Patent ID: 6145232
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A sign holder formed of a transparent sheet material and adapted to fit in C-channels along front edges of respective merchandise display shelves, said sign holder comprising portions defining a transparent main body panel having a front face, a back face, an upper edge, and a lower edge, the distance between said upper and lower edges of said body panel defining the height of said body panel, first and second flaps extending from said upper and lower edges of said body panel, respectively, behind, and in spaced, generally parallel relation, to said back face of said body panel, said first and second flaps each including a front face, a back face, an upper edge, and a lower edge, the distance between said upper and lower edges of said first and second flaps defining the height of said first and second flaps, respectively, a first resilient bight portion integrally connecting said upper edge of said body panel and said first flap, a second resilient bight portion integrally connecting said lower edge of said body panel and said second flap, and a third flap extending behind and in spaced, generally parallel relation, to said back face of said second flap, said third flap having a front face, a back face, an upper edge and a lower edge, the distance between said upper and lower edges of said third flap defining the height of said third flap, and a third resilient bight portion integrally connecting said upper edges of said second and third flaps, said lower edges of said first and third flaps defining free lower edge portions, said height of said first and third flaps being different from each other and generally corresponding, respectively, to the differing height between upper and lower forwardly extending lips of C-channels with which the sign holder is to be used, whereby a sign may be removably carried between said first and second bight portions, behind said back face of said main body panel, and one of said first and third flaps is selectively engageable between the upper and lower lips of a C-channel of corresponding height, wherein the height of said second flap is greater than the height of said first flap, and the sum of said heights of said first and second flaps exceeds said height of said body panel, whereby, with said free lower edge portions of said first flap interposed between said back face of said body panel and said front face of said second flap, said third flap is engageable in a C-channel having a height corresponding to said height of said third flap, and with said free lower edge portions of said first flap positioned behind said back face of said third flap, said first flap is engageable in a C-channel having a height corresponding to said height of said first flap.