Abstract: A gate for a check-out aisle, which displays point-of-purchase merchandise when the gate is in both open and closed positions. The gate has an outer frame that is hingedly mounted along one edge to an edge of the check-out counter, enabling the gate to swing open adjacent to the check-out aisle, or closed across the check-out aisle. An inner frame comprising a lattice face for hanging the point-of-purchase merchandise is pivotally mounted to the outer frame so that the inner frame will rotate about a vertical axis within the outer frame in order to display the merchandise to customers when the gate is both open and closed. The second embodiment provides for a pair of such gates which are hingedly mounted adjacent respective check-out counters so that they can be moved to lie across a double check-out lane that is between the counters.

Abstract: A hanger strip is mounted on a rectilinear tubular hanger bar and includes a series of equally spaced duplicate projections longitudinally aligned along the strip which define a series of duplicate recesses therebetween for receiving the curved hooks of hangers. The recesses are oriented parallel to one another and at an angle other than a right angle with respect to the length of the strip so that the hooks of the hangers supported in the recesses are oriented parallel to one another and skewed at an acute angle with respect to the length of the strip. When the hanger bar is oriented in an inclined attitude, the strip is positioned slightly to one side of the upper surface of the hanger bar so that the two support areas of each recess of the strip are level with each other.