CA1171275A - Setting panel ticket assembly - Google Patents

Setting panel ticket assembly

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CA1171275A
CA1171275A CA000396495A CA396495A CA1171275A CA 1171275 A CA1171275 A CA 1171275A CA 000396495 A CA000396495 A CA 000396495A CA 396495 A CA396495 A CA 396495A CA 1171275 A CA1171275 A CA 1171275A
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support panel
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George H.W. Kenney
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09FDISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F3/00Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means; Seals; Postage or like stamps
    • G09F3/08Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself
    • G09F3/18Casings, frames or enclosures for labels
    • G09F3/20Casings, frames or enclosures for labels for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
    • G09F3/201Enclosures enveloping completely the labels

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  • Mirrors, Picture Frames, Photograph Stands, And Related Fastening Devices (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A merchandise pricing ticket assembly has a rigid highly polished plastic material forming a support panel which is printed with display matter and has areas left clear to form windows. Components of a soft flexible material,also highly polished, are provided which adhere to the rear of the windows whereby information on the components may be viewed therethrough. A setting panel is provided enabling the components to be laid out in their correct relative position before the support panel is laid thereover to pick-up the components. The support panel is thereafter retained in a channeled shelf fixture.

Description

~ ~ 7~275 This invention relates to price ticket and like displays of strip form which can be flexed and sprung into the opposed jawQ nf a channelled ticket-holder such as those used for ~helf-pricing.
One object of this invention i~ to provide a display wherein csrtain numerals and part~, or even the whole, of the subject matter displayed on ths ticket can be rapidly and easily changed whilst ~till providing the appearance of an integral, or one piece, tickst unit ~hen assembled and put on display.
A further object is to provide a ticket protected against interfsrencs and appearing to have been printed or signwritten~ as a single unit.
Another object is to provide a means for setting up a ticket from componants which is s lnple and easily produced and which forms a complete kit.
According to this present invention a prica ticket or like display assembly compri~es (1); a transparent or translucent ~upport panel which is ~ufficiantly resilient to be flexed for insertion into a channalled ticket holder and ~hich on relsase spring~ back, whereby the marginal oppo~sd sids portions locate within the jaws of parallel channels of a said ticket holder, the panel ha~ing painted or printed thereon on one or both surfaceq display matter with an area or areas left '' ' , .

1 7~2~5 clear to form a window or windows, and (2); self-adherent components each conveying an item of information~ each component being designed to bs positioned within, adhere to and be readable through one of the said windows.
Preferably the ticket holder will have a convex or concave shaped surface whereby the support panel, following engagement with the channels springs into close contact with the surface of the ticket holder. This provides good support and securement and reduces the probability of interference.
A sstting panel may convenient~y be included as part of the display kit, this comprising a rigid, or flexible, board printed with the outline of the location zones for each self-adherent component. Each zone having associated therewith a discrete area of, for example, a highly polished material or adhesive to ~hich the selected compoent may be temporarily adhered or cohered. The assembly of setting panel and com-ponents can then be overlaid with the support panel in correct alignment, and firm pressure applied to the latter then causes the components to adhere or cohere thereto. Removal of the support panel away from the setting panel causes the components to be plucked from the setting panel by virtue of the relatively sub-stantial area of adhesion with the support panel as compared with the ~mall areas of adhehion with the setting panel.

To produce the transparent or translucant support panels sheets of any suitable material can be used, preference being given to plastics materials which are resilient enough to flex easily and yet capable of springing back to ths original form without permanent deformation. For example certain oJrades of polyvinyl-chloride, polystyrene or cellulose acetate may be used, the selected sheets, for the most part, having both surfaces highly pdished. Either surface can be painted or printed preferably with a high gloss finish and with the chosen subject matter, the main background colour of the support is preferably sufficiently opaque to concsal the external outline of the components when in position.
This may be achieved as follows:- the components (which are applied inside or behind the unmasked areas of the main panels so as to bs readable therethrough) ars preferably made somewhat larger than the windows they are designed to occupy, thus avoiding leaving exposed or naked areas, the object of such concealment, coupled with the protection afforded by the windows is to reduce the risk of the items being tampered with.
The self-adherent components will preferably be produced from coloured rather than transparent material, the former providing its own background, whereas if the latter material is used a background has to be painted or printed on the components thereby incurring extra cost. The coloured material used needs to .

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~71~'75 be sufficiently opflque to provide an ~dequate background for the subject matter it convsys which can be painted or printed dir~ctly on to one surface thersof. The components are best formed from shests of soft, polished polyvinylchloride, which, apart from being quite limp and easily handled, can be made to adhars or cohera, of its o~n accord, to almsst any 3mooth9 glazed surfacs, simply by being pressed into contact there~ith.
A preferred msthod of mass-producing the camponents, presuming them to be in colour and formsd from soft, poli~hed polyvinylchloride sheeting, i8 88 follows:-(1) large sheets of the selected plastics are mounted on to suitabl0 artboard or sub-stantial artpaper9 the top or recaiving surface of the later being glazed and the reverse surface matt. A~ the sheata are thus assembled, they can be piled on top of each other and face up. Stacked in this ~ay, the plastic ~ill be tightly pressed onto the glazed surface of it3 backing sheet and thus cling firmly thereto but because the re~erse side of the backing sheet i8 matt ths aesembled ~heets will not stick to sach other. Tha plastic material is now unable to stretch or distort and is ready for the next process.

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(2) the required sub;ect m~tt~r i~ painted or printed on the ~heets keeping to preci~s register.
(3) The printed sheets are then cut by guillotine into conveniently sized pagee with each of these, preferably, containing not ons but a uhole series of components.
(4) The individua} component~ are then s~vared and segregated by Acoring or kis~-cutting (i.e.
platen-cutting), the depth of incislon, in either ca~e, being carefully regulated ~o as to penetrate right through the plaatic9 yet leave the backing sheat intact.
The backing ~heet no~ serves as a storage eheet, from ~hich the components can be paeled off for pDsitioning on the support panel or setting pan~ hen the components ~ a~ t~æ
are taken out of use any surface ~hichl~as exposed can bs ~iped clean leaving them in ~uitable condition for replacement in the appropriate ~pace~ on the storage sheets ready for subsequent re-use. In the case of ~oft, poli~hed polyvinylchloride components it is po~sible to preserve them and make them last for a con~iderable period.
4uite often, a number of ~torage sheet~, sach con-taining a variety of items, ~ill be required to make up ~ ~71275 -&-a particular set oF price tickets. In this event thers can be provided an extrs cever-page or pages which can be provided with appropriate instructions, the whole then being collected and bound together as an album or punched and placed in a loose leaf binder or file. This, along with the price tickets and any other associated display matter, can be boxed or otherwise suitably packaged and supplied to a usar as a complete9 self-contained kit.
The main panel may contain several colours but there has to be one which forms the base and certain components can be of a colour which will stand out in contrast thereto, others being chosen to blend therewith~.or, alternatively, made to match. Ths information to be conveyed by these components will preferably be painted or printed and by employing a minimum of colour-r~ns an attractive, multicolour display can be created.
`Reference will now be made to the ac~ompanying drawings wherein the invention is explained fùrthe~ with reFerence to preferred embodiments as examples. In the drawings:-Figure 1 shows an assembled support panel viewed from the front with several self adhesive componehts in position, Figure 2 shows a section through the panel located in position in a channelled ticket holder, ~ 17127S

Figurs 3 ~ho~ a fr~gmentary rear vie~
of a ticket holder, Figures 4 to 6 ~ho~ three furth~r ticket holdsrs in rear perspective vie~, and Figures 7 to 11 sho~ the main steps in making up a support panel and components using a 3etting panel.
Referring to the dra~ings Figure 1 show~ a price tickst ~hich primarily is designed for u3e in a channelled holder of the kind used for shelf-pricing in Rtores and eupermarkets snd ~o forth ~uch ~ holder being shown in Figure 2 in section. The support panel 1 is produced from a semi-rigid, trsnsparent polyvinylchlorida sheet the thicknsss being such as to give ~ufficiant resilience to be flexed fairly easily for insartion in the holder and when released, to ~pring out and secure itself bet~aen the opposed lips of the channels of the holder. Painted or printed, in high gloss finish, on the back of the support 1 and covering a large part of the ~urface, are t~o colours: the first to be applied 2, being for example green, predominates and forms the main background, the other 3, for example opsque ~hite gsnerally follo~ing the eame regi3ter, the purpo3e being to back up the green 2 and give it extra body and 8180 to extend over ~nd fill .~ ~

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in arsas such as at top left, hitherto left blank, t~
spell out the legend l'PRODUCE OF" Certain aress 4 of the support panel 1 are left clear~ these serving 89 ~indo~s. Applied behind each ~indo~ i8 a soft, polishsd polyvinylchleride componsnt 5, some may be produced from coloured material for exampls 6, othere from a white material 7, the information on the component 6 may be painted or printed in black 8 and on the components 7, in rsd 9. This 9iV8~ a ticket ~hich as a ~hole, i8 colourful and eye-catch~ng. The polyvinylchloride components 5 are mads some~hat larger all round than the windo~a 4 they occupy ~hereby their outline 10 is concealsd by the opaque eurrounds 11. A further preferred feature is that in the ~indow 4 on the right are t~o polyvinylchloride componsnts 5, 51 ~hich abut each other at 12 along precision-cut sides. If it wera required to price the items differently, for example: "per 100g", "per kg", "each" and ~o forth, the major component 5, containing the price, could bs shifted to fit in the bottom part of the window 4, the appropriate smaller part 51 giving the quantity of goods on offer, then being abutted to it 5, in the upper part of ~indo~ 4. An alternative is to provide a divi~ion bet~een the two parts of ths ~indou~.

g Flgura 2 ~hows to an enlarged scale an end view of a ticket similar to Figure 19 clinging to which ars some polyvinylchlorids componsnt~ 5, the assembled ticket 1 is inserted into ~n extruded, high-impact polystyrens ticket holder 20. The front surface 21 o~ the tickst-holder 20 is convex in section, although it could bs con-cave. Chsnnels 22 extend the lsngth of the top and bottom edges. The convex surface 21 kseps ths ticket 1 flexed, the stress thus produced causing it to be retained ~ithin the ja~s of the channels -~t, and at the same time, ensuring that the components 2 remain against the ticket and protected at both the front and the back.
The rear surface 23 of the ticket-holder 20 i8 flat and applied to this in a central position and ext0nding the full length thereof is a strip of a ~elf-adhesivs materi~l 24, covered ~ith siliconised raleass-paper 25, the latter serves as a temporary backing ~hich is peeled away when the ticket-holder 20 is to be appliad and secured to a shelf.
Figure 3 ~hows a rear view of the ticket-holder 20 of ~igure 2.
Figures 4 to 6 show other types of channelled ticket-holders each having a convex main surface 40 against which the support panel bears and oppo3ed channels 41 to receive the edges of the support panels. Figure 4 hss ..~ `

~ 171275 a spring metal clip means 42 which can be compressed and then released to engage with chsnnelling on a shelf or the fitment swivels sidsways to engage the mesh of a wire bafiket whereas Figure 5 has a spring hook 43 tD
fit over the top rail of a wire basket for example. In Figure 6 the ticket holder has integral resr strips 44 which are for full length engagement with a shelf channel.
Figures 7 to 11 s,how a setting pansl for a slightly different configuration of windows in the support panel and stages in making-up the panel. The setting panel can for example comprise a rigid cardboard sheet 70 on which outlines 71are printed to indicate the co-relative positioning of the transparent window portions in the support panel (2) and hence the correct locations of each of the self adhesive components (S). The setting panel also indicates by means of legends 7~ the information to be housed within the outlines 71, each outline in this presentation is of a different size to ensure the correct location of the relevant type of information component. Within each outline 71 a discrete spot 73 of a highly polished material or sub-stance is provided, the object of this being to provide partial adhesion or cohesion of a selected component 5 when same is correctly positioned as indicated on the setting panel, (see Figure 8), and then pressed down in the centre. This adhesion may be confined simply .~

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between the appropriats portion of ths highly polished rear surface of each component 74 and the respective spot 73, so called cohesion.
The next step (Figure 9) is to position the relevant support panel 2 over the components 5 on the setting panel ensuring correct alignment within the transparent windows 4 and then to rub ~he panel 2 firmly down all over so as to gain a sufficient area of adhesion to the components to enable them to be picked up from the setting panel (Figure 10). The panel may then be removed, the components are thereby being plucked away from the spots 73, by virtue of the relatively small surface area as compared with the window surface, ~ The panel can then be flexed and placed in the holder 20 and then released to spring back and engage within the jaw of the holder shown in Figure 11.

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Claims (5)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1) A price ticket or like assembly comprising in combination:
a) a transparent support panel which is sufficiently resilient to be flexed for insertion into a channelled ticket holder and which on release springs back, whereby the marginal opposed side portions locate within the jaws of parallel channels of a said ticket holder, the panel having printed thereon display matter but with at least one area left clear to form a window, the support panel at least in each window are on the side adjacent to the ticket holder, having a highly polished surface, b) components of soft plastic material having a highly polished surface, each component conveying an item of information, so designed to be positioned within, adhere to and be readable through a particular window.
c) a setting panel comprising a rigid board, printed with the outline of the location zones for each self-adherent component, each zone having associated therewith a discrete area to which the selected component may be temporarily adhered.
2) An assembly as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the areas of adhesion on the setting panel are substantially smaller than the areas of adhesion between each component and the support panel, such that removal of the support panel from the setting panel causes the components to be preferentially plucked therefrom.
3) A merchandise price ticket of like display assembly comprising in combination:
a) a transparent support panel which is sufficiently resilient to be flexed for insertion into a channelled ticket holder and which on release springs back, whereby the marginal opposed side portions located within the jaws of parallel channels of a said ticket`
holder, the panel having printed thereon display matter but with at least one area left clear to form a window, the support panel, at least in each window area on the side adjacent to the ticket holder, having a highly polished surface, b) components of soft plastic material having a highly polished surface which when brought into face-to-face contact with a highly polished rear surface of a window will adhere thereto, said components having printed thereon second display matter.
c) a setting panel having printed thereon boundaries forming areas in co-alignment with the window areas of the support panel, each area containing a zone of highly polished material, to which the rear of a component will adhere, the relative adhesion co-efficient between the said zone being less than the adhesion between the front of the component and the rear of the window.
4) An assembly according to Claim 3, wherein the said zone comprises a highly polished spot within the said area of the setting panel which area is otherwise non-adherent to the component.
5) An assembly according to Claim 3, wherein the support panel is a hard but flexible plastic material with highly polished surfaces and the components comprise a soft limp material with highly polished surfaces, the materials exhibiting adherence through the surfaces.
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