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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2000
Stephen H. Butterfield, Gurnee, IL (US);
Cletis F. Swopes, Madison, WI (US);
Springs Window Fashions LP, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Abstract
An improved hanger and pin assembly for holding, hanging and displaying merchandise, such as a plurality of louvers for window blinds, at the point of sale for such merchandise having, a generally planar member, a pin member disposed for operative engagement with one end of the planar member for removably connecting the plurality of elements of the merchandise to the hanger and pin assembly to form a modular unit, an annular section on the planar member defining a sized opening at the opposite end of the planar member for removably mounting the plurality of elements at the point of sale for such merchandise, and spaced protuberances medially disposed on the planar member between the annular section defining the sized opening for mounting the modular unit and the pin member, for engagement with and to stabilize the plurality of elements in assembled position. An alternate form of the hanger member of the hanger and pin assembly has an arcuate section for defining a generally sized opening and a passage or side opening adjacent the arcuate section disposed in communication with the sized opening so formed in the planar member. In either form of the hanger member, a laterally extending support plate can be provided in lieu of the spaced protuberances for engagement with the plurality of elements to stabilize the merchandise being displayed when in assembled position.