Merchandise display hook

Claim 1

In a two-part display hook assembly or the like of the type adapted for mounting on a display panel provided with mounting apertures (a) a merchandise support element or the like provided with a generally vertically extending stabilizing portion, (b) said stabilizing portion being disposed, when said assembly is installed on a display panel, in confronting and contacting relation to said panel, (c) horizontal hinge bar means secured to said stabilizing portion between the upper and lower extremities thereof and defining a hinge axis, (d) a base member having rearwardly and upwardly projecting L-shaped mounting lugs for mounting said base member to an apertured display panel and having hinge bar receiving recess means formed therein, (e) said hinge bar means being received in said recess means to provide for pivoting movement of said base member relative to said support element about said hinge axis, (f) said recess means being so located with respect to the bottoms of said mounting lugs as to locate the hinge axis of said hinge bar means at a level above the tops of the panel apertures in which said mounting lugs are received, when said display hook assembly is mounted on an apertured display panel, (g) said stabilizing portion including a portion extending upward above said hinge bar means in close proximity to the front of said panel.