US1327298A - Label-holder - Google Patents

Description

G. Hl TAYLOR.

LABEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I. 1919.

Patented Jam 6,1920.

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GEORGE H. TAYLOR, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

LABEL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` Application filed April 1, 1919. Serial No. 286,691.

To all whom 1f/may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. TAYLOR, citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Holders,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a label holder and particularly to a clip construction adapted to be applied to a shelf vor other supporting body to removably retain a price tag or label thereon.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved construction of holder comprising a body portion having opposite flanges bent at an angle thereto and oneof said Hanges having an inwardly bent free edge to provide a gripping Contact with a support.

A further object of the invention is to ,provide a label holder having inwardly bent angular flanges and a clasp pocket upon othe body portion of the holder adapted to be tensioned toward the body as the flanges are separated. f

Another object of the invention is to present an improved form ,of holder formed from a single blank having a looped portion of its' body bent thereon to provide a clasp pocket and its opposite free edges bent at an angle to the body to form supporting and retaining fianges.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims. i

In the drawinglFigure 1 is a perspective showing the holder applied to a shelf;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the holder;l

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the blank from which the holder is formed;

Fig. 5 i`s a detail of one of the price labels; Fig. 6V is a reverse view of the same; Fig. 7 is an end elevationof the holder in reversed position; and

Fig. 8. is a similar view of a modified form of the invention.

Like numerals refer to like parts 'in the several figures of the drawing. p

The numeral 10 designates the body of the holder adapted to contact with the outer edge of a shelf 11 or other supportv to which it may be applied. The upper edge of this body is formed with an inwardly bent supporting flange 12y to rest upon the upper horizontal face of the shelf, While the lower portion of the body is bent upward to provide a holding clasp 13 and an intermediate pocket 14 to receive and retain a label or tag 15 of any desired character. Beyond the clasp 13 the material is bent downward at- 16 and inward at 17 to form a retaining portionwhich is provided at its free edge with an angular inwardly disposed flange 18 adapted to effect a gripping contact with the under face of the shelf or body and resist a withdrawing movement of the holder. This construction also permits a removal of the holder upon the application of. sufficient force when it is desired to change the position thereof. It will also be seen that when the substantially parallel supporting and retaining flanges are separated, as in the application of the holder to a shelf edge, lthe clasp portion is tensioned or forced toward the body of the holder to securely retain construction permits the use of a light material such as tin, instead of resilient tempered steel, whlch greatly economizes in its manufacture and provides sufliclent tension to retain the holder securely upon the bodyl to which it is applied and the label Within the pocket thereof. The device may be formed-l from such a blank by bending one edge thereof at a right angle-upon the line 2O to form the fiange 12'. It is next bent upon itself upon the line 21 and then again upon itselfat the line 22 to form the looped clasp portion 13. The'portion beyond the clasp is then lbent upon the line 23 at substantially a right angle thereto to provide Patented aan. 6, ieee.

the retaining flange 17, the free edge of which is bent inwardl and reversely at an obtuse angle on the line 24 to provide the gripping flange. 18. While theseseveral bending operations have been successively f described, it will be obvious that they may be performed simultaneously by a suitable machine for that pur ose.

The holder is partlcularlydesigned for use with changeable cards, tags, or labels, such as for price marking, and two or more ,of such cards may be assembled and securely held by the clasp which is placedl under tension in the application of thev holder to the shelf. These cards may be of any desired material, preferably of li lht sheet metal with the characters suita ly printed upon the opposite sides thereof. In the use of such cards theI number thereof to be carried in stock-may be greatly reduced" and their selection and assemblage facilitated. by printing or marking the odd numerals upon one face thereof and the even numerals upon the opposite or reverse face', as 'shown in Figs. 5 and A6. It will'be evident that the person arranging the price label can thus very quickly select the nu.- meral desired and insert it in the clasp of the holder.

kIf it be preferred to exhibit the label below the shelf containing the goods to be sold, the holder may be readily reversed in position upon the shelf and the cards retained therein in suspended position, as illustrated in Fig. 7. rI`he holder may also be used when removedfrom a shelf to support a label or other announcement.

The holder when formed from a single piece of material has a limited degree of ad.

justment for application to shelves or supports of dierent thickness, and when it isv desired to increase the range of this adjustment the holder may be formed in two parts, as shown in Fig. 8. In this modified form of the invention the body 25 is provided with a supporting flange 26 and has'its lower portion bent upward at 27 to form the pocket Yand a member of the card clasp. The cooperating portion 28 is bent inward at 30 and provided with the outwardly bent free edge 31 to engage the under face of the support 11. By an adjustment'of these members upon each other this form of the invention provides for its application to supports of a wide range of different thicknesses.

The application and operation ofthe holder will be. apparent from the foregoing description andit will be seen that in the application of the supporting and retaining flanges upon a shelf they are forced apartv which effects an' inward tension upon the upper portion of the clasp to irml secure the inserted card in pos1tion wit in the pocket. The gripping lflange is so disposed as to resist a withdrawal movement of the holder and by its frictional contact with the r'shelf. The card pocket and clasp thus formed provides a rounded edge to facilitate the insertion of any desired number of cards `which are securely held under tension. The

separation of the. clasp caused by the insertion of the cards produces a reacting tension upon the gripping flange and assists in retaining the holder in position.

The invention presents an elhcient, simple and economically constructed form of label holder adapted to be readily applied and removed from a support and to securely retain the cards inserted in theclasp thereof. While the specific construction of the holder has been illustrated and described the invention is not limited thereto as defined by the following claims. l

What I claim is 1. A label holder comprising a face portion having' opposite parallel flanges at an angle thereto, and one of said flanges provided with a clasping pocket having a longitudinal free edge parallel with the face portion and an inwardly disposed free edge to form -a gripping contact with a support.

2. A label holder comprising a body having a looped portion disposed parallel to the Iouter face thereof to form a clasping pocket and it's' opposite free edges extended Vat an angle to the body to provide supporting and reta1ning flanges connected to tension Athe pocket toward said body when separated.

3.A label holder having substantially parallel flanges for its retention upon a support, and a pocket parallel with the outer face of said holderhaving its upper portion constructed to clasp a label and connected to one of said flanges to be tensioned therebyI toward the'face when the flanges are separated. 4. A label holder comprising a body portion provided withopposite llanges'disposed at an angle thereto, and a label clasping pocket uponsaid body connected to said flanges to be tens1oned toward the body as the flanges are separated.

5. A label holder comprising a body portion having an angularly disposed flange at one edge and a label pocket parallel withits o uter face, a .clasp member forming a portion of said pocket, and a retaining flange extended-from said member to coperatie with the first mentioned flange and tension vsaid member toward said face when the 4flanges are separated.

6. A label holder having substantially parallel flanges at its opposite ed es for its' retention upon a support and its' ody portionvformed with a retainin packet at its outer face disposed parallel t ereto and connected to one of said flanges to be tensioned thereby toward the body'as the flanges are se arated.

i Alabel holder comprisingabody having one edge disposed at an angle thereto to form a supporting flange, an upwardly eX- tendmg portion from said bod -parallel therewith to form a label claspmg pocket having a'downwardly and inwardly extending portion to provide a retaining flange substantially parallel with the first mentioned flange and adapted tol tension said pocket toward the body when the flanges are separated.,

8. A label holder comprising a body having one edge disposed at an angle thereto to form a supporting flange, a looped upwardly extended portion parallel with said body to provide a label clasping pocket having an angularly disposed retaining flange eXtend- 10 ingn therefrom with a reversely disposed gripping free edge adapted to tension said pocket toward the body when the flanges are separated.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature. 15

GEORGE HE, TAYLOR.

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