US1852457A - Card holding device - Google Patents

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April 5, 1 w. GRIESBACH 1,852,457

CARD HOLDING DEVICE Filed Nov. 26, 19:50

INVENZOR, William G'rz'eafiaafi,

ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 5, 1932 UNITED STATES WILLIAM GRIESBAGH, F GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS CARD HOLDING DEVICE Application filed November 26, 1930. Serial No. 498,278.

My invention relates to improvements in card holding devices, and more particularly to that type of holding device which is designed or intended for removably retaining price tags, such as small squares of cardboard, metal, or the like, having printed or stamped on the face thereof numerals representing the price of an article on display.

My device is designed to be secured to the edge of a shelf, counter, or show case, and its object is to provide a secure means for removably holding price cards of varying size and thickness so that they may be readily changed to indicate different prices.

Broadly, my invention comprises a strip of thin metal, as brass, having a portion bent or folded over upon itself to form a U shaped member, one of the bent portions being divided or slitted to provide a plurality of resilient or spring finger elements and the other portion providing means for securing the folded strip to a support, as the edge of a shelf, or the like.

The objects and advantages of my price tag holding device will be more completely disclosed in the specification with reference to the drawings, and the appended laims. A preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing the card holder device secured or attached to the edge of a shelf with price cards inserted therein.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout:

The U-shaped card holder device 1, which is preferably composed of spring metal, is secured to the front edge 2 of a shelf 3 by means of the tacks or screws 4. A portion of the lower part of the holder 1 is slitted for dividing the holder into a plurality of elastic lingers 5 by the slits 6. These fingers 5 are bent outward and upward, as indicated in Fig. 3, thus forming a plurality of sockets 7.

The top edges 8 of the fingers 5 are bent out- Ward to facilitate the insertion of a price card 9. Another price card 10, comparatively thicker than the card 9, is shown inserted in the holder 1 in Figs. 1 and 2. The holder 1 is formed with spaced openings 11 for receiving the tacks or screws 4 for the purpose of securing the holder to a shelf, counter, or the like.

In operation, strips of the price card holding device are secured to the edge of a counter, shelf, or show case upon which goods are displayed, and printed or stencilled price cards bearing the necessary information may then be inserted in the holder in front of the displayed goods. It will be readily understood that the spring or elastic fingers will permit the insertion of these cards varying quite widely in thickness, and yet each in dividual card will be firmly held in place by the particular fingers coming in contact with it. Such a construction permits these cards to be readily inserted and removed, as desired.

What I claim is:

1. A price card holder comprising a continuous strip member formed with a plurality of spaced openings and a plurality of closely spaced spring fingers, said fingers being located on the lower edge portion only of said body member and extending outwardly and upwardly against the face of said body member, the upper edges of said spring fingers having outwardly extending portions for spacing them from said body member.

2. A U-shaped price card holding device comprising a continuous strip of spring material having a portion of its lower edge bent outwardly and upwardly through approximately said bent portion being divided by slitting the same to form a series of closely spaced independently operating units for the purpose of removably holding price cards of varying thickness and independent of each other, substantially, as described.

3. A price card holder device comprising a continuous strip body member, a plurality of closely spaced card retaining finger portions extending from the bottom edge of the body member and bent outwardly and upwardly from the bottom edge and located adjacent to the face portion of said body member, the top edges of said card retaining portions being bent outwardly to provide an easy insertion of a price card into the socket formed by the co-operation of said body member and said card retaining portions, said body member being formed With a plurality of spaced openings for receiving means for the purpose of securing the same to the edge of a shelf or the like.

WILLIAM GRIESBACH.-

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