Patent ID: 6698701
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A47F,G09F

Abstract:
An electronic shelf label mounting apparatus comprising:a frame member including top, bottom, left, and right wall portions defining an enclosed aperture for receiving a rear portion of the electronic shelf label, wherein the wall portions include front surfaces for abutting against a front portion of the electronic shelf label, wherein the top wall portion includes a top edge, and wherein the bottom wall portion includes a bottom edge; a top spring member extending behind the top edge; a bottom spring member extending behind the bottom edge and in a normally biased position apart from the top spring member including a threaded aperture and first and second retaining apertures for receiving flexible bottom latches on extending downwardly from the rear portion of the electronic shelf label; wherein the enclosed aperture is large enough for the rear portion and flexible bottom latches of the electronic shelf label to pass through only when the flexible bottom latches are biased in an upward position, wherein the top and bottom wall portions and the first and second retaining apertures prevent removal of the rear portion from the enclosed aperture when the flexible bottom latches are in an unbiased position extending downward through the first and second retaining apertures; and a screw which extends through the threaded aperture and against the top spring member to separate the top and bottom members by a minimum fixed distance from each other.