Granted Patent B2

US 7,726,531 · App. 11/436,365 · Granted Jun 1, 2010

Abstract

Claims (58)

1. A method of covering a retail display support structure for a retail environment at a retail establishment, the retail display support structure including a plurality of holes and adapted to display retail merchandise for resale, the method comprising the steps of:

measuring, at the retail establishment, at least one dimension of the retail display support structure;

dispensing a length of covering material corresponding to the at least one dimension from a wound state on a roll at the retail establishment;

severing the covering material to form a placard of the covering material having a dimension that corresponds to at least one dimension of the retail display support structure;

arranging the placard of covering material over the retail display structure;

securing the placard of covering material to the retail display support structure to cover at least a portion of the retail display support structure;

pushing a plurality of pins through the covering material and into a corresponding plurality of holes in the retail display support structure;

wherein:

the covering material includes generally annular scored plugs, wherein the annular scored plugs exist on the covering material in the wound state on the roll, at least some of the annular scored plugs having an arrangement corresponding to a plurality of holes of the retail display support structure; and

further comprising:

punching out one or more of the annular scored plugs at the retail establishment to form one or more receiver holes through the placard;

aligning the one or more receiver holes with corresponding holes in the retail display structure; and

inserting one or more of the pushpins through the receiver holes.

2. The method of claim 1 :

wherein the covering material has an aesthetic face on one side and measurement lines on a second side, the measurement lines being arranged at spaced intervals; and

using said measurement lines to assist in corresponding the dimension of the placard with the at least one dimension of the retail display structure.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurement lines are defined by perforated lines at spaced intervals.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising tearing the covering material along at least one of the perforated measurement lines.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the measurement lines are light colored lines on the second side.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the covering material is vinyl.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the covering material is paper.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the paper covering material includes a washable coating.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the placard does not cover all of the visible surface of the retail display support structure; and further comprising measuring at least one dimension of the remaining uncovered retail display support structure, dispensing and severing covering material from the roll according to the at least one dimension of the uncovered retail display support structure to form a second placard of covering material, wherein the second placard has different dimensions than the original placard, and further comprising securing the second placard to the retail display support structure to cover substantially all of the visible surface of the retail display support structure.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the covering material has a plurality of preformed holes, at least some of the preformed holes having an arrangement corresponding to the plurality of holes of the retail display support structure, and wherein the step of securing the covering material requires aligning the at least some of the preformed holes of the covering material with selected holes in the retail display support structure; and further comprising installing a pin through a corresponding aligned hole in the covering material and the retail display support structure.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of severing the covering material includes cutting the material from the roll of covering material.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein cutting includes aligning a desired location of the covering material to be cut with the edge of a container in which the roll is stored to guide the cutting of the covering material.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of aligning a desired location to be cut with a cutting groove of a cutting track attached to a free edge of a container in which the roll is stored, and cutting the covering material with a cutting tool having a cutting blade by guiding the cutting blade by the cutting groove of the cutting track.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

matching, at the retail establishment, the dimensions of the placard to a pegboard of the retail display support structure wherein the placard covers at least 80 percent of the visible surface of the pegboard of the retail display support structure.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

matching, at the retail establishment, the dimensions of the placard to a pegboard of the retail display support structure wherein the placard covers substantially all of the visible surface of the pegboard of the retail display support structure.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

severing the covering material along perforated lines in the covering material extending in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the roll of covering material.

17. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of removing old covering material from the retail display support structure prior to the step of securing the placard to the retail display support structure.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising repeating the steps of claim 1 for a second retail display support structure, wherein the second retail display support structure has at least one dimension different than the first retail display support structure, and a second placard for the second retail display support structure has at least one dimension different than the first placard.

19. A method of covering a retail display support structure for a retail environment at a retail establishment, the retail display support structure including a plurality of holes and adapted to display retail merchandise for resale, the method comprising the steps of:

measuring, at the retail establishment, at least one dimension of the retail display support structure;

dispensing a length of the covering material from a wound state on a roll at the retail establishment;

wherein dispensing a length of the covering material further comprises matching, at the retail establishment, the dimensions of the placard to a pegboard of the retail display support structure wherein the placard covers at least 80 percent of the visible surface of the pegboard of the retail display support structure, wherein matching the dimensions of the placard to a pegboard of the retail display support structure is such that the placard covers substantially all of the visible surface of the pegboard of the retail display support structure;

severing the covering material to form a placard of the covering material having a dimension that corresponds to at least one dimension of the retail display support structure;

wherein the step of severing the covering material includes cutting the material from the roll of covering material;

wherein the step of cutting includes aligning a desired location of the covering material to be cut with the edge of a container in which the roll is stored to guide the cutting of the covering material;

further comprising the step of aligning a desired location to be cut with a cutting groove of a cutting track attached to a free edge of a container in which the roll is stored, and cutting the covering material with a cutting tool having a cutting blade by guiding the cutting blade by the cutting groove of the cutting track;

arranging the placard of covering material over the retail display structure;

wherein the covering material has preformed holes, the preformed holes being in the form of generally annular scored plugs whereby the annular scored plugs exist on the covering material in the wound state on the roll, at least some of the annular scored plugs having an arrangement corresponding to a plurality of holes of the retail display support structure;

securing the placard of covering material to the retail display support structure to cover at least a portion of the retail display support structure;

wherein securing the placard includes pushing a plurality of pins through the covering material and into a corresponding plurality of holes in the retail display support structure, which includes:

punching out one or more of the annular scored plugs defining the preformed holes to form one or more receiver holes through the placard;

aligning the one or more receiver holes with corresponding holes in the retail display structure; and

inserting one or more of the pushpins through the receiver holes;

wherein the covering material has an aesthetic face on one side and measurement lines on a second side, the measurement lines being arranged at spaced intervals;

using said measurement lines to assist in corresponding the dimension of the placard with the at least one dimension of the retail display structure;

wherein the covering material has perforations and the covering material has light colored lines on the second side to form said measurement lines at spaced intervals;

wherein severing the covering material includes severing the covering material along the perforated lines in the covering material extending in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the roll of covering material;

wherein the covering material is paper;

wherein the paper covering material includes a washable coating;

further including the step of removing old covering material from the retail display support structure prior to the step of securing the placard to the retail display support structure; and

further comprising dispensing and severing covering material from the roll to form a second placard of covering material, and further comprising securing the second placard to the retail display support structure.

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