Patent ID: 7726531

Claim:
A method of covering a retail display support structure for a retail environment at a retail establishment, the retail display support structure including a plurality of holes and adapted to display retail merchandise for resale, the method comprising the steps of: measuring, at the retail establishment, at least one dimension of the retail display support structure; dispensing a length of covering material corresponding to the at least one dimension from a wound state on a roll at the retail establishment; severing the covering material to form a placard of the covering material having a dimension that corresponds to at least one dimension of the retail display support structure; arranging the placard of covering material over the retail display structure; securing the placard of covering material to the retail display support structure to cover at least a portion of the retail display support structure; pushing a plurality of pins through the covering material and into a corresponding plurality of holes in the retail display support structure; wherein: the covering material includes generally annular scored plugs, wherein the annular scored plugs exist on the covering material in the wound state on the roll, at least some of the annular scored plugs having an arrangement corresponding to a plurality of holes of the retail display support structure; and further comprising: punching out one or more of the annular scored plugs at the retail establishment to form one or more receiver holes through the placard; aligning the one or more receiver holes with corresponding holes in the retail display structure; and inserting one or more of the pushpins through the receiver holes.