Patent ID: 7490724
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A47F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A point-of-sale device carrying an assembled article having plural interfitting parts, the assembled article being such that the interfitting parts must be disassembled and then fitted together by a human assembler after purchase of the article, the device comprising: a structure for enabling the device to be presented to a prospective purchaser at a retail shop, the structure including a transparent region, the interfitting parts of the article being located in the structure behind the transparent region, the interfitting parts in the structure being in the assembled condition thereof so that the interfitting parts, in the assembled condition thereof, can be seen by the prospective purchaser through the transparent region while the device is presented to the prospective purchaser at the shop, the article comprising a picture hanger including a plate with an opening and a hanger structure having a shoulder extending through the opening in the plate; the hanger structure including a leg downwardly depending from the shoulder and an arm upwardly extending from the shoulder; the plate and the hanger structure being located in the structure so that the shoulder is located in the opening of the plate; and the leg extends below the opening of the plate; the plate, leg, and arm extending in planes substantially parallel to a planar surface of the structure; the shoulder extending substantially at a right angle to the planar surface of the structure; at least portions of the plate, shoulder, arm, and leg being visible to the prospective purchaser through the transparent region.