Sign holder assembly with mounting member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016012757-A1
Application number	US-201514860379-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2015
Priority date	Apr 10, 2012
Publication date	Jan 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A sign holder assembly comprises a support member and a mounting member. The support member includes a substantially planar panel and a plurality of rails. The plurality of rails rearwardly extend from a surface of the substantially planar panel and define at least one reception track extending between two adjacent ones of the plurality of rails. The mounting member includes a main body, a coupling rail, and a magnet. The main body includes a bottom end and two opposing side surfaces. The magnet is secured to the bottom end and is configured to selectively and magnetically couple with a top spine of a separate display fixture. The coupling rail is coupled to one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body. The coupling rail is slidably secured within the at least one reception track such that the support member is supported relative to the separate display fixture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A sign holder assembly comprising:
a support member including:
a substantially planar panel longitudinally extending between a first end and a second end of the substantially planar panel, wherein the substantially planar panel has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of rails rearwardly extending from the second surface of the substantially planar panel and being spaced vertically from one another to define at least one reception track extending between two adjacent ones of the plurality of rails; and
a mounting member including a main body, a coupling rail, and a magnet, the main body including a bottom end and two opposing side surfaces, the magnet being secured to the bottom end of the main body and being configured to selectively and magnetically couple with a top spine of a separate display fixture; wherein the coupling rail is separate from the plurality of rails and coupled to one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body, and the coupling rail is slidably secured within the at least one reception track of the support member such that the support member is supported relative to the separate display fixture via the mounting member.

2 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting member includes a base formed of sheet metal bent in an inverted U-shape and defining a top panel portion coupled to the bottom end of the main body on a first side of the top panel and coupled to the magnet on a second side of the top panel that is opposite the first side of the top panel.

3 . The sign holder assembly of claim 2 , wherein the base extends further away from the main body than the magnet extends away from the main body.

4 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the coupling rail includes a primary panel, offset segments, and opposing flanges, the primary panel extends substantially parallel to and is coupled to the one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body, the offset segments extend from opposite ones of opposing edges of the primary panel in directions substantially perpendicular to the primary panel and away from the one of the two opposing surfaces of the main body, and each of the opposing flanges extends from a different one of the offset segments opposite and substantially parallel to the primary panel in a direction away from the other one of the opposing flanges.

5 . The sign holder assembly of claim 4 , wherein:
the opposing flanges are spaced from the one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body, one of the plurality of rails is at least partially interposed between one of the opposing flanges and the one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body to at least partially couple the support member to the mounting member.

6 . The sign holder assembly of claim 5 , wherein:
the one of the plurality of rails includes a cross member, and the cross member is interposed between one of the opposing flanges and the one of the two opposing side surfaces of the main body to couple the support member to the mounting member.

7 . The sign holder assembly of claim 5 , wherein:
each of the opposing flanges is substantially planar, and each of the two opposing flanges is received between the substantially planar panel and a different one of the plurality of rails to selectively couple the mounting member to the support member.

8 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , in combination with the display fixture, wherein the display fixture is a gondola fixture, the magnet of the mounting member is positioned adjacent and magnetically couples to the top spine of the display fixture.

9 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the main body has an overall shape of a rectangular prism.

10 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the coupling rail is a first coupling rail, the mounting member includes a second coupling rail substantially symmetrically placed relative to the first coupling rail and coupled to the other of the opposing side surfaces of the mounting member.

11 . The sign holder assembly of claim 10 , wherein the support member is a first support member, the sign holder assembly further comprises a second support member separate from the first support member and coupled to the second coupling rail of the mounting member.

12 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reception track is a at least two reception tracks, and each of the at least two reception tracks of the support member all have the same inside height dimension such that the coupling rail is configured to be slidably received and maintained within any one of the at least two reception tracks.

13 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein:
the mounting member is a first mounting member, the sign holder assembly further comprises a second mounting member substantially identical to the first mounting member including a second and a second coupling rail, wherein a single one of the at least one reception track simultaneously maintains the coupling rail of the first mounting member and the second coupling rail of the second mounting member simultaneously.

14 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first mounting member and the second mounting member is secured to the top spine of the separate display fixture.

15 . The sign holder assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a cover member that is substantially planar and substantially transparent, wherein the cover member is coupled to the support member to cover the first surface of the substantially planar member such that the sign holder assembly is configured to maintain a sign between the cover member and the first surface of the substantially planar panel.

16 . The sign holder assembly of claim 15 , wherein:
the cover member has a bottom longitudinal edge and a top longitudinal edge opposite the bottom longitudinal edge, the sign holder assembly further comprises a base member including two elongated slots extending parallel to one another, the substantially planar panel defines and laterally extends between a top panel edge and a bottom panel edge, the bottom panel edge is received within one of the two elongated slots of the base member, the bottom longitudinal edge of the cover member is received within the other one of the two elongated slots of the base member such that the cover member has an angled orientation relative to the support member extending closer to the first surface of the substantially planar panel near the top longitudinal edge than near the bottom longitudinal edge, and each of the base member, the support member, and the cover member are formed as separate piece.

17 . The sign holder assembly of claim 16 , wherein:
the base member defines a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and the two elongated slots each are open to the top surface and extend from the top surface toward and stopping short of the bottom surface of the base member.

18 . The sign holder assembly of claim 17 , in combination with the sign, wherein the sign is maintained between the front surface of the substantially planar panel and the cover member.

19 . A mounting member for coupling a sign holder support member to a display fixture, the mounting member comprising:
a main body including a bottom end and two opposing side surfaces; a coupling rail; and a magnet; wherein the magnet is secured to the bottom end of the main body and is configured to selecti

Assignees

• Target Brands Inc

Inventors

• Logan Robert G
• Clark Jeremy A
• Cheney David H
• Dusbabek Jason L
• Schlough Paul A

Classifications

• G09F7/10

  and slideably mounted · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• G09F2007/1852

  for fastening magnetically or by suction or the like · CPC title

• G09F7/00

  Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols (vehicle registration number plates B60R13/10); Panels or boards (show-cards G09F1/00; indicating arrangements for variable information G09F9/00, G09F11/00; illuminated signs G09F13/00; boards for notices or posters G09F15/00) · CPC title

• G09F7/18 Primary

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