IP Library Granted Patent US 8,991,624
Granted Patent B2
US 8,991,624 · App. 13/800,532 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Greeting card highlighter

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Patent No.
US 8,991,624
App. No.
13/800,532
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a greeting card highlighter for organizing greeting cards into particularized groupings and displaying the greeting cards on a larger fixture in a manner which attracts the attention of consumers. The greeting card highlighter may contain two or more greeting card pockets which are operative to hold a plurality of greeting cards. The pockets may be arranged in a back-to-back arrangement, perpendicular to the main greeting card display to which the highlighter is attached, so as to attract the attention of consumers walking up or down a greeting card aisle.

Claims (28)

1. A greeting card highlighter comprising:

a main panel having at least two integral double-sided card backing panels arranged in a staggered arrangement, and an attachment portion having at least two channels for attaching the greeting card highlighter to a larger tiered greeting card display;

at least two one-piece flexible card pockets which are removably attached to the at least two integral double-sided card backing panels;

wherein the attachment portion of the main panel is operative to fit over a first card pocket of a larger tiered greeting card display and into a second card pocket of a larger tiered greeting card display, the second card pocket being located at a lower vertical elevation than the first pocket, and

wherein greeting cards can be held in the at least two one-piece flexible card pockets on both opposing front and back sides of said backing panels.

2. The greeting card highlighter of claim 1 , wherein the at least two backing panels contain one horizontal slot and two vertical slots thereon for connection of the at least two flexible card pockets.

3. The greeting card highlighter of claim 1 , wherein the at least two card backing panels contain at least one side-facing channel operative to hold re-order tickets or other flat planar material.

4. The greeting card highlighter of claim 1 , wherein the at least two card backing panels contain at least two vertical openings thereon for insertion of a card divider.

5. The greeting card highlighter of claim 4 further comprising at least two removable card dividers inserted into the at least two vertical openings.

6. The greeting card highlighter of claim 1 further comprising at least two removable card dividers attached to each of the two card backing panels.

7. A greeting card highlighter comprising:

a main panel having two integral double-sided card backing panels thereon;

at least two card pockets removably attached to each side of the two integral double-sided card backing panels;

a downward facing u-shaped channel and a slot contained on the main panel;

wherein the downward facing u-shaped channel is operative to be inserted onto a first greeting card pocket located on a larger greeting card display and the slot is operative to be inserted into a second greeting card pocket located on a larger greeting card display below the first greeting card pocket.

8. The greeting card highlighter of claim 7 , wherein the two integral double-sided card backing panels are arranged in a staggered arrangement.

9. The greeting card highlighter of claim 7 , wherein one of the two integral double-sided card backing panels is located above and vertically offset from the other of the two integral double-sided card backing panels.

10. The greeting card highlighter of claim 7 , wherein the two integral double-sided card backing panels contain two open-sided clips thereon for attaching merchandising materials thereto.

11. The greeting card highlighter of claim 7 , wherein each of the two integral double-sided card backing panels contain a removable divider clip attached thereto.

12. The greeting card highlighter of claim 7 further comprising at least two gripper channels operative to hold signage or advertising.

13. A greeting card highlighter comprising:

a main panel having two integral double-sided card backing panels, one of the two integral double-sided card backing panels positioned above and vertically offset from the other integral double-sided card backing panels;

four card pockets, two card pockets removably attached to a first side of the main panel and two card pockets removably attached to a second side of the main panel, the first side of the main panel being opposite the second side of the main panel;

an attachment mechanism attached to the main panel, the attachment mechanism comprising at least one downward facing u-shaped channel operative to attached to a tiered greeting card display.

14. The greeting card highlighter of claim 13 , wherein the attachment mechanism is located adjacent to one of the two integral double-sided card backing panels and below the other of the two double-sided card backing panels.

15. The greeting card highlighter of claim 13 further comprising four divider clips, each divider clip removably attached to each side of the two integral double-sided card backing panels.

16. The greeting card highlighter of claim 13 further comprising at least two gripper channels, one gripper channel attached to each of the two integral double-sided card backing panels.

17. The greeting card highlighter of claim 13 , wherein the attachment mechanism can be inserted into a greeting card pocket of a tiered greeting card display.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 12, 2018
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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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.
Reel/Frame 045917/0006 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 12, 2018
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045307/0476 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS Recorded Sep 10, 2013
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
To: PNC BANK, A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 031200/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2013
From: BROZAK, EMORY; SANTARELLI, ANTHONY J.
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029986/0813 →