Patent ID: 6059124
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
A point of purchase system for carrying consumer articles that are for sale and for displaying information about the articles, the articles being physically coupled with a hanger mechanism, the system comprising a vertically extending mounting structure, a plurality of point of purchase devices mounted on said mounting structure, each of said devices including plural elongated elements extending generally parallel to each other, the elements being able to receive and carry a plurality of hanger mechanisms and the articles associated therewith, each element including a structure enabling the element to be mounted on the vertically extending mounting structure so the elements extend generally at right angles from the mounting structure, a member fixedly connecting adjacent pairs of said elements to each other so the adjacent pairs of said elements are horizontally spaced in approximately the same plane from each other by a predetermined distance determined by the spacing of receptacles for the elements on the mounting structure, the adjacent elements together carrying a placard spanning the distance between the adjacent elements, the placard being positioned at ends of the adjacent elements removed from the mounting structure and farther from the mounting structure than the articles carried by the elements, the placard carrying indicia about one of the articles on said mounting structure and a sample of the article in such a manner that said indicia and said sample article are clearly visible without obstructions to purchasers, the sample being essentially the same as the article.