Patent ID: 6862826

Claim:
In a plastic price channel for carrying and displaying merchandise labels, wherein the price channel comprises a main body panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front surface and a back surface, a transparent cover member having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front surface and a back surface, the bottom edges of the main body panel and the cover member being resiliently interconnected to define a hinge, a pocket being formed between the front surface of the main body panel and the back surface of the cover member for removably receiving labels to be displayed through the cover member, the improvement which comprises a male locking element integrally formed in juxtaposition to top edge portions of a supporting surface selected from the front surface of the main body panel and the back surface of the cover member, and a female element integrally formed in juxtaposition to top edge portions of the other supporting surface, said male and female elements being complementary and snappingly engageable to selectively secure said top edge portions of the cover member to said top edge portions of the main body panel, and a release element including an outwardly extending limb substantially perpendicular to said back surface of said cover member and separate from and forming no part of said snappingly engageable male and female elements, said limb integrally formed in juxtaposition to the top edge portions of the front surface of the cover member to facilitate disengaging the male and female elements.