JP2003177671A - Pop card holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point-of-purchase (POP) card holder which makes the display contents of a price card easily visible and makes bar codes readable. <P>SOLUTION: The POP card holder 20 consists of a combination of a card housing plate 30 made of thin plastic for housing a POP card and plate holders 40 made of plastic for holding the plate 30. The plate 30 has a folded portion 31 for forming a pin housing space 33 and the folded portion 31 is provided with a detaining hole 34 and the plate holders 40 have hooking portions 41 of an inverted J shape in section to be locked to top ends 3a of mounting plates 3 and L-shaped arm portions 42 of nearly a square shape in section extending perpendicularly from base 41a side of the hooking portions 41 and pin portions 43 extended to both right and left sides from the front end of the arm portions 42 and housed in the spaces 33. The plate 30 can rotate ≥180° around the pin portions 43 as the axis of rotation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a drug store,
In a supermarket or the like, the present invention relates to a pop card holder that holds a pop card on which product information for selling products such as features, uses, usages, and effects of products displayed on product display shelves is entered.

[0002]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In drug stores, supermarkets and the like, various measures are taken to effectively sell products. One example of such measures is to provide product information such as product characteristics, uses, usages and efficacy. Using the filled pop card, the pop card is affixed to the slide rail or stopper mall on the front edge of the product display shelf where the products are lined up to motivate customers to purchase.

However, the price card of the product is usually displayed on the front edge of the product display shelf. For this reason, if a pop card is provided on the front edge of the product display shelf, the display contents of the price card will be hidden by the pop card, and not only will the customer not be able to see the contents of the price card, but the store clerk will be able to display the bar code of the price card. Problems such as difficulty in reading with a barcode reader arise.

[0004]

A pop card holder according to the present invention comprises a combination of a thin plastic card storage plate for storing a pop card and a plastic plate holder for holding the card storage plate. In the pop card holder, the card accommodation plate has a bent portion that forms a pin accommodation space at an upper end portion, and the bent portion has a locking hole whose upper end is long in the vertical direction. The plate holder includes a hook portion having an inverted J-shaped cross section that is locked to the upper end portion of the mounting plate, an L-shaped arm portion that has a substantially square cross section and extends vertically from the base side of the hook portion. A pin portion that extends from the tip of the L-shaped arm portion to both the left and right sides and is accommodated in the pin accommodating space; Characterized in that it is configured for rolling.

In the plate holder, the pin portion is placed in a vertical state from above the locking hole of the card accommodation plate and accommodated in the pin accommodation space, and then the plate holder is rotated 90 degrees about the L-shaped arm portion as a rotation axis. Is integrated with the card storage plate. The pin accommodating space is formed so as to gradually narrow from top to bottom,
The space width at the lowermost position where the end of the pin portion can reach the maximum when the pin portion is accommodated in the pin accommodating space in a vertical state is formed smaller than the diameter of the pin portion. The length of the locking hole in the left-right direction is formed to be larger than the length of each side of the square cross section of the L-shaped arm portion and smaller than the length of the diagonal line.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a usage state of a pop card holder according to one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pop card holder, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a plate holder, and FIGS.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of assembling the plate holder to the card storage plate, FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view during the assembling operation, and FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view similarly during the assembling operation.
8 is a side view of a mounting plate to which the pop card holder is attached, FIG. 9 is a side view of another mounting plate, FIG. 10 is a side view of yet another mounting plate, and FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state in which the pop card holder is attached to the attachment plate shown in FIG.
2 and 13 are explanatory views of a method of handling the pop card holder, FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state in which the pop card holder is attached to the stopper molding, and FIG. 15 is a pop card holder according to another embodiment. The perspective view of each ingredient | tool is shown, respectively.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 represents a product display shelf such as a drug store or a supermarket. Various products 2 are displayed on each shelf 1a of the product display shelf 1. A slide rail 3A is attached to the front edge of each shelf 1a, and the product name, price, A price card 4 on which a barcode or the like is written is usually attached.

[0009] Then, for a specific product 2, the pop card 5 in which product information (information for selling the product such as product characteristics, usage, usage, efficacy, etc.) is entered is the product 2
Is arranged in front of the price card 4. Therefore, the price card 4 that exists on the back side of the pop card 5
Is behind the pop card 5, and the displayed contents cannot be seen from the outside.

The pop card 5 is held by the pop card holder 20 according to this embodiment, and the pop card holder 20 holds the transparent card housing plate 30 for housing the pop card 5 and the card housing plate 30. It is a combination with the plate holder 40.

The card accommodating plate 30 is made of a thin plastic material having a wall thickness of, for example, about 0.5 to 1.0 mm. As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG.
1, 32, and these bent portions 3
One pop card 5 is inserted between 1 and 32. The bent portion 31 on the upper end side constitutes a pin accommodating space 33 for accommodating a pin portion 43 of the plate holder 40, which will be described later, and the pin accommodating space 33 is directed from top to bottom as shown in FIG. The width is gradually reduced. Further, in the bent portion 31 on the upper end side, a vertically long locking hole 34 is formed at an appropriate position in accordance with the length of the card accommodation plate 30 in the left-right direction. Each locking hole 34 is provided on the folded piece 31a side of the bent portion 31, that is, the card housing plate 3
It is formed on the back side of 0 in a large proportion, and its upper end 3
4a is open. In addition, the lower end portion 34 of each locking hole 34
b has a V-like shape.

The plate holder 40 is integrally formed of a plastic material. As shown in FIG. 3, the plate holder 40 includes a hook portion 41 having an inverted J-shaped cross section that is locked to the upper end portion 3 a of the mounting plate 3, and a base portion 41 of the hook portion 41.
The L-shaped arm portion 42 has a substantially quadrangular cross section that extends vertically from the a side, and the pin portion 43 that extends from the tip of the L-shaped arm portion 42 to the left and right sides.

The hook portion 41 is elastically locked to the upper end portion 3a of the mounting plate 3. Here, as the mounting plate 3, a slide rail 3A (see FIG. 8) arranged on the upper surface of the front edge of the shelf plate 1a of the display shelf 1, and a stopper molding for accommodating the price card 4 provided on the front surface of the shelf plate 1a. 3B (see FIG. 9) or a combination 3C (see FIG. 10) of the slide rail 3A and the stopper molding 3B. In addition, in the case of the mounting plate 3C according to the above combination, the hook portion 41 is locked to the upper end portion of the slide rail 3A.

The L-shaped arm portion 42 has a horizontal portion 42a and a vertical portion 42b. The base end of the horizontal portion 42a is joined to the upper end of the base portion 41a of the hook portion 41. As shown in FIG. 7, the vertical portion 42b has sides 42c,
The lengths of 42d, 42e, and 42f are smaller than the width of the locking hole 34 in the left-right direction, and the lengths of diagonal lines 42g and 42h are larger than the width of the locking hole 34, which will be described later. As described above, when the plate holder 40 is assembled to the card storage plate 30, when the L-shaped arm portion 42 is rotated about the vertical portion 42b as a rotation axis, the vertical portion 42b is rotated.
The vertical portions 42b rotate 90 degrees by elastically expanding the locking holes 34 by the corner portions 42i and 42j of the vertical portions 42i and 42j, and after rotation, unless a relatively large rotational operation force is applied to the vertical portions 42b from the outside. The rotation of the plate holder 40 is restricted.

The pin portion 43 is joined to the upper end of the vertical portion 42b and is parallel to the hook portion 41. The diameter of the pin portion 43 is smaller than the width of the upper end of the pin housing space 33.

Next, a method of assembling the plate holder 40 to the card accommodating plate 30 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, the plate holder 40 with the pin portion 43 in the vertical state is picked up with a finger, and the vertical portion 42b of the L-shaped arm portion 42 is inserted from above the locking hole 34 of the card accommodating plate 30. The pin portion 43 is deeply inserted into the locking hole 34 until it comes into contact with the lower end portion 34b of the locking hole 34. Here, FIG. 6 corresponds to a state in which the pin portion 43 is maximally inserted into the locking hole 34, and in this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the pin portion 43 is bent by the tip portion 43a. The folded piece 31a of the part 31 is elastically pushed out.

From that state, the plate holder 40 is rotated counterclockwise by 90 degrees about the vertical portion 42b as a rotation axis,
The plate holder 40 is changed to the state shown in FIG. During this time, the tip portion 43a of the pin portion 43 is fixed to the vertical shaft 4
When the pin portion 43 becomes horizontal in accordance with the rotation of 2b and rises in the pin accommodating space 33, the folded piece 31a of the bent portion 31 is already in the original state (state of the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 6). ) Has been elastically restored.

Then, when the finger is released from the plate holder 40, the plate holder 40 is moved by its own weight to the pin portion 4
3 is rotated about 90 degrees about the rotation axis, and the horizontal shaft 42a is locked in the locking hole 34 while being in contact with the lower end portion 34b of the locking hole 34.

When the pop card holder 20 obtained by the assembling work is attached to the product display shelf 1 for use, the pop card 5 in which the product information is entered is accommodated in the card accommodating plate 30 and the mounting plate is attached. The hook portion 41 of the plate holder 40 is used by engaging with the upper end portion of the plate holder 3. A front view of this usage state is as shown in FIG. 11, for example.

In this use, the price card 4 of the product is hidden by the pop card 5 as described above, so that it becomes difficult for the customer and the clerk to directly see the price card 4. Therefore, when the user wants to see the displayed contents of the price card 4 or wants to read the bar code, he / she manually lifts the lower part of the card storage plate 30 in the use state shown in FIG. When such an operation is performed, the card storage plate 30 rotates 180 degrees or more from the upper side to the rear side about the pin portion 43 of the plate holder 40 as a rotation axis, and is opened (locking hole 34) as shown in FIG. Corresponds to the state in which the upper end portion 34a of the above abuts on the upper surface of the horizontal portion 42a of the L-shaped arm portion 42), and this open state is maintained. Although not shown, the L-shaped arm portion 42 is provided during the rotation of the card storage plate 30.
The L-shape has a function of facilitating the backward rotation of the card storage plate 30 from the vertical state.

The pop card holder 20 may be handled as a single unit in addition to the above-described use (for example,
Pop card holder 20 attached to the attachment plate 3
When removing from the mounting plate 3 and moving it to another mounting plate 3 or a storage place). In such a case, it is possible that the plate holder 40 of the pop card holder 20 may come off the card storage plate 30. However, even if the pin portion 43 of the plate holder 40 is about to be rotationally displaced from the horizontal state to the vertical state (vertical state) about the horizontal shaft 42a as a rotation axis, the tip end portion 43a of the pin portion 43 has the upper end portion 34a of the locking hole 34. The periphery prevents rotation. Further, even if the pin portion 43 tries to be rotationally displaced with the vertical portion 42b as the rotation axis in a state where the hook portion 41 of the plate holder 40 is perpendicular to the card accommodation plate 30,
The tip portion 43a of the pin portion 43 is prevented from rotating by the wall surface of the pin accommodating space 33 which becomes gradually narrower as it goes downward. In addition, the pin portion 43 has a vertical portion 42b.
When attempting to rotate with the rotation axis as the rotation axis, the corner portions 42i and 42j of the vertical portion 42b come into contact with the peripheral edge of the locking hole 34 to prevent rotation.

As described above, when the pop card holder 20 is handled alone, the plate holder 40 is externally applied.
However, there is no risk that the plate holder 40 will easily fall off the card accommodating plate 30 unless an artificial operating force is applied.

The pop card holder 2 according to the present invention
0 can be applied to the stopper molding 3B provided on the hook 6 as shown in FIG. 14, and even if it is a pop card holder provided with three or more plate holders 40 as shown in FIG. Good. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the card storage plate 30 may have a bent portion 32 that is bent forward from the lower end so that the pop card 5 is stored on the front side.

As described above, the pop card holder 20 according to the present embodiment has a thin plastic card storage plate 30 for storing the pop card 5 and a plastic plate holder 40 for holding the card storage plate 30. In the pop card holder 20 composed of a combination of the above, the card storage plate 30 has a bent portion 31 forming a pin storage space 33 at its upper end, and the bent portion 31 has a vertically long upper end. The plate holder 40 is provided with a locking hole 34 that is open, and
Hook portion 41 having an inverted J-shaped cross section that is locked to the upper end portion 3a of the
And an L-shaped arm portion 42 that has a substantially rectangular cross section and that extends vertically from the base portion 41a side of the hook portion 41, and the L-shaped arm portion 42.
And a pin portion 43 that extends from the tip to both left and right sides and is accommodated in the pin accommodating space 33. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even if the price card is hidden by the pop card, the price card can be seen by rotating the card accommodation plate by 180 degrees or more with the pin portion 43 as the rotation axis. It becomes possible to easily confirm the display contents of the card and read the barcode.

The plate holder 40 is housed in the pin accommodating space 33 with the pin portion 43 in a vertical state from above the locking hole 34 of the card accommodating plate 30, and then 90 degrees with the L-shaped arm portion 42 as a rotation axis. The pop card holder 20 can be assembled by a very simple operation by being integrated with the card storage plate 30 by rotating.

The pin accommodating space 33 is formed so as to gradually narrow from the top to the bottom, and the pin portion 4
When the pin 3 is accommodated in the pin accommodating space 33 in the vertical state, the space width at the lowermost position where the end portion 43a of the pin portion 43 can reach the maximum is formed smaller than the diameter of the pin portion 43. When the pin portion 43 is rotated in the vertical direction from the state where the pin portion 43 is horizontally accommodated in the pin accommodation space 33, this rotation is blocked, and the pin portion 43 is less likely to come out of the pin accommodation space 33.

The length of the locking hole 34 in the left-right direction is L
Since the length of each side 42c to 42f of the square cross section of the L-shaped arm portion 42 is larger than the length of each of the diagonal lines 42i and 42j, the pin portion 43 is formed in the L-shaped arm portion 4.
Even if an attempt is made to rotate in a vertical state with the rotation axis 2 as the rotation axis, this rotation is blocked, and the pin portion 43 is held in the pin housing space 33.
It becomes difficult to come off.

[0029]

According to the pop card holder of the present invention,
Since the card housing plate can rotate about the pin as a rotation axis, when the pop card hides the price card, the price card can be exposed to the outside by rotating the card housing plate. It becomes possible to easily confirm the displayed contents and read the barcode. Further, since the pop card holder of the present invention relates to the combination of the card storage plate and the plate holder, it has a simple structure. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the plate holder can be easily assembled to the card accommodation plate, and after the assembly, the plate holder can be prevented from being detached from the card accommodation plate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a usage state of a pop card holder according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pop card holder.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a plate holder.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of assembling the plate holder to the card storage plate.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining an operation of similarly assembling the plate holder to the card storage plate.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view at the time of assembling operation.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an operation during the assembling operation.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a mounting plate to which the pop card holder is attached.

FIG. 9 is a side view of another mounting plate.

FIG. 10 is a side view of still another mounting plate.

11 is a front view showing a state in which a pop card holder is attached to the attachment plate shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a method of handling a pop card holder.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a method of handling the pop card holder in the same manner.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state where a pop card holder is attached to the stopper molding.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a pop card holder according to another embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a side view of a card storage plate according to a modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Mounting plate 3a upper end 5 pop cards 20 Pop Card Holder 30 card storage plate 31 Bent 33-pin accommodation space 34 Locking hole 40 plate holder 41 Hook part 41a base 42 L-shaped arm 43 pin 43a end 42c to 42f Each side of the square cross section of the L-shaped arm portion 42 42i, 42j diagonal

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pop card holder comprising a combination of a thin-walled plastic card storage plate for storing a pop card and a plastic plate holder for holding the card storage plate, wherein the card storage plate comprises: The bent portion forming the pin accommodating space is provided at the upper end portion, and the bent portion is provided with a locking hole whose upper end is long in the up-down direction, and the plate holder is engaged with the upper end portion of the mounting plate. A hook portion having an inverted J-shape in cross section, an L-shaped arm portion having a substantially rectangular cross-section that extends vertically from the base side of the hook portion, and the pin housing that extends from the tip of the L-shaped arm portion to both left and right sides. A pin portion housed in a space, wherein the card housing plate has the pin portion as a rotation axis.
A pop card holder characterized in that it can be rotated by 80 degrees or more. 2. The plate holder is accommodated in the pin accommodating space with the pin portion in a vertical state from above the locking hole of the card accommodating plate, and then 90 degrees with the L-shaped arm portion as a rotation axis. The pop card holder according to claim 1, wherein the pop card holder is integrated with the card storage plate by rotating. 3. The pin accommodating space is formed so as to gradually narrow from top to bottom, and when the pin part is accommodated in the pin accommodating space in a vertical state, an end part of the pin part is formed. The pop card holder according to claim 2, wherein the space width at the lowermost position where the maximum can be reached is formed smaller than the diameter of the pin portion. 4. The length of the locking hole in the left-right direction is L
The pop card holder according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that it is formed to be larger than the length of each side of the square cross section of the character arm portion and smaller than the length of the diagonal line.