IP Library Granted Patent US 11,291,315
Granted Patent B2
US 11,291,315 · App. 17/158,378 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Greeting card displayer

Inventor: Anthony Santarelli (North Olmsted, OH)
Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,291,315
App. No.
17/158,378
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A greeting card displayer having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion perpendicular to the vertical portion, a hook which is attached to the vertical portion of the display, and an insert panel which has a greeting card attached thereto and gets inserted onto the display. The displayer is operative to be inserted onto (over card retainer of) a greeting card display and to highlight specific cards, such as, for example, pop-up greeting cards.

Claims (28)

1. A greeting card displayer comprising:

an L-shaped body having a vertical portion, and a horizontal portion contiguous with and forming a 90-degree angle with respect to the vertical portion, each of the vertical and horizontal portions having a channel at each distal end, opposite the 90-degree angle, the channel running the entire length of the vertical and horizontal portions of the L-shaped body;

a hook which is contiguous with and extends outward from an outer surface of the vertical portion of the L-shaped body; and

an L-shaped insert panel having a vertical panel and a horizontal panel contiguous with and perpendicular to the vertical panel, wherein a portion of the vertical panel is inserted into the channel at the distal end of the vertical portion of L-shaped body and a portion of the horizontal panel is inserted into the channel at the distal end of the horizontal portion of the L-shaped body;

wherein the L-shaped insert panel is operative to have a greeting card secured thereto.

2. The greeting card displayer of claim 1 , wherein the hook is operative to clip onto the front panel of a greeting card tier.

3. The greeting card displayer of claim 1 , wherein the insert panel is interchangeable.

4. The greeting card displayer of claim 1 , wherein the insert panel can be used for advertising or graphical elements.

5. A greeting card displayer comprising:

an L-shaped body with a vertical portion and a horizontal portion perpendicular to the vertical portion, the vertical and horizontal portions creating a 90-degree angle therebetween;

a hook attached to an outer surface of the vertical portion of the L-shaped body;

a first channel located at one end of and spanning the entire length of the vertical portion of the L-shaped body and a second channel located at one end of and spanning the entire length of the horizontal portion of the L-shaped body;

an L-shaped insert panel which is inserted over an inner surface of the vertical and horizontal portions of the L-shaped body and which is held in place by the first and second channels;

wherein the horizontal portion of the L-shaped body is longer than the vertical portion.

6. The greeting card displayer of claim 5 , wherein the hook is operative to be placed over a front sham of a greeting card row.

7. The greeting card displayer of claim 5 , wherein the L-shaped insert panel is interchangeable.

8. The greeting card displayer of claim 5 further comprising a notch attached to the outer surface of the vertical portion of the L-shaped body.

9. The greeting card displayer of claim 5 , wherein the hook is contiguous with the vertical portion of the L-shaped body.

10. A greeting card displayer comprising:

a body having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion perpendicular to the vertical portion, creating a substantially L-shaped body;

a first channel located on and running the entire length of the horizontal portion of the body opposite an intersection between the horizontal and vertical portion of the body;

a second channel located on and running the entire length of the vertical portion of the body opposite the intersection between the vertical and horizontal portion of the body;

an insert panel having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion perpendicular to the vertical portion, creating a substantially L-shaped insert panel;

wherein the horizontal portion of the insert panel is inserted into the first channel and the vertical portion of the insert panel is inserted into the second channel;

an upside-down U-shaped channel located on a rear surface of the vertical portion of the body.

11. The greeting card displayer of claim 10 , wherein the insert panel is operative to have a greeting card attached thereto.

12. The greeting card displayer of claim 10 , further comprising an upside-down U-shaped channel located on a rear surface of the vertical portion of the body that is operative to be attached to a front panel of a greeting card tier.

13. The greeting card displayer of claim 10 , wherein the insert panel is interchangeable.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 16, 2024
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067453/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: SANTARELLI, ANTHONY
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055032/0866 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62966692 · Jan 28, 2020
Related Publication 20210228001A1 · Jul 29, 2021