US4477048A
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Pad holder and display
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-09-21
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Granted: 1984-10-16
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Expires: 2001-09-21
Abstract
Abstract A point of purchase flexible pad holder and display includes an upper clear plastic section which may snap into a pricing channel or be suspended from a peg and a lower separable double-sided, front and back, adhesive section with the front of such section being employed to secure a tear-off pad while the back may secure the holder as a whole or separated in a variety of display locations. The connection and structure of the two sections enables stable support of the pad, ease of insertion into the pricing channel, and also ease of clean separation of the two sections. The back may also secure a second pad so that when the first is exhausted the holder need merely be turned around on the pricing channel or peg to present the second pad to the purchaser.
Inventors
- 👤 Gerald A. Conway
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 21:41
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F3/00; G09F3/08; G09F3/18; G09F3/20; G09F3/204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A flexible pad holder and display comprising an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including a downwardly projecting tab having a horizontal lower free edge and downwardly extending side edges located inwardly of lateral portions of the upper section at respective sides of the tab, said tab being centrally located between side margins of said upper section and adapted to be flexed to snap the lower free edge into a pricing channel in cooperation with the top edge of the upper section, and the lateral portions pendently supporting the lower section from the upper section and cooperating to resist torsional twisting of the lower section as when a sheet is torn from a pad secured to the lower section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A flexible pad holder and display comprising an upper section and a lower section, said upper section including a downwardly projecting tab having a horizontal lower free edge and downwardly extending side edges located inwardly of lateral portions of the upper section at respective sides of the tab, said tab being centrally located between side margins of said upper section and adapted to be flexed to snap the lower free edge into a pricing channel in cooperation with the top edge of the upper section, and the lateral portions pendently supporting the lower section from the upper section and cooperating to resist torsional twisting of the lower section as when a sheet is torn from a pad secured to the lower section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 comprising adhesive pads on at least one front or rear surface of said lower section to which the flexible pad may be secured.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including score marks horizontally aligned with the lower edge of said tab so that the upper section may readily be removed from the upper section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein said tab includes vertical and angularly inwardly directed side edges.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 comprising adhesive pads on both front and rear surfaces of said lower section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein said pad holder comprises a vertical sheet of flexible transparent plastic.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including means readily to remove the upper section from the lower section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein said holder includes means to resist torsional twisting of the holder as a sheet is torn from the pad.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including a hole in the upper central portion of the upper section so that said holder may be supported on a peg or pin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including means operative readily to separate the lower section from the upper section along the lower edge of said central tab.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein said holder comprises a thin sheet of plastic material, said tab being constructed so that stressing of said tab from the plane of said sheet maintains the lower section in substantially the same plane as said sheet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including means to separate the upper section from the lower section horizontally aligned with the lower edge of the tab.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 including means readily to separate the upper section from the lower section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
A pad holder as set forth in claim 1 wherein said holder comprises a single sheet of flexible plastic material.
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