US3550838A - Merchandizing display suspension and bag assembly - Google Patents

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US3550838A
US3550838A US785256A US3550838DA US3550838A US 3550838 A US3550838 A US 3550838A US 785256 A US785256 A US 785256A US 3550838D A US3550838D A US 3550838DA US 3550838 A US3550838 A US 3550838A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
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  • a suspension member having upper and lower horizontal reaches includes a suspension element joined to the midsection of the upper reach. The ends of the lower reach are upturned and are connected to the opposite ends of the upper reach when the hanger and a display merchandising bag are assembled. One set of ends of the reaches is hingedly joined while a fastening pin releasably secures the other set of ends to interconnect the hanger and bag.
  • An upturned releasably secured end of the lower reach is inserted into a first of two spaced openings positioned along an edge of the bag. Said end is then threaded inside the bag and out through the second opening. The upturned end thereupon is secured to the mating end of the upper reach and the bag is ready to be hung by the suspension element for display purposes.
  • the suspension member can be readily disengaged from the bag by reversing the aforesaid steps.
  • the bag was provided with a perforation or opening in the bottom edge thereof with the top being closed by a flap having sometype of fastening means.
  • the hanger essentially consisted of a straight reach with a hook centrally located and projecting therefrom.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a suspendable bag and disengagable hanger assembly wherein a bag containing prepackaged articles of clothing or the like may be readily and easily detachably engaged by and suspended from a display support.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an attractive removable bag hanger wherein a display bag suitable for articles of clothing may be suspended by engagement of an edge portion thereof with the lower reach of the hanger between spaced upturned ends of said reach.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view showing the new hanger being inserted into a display bag for engagement with the top edge of the bag;
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of an alternate embodiment of the invention showing the hanger emplaced soas tosuspend the bag from the bottom edge thereof;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary isometric view of the hanger illustrating the free end of the lowerreach disconnected from mating free end of the upper reach, and further showing the details of the fastening pin and socket arrangement;
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged fragmentarycross-sectional views taken substantially along the lines 4-4 and 5-5, respectively, of FIG. 2.
  • a display bag and hanger for retail merchandise purposes are constructed in such a manner that the hanger may be engaged with a clear limp plastic bag containing articles of merchandise without opening the bag.
  • the hanger may easily be disengaged from the bag at the time a sale is made without the necessity of opening the associated bag.
  • Two straight reaches which are unitarilly integrally articulatedly joined at one end form the hanger body.
  • the upper of the two reaches has a suspension element such as a hook secured at its midsection.
  • the lower reach includes an upturned free tip which is inserted through one of two spaced openings formed in an edge of the bag that joins two opposed walls thereof. This upturned free tip after being threaded through the inside of the bag along said edge projects out from the second of the two openings and is releasably secured to the mating free end of the upper reach;
  • the reaches lie in parallel planes which are ideally horizontal and between which the aforesaid edge of the bag between the two openings is captive.
  • openings in the edge of a bag are so spaced that the lower reach snugly fits therebetween. These openings may be positioned along any edge of the bag which joins two opposed walls thereof; these usa usually will be either the bottom edge or the upper edge.
  • the reference numeral denotes a hanger and bag arrangement constructed in accordance with and embodying the present invention. Included is a flexible, preferably transparent, limp plastic bag 12 suitable for packaging and displaying articles of clothing.
  • a hanger 14 which is unitarily formed of a synthetic plastic material that is flexible and resilient in thin sections, such as polyethylene, polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride, suspends the bag.
  • the bag is preferably transparent so that the articles contained therein are visible. It is formed of front 13 and back 15 flexible sheet films. An open mouth is formed between the top edge of the front film and the back film. The back film 15 extends above and by beyond the top edge of the front film 13 to form a cover flap 16 for selectively closing the open mouth.
  • the entire bag may easily be fabricated of a single sheet,
  • the side edges 20 of the opposite front and back films may be heat sealed to one another.
  • a snap fastener head 24 is fixed to the flap l6 and a registered snap fastener socket fixed on the front film.
  • the fastener head 24 is disengageably receivable in the socket to detachably secure the flap 16 in closed position.
  • any suitable alternate closure arrangement may be provided, such as a strip of double faced adhesive secured to the outer surface of the front film 13. The flap would then be closed by being pressed against the exposed adhesive face.
  • Another alternate closure is a plastic slide fastener.
  • the manufacturer may place the finished articles in the display bag 12 and then close the bag, as by folding over the closure flap 16 and interengaging the snap fastener halves. These packaged goods are eventually shipped to the retail store at which time the hangers 14 are secured to the packages to assist in exhibiting the goods from a display fixture.
  • openings 26 are formed adjacent an edge of the bag joining the front and rear films or the rear film with the closure flap. In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, these openings are formed in the top edge 19, the same being at the upper edge of the flap 16.
  • the edge wherein the openings are formed is the bottom edge 17 which as shown in said figures is at the top because the bag is upended.
  • the unitarily molded (one-piece) plastic hanger 14 is provided to suspend the bag from the edge having the openings 26.
  • the hanger 14 is formed of upper 28 and lower 30 coextensive reaches which are joined together by a bight 32 extending in one piece therewith and between one set of adjacent ends of the reaches and spacing them apart.
  • the bight is of thin section, e.g. one-sixteenth of an inch thick, so that, considering the synthetic plastic of which the hanger is made, the bight permits the reaches to be angularly swung with respect to one another with the bight acting as a pivot.
  • the flexible bight functions as an integral hinge, in effect, a spring hinge.
  • the two reaches in their as-molded relative positions diverge from each other, e.g. about 5, whereby their free, i.e. distal, ends (tips) are spaced apart when these ends are not mutually interengaged.
  • a circular cutout portion 40 is formed on the interior surface of the bight 32 to promote the flexing angular movement between the upper and lower reaches about the hinge and to minimize fatigue failures resulting from such flexing.
  • a hook 34 extends angularly outwardly and upwardly from the center of the upper reach 28.
  • the hook is formed with an arcuate portion ending with a downturned tip 36 to present a conventional hanger hook shape.
  • a reinforcing rib 38 is formed on the interior of the hook 34.
  • the rib38 additionally extends along the top edge of the upper reach 28, around the outer periphery of the bight 32 and along the bottom edge of the lower reach 30.
  • an upturned tip 42 is formed at the distal end of the lower reach 30 remote from the bight 32.
  • the reinforcing rib 38 extends upwardly along the outer edge of the-upturned tip 42 to the end thereof.
  • the upturned tip 42 .of the lower reach 30 is inserted through one of the openings 26 in the folded edge 19 as illustrated in FIG. 1 or 17 as illustrated .in FIG. 2. It may be readily observed that this step is conducted while the flap 16 remains closed (or in FIG. 2 through the closed bottom end) so that the contents of the bag do not have to be removed.
  • the 7 lower reach 30 is then thrust through the opening 26 into the interior of the bag until the edge of the opening 26 abuts the edge of the circular cutout 40 at which point the upturned tip 42 is positioned at the second opening 26.
  • the upturned tip 42 is then slid through the second opening 26 and will project outwardly therefrom.
  • the top edge of the lower reach 30 will contact the interior surface of the edge 19 (or the edge 17 in FIG. 2) between the two openings 26; It may be additionally seen that the upturned tip 42 and the upturned bight 32 act as stops projecting through the openings 26 to prevent disengagement between the edge and the lower reach.
  • Means also is included to detachably interengage the distal free tips of the two reaches so as to insure against accidental disengagement between the hanger and the bag.
  • Said means includes a cylindrical pin 44 that projects normally from the distal end of the upper reach 28.
  • the pin is dimensioned to b be lightly frictionally engaged within a socket 46 in the upturned tip 42.
  • the socket 46 is of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the cylindrical pin 44 so that a tight grip between the upper and lower reaches results.
  • AI- ternately the head of the pin may be slightly enlarged where it projects through the outer end of the socket, or the pin may be shaped as a hook to detachably catch on the socket.
  • a widened rib 48 is formed along the top edge of the lower reach 30, a widened rib 48 is formed.
  • the rib 48 extends from the circular cutout 40 to the upturned tip 42 and acts as a flat bearing surface against which the inner folded edge of the bag engages the hanger 14. This widened rib has rounded edges to prevent accidental cutting or tearing of the inner edge of the bag by the lower reach.
  • the ribs 38, 48 provide an I-shaped cross section for the lower reach which strengthens it against longitudinal flexure.
  • the edge of the bag may be perforated at two points spaced from each other so that the upturned tip will easily penetrate the perforations as the lower reach is inserted in the bag.
  • the hanger is hung by the hook on a display rack until removed therefrom'by a purchaser or sales person.
  • the cashier or wrapping clerk detaches the hanger fromthe bag by disengaging the pin from the socket to separate the-distal ends of the reaches. This may be accomplished by grasping the upper reach adjacent its free end with one hand, the lower reach resting across the index finger of the opposite hand, with the thumb of the opposite hand pressing the portion of the lower reach directly below the upturned tip against the index finger finger. The pin is then easily disengaged from the openmg.
  • FIGS. 2, 4 and 5 an article of clothing, i.e. a scarf 50, gathered together and positioned above the lower reach 30 between the widened rib and the bottom edge 17 of the bag. In this position, the scarf 50 is tionally suspending the bag from its bottom edge.
  • a scarf 50 gathered together and positioned above the lower reach 30 between the widened rib and the bottom edge 17 of the bag. In this position, the scarf 50 is tionally suspending the bag from its bottom edge.
  • the scarf is draped over the widened rib 48 and suspended therefrom.
  • the bag hanger suspended from a hanger rack, may be opened by a prospective customer by disengaging the fastener head 24 from its socket and opening the flap 16. The fabric of the scarf may then be examined thoroughly by the prospective customers without disturbing the bag or removing it from the hanger rack.
  • the manufacturer of consumer goods will prepackage the individual articles in the merchandizing bags constructed in accordance with one of the embodiments of this invention. He will thus be relieved of the expense of supplying individual hangers with each bag. Either the wholesaler or the retailer will, at their own option, insert the hangers between the spaced openings of the bags. Naturally, if the retailer does not desire to suspend the bags from a hanger rack but to merely a stack them on a counter top, he will not insert the hangers. If he desires to suspend the display bags from a hanger rack or any support rod, the hanger is utilized. Hence, a single bag may be used for either stacking or suspending merchandise.
  • a suspension and display package including:
  • IV. means providing openings adjacentan edge of the bag and spacedapart parallel to said edge;
  • suspension means comprising:
  • IV means articulatedly joining one set of adjacent ends of said upper and said lower reaches
  • V. means releasably securing the opposite ends of said reaches to one another
  • Vl Vl. an upturned tip at the opposite end of said lower reach
  • said joined end of said lower reach projecting through the other of said openingsfand C. whereby said lower reach may be selectively removed from the interior of said bag between said spaced openings without opening the mouth of said bag or disturbing the articles within said bag by disengaging the opposite ends of said reach and withdrawing said upturned tip through said one of said openings and into said bag and subsequently through the other of said openings and out of said bag.
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means selectively closing said mouth includes I I. a closure flap, II. means integrally forming said closure flap with one of said films,
  • closure flap projecting beyond the top edge of the LV. means hinging said flap to said back film for selective movement to a position overlying the top edge of the 5 opposed front film,
  • V. means releasably securing said position
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein said means releasablysecuring said opposite ends of the reaches to one another includes:
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein:
  • suspension means is of one-piece construction
  • said means articulately joining said one of said adjacent ends of said reaches includes an articulated hinge, a. said hinge being unitarily formed with said suspension means, and
  • said hinge permits the opposite end of said lower reach to move in both a lateral and vertical position with respect to said opposite end of said upper reach.
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 4 wherein:
  • said hinge includes means biasing the opposite end of said lower reach below the opposite end of said upper reach when the opposite ends of said reaches are not in mutual interengagement.
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein:
  • suspension means is of one-piece construction
  • c. means providing a smooth surface on said rib for supporting said bag and preventing the accidental tearing of said bag.
  • a suspension and display package constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein:
  • the means providing openings is located adjacent the mutually joined registered bottom edges of the films.
  • a suspension and display bag constructed in accordance with claim 7 wherein:
  • a suspension member for supporting a display bag by suspending the bag from a support comprising: an upper reach, a lower reach, said upper and lower reaches being coextensive, a suspension element pro- 70 jecting centrally from said upper reach, means joining a pair of adjacent ends of said upper and said lower reaches, said means including an articulate hinge, said suspension member being formed of one-piece construction, an upturned tip at the opposite end of said lower reach, means releasably securing said upturned tip and said opposite end of said upper reach to one another, whereby said lower reach may be inserted into the bag through a first opening in the bag with said articulate hinge projecting through the first opening and the upturned tip of said lower reach projecting through a second opening in the bag with said upturned tip subsequently secured to the opposite end of said upper reach to support the bag in an elevated position.
  • a suspension member as constructed in accordance with claim 9 wherein the means releasably securing said opposite ends of the reaches to one another includes means forming a socket within the opposite end of one of said reaches and a mating pin registerable with said socket and projecting laterally from the opposite end of the other of said reaches, whereby the opposite ends of said reaches may be selectively releasably joined by interengagement of said pin and said socket.
  • a suspension member for supporting a display bag by suspending the bag from a support comprising: an upper reach; a lower reach, said upper. and lower reaches being coextensive, a suspension element projecting centrally from said upper reach; means joining a pair of adjacent ends of said upper and said lower reaches, said means including an articulate hinge, said suspension member being formed of one-piece construction; an up turned tip at the opposite end of said lower reach; means releasably securing said upturned tip and said opposite end of said upper reach to one another whereby said lower reach may be inserted into the bag through a first opening and the bag with said articulate hinge projecting through a first opening and the upturned tip of said lower reach projecting through a second opening in the bag with said upturned tip releasably secured to the opposite end of said upper reach to support the bag in an elevated position; a broad rib projecting laterally from the lower reach, said rib being formed at the upper edge of said lower reach; and, means providing a smooth surface on said rib for

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US4317550A (en) * 1979-09-17 1982-03-02 Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. Apparatus for suspending a drainage bag
US4827566A (en) * 1988-03-03 1989-05-09 Richins Blaine B Removable hinged sack handle
GB2233957A (en) * 1989-05-23 1991-01-23 Michael Charles Linnell Mail bags
US5094414A (en) * 1990-11-08 1992-03-10 Protune Of Louisiana, Inc. Suspension hanger for resealable plastic bag
US5921601A (en) * 1997-05-27 1999-07-13 Buckles; Kathleen A. Bag closure
US6182824B1 (en) * 1998-12-04 2001-02-06 B&G Plastics, Inc. Hanger for article-containing envelopes
US20050236299A1 (en) * 2004-04-27 2005-10-27 Mark Weber Folded material containment packages and related methods of packaging folded material products
US20060113205A1 (en) * 2004-12-01 2006-06-01 Cheng-Chih Liu Display package
US20110119872A1 (en) * 2009-11-20 2011-05-26 Clearman Joseph H Bag closure
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US4317550A (en) * 1979-09-17 1982-03-02 Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. Apparatus for suspending a drainage bag
US4827566A (en) * 1988-03-03 1989-05-09 Richins Blaine B Removable hinged sack handle
GB2233957A (en) * 1989-05-23 1991-01-23 Michael Charles Linnell Mail bags
GB2233957B (en) * 1989-05-23 1993-12-22 Michael Charles Linnell Mail bags
US5094414A (en) * 1990-11-08 1992-03-10 Protune Of Louisiana, Inc. Suspension hanger for resealable plastic bag
US5921601A (en) * 1997-05-27 1999-07-13 Buckles; Kathleen A. Bag closure
US6182824B1 (en) * 1998-12-04 2001-02-06 B&G Plastics, Inc. Hanger for article-containing envelopes
US20050236299A1 (en) * 2004-04-27 2005-10-27 Mark Weber Folded material containment packages and related methods of packaging folded material products
US20060113205A1 (en) * 2004-12-01 2006-06-01 Cheng-Chih Liu Display package
US20110119872A1 (en) * 2009-11-20 2011-05-26 Clearman Joseph H Bag closure
US20110119931A1 (en) * 2009-11-20 2011-05-26 Clearman Joseph H Variable pressure cutting devices
US8316493B2 (en) 2009-11-20 2012-11-27 Joseph H. Clearman Bag closure
US8572814B2 (en) 2009-11-20 2013-11-05 Joseph H. Clearman Bag closure
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