Repositionable Merchandising Strip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9924808-B2
Application number	US-201715434918-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2017
Priority date	Nov 17, 2015
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A repositionable merchandising display strip is provided. The display comprises a thin, flat body and a layer of adhesive on the front and back surfaces of the body. The front removable adhesive layer releasably holds products and the back removable adhesive layer is formulated so that the display can be removably adhered to a surface such as glass, wood, metal or other materials commonly found in retail stores. The display may further comprise a peel-away front layer releasably attached to the front removable adhesive layer and a peel-away back layer releasably attached to the back removable adhesive layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A repositionable merchandising strip for displaying products, the strip comprising:
a thin body having a front surface and a back surface;
a layer of back adhesive covering some or all of the back surface;
a back carrier adhered to the layer of back adhesive;
a layer of back removable adhesive disposed on some or all of the back carrier, the layer of back removable adhesive allowing the strip to be removably adhered to a surface and repositioned to the same or a different surface;
a peel-away back layer releasably attached to the back removable adhesive layer; and
attachment means extending outwardly from the body front surface and configured to hold the products.

2. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 1 wherein the attachment means comprises hooks.

3. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 2 wherein the hooks are an integral part of the body.

4. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 3 wherein portions of the front surface are covered with a front adhesive and a part of each hook is removably adhered to the front adhesive.

5. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 4 wherein the front adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.

6. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 5 wherein the back adhesive is a permanent adhesive.

7. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 6 wherein the back carrier is made of vinyl.

8. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 7 wherein the back removable adhesive is a micro bead adhesive.

9. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 8 wherein the micro bead adhesive is acrylic based.

10. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 9 wherein the body is flexible.

11. A repositionable merchandising strip for displaying products, the strip comprising:
a body having a front surface and a back surface;
a layer of back adhesive covering some or all of the back surface;
a back carrier adhered to the layer of back adhesive;
a layer of back removable adhesive disposed on some or all of the back carrier, the layer of back removable adhesive allowing the strip to be removably adhered to a surface and repositioned to the same or a different surface;
a peel-away back layer releasably attached to the back removable adhesive layer; and
hooks extending outwardly from the body front surface, the hooks being integrally formed with the body.

12. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 11 wherein portions of the front surface are covered with a front adhesive and a part of each hook is removably adhered to the front adhesive.

13. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 12 wherein the front adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.

14. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 13 wherein the back adhesive is a permanent adhesive.

15. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 14 wherein the back carrier is made of vinyl.

16. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 15 wherein the back removable adhesive is an acrylic based micro bead adhesive.

17. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 16 wherein the body is flexible.

18. A repositionable merchandising strip comprising:
a flexible body having a front surface and a back surface;
a layer of back permanent adhesive covering some or all of the back surface;
a back carrier adhered to the layer of back adhesive;
a layer of back removable adhesive disposed on some or all of the back carrier, the layer of back removable adhesive allowing the strip to be removably adhered to a surface and repositioned to the same or a different surface;
a peel-away back layer releasably attached to the back removable adhesive layer; and
hooks extending outwardly from the body front surface, the hooks being integrally formed with the body; wherein
the strip may be adhered to both flat and curved surfaces.

19. The repositionable merchandising strip of claim 18 wherein:
the hooks are die cut from the body.

Assignees

• Sonoco Dev Inc

Inventors

• Heuer Mark H

Classifications

• B32B37/12

  characterised by using adhesives · CPC title

• A47F2005/0012

  merchandising strips · CPC title

• A47F5/0807

  Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor (with fixed brackets A47F5/0876; packages comprising articles attached to cards B65D73/00; labels G09F) · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title

• A47F5/0006 Primary

  Hangers for hanging articles on bars, tringles, bracket arms or the like (dress holders, e.g. for clothing, shoes, A47G25/00; packages for hanging B65D; lockable clothing holders E05B69/00) · CPC title