IP Library Granted Patent US 8,626,613
Granted Patent B2
US 8,626,613 · App. 10/340,290 · Granted Jan 7, 2014

Pegboard stocking and resetting system

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Patent No.
US 8,626,613
App. No.
10/340,290
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for making a stocking strip for pegboard stocking. The stocking strip includes an elongated strip containing information for locating a plurality of different products on a peg board display, a first identification number for identifying the strip, a first text area for identifying a source planogram or print job, a second text area for listing stocking location in a sales establishment which contains the pegboard display, a third text area for listing a height for the product, a demarcation for indicating a span of the position of the product on the pegboard, a product image, a product identifier, a color marker and a peg indicator for locating the peg on the pegboard display.

Claims (24)

1. A pegboard organization system for locating at least four products on a pegboard display, wherein each product among the at least four products is positioned according to a respective peg, the respective peg comprising at least one peg shaft for holding a product and at least one peg foot for coupling the peg to the pegboard display, the system comprising:

a first strip comprising at least two first color bars, the first strip configured to be positioned in a first direction; and

at least two second strips for positioning the at least four products, wherein each second strip is configured to be positioned in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein each second strip is configured to position at least two products among the at least four products, each second strip comprising:

a second color bar, and

for each product positioned by each second strip:

a product identifier for identifying the product, and

a peg indicator for indicating a position of the respective peg on the pegboard display at which the respective peg is to be positioned, wherein the peg indicator comprises at least one first marker for indicating a position of the at least one peg shaft on the pegboard display such that a location for the product identified by the product identifier is indicated by the at least one first marker,

wherein each first color bar respectively indicates a position of each second strip, wherein each first color bar is configured to respectively correspond to the second color bar on each second strip.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stocking strip further comprises a height indicator that indicates a height of the first stocking strip on the pegboard display.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the peg indicator comprises a printed marker for indicating a position of the peg on the pegboard display.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the peg indicator further comprises at least one marker for indicating a position of a foot of the peg.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stocking strip further comprises a location information area for printing thereon information indicating a location of the pegboard display in a sales establishment.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stocking strip further comprises a strip identification number for distinguishing the first stocking strip from other stocking strips.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the strip identification number comprises information related to a source planogram, wherein the source planogram indicates the position of the first stocking strip on the pegboard display.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the strip identification number comprises information identifying a print job related to the printing of the first stocking strip.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the strip identification number comprises a bar code for identifying the first stocking strip.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the product identifier comprises text identifying the product which is to be located on the peg to which the peg indicator corresponds.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the text comprises a name of the product or a logo of the product.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the product identifier comprises an image related to the product.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the image comprises a photo of the product.

14. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the image comprises a logo of the product or manufacturer of the product.

15. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the product identifier comprises a bar code for identifying the product.

16. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first stocking strip further comprises information regarding a number of units of the product to be placed on the peg.

17. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a row indicator indicating a row of the pegboard display on which the first stocking strip is placed.

Assignments (11)
MERGER Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: ELECTRONIC IMAGING SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 068864/0208 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: ELECTRONIC IMAGING SERVICES, INC.; INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.; VESTCOM NEW CENTURY LLC
Reel/Frame 057467/0194 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION
To: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
Reel/Frame 057467/0057 →
PATENT RELEASE AND REASSIGNMENT (2ND LIEN) Recorded Jan 26, 2017
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP
To: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
Reel/Frame 041511/0553 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2016
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: OWL ROCK CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 040695/0304 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2016
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP (AS SUCCESSOR TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION)
To: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
Reel/Frame 040680/0086 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2016
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 040687/0477 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2016
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 038706/0012 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2016
From: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS AGENT UNDER THE SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Reel/Frame 038706/0112 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE INSIDE THE ASSIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 020678 FRAME: 0664. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 23, 2016
From: DALE, E. J.; GREGORY, ALASTAIR J.; LORITSCH, BERIN C.; DUNCAN, WILLIS S.; DALE, ROBERT
To: INFORMATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE INC.
Reel/Frame 039023/0106 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2008
From: DALE, E. J.; GREGORY, ALASTAIR J.; LORITSCH, BERIN C.; DUNCAN, WILLIS S.; DALE, ROBERT
To: INFORMATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC. ("IPMS")
Reel/Frame 020678/0664 →