Pegbar display device having a carrier for graphic identification

Claim 2

A pegbar display system comprising: a. a peg support having peg support means for accepting and supporting pegs; b. a merchandise peg acceptable in said support means, said peg having means for displaying goods; c. an information carrier having means for presenting graphic information associated with goods on said merchandise peg; d. at least one carrier support peg having 1. a toe acceptable in and radially indexable in said support means, 2. an elongate standoff extending forward of and from said toe, and 3. means on an outer end for engaging and supporting the carrier; and e. means in said carrier and on said outer end for selectively radially indexing said carrier support peg to said carrier, and for selectively releasing such radial index while the carrier support peg and the carrier are engaged, enabling turning of the carrier support peg with respect to the carrier and the support bar for removal of the carrier and carrier support peg as an assembly from the support bar.

Claim 3

A pegbar display system according to claim 1, in which said carrier comprises an elongate transverse bar, there being a pair of such carrier support pegs, with there being said selective radial indexing means for each of said carrier support pegs.

Claim 4

A pegbar display system according to claim 2, in which said carrier bar has a track slidably engagable upon said carrier support pegs, when said carrier support pegs are in said carrier bar.

Claim 5

A pegbar display system according to claim 3, in which said track is continuous along the length of said carrier bar.

Claim 6

A pegbar display system according to claim 3, in which said track has a pair of open ends.

Claim 7

A pegbar display system according to claim 2, in which said track and said carrier presenting means are materially integral.

Claim 8

A pegbar display system according to claim 1, in which said carrier engaging means comprises a washer fixed on the outer end of the carrier support peg.

Claim 9

A pegbar display system according to claim 7, in which said washer is concentric to the elongate stand-off.

Claim 10

A pegbar display system according to claim 7, in which said washer has a diameter greater than twice a diameter of the elongate stand-off.

Claim 11

A pegbar display system according to claim 7, in which the washer is threadedly attached to a to the outer end.

Claim 12

A pegbar display system according to claim 1, in which said carrier engaging means and said indexing means jointly comprise a. a fixed shoulder carried on the outer end of said carrier support peg; b. a C-shaped track on a backside of said carrier, said shoulder being within the track; and c. a fastener on the elongate standoff and rearward of the track, said track being selectively compressable between the shoulder and the fastener for frictionally indexing the carrier support peg to the carrier.

Claim 13

A pegbar display system according to claim 11, in which the shoulder is the backside of a round washer mounted on the peg.

Claim 14

A pegbar display system according to claim 11, in which the track overlaps both a top and bottom of said shoulder.

Claim 15

A pegbar display system according to claim 11, in which the fastener is a wing nut threadedly attached to a outer end.

Claim 16

A pegbar display system according to claim 14, including a floating washer between the wing nut and the shoulder.

Claim 17

In a pegbar display system having a peg support bar having means for accepting and supporting a peg; a peg acceptable in said support means, said peg having means for displaying goods; and an information carrier support peg acceptable in said support means, said carrier support peg having means for supporting an information carrier; the improvement comprising an information carrier having (1) frontal facing means for presenting graphic information adjacent goods hanging on the first said peg, and (2) a rearward facing open C-shaped section slidably mountable upon said carrier support means, said C-shaped section being rotatably mounted to said carrier support means.

Claim 18

In a pegbar display system having a peg support bar having means for accepting and supporting a peg; a peg acceptable in said support means, said peg having means for displaying goods; and an information carrier support peg acceptable in said support means, said carrier support peg having means for supporting an information carrier; the improvement comprising an information carrier having (1) frontal facing means for presenting graphic information adjacent goods hanging on the first said peg, and (2) a rearward facing open C-shaped section slidably mountable upon said carrier support means, said C-shaped section being rotatably mounted to said carrier support means.

Claim 19

The improvement of claim 16, including means for radially fixing the carrier support means with respect to the carrier, said fixing means being engagable with rear flanges of said C-shaped section.

Claim 20

A peg bar merchandising and display system comprising: (a) a peg support bar having peg support means for supporting a plurality of laterally spaced apart pegs; (b) one or more merchandise pegs acceptable in and supportable by said support means, each said merchandise peg having means for supporting and displaying goods; (c) an elongate information carrier having means for presenting graphic information associated with goods on said merchandise pegs; (d) a pair of spaced apart carrier support pegs, each carrier peg having

Claim 21

A peg bar merchandising and display system comprising: (a) a peg support bar having peg support means for supporting a plurality of laterally spaced apart pegs; (b) one or more merchandise pegs acceptable in and supportable by said support means, each said merchandise peg having means for supporting and displaying goods; (c) an elongate information carrier having means for presenting graphic information associated with goods on said merchandise pegs; (d) a pair of spaced apart carrier support pegs, each carrier peg having

Claim 22

means requiring rotation for acceptance by said peg support means and which upon being accepted by the peg support means are freely rotatable in the peg support means into an axial locking position for positive securement of the carrier peg to the bar, said securement means being further rotatable back to an acceptance position in which said carrier pegs become removable from said peg support means,

Claim 23

means requiring rotation for acceptance by said peg support means and which upon being accepted by the peg support means are freely rotatable in the peg support means into an axial locking position for positive securement of the carrier peg to the bar, said securement means being further rotatable back to an acceptance position in which said carrier pegs become removable from said peg support means,

Claim 24

an elongate stand-off forward of said securement means, and 3. means on an outer end for engaging and supporting the carrier, these carrier supporting means being rotatable in and with respect to the carrier; and (e) said carrier and said outer ends having means for selectively radially indexing the carrier pegs non-rotatably in said locking position so that carrier and carrier pegs cannot be removed from said bar, said indexing means being selectively releasable enabling rotation of said carrier pegs into the acceptance position so that the carrier and carrier pegs can be removed and then reinstalled in the bar as a unit.

Claim 25

an elongate stand-off forward of said securement means, and 3. means on an outer end for engaging and supporting the carrier, these carrier supporting means being rotatable in and with respect to the carrier; and (e) said carrier and said outer ends having means for selectively radially indexing the carrier pegs non-rotatably in said locking position so that carrier and carrier pegs cannot be removed from said bar, said indexing means being selectively releasable enabling rotation of said carrier pegs into the acceptance position so that the carrier and carrier pegs can be removed and then reinstalled in the bar as a unit.

Claim 26

A pegbar system according to claim 18, in which said indexing means includes a movable fastener carried on each carrier peg.

Claim 27

An information carrier support peg for a pegbar system, comprising: (a) an elongate toe having means for a single radial index in and to a peg bar support, and means for axial securement of the peg in a pegbar support when in the indexed position, said index means being rotatable while in said support and having a front downward facing horizontal index flat engageable against the support, said flat being bounded on its top side by a semi-circular diameter of the peg; (b) an elongate body extending from and forward of said toe; (c) a threaded outer end extending outward from said body, said outer end having (1) a round washer concentrically fixedly mounted upon and having a rear shoulder perpendicular to the threaded outer end, and (2) a captivated nut on said threaded outer end and in between the shoulder and the body, for selectively clamping a carrier against the shoulder for selectively radially indexing and fixing the support peg to the carrier and for radially fixing the toe in the support; and (d) a vertical offset in between the toe and the threaded outer end, said offset extending opposite from and upward with respect to said downward facing horizontal index flat, with said shoulder being offset upward from and being generally perpendicular to an axis of the toe with said threaded end being offset upwardly from said toe axis, so that when the nut is loosened the entire peg is rotatable and will rotate in and with respect to the pegbar support about the axis of the toe, and in which the threaded end and shoulder will travel through an orbital path while all the time having thereon an information carrier secured to the washer, for release and removal of the peg and carrier as a unit from the support without the carrier needing to be lifted above its normal display height.

Claim 28

An information carrier support peg for a pegbar system, comprising: (a) an elongate toe having means for a single radial index in and to a peg bar support, and means for axial securement of the peg in a pegbar support when in the indexed position, said index means being rotatable while in said support and having a front downward facing horizontal index flat engageable against the support, said flat being bounded on its top side by a semi-circular diameter of the peg; (b) an elongate body extending from and forward of said toe; (c) a threaded outer end extending outward from said body, said outer end having (1) a round washer concentrically fixedly mounted upon and having a rear shoulder perpendicular to the threaded outer end, and (2) a captivated nut on said threaded outer end and in between the shoulder and the body, for selectively clamping a carrier against the shoulder for selectively radially indexing and fixing the support peg to the carrier and for radially fixing the toe in the support; and (d) a vertical offset in between the toe and the threaded outer end, said offset extending opposite from and upward with respect to said downward facing horizontal index flat, with said shoulder being offset upward from and being generally perpendicular to an axis of the toe with said threaded end being offset upwardly from said toe axis, so that when the nut is loosened the entire peg is rotatable and will rotate in and with respect to the pegbar support about the axis of the toe, and in which the threaded end and shoulder will travel through an orbital path while all the time having thereon an information carrier secured to the washer, for release and removal of the peg and carrier as a unit from the support without the carrier needing to be lifted above its normal display height.