US 12,112,658 B2
Signage systems and merchandising display assemblies
Thomas M. Shea, Troy, MI (US)
Assigned to T.M. Shea Products, Inc., Troy, MI (US)
Filed by T.M. Shea Products, Inc., Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,995.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/331,540, filed on Apr. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0335019 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G09F 3/20 (2006.01); A47F 5/08 (2006.01); G09F 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 3/204 (2013.01) [A47F 5/0807 (2013.01); G09F 7/18 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1856 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A merchandise assembly for the retail display of goods, the merchandising assembly comprising:
a generally planar member constructed to include a front side, and a rear side and defining a plurality of openings extending therethrough, each opening of the plurality of openings having a rectangular shape;
a merchandising support member suspended by the generally planar member, the merchandising support member monolithically constructed to include a mounting portion and first and second arms extending in opposite directions from the mounting portion, the mounting portion having an inverted U-shape opening in a downward direction, the mounting portion includes an upwardly extending nib at a centerline thereof, the merchandising support member passing through a first opening of the plurality of openings such that a first support member leg of the merchandising support member is adjacent the front side of the generally planar member and a second support member leg of the merchandising support member is adjacent the rear side of the generally planar member,
wherein the mounting portion includes first and second downwardly extending legs having a leg thickness that is less than a vertical height of the slots of the generally planar member and a width in a perpendicular direction that is less than a horizontal width of the slots and the mounting portion includes a thickness in a vertical direction at the nib that is nominally greater than a vertical height of the slots such that the mounting portion at the nib vertically fills a gap of the corresponding opening in the panel upon insertion of the merchandising support member, engages the opening in an interference fit, and thereby holds the merchandising support member in place relative to the panel.