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Versatile display hook systemRelated Patent Categories: Supports: Racks, Special Article, Stacked Articles, With Impaling MeansVersatile display hook system description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070102378, Versatile display hook system. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to display hangars of the type that are used to hang envelopes or pouches carrying merchandise to be displayed on racks. Hitherto most display systems utilize a backboard having holes located at specific locations into which wire hangars are inserted. The wire hangar generally has two protruding hooks to protrude into and lock into holes provided in the backboard. [0002] The display hook then has a definitely defined location depending on where the holes have been punched in the backboard ("peg board"). Once the holes in the board have been made, there is no way to change the spacing between the hooks because it has been predetermined by the hole spacing in the peg board. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Because of the widespread use of the peg board-hook display system, it has been difficult to introduce competing display systems which are superior to the hook-peg board display system which has been so widely accepted. The reasons why the hook-peg board has become so widely accepted are obvious; the hook-peg board system is robust, inexpensive and once the hooks have been inserted in the mounting holes of the peg board it is practically impossible to displace them. The hooks are subsequently "loaded" with merchandise and the display becomes more stable than when the hooks were "unloaded". Gravity plays an important part of the operational success of these prior art systems. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] This invention seeks to provide a display system which is preferably composed of a non-metallic rail in which a non-metallic hook is mounted. [0005] Because the rail is fabricated from a non-metallic substance, it is usually constructed to be of an extruded material, usually a poly vinyl plastic and the hooks mounted on the rail are envisioned as being of a plastic nature as well. [0006] The mounting rail is of an extruded shape and in this instance is of a general "U" shaped cross section, having elongated upstanding legs of the "U" shaped cross section which may or may not be of equal length. Because the mounting rail is extruded, the length is indeterminant and the leg of the "U" shaped rail which is mounted on a base wall may be of any desired configuration to facilitate the fastening of the rail on the wall to which it is to be mounted. [0007] The rail on which a display hook is to be fastened is usually mounted in a horizontal orientation on a base in any suitable manner so that the legs (in this instance, two) of the rail open upwardly and form an open trough between them. The strip may be mounted on the backing wall by any desirable means as long as the trough opening formed by the two walls of the rail opens upwardly. [0008] The inside surface of the upstanding wall of the rail strip remote from the mounting surface is provided with an elongated foam cushion in the form of a strip which is formed in situ on the inside of the outwardly protruding wall of the rail strip and is formed during the extruding operation of the mounting rail. The mounting rail is mounted on any suitable mounting surface such as a wall or shelf front and may be extruded to any desired length. [0009] Once the plastic rail has been mounted on a suitable surface, display hooks may be "snapped" over the protruding wall of the strip so that a clip formed on the rear side of the hook enters into the trough opening. The opening of the trough and the clip of the display hook are made to match so that the clip portion of the hook may be "snapped" over the protruding wall of the rail strip. The foam strip on the inside of the protruding wall of the rail strip serves to "lock" the hook in place in the slot of the rail strip. PRIOR ART U.S. Pat. No. 6,688,568 Feb. 10, 2004 [0010] This patent illustrates a method of hanging an object from a vertical rod which is inserted into a specially formed extruded rail. The rail is shaped such that the vertical rods may be inserted into the rail at any position and once in place in a suspended position, the rod is not easily displaced in its position in the mounting rail. U.S. Pat. No. 4,832,298 May 23, 1989 [0011] This patent describes a display hook which is mounted on a wire grid and is slidable laterally on the wire grid support. Once items are hung on the display hook the display hook is difficult to move laterally. U.S. Pat. 6,932,226 Aug. 23, 2005 [0012] This display device attaches to a shelf rail which is provided with an insert for insertion into a slot provided in the shelf rail. Once inserted into the slot, the insert is difficult to move laterally. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0013] FIG. 1 shows a prior art display hangar; [0014] FIG. 2 shows the mounting rail of this invention; [0015] FIG. 3 shows the display hook of this invention; [0016] FIG. 4 shows the hook in an operative position in the mounting rail of this invention. Continue reading about Versatile display hook system... Full patent description for Versatile display hook system Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Versatile display hook system patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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