Point-of-sale device including plural panels with several panels having information about article on the device

Abstract

A point-of-sale device for an article sold at a retail shop is mounted on a horizontally extending rod on a pegboard. A structure enabling the device to be presented to a prospective purchaser of the article includes an arrangement enabling the device to be hung on the rod. The structure includes plural interconnected panels having a common edge. In different embodiments, the device includes two, three and four panels respectively having four, six and eight faces including graphical and text information about the article that is carried on an exterior face of a panel. The text is in different languages. A pair of panels includes a non-permanent fastener arrangement for holding the pair of panels in abutting relation.

1 . A point-of-sale device for an article to be sold at a retail shop, wherein the point-of-sale device is adapted to be mounted on a horizontally extending elongated element of a vertically extending mounting structure of the retail shop, comprising a structure for enabling the device to be presented to a prospective purchaser of the article at the retail shop, the structure for enabling the device to be presented including an arrangement for enabling the device to be hung on the elongated element, the structure including at least three interconnected panels that are folded on each other about at least one common edge of the panels that are next to each other, the device having only two exterior panels when the device is hanging on the elongated element, the two exterior panels having interior and exterior faces when the device is hanging on the elongated element, the panels being folded abut the at least one common edge so that device when hanging on the elongated element has substantially the same area as the largest panel, at least five faces on the plural panels including information about the article, the article being carried on the device in a manner enabling the article to be visible to the prospective purchaser while the device is hanging on the elongated element. 
   
   
       2 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the panels includes a non-permanent fastener arrangement for holding the exterior panels in an abutting relation while the panels are folded about at least one edge. 
   
   
       3 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 2 , wherein the non-permanent fastener arrangement is on the exterior panels and includes a hook and loop fastener arrangement that holds the plural panels together when the panels are folded above the at least one edge. 
   
   
       4 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 2 , wherein the non-permanent fastener arrangement is on a pair of the panels and includes an easy on and off adhesive arrangement that holds the plural panels together. 
   
   
       5 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 2 , wherein the non-permanent fastener arrangement is on at least one of the exterior panels and includes a non-permanent adhesive gel that holds the exterior panels together when the panels are folded above the at least one edge. 
   
   
       6 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 5 , wherein the adhesive gel is on only one of the panels. 
   
   
       7 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 6 , wherein the non-permanent gel adhesive is made of GLUE DOTS and has a low tackiness rating. 
   
   
       8 . (canceled) 
   
   
       9 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein an exterior face of one of the panels carries the article, and all faces of the device carry information about the article. 
   
   
       10 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 9 , wherein the information about the article is graphical and textual, the textual information being in different languages, a portion of the textual information in each language being on different panels and viewable to the perspective purchaser when the device is hanging on the elongated device. 
   
   
       11 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 2 , wherein the number of panels is equal to three, a first of said panels being a center panel, a second of said panels being an exterior panel having a first common edge with the center panel, a third of said panels being an exterior panel having a second common edge with the center panel, the third panel being folded along the second edge so that a first face thereof abuts a first face of the first panel, the second panel being folded along a first common edge so that a first face thereof abuts a second face of the third panel, the non-permanent faster arrangement being on at least the first face of the second panel to hold the first face of the second panel and the second face of the third panel in abutting relation. 
   
   
       12 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 11 , wherein a second face of said first panel carries the article. 
   
   
       13 . The point-of-sale of  claim 12 , wherein the information about the article is graphical and textual, the textual information being in different languages, a portion of the textual information in each language being on different panels and viewable to the perspective purchaser when the device is hanging on the elongated device. 
   
   
       14 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 2 , wherein the number of panels is equal to four, first and second of said panels being interior panels having a first common edge, third and fourth of said panels being exterior panels, the first and third panels having a second common edge, the second and fourth panels having a third common edge, the third panel being folded along the second edge so that a first face of the third panel abuts a first face of the first panel, the first panel being folded along the first edge so that a second face of the third panel abuts a first face of the second panel, the fourth panel being folded along the third edge so that a first face of the fourth panel abuts a second face of the first panel, the non-permanent fastener arrangement being on at least the first face of the fourth panel. 
   
   
       15 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 14 , wherein the second face of the second panel carries the article. 
   
   
       16 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 15  wherein the information about the article is graphical and textual, the textual information being in different languages, a portion of the textual information in each language being on different panels and viewable to the perspective purchaser when the device is hanging on the elongated device. 
   
   
       17 . (canceled) 
   
   
       18 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein an exterior face of one of the panels carries the article and all faces of the device carry information about the article. 
   
   
       19 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein the number of panels is equal to three, a first of said panels being a center panel, a second of said panels being an exterior panel having a first common edge with the center panel, a third of said panels being an exterior panel having a second common edge with the center panel, the third panel being folded along the second edge so that a first face thereof abuts a first face of the first panel, the second panel being folded along the first common edge so that a first face thereof abuts a second face of the third panel. 
   
   
       20 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 19 , wherein when the panels are folded as stated a second face of said first panel is an exterior face that carries the article. 
   
   
       21 . The device of  claim 20 , wherein the panels are folded as stated: (a) a second face of the second panel is an exterior face including text information when the active is a primary language, (b) the first panel has a top portion above a top portion of the third panel and above a top edge of the second panel, (c) the top portion of the third panel is above the top edge of the second panel, the second face of the third panel, (d) the top portion of the including information about the article in a first secondary language, the second face of the third panel, (e) the remainder of the second face of the third panel including at least some additional text information about the article in the first secondary language, (f) the top portion of the first face of the first panel including text information about the article in a second secondary language, (g) the remainder of the first face of the first face including text information about the article in the second secondary language. 
   
   
       22 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein the number of panels is equal to four, first and second of said panels being interior panels having a first common edge, third and fourth of said panels being exterior panels, the first and third panels having a second common edge, the second and fourth panels having a third common edge, the third panel being folded along the second edge so that a first face of the third panel abuts a first face of the first panel, the first panel being folded along the first edge so that a second face of the third panel abuts a first face of the second panel, the fourth panel being folded along the third edge so that a first face of the fourth panel abuts a second face of the first panel, the device having two exterior faces, the two exterior faces being second faces of the second and fourth panels. 
   
   
       23 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 22  wherein the second face of the second panel carries the article. 
   
   
       24 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 23  wherein at least one of the second face of the first panel and the second face of the fourth panel include a non-permanent fastener arrangement. 
   
   
       25 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 23  wherein the second face of the first panel and the second face of the fourth panel include a non-permanent fastener arrangement, the fastener arrangements on the first and second panels engaging each other when the device is folded as stated. 
   
   
       26 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 23  wherein when the device is folded about the at least one edge (a) a first face of a first panel of the device is completely exposed to a prospective purchaser as the purchaser looks at the first face of the first panel, and (b) only a portion of a first face of a second panel of the device is exposed to a prospective purchaser as the purchaser looks at the first face of the first panel, a first language being on the first face, a second language being on the exposed portion of the second face. 
   
   
       27 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1 , wherein a first of the panels has a vertical extent greater than a second of the panels, the first and second panels being folded such that (a) a first face of the first panel is initially completely exposed to the prospective purchaser when the purchaser vertically looks at the back face of the device, the article being carried on a front face of the device, and (b) a first face of the second pane is only partially exposed to the prospective purchaser when the purchaser vertically looks at the back face of the device, a first language being exclusively on the first face of the first panel, a second language being exclusively on the first face of the second panel. 
   
   
       28 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device has a nonpermanent fastener arrangement holding the panels together when the device is hanging on the elongated element, the nonpermanent fastener arrangement consisting of a nonpermanent adhesive gel arrangement carried on the interior face of only one of the panels, the nonpermanent adhesive gel arrangement abutting the interior face of one of the other panels to hold the panel carrying the gel arrangement in place with said one other panel when the device is hanging on the elongated element, the nonpermanent adhesive gel arrangement abutting an interior face of one of the other panels to hold the panel carrying the gel arrangement in place with said one other panel when the device is hanging on the elongated element, the interior face carrying the gel arrangement or the interior face of said one other panel being on an exterior panel, the abutting relation of the gel arrangement and said one other panel holding all the panels in place when the device is hanging on the elongated element. 
   
   
       29 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 28  wherein the panels are cardboard having the information printed thereon, the gel arrangement having a tacking rating such that when the panel carrying the gel and said one other panel are separated there is no tearing of the interior face of said one other panel. 
   
   
       30 . The point-of-sale device of  claim 1  wherein one of said panels has a greater vertical extent than the remaining panel(s) and includes an opening through which the horizontally extending elongated element is adapted to extend to form the structure for enabling the device to be hung on the elongated element, said opening being above top edges of the remaining panel(s) so that when the device is hanging on the elongated element the elongated element extends only through said opening.