Product display hanger

Abstract

A product display hanger includes a substrate with an adhesive applied to one surface. A release liner is disposed on the substrate and may include two substantially parallel die cuts formed therein. Thus, a portion or all of the release liner between the die cuts can be separated from the substrate to expose the adhesive on the substrate. Portions of the release liner remaining on the substrate have indicia thereon for identifying the preferred alignment and spacing for products to be displayed or other visible indicia or holes may be provided as a means of guidance for mounting product. At least one hanger hole may be formed near one end of the display hanger for suspending the display hanger from a hook.

Description

[0001] This application claims priority on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 751,056 filed on Dec. 15, 2005.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The invention relates to laminated products, and specifically laminated products that can be used to display products. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Many consumer items are sold in small packages, such as bags, blister packs or cartons. These consumer items include food, toiletries, cosmetics and hardware articles. Small packages can be obscured on a retail store shelf. As a result, many advertising and marketing experts try to create a visually distinctive vertical display of small products in the store. The vertical display enables a consumer to access the product without searching through shelves, bins or the like. [0006] Some products that are intended for a vertical display have packages with a mounting aperture. The mounting aperture is telescoped over a horizontal rod or peg that may...

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Benefits of technology

[0020] One end of the substrate can be formed with a hanger hole. The hanger hole enables the substrate to be suspended from a hook. The hanger hole can be reinforced by forming two spaced apart hanger holes near one end of the substrate. The central portion of the release liner can be removed and the end of the substrate can be folded over so that the hanger holes are substantially registered with one another. As a result, a double thickness of the substrate material is provided around the hanger hole. Each hanger hole can be formed by a substantially U-shaped cut to define a flap that is hinged to the substrate. The U-shaped cut avoids creating waste material associated with a punched hole, and hence minimizes debris collection and waste recycling problems. The registered fold lines can be gravitationally below the U-shaped cuts to minimize the risk of having the weight of the display tear the substrate at opposite ends of the fold lines.

[0021] The product display hanger may be manufactured in a roll form. Perforations may extend through the substrate and through the release liner transverse to the longitudinal direction of the rolled material and at selected distances from one another conforming to the desired length of the hanger. Thus, a manufacturer or a retail store can pull one product display hanger from the roll and can tear the product display hanger from the remainder of the roll. The central portion or all of the release liner can be removed to expose the adhesive material along the longitudinal center of the substrate. The top part of the substrate can be folded over to register the hanger holes with one another to provide a double thickness support at one end of the display hanger. Products then can be mounted to the adhesive exposed at the longitudinal central portion of the substrate. The spacing and alignment of the products is facilitated by the indicia imprinted on strips of the release liner that remain adjacent the opposite side edges of the substrate or indicia on the substrate. Because the mounting strips are supplied in continuous roll form, tow more repeat lengths can be used to accommodate package of differing length; for great exposure, or to relieve excessive bulkiness which are not accomplished by any other strip hanging method.

Problems solved by technology

Retailers, on the other hand, often do not like the horizontal mounting rods to display products because they may impede access to other products in a shopping aisle and because they are easily disengaged from the shelf or other support.

Frequently, shelf or peg space is not available to the vendor for season trials or impulse items.

Clips that are too weak for a particular product may cause the product to slip from the grips of the alligator clip in response to inadvertent contact.

Furthermore, the arrays of alligator clips are inherently expensive and add to the weight of the product and significantly increase shipping costs.

Display panels of this type are large and heavy, and hence add to shipping expenses.

Furthermore, displays of this type generally cannot be reloaded and consumers often have difficulty removing products from such a display.

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