HANGER FOR RETAIL PRODUCT AND RAIL FOR HOLDING THE HANGER
A product hanger system includes a hanger rail and at least one hanger. The rail has retainers on lateral ends thereof defining grooves for retaining the at least one hanger. The at least one hanger has a mounting tab disposed on one side thereof. The mounting tab has a short dimension selected to fit between the retainers, and a long dimension selected to provide friction fit between the grooves.
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Priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/717,668 filed on Oct. 24, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENTNot applicable.
BACKGROUNDThis disclosure relates generally to the field of retail product displays. More particularly the disclosure relates to hook type hangers for retail product displays and rails for movably securing the hangers.
Retail product displays include hook type hangers for retail product packages. The hook type hanger holds product packaging through a suitable opening in the packaging. Hook type hangers are made in various designs by which the hangers may be secured to a display device, rack, peg board or other means. Typically, the hook type hangers may be positioned only in certain positions with respect to the securing means, for example, holes at spaced apart locations in a peg board.
There is a need for a more flexible device for securing product display hooks.
SUMMARYOne aspect is a product hanger system including a hanger rail and at least one hanger. The rail has retainers on lateral ends thereof defining grooves for retaining the at least one hanger. The at least one hanger has a mounting tab disposed on one side thereof The mounting tab has a short dimension selected to fit between the retainers, and a long dimension selected to provide friction fit between the grooves.
Other aspects and advantages will be apparent from the description and claims which follow.
The example hanger rail 10 is shown in end view in
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A hanger and rail combination as described herein may enable more dimensional choices in mounting of product hangers than hangers mounted in fixed positions.
In other examples, the faceplate (12B in
While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art, having benefit of this disclosure, will appreciate that other embodiments can be devised which do not depart from the scope of the invention as disclosed herein. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be limited only by the attached claims.
Claims
1. A product hanger system, comprising:
- a hanger rail; and
- at least one hanger, the rail having retainers on lateral ends thereof defining grooves for retaining the at least one hanger, the at least one hanger having a mounting tab disposed on one side thereof, the mounting tab having a short dimension selected to fit between the retainers, the mounting tab having a long dimension selected to provide friction fit between the grooves.
2. The product hanger system of claim 1 wherein the at least one hanger comprises a hook.
3. The product hanger system of claim 1 wherein the hanger rail has retainers on both sides thereof, wherein grooves are defined on both sides of the hanger rail.
4. The product hanger system of claim 1 wherein the retainers each comprise a stop proximate a lower end of the hanger rail.
5. The product hanger system of claim 1 wherein the at least one hanger comprises a faceplate.
6. The product hanger system of claim 5 wherein the faceplate has dimensions selected to substantially cover the retainers.
7. The product hanger system of claim 1 further comprising:
- a shelf support bracket having slots therein and affixable to a structure;
- a support arm having notched tabs at one end thereof for engaging selected ones of the slots on the shelf support bracket; and
- a hook engaged to the support arm proximate the other end thereof, the hook engaging the hanger rail to suspend the hanger rail at a selected distance from a structure to which the shelf support bracket is affixed.
8. The product hanger system of claim 7 wherein the hook is at least one of welded to or passes through an opening proximate the other end of the support arm.
9. The product hanger system of claim 7 wherein the support arm comprises adjustable length.
10. The product hanger system of claim 9 wherein the support arm comprises a first section and a second section, the first section comprising an elongated slot, the second section comprising at pin passing through a first opening proximate one end thereof and a screw and locknut passing through a second opening proximate the one end thereof, the pin and screw and locknut passing through the elongated slot, the screw and locknut configured to lock a position of the first section with respect to the second section when tightened to lock the support arm at a selected length.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 5, 2013
Publication Date: Apr 24, 2014
Applicant: Bruegmann USA, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Inventor: Malte Bruegmann (Houston, TX)
Application Number: 13/857,296
International Classification: A47F 5/00 (20060101);