Patent ID: 6823620
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A one-piece extruded plastic data strip for attachment to a front of a standard 48 inch store shelving unit, along a full length thereof, for displaying pricing and other information on said store shelving and of the type having a clear front panel, a back panel integrally joined to said front panel along bottom edges of both panels to form a label pocket, and an integrally extruded sign clip portion extending continuously along an upper edge of said front panel throughout the length of said label data strip, wherein(a) said continuously extending sign clip portion has a back wall portion formed at an upper edge margin of said front panel and further includes a forwardly projecting top connecting portion, joined integrally with said back wall portion, and a downwardly extending overlay panel joined integrally at an upper portion thereof with said top connecting portion and spaced a short distance in front of said back wall portion, (b) said data strip being formed principally of relatively rigid plastic material and having a height and having a length of approximately 48 inches, which is a large multiple of its height and is suitable for attachment across the full length of said standard shelving unit, (c) a thin flexible retaining element of softer plastic material joined by co-extrusion with an inner surface of one of said back wall portion or said overlay panel and extending toward an opposite side of said sign clip along the full length of said data strip, (d) said thin flexible element having a cross sectional configuration including a length in the generally front to back direction and a thickness and wherein its said length is substantially greater than its said thickness, (e) said overlay panel defines with said back wall portion an opening for the reception of an upper margin of a sign tag of predetermined thickness, (f) the width of said opening, in a front to back direction, being greater than the thickness of said sign tag, (g) said thin flexible retaining element being positioned below said top connecting portion and having an end portion engageable with the sign tag when the sign tag is inserted upwardly through said opening to resiliently hold said sign tag in said sign clip portion, (h) the entire data strip, including said front and back panels, and said continuously extending integral sign clip portion, constituting a one-piece extrusion of plastic material.