IP Library Patent Application 13332541
Patent Application
App. No. 13/332,541

GIFT BAG DISPLAY

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13/332,541
Abstract

A display fixture for displaying gift bags for sale in a retail environment includes a display base, at least one display panel attached to the display base, a plurality of display hooks removably attached to the display panel, and at least two groups of gift bags. The at least two groups of gift bags each contain a single image, picture or design printed thereon, wherein when the at least two groups of gift bags are arranged in a particular manner, they each make up part of a larger combined visual image. The display is versatile and easy to change into various gift bag arrangements.

Claims (36)

1 . A gift bag display comprising:

a display base;

a display panel supported at one end by the display base;

a plurality of display hooks attached to the display panel;

at least one group of gift bags, the at least one group having at least three sub-groups, each of the at least three subgroups comprising one or more gift bags which are physically identical to the other gift bags in the same sub-group and physically different from each of the gift bags in the other sub-groups;

wherein a first sub-group of gift bags is suspended from a display hook at a first location on the display panel, a second sub-group of gift bags is suspended from a display hook at a second location on the display panel, the second location being at a lower elevation than the first location, and a third sub-group of gift bags is suspended from a display hook at a third location, the third location being lower in elevation than the first and second location; and

wherein the first, second and third sub-groups of gift bags each form a physically distinct image, which when viewed on the gift bag display, the combination of distinct images make up a combined image.

2 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein each of the gift bags in the at least three sub-groups of gift bags contains a removable hangtag attached thereto which facilitates attachment of each gift bag to the plurality of display hooks.

3 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least three sub-groups of gift bags are in vertical alignment.

4 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein a front panel of each of the gift bags in each of the at least three sub-groups is visible from a front of the gift bag display.

5 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein each of the gift bags in the at least three sub-groups of gift bags has two handles attached to the gift bag.

6 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a pegboard panel.

7 . The gift bag display of claim 1 , wherein the display panel is double-sided.

8 . A gift bag display comprising:

a display fixture comprising a base and a display panel, the display panel having a plurality of pre-positioned apertures contained thereon;

a plurality of display hooks configured to be inserted into the plurality of pre-positioned apertures contained on the display panel;

a first group of gift bags suspended from a first display hook at a first location on the display panel;

a second group of gift bags suspended from a second display hook at a second location on the display panel;

a third group of gift bags suspended from a third display hook at a third location on the display panel;

wherein each gift bag in the first, second and third group has an image thereon, each gift bag image being different for each of the first, second and third groups of gift bags; and

wherein each of the images on the gift bags in the first, second and third groups of gift bags are each part of a combined image.

9 . The gift bag display of claim 8 , wherein the gift bags in each group are identical to the other gift bags in the same group.

10 . The gift bag display of claim 8 , wherein the first, second and third groups of gift bags are in vertical alignment on the gift bag display.

11 . The gift bag display of claim 8 , wherein each gift bag in the first, second and third groups contains a hangtag removably attached thereto.

12 . The gift bag display of claim 8 , wherein the second group of gift bags is positioned at a lower elevation than the first group of gift bags and at a higher elevation than the third group of gift bags.

13 . The gift bag display of claim 12 , wherein the second group of gift bags is placed an equal distance between the first and third groups of gift bags.

14 . The gift bag display of claim 12 , wherein display panel is double-sided, having groups of gift bags displayed on both sides of the display panel.

15 . A gift bag display comprising:

a display fixture configured to support a plurality of display hooks;

at least two groups of gift bags, each group of gift bags comprising at least three sub-groups, each of the at least three sub-groups placed in vertical alignment and each gift bag in the at least three sub-groups having an individual image thereon;

wherein the position on the display fixture of the at least three sub-groups in each of the at least two groups of gift bags create a single combined image based on each individual image on the at least three sub-groups.

16 . The gift bag display of claim 15 , wherein the at least two groups of gift bags are placed in horizontal alignment on the display fixture.

17 . The gift bag display of claim 15 , wherein each gift bag in each of the at least three sub-groups of the at least two groups of gift bags are identical to the other gift bags in the same sub-group.

18 . The gift bag display of claim 15 , wherein the display fixture is double-sided.

19 . The gift bag display of claim 15 , wherein the single combined image created by the at least two groups of gift bags is different from the single combined image created by the other of the at least two groups of gift bags.

20 . The gift bag display of claim 15 , wherein the gift bags in the at least two groups of gift bags are the same size.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; AGC HOLDDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CREATEACARD, INC.; CREATEACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; AGCM, INC.; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; CARDSTORE, INC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064640/0852 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2018
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: AGC HOLDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; AGCM, INC.; AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARDSTORE, INC. FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CREATACARD, INC.; CREATACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS-MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; PRGCO, LLC; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS Recorded Sep 10, 2013
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 27, 2012
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; AGC HOLDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CREATACARD, INC.; CREATACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; AGCM, INC.; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; CARDSTORE, INC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2011
From: KOPSAK, DANIEL
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
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