IP Library Granted Patent US 8,356,436
Granted Patent B2
US 8,356,436 · App. 12/998,603 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Information display panel and electronic shelf label

Inventor: Keiichi Horikiri (Chiba, JP)
Assignees: Seiko Instruments Inc.; Toshiba Tec Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,356,436
App. No.
12/998,603
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information display panel is configured to be held by a shelf label for displaying information. The information display panel has a display body portion for displaying the information and a holding portion formed along one edge of the display body portion and having a pair of slits. The holding portion is configured for insertion into a through-hole portion of the shelf label so as to form steps in the respective slits by which the holding portion is. engaged with the through-hole portion of the shelf label to thereby hold the information display panel.

Claims (27)

1. An information display panel configured to be held by a through-hole portion provided in a shelf label, the information display panel comprising:

a display body portion configured to display arbitrary information;

an insertion base end portion provided continuously to a bottom edge portion of the display body portion, the insertion base end portion being bent with respect to the display body portion along a boundary line between the insertion base end portion and the display body portion;

a foldable piece extending from the insertion base end portion in a direction along the bottom edge portion, the foldable piece being folded so as to overlap with the insertion base end portion to thereby form a holding portion configured to be inserted into the through-hole portion of the shelf label; and

a plurality of slits formed in at least one of the insertion base end portion and the foldable piece so as to extend parallel to each other along the bottom edge portion, the plurality of slits being arranged in at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the holding portion.

2. An information display panel according to claim 1 ; wherein the foldable piece is folded at least twice in a direction extending from the insertion base end portion.

3. An information display panel according to claim 2 ; wherein at least two of the plurality of slits have a distance therebetween with substantially the same dimension as a linear dimension of the through-hole portion of the shelf label.

4. A shelf label comprising the through-hole portion configured to hold the information display panel according to claim 3 .

5. A shelf label comprising the through-hole portion configured to hold the information display panel according to claim 2 .

6. A shelf label comprising the through-hole portion configured to hold the information display panel according to claim 1 .

7. An information display panel according to claim 1 ; wherein at least two of the plurality of slits have a distance therebetween with substantially the same dimension as a linear dimension of the through-hole portion of the shelf label.

8. An information display panel configured to be held by a shelf label for displaying information, the information display panel comprising:

a display body portion for displaying information; and

a holding portion formed along one edge of the display body portion and having a pair of slits, the holding portion being configured for insertion into a through-hole portion of the shelf label so as to form steps in the respective slits by which the holding portion is engaged with the through-hole portion of the shelf label to thereby hold the information display panel.

9. An information display panel according to claim 8 ; wherein the holding portion comprises a base end portion bendable along the one edge of the display body portion and a foldable portion folded so as to overlap with the base end portion.

10. An information display panel according to claim 9 ; wherein the foldable portion is folded at least twice in a direction extending from the base end portion.

11. An information display panel according to claim 10 ; wherein the pair of slits are separated by a distance having substantially the same dimension as a linear dimension of the through-hole portion of the shelf label.

12. An information display panel according to claim 8 ; wherein the pair of slits are separated by a distance having substantially the same dimension as a linear dimension of the through-hole portion of the shelf label.

13. An information display panel according to claim 8 ; wherein the pair of slits are disposed parallel to one another.

14. An information display panel according to claim 13 ; wherein the pair of slits are arranged in at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the holding portion.

15. An information display panel according to claim 8 ; wherein the pair of slits are arranged in at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the holding portion.

16. A display system comprising:

a shelf label configured to display product information, the shelf label having a through-hole portion; and

an information display panel configured to be held by the shelf label for displaying information corresponding to the product information displayed by the shelf label, the information display panel having a display body portion for displaying the information, a base end portion extending from an edge of the display body portion, and a foldable portion extending from the base end portion and being folded so as to overlap with the base end portion to form a holding portion configured to be inserted into the through-hole portion of the shelf label so, that the information display panel is held by the shelf label.

17. A display system according to claim 16 ;

wherein the holding portion of the information display panel has a pair of slits; wherein when the holding portion is inserted into the through-hole portion of the shelf label, the pair of slits forming respective steps by which the holding portion is engaged with the through-hole portion of the shelf label to thereby hold the information display panel.

18. An information display panel according to claim 16 ; wherein the pair of slits are arranged in at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the holding portion in parallel relation to one another.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2014
From: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.
To: SEIKO SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 034148/0618 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2011
From: HORIKIRI, KEIICHI
To: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.; TOSHIBA TEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026450/0774 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-286666 · Nov 7, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110239509A1 · Oct 6, 2011