IP Library Granted Patent US 10,706,750
Granted Patent B2
US 10,706,750 · App. 15/442,238 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Display header system

Inventor: Joe Ertl (Richfield, MN)
Assignee: WestRock Container, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,706,750
App. No.
15/442,238
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A product display includes a display header and a cabinet. The display header is coupled to the cabinet for showing product indicia related to products stored in the cabinet to a customer at a retail location.

Claims (14)

1. A product display comprising

a cabinet adapted to support product for display in a retail location and

a display header coupled to the cabinet, the display header including a header board and a header mount coupled to the cabinet in a fixed position relative to the cabinet,

wherein the header mount is configured to support the header board in a display position where product indicia positioned on the header board is visible and to allow the header board to slide along the cabinet relative to the cabinet and the header mount from the display position to a shipping position at the selection of a user where at least a portion of the product indicia is obscured by the cabinet and to reduce a height of the product display;

wherein the header mount includes a bracket coupled to the cabinet to trap the header board between the bracket and the cabinet and an elastic member configured to bias the header board toward the display position;

wherein the elastic member engages with an upper portion of the cabinet and a lower portion of the header board to support the header board in the display position.

2. The product display of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a guide wall and a lock tab coupled to the guide wall, and wherein the cabinet is formed to include a tab-receiving slot configured to receive the lock tab of the bracket to hold the bracket on the cabinet.

3. The product display of claim 2 , wherein the lock tab includes retainer tabs extending in opposite outward directions and are configured to engage with the cabinet to hold the bracket on the cabinet.

4. The product display of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is formed to include a foldable end configured to interconnect the bracket to the cabinet with adhesive.

5. The product display of claim 4 , wherein the elastic member is engaged with the bracket and a lower portion of the header board to support the header board in the display position.

6. The product display of claim 1 , further comprising a removable cover at least partially enclosing the cabinet and the display header and configured to maintain the header board in the shipping position.

7. The product display of claim 6 , wherein the header board is configured to automatically move from the shipping position to the display position upon removal of the removable cover.

8. The product display of claim 7 , wherein the removable cover comprises a shrink film.

9. The product display of claim 7 , wherein the removable cover comprises a corrugated shroud.

Assignments (2)
CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: KAPSTONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
To: WESTROCK CONTAINER, LLC
Reel/Frame 050594/0158 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2017
From: ERTL, JOE
To: KAPSTONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041605/0794 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62299232 · Feb 24, 2016
Related Publication 20170238727A1 · Aug 24, 2017