Signage clip system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10388197-B2
Application number	US-201815864403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2018
Priority date	Jan 8, 2018
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

A display system includes: a first upright oriented vertically; a second upright oriented vertically and offset horizontally from the first upright by a frame separation distance, the first upright and the second upright defining a display opening therebetween; a first clip bracket secured to the first upright with a first clip fastener; and a second clip bracket secured to the second upright with a second clip fastener, each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket including a base portion and a clip portion, the base portion and the clip portion defining an insertion slot, a main entrance of the insertion slot of each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket facing forward, the clip portion configured to hold a display panel inside the insertion slot, the clip portion configured to hold an edge of the display panel against the base portion.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A display system comprising:
a first upright oriented vertically;
a second upright oriented vertically and offset horizontally from the first upright by a frame separation distance, the first upright and the second upright defining a display opening therebetween;
a first clip bracket secured to the first upright with a first pair of clip fasteners comprising push-in rivets, the first pair of clip fasteners extending through a first pair of holes defined in the first clip bracket and the first upright, the first pair of holes in the first upright aligned along a longitudinal axis of the first upright; and
a second clip bracket secured to the second upright with a second pair of clip fasteners comprising push-in rivets, the second pair of clip fasteners extending through a second pair of holes defined in the second clip bracket and the second upright, the second pair of holes aligned along a longitudinal axis of the second upright, each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket comprising a base portion and a clip portion, the base portion and the clip portion defining an insertion slot, a main entrance of the insertion slot of each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket facing forward, the clip portion configured to hold a display panel inside the insertion slot, the clip portion configured to hold an edge of the display panel against the base portion.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the display panel, a first end of the display panel secured inside the insertion slot of the first clip bracket and a second end of the display panel secured inside the insertion slot of the second clip bracket, the display panel extending across the display opening from the first clip bracket to the second clip bracket.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the first clip bracket, the second clip bracket, and the display panel together cover a full display opening width of the display opening from the first clip bracket to the second clip bracket.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the display panel comprises a first end subpanel proximate to the first end and a second end subpanel proximate to the second end, the first end subpanel extending backwards into the insertion slot of the first clip bracket and the second end subpanel extending backwards into the insertion slot of the second clip bracket.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the display panel comprises five subpanels, the five subpanels comprising a first end subpanel proximate to the first end, a second end subpanel proximate to the second end, a first intermediate subpanel connected to the first end subpanel, a second intermediate subpanel connected to the second end subpanel, and a center subpanel connected to each of the first intermediate subpanel and the second intermediate subpanel.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein each of the first upright and the second upright define a front surface of the frame, at least a portion of an outside surface of the center subpanel of the display panel offset behind the front surface of the frame.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first upright and the second upright comprises an inward-facing surface, the first clip bracket secured to the inward-facing surface of the first upright and the second clip bracket secured to the inward-facing surface of the second upright.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first pair of clip fasteners and the second pair of clip fasteners comprises one of a “Christmas tree” fastener and a canoe clip.

9. A method of assembling a display system comprising:
securing a first clip bracket to a first upright of the display system with a first clip fastener, the first clip fastener being a push-in rivet, a longitudinal direction of an insertion slot of the first clip bracket and the first upright oriented vertically, the first clip bracket comprising a base portion and a clip portion, the base portion and the clip portion of the first clip bracket defining the insertion slot of the first clip bracket, the step of securing the first clip bracket to the first upright of the display system comprising installing the first clip fastener through the base portion of the first clip bracket and into the first upright by pushing the first clip fastener into a hole in the first upright;
securing a second clip bracket to a second upright of the display system with a second clip fastener, the second clip fastener being a push-in rivet, a longitudinal direction of an insertion slot of the second clip bracket and the second upright oriented vertically, the second clip bracket comprising a base portion and a clip portion, the base portion and the clip portion of the second clip bracket defining the insertion slot of the second clip bracket, the step of securing the second clip bracket to the second upright comprising installing the second clip fastener through the base portion of the second clip bracket and into the second upright by pushing the second clip fastener into a hole in the second upright; and
inserting a display panel horizontally into the insertion slot of the first clip bracket and the insertion slot of the second clip bracket.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising applying pressure to the display panel with an engagement rib of a one of the clip portion and the base portion of each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket, the engagement rib of each of the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket extending along a longitudinal direction of the clip bracket.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the display panel comprises five subpanels, the five subpanels comprising a first end subpanel proximate to the first end, a second end subpanel proximate to the second end, a first intermediate subpanel connected to the first end subpanel, a second intermediate subpanel connected to the second end subpanel, and a center subpanel connected to each of the first intermediate subpanel and the second intermediate subpanel, the method further comprising bending the first end subpanel and the second end subpanel of the display panel with respect to the center subpanel of the display panel before inserting the display panel into the first clip bracket and the second clip bracket.

Assignees

• Pratt Corrugated Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Tuttle Jeffrey Alan
• Muse John Richard
• Ott Paul
• Walters Travis

Classifications

• G09F2007/1847

  Brackets to grip the sign board · CPC title

• G09F15/0018 Primary

  panel clamping or fastening means · CPC title

• G09F7/08

  the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by means of grooves, rails, or slits · CPC title

• G09F7/18

  Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure · CPC title

• G09F2007/1834

  Signs or the like supported by two lateral posts · CPC title