 1944 2, 661,560 Maiby Dec. 8, 1953 2,689,4-23 Atkin Sept. 21, 1954 2,73 6,974 Jaye Mar. 6 1956 2,821,0=39 Nash et al. Jan. 28, 1958 2, 8 63,242 Britton Dec. 9, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 755,858 France Sept. 11, 1933

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