Patents Assigned to FEMC Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5899011
    Abstract: A label holder for displaying information-containing non-adhesive labels on a C-channel at the front of a merchandise shelf in a supermarket or the like. The label holder may be a co-extrusion of an opaque body panel and a transparent cover resiliently connected along their lower edges to define a label-receiving pocket therebetween or it may simply have opposing U-shaped channels defined by upper and lower lips to receive and retain the label. A pair of upwardly and rearwardly extending leg members are integral with the body panel. One of the leg members underlies and extends behind the lower flange member of the C-channel and the other leg member overlies and extends in front of the lower flange member. The leg members terminate in gripping elements biased toward each other to grippingly engage therebetween the front and rear surfaces of the central portion of the C-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Brinkman
  • Patent number: 5836097
    Abstract: A shelf divider, label and sign holder system comprising an elongated universal support element formed with a relatively rigid channel-shaped shell adapted to be adhesively mounted on a vertically or horizontally extending surface. The support element includes an extended cover portion with flexible fingers co-extruded therewith and adapted to engage the mounting surface itself to removably capture therebetween portions of an item to be supported by the support element. When used as a vertical surface sign holder system, the support element is generally horizontally secured to the vertical surface, with the channel opening downwardly and a paper, cardboard or plastic indicia-containing label or sign securely held at its upper edges between the flexible fingers and the vertical mounting surface. The same support element may be adhesively secured to the undersurface of a shelf juxtapositioned to the front edge thereof, for reception of a perpendicular mounting flange of an adhesive or non-adhesive label holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: Kirk Lewis, John Gebka, Michael Brinkman, Neil Speed
  • Patent number: 5515632
    Abstract: A plastic price channel for attachment along the front edge of a merchandise display shelf to carry labelling pertaining to articles on the shelf has a main body panel and a see-through cover joined to the body panel along its bottom edge so that non-adhesive labels can be fitted between the body panel and the cover. The top edge of the cover can be engaged behind a resilient top lip on the body panel to releasably lock the cover in place and a forwardly extending channel-shaped formation is provided along the top edge of the cover in which the top lip is received. The channel-shaped formation has an upwardly extending outer limb forming a gripping element by which the top edge of the cover can be disengaged from behind the top lip by finger pressure exerted downwardly on the gripping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: John Gebka, James Murray
  • Patent number: 5509634
    Abstract: An extruded PVC clip-on label holder for use on glass shelves such as merchandise shelves in retail outlets has a label holder panel and a pair of resilient rearwardly extending arms forming a channel between which a shelf is gripped. The holder is suitable for use on both thinner and thicker glass shelves by virtue of a step which extends along the base of the channel in one corner. A thinner shelf is gripped between the arms with its front edge fitting over the step and abutting the rear surface of the label holder panel. A thicker shelf is gripped between the arms with its front edge abutting the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Femc Ltd.
    Inventors: John Gebka, Michael E. Brinkman
  • Patent number: 5488793
    Abstract: An extruded plastic price channel can be fitted in a C-channel at the front of a merchandise shelf to provide a mounting for merchandise labelling. The price channel includes a label panel and a leg extending from the back of the label panel. A top edge of the label panel and a free end of the leg snap behind upper and lower lips of the C-channel to retain the price channel in place with the label panel angled to the vertical. The top edge of the label panel has an improved design to enhance its grip in the C-channel. The price channel may also include a transparent co-extruded cover for the front of the label panel to retain non-adhesive labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: John Gebka, Michael E. Brinkman
  • Patent number: 5458307
    Abstract: A ribbed plastic price channel for use on a product display shelf to receive product labels has a high friction coating on the ribs to reduce the tendency for an inserted label to slide along the channel and out of position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventor: John Gebka
  • Patent number: 5456034
    Abstract: An extruded plastic label holder is provided to clip onto a metal plate at the forward end of a scanner hook on which products are displayed. The holder has a pocket to receive a non-adhesive label in place of an adhesive label which would otherwise need to be used on the plate. The holder has a body panel and a clip element between which the plate is gripped and the clip element has a layer of flexible plastic to improve its grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Femc Ltd.
    Inventors: Kirk Lewis, John Gebka
  • Patent number: 5421113
    Abstract: A product information display tag for providing product information at the forward end of a horizontal product support hook has a mounting portion for attaching the tag to the rearward end of the hook, an elongate intermediate portion to extend over and along the hook and a label holder at the forward end of the intermediate portion. The mounting portion and intermediate portion are formed together as an integral plastic extrusion with a female grip at the forward end of the intermediate portion to attach the label holder. The label holder is formed as a coextrusion of a label holder panel in a rigid plastic material and a bead along one edge of the panel in a flexible plastic to fit in the grip at the forward end of the intermediate portion. The bead forms a hinge at the front end of the tag enabling the label holding panel to be raised and facilitate removal of articles from the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: John Gebka, James M. Murray
  • Patent number: 5394632
    Abstract: An extruded plastic price channel can be fitted in a C-channel at the front of a merchandise shelf to provide a mounting for merchandise labelling. The price channel includes a label panel and a leg extending from the back of the label panel. A top edge of the label panel and a free end of the leg snap behind upper and lower lips of the C-channel to retain the price channel in place with the label panel angled to the vertical. The top edge of the label panel has an improved design to enhance its grip in the C-channel. The price channel may also include a transparent co-extruded cover for the front of the label panel to retain non-adhesive labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: John Gebka, Michael E. Brinkman