CA2007891A1 - Illuminated display - Google Patents

Illuminated display

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CA2007891A1
CA2007891A1 CA002007891A CA2007891A CA2007891A1 CA 2007891 A1 CA2007891 A1 CA 2007891A1 CA 002007891 A CA002007891 A CA 002007891A CA 2007891 A CA2007891 A CA 2007891A CA 2007891 A1 CA2007891 A1 CA 2007891A1
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display
circuit
card
illumination means
prongs
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French (fr)
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Marko Makar
Michael Makar
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47FSPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • A47F5/0807Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
    • A47F5/0815Panel constructions with apertures for article supports, e.g. hooks
    • A47F5/0823Article supports for peg-boards
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14Adjustable mountings
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21YINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10Light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S362/00Illumination
    • Y10S362/80Light emitting diode

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
An illuminated display to be received on a perforate board to receive packages. There is a support of an electrically conducting material to be received in perforations in the board. The support can be connected to a source of electricity and an illuminator is attached to the support in electrical contact with the source of electricity.
A package is carried by the support. Wares are attached to the package. An illuminated display having a base to be received on a pair of electrically conducting members is also disclosed. A pair of contacts, one to make electrical contact with each electrically conducting member are provided and a circuit is formed on the base. An illuminator on the base is in electrical contact with the circuit. Completion of the circuit by the pair of contacts lights the illuminator. A display having a support card to be received on a pair of electrical conductors is disclosed. Separate contacts on the card to make contact one with each conductor.
A circuit on the card joins the separate contacts. An illuminator is in the circuit so that the separate contacts on the card can contact the conductors to complete the circuit to light the illuminator.

Description

ILLUMI~.RTED DI5PLAY

This invention relates to an illuminated display and finds particular use in retail ou-tlets.

In retailing it is desirable that attention be directed to a product if that product is to he sold. In modern retailing there are huge numbers of products sold and, increasingly, advertising depends not on a balanced account of the advantages of a particular product but a means of attracting the shoppers' attention. Shopping by whim is a major phenomenon in modern shopping.

It is known to illuminate cards, typically using light emitting diodes (LEDs) because LEDs are now so easily and cheaply available and can he made so s~all. Fu.rthermvre, using printed circuit techniques it is easy to apply the appropriate circui.try to a card. Examples of illuminated greeting cards using these t~chniques United States Patents 4,363,081 to Wilbur and 4~286,3g9 to Funashashi et al. Dell~
in United States Patent 3,034,756 teaches an illuminated display device.

In modern retailing, the use of so-called peg board, which is board formed with large numbers of regularly spaced perforations, is well-known. The perforations provide a 'B9~

convenien-t means of attaching prongs by enc~a~ing -the prongs in the openings, and then suspending the packages -to be sold from the pron~s.

There is no system known to applicant whereby attention S can be directed to a product displayed on a pegboard in a store, by the use of flashing lights, either an incandescent light or an LED.

Accordingly, in a first aspec-t, the present invention is an illuminated display to be received on a perforate board to receive packages and comprising:
a support of an electrically conducting material to be received in perforations in -the board;
means to connect the support to a source of electricity;
and illumination means attached to the support in electrical contact with the means to connect the support to a source of electricity.

In a further aspect -the present invention is an illuminated display comprising:
a base to be received on an electrically conduc-ting members;
a pair of contacts, one to make electrical contac-t with each electrically conducting member;
a circuit formed on the basei 71~

illumination means on the base in electrical contact with the circuit, whereby completion of the circuit by the pair of contacts lights the illu~ination means.

Aspects of the present invention are illustrated merely by way of example, in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fir~t embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of a further e~bodiment;
Figure 3 is a perspe~tive view of a further embodiment;
Figure 4 illustrates the embodiment of Figure 3 in use;
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the use of the embocliments of Figures 1 and 2;
Figure 7 illustrates the Figure 9 embodiment in use on a card carrying goods to bP sold;
Figure 8 illustrates a further embodiment;
Figure 9 illustrates yet a fur-ther embodiment; and Figure 10 illustrates a variation of Figure 9.

Figures 1 to 6 all show aspects of an illuminated display to be received on a board lO having perforations 12, shown in Figure 4, to receive packages 14, as shown in Figures 4 and 5. The packages 14 include an opening 15.

The embodiments of Figures l to 5 comprise a support made up of prongs 18 of an electrically conducting material which are formed at their inner ends with upwardly extending ;~Q~

portions 20 that can be hooked through the perfora-tions 12 of the perforate board 10 to be located in the board. This arrangement is conventional. As shown par-ticularly in Figures 2 to 4 the pxongs 18 extend outwardly and downwardly from the board 10. There are LEDs 16 attached to the distal end of the prongs 18. There are means to connec-t the prongs 18 to a source of electricity as shown particularly in Figures 2 and 6 where leads 21 extend through a non-conduc-ting member 22, which is attached to the prongs 18 to abut the board 10, to the electrically conducting prongs 18 LED 16 is at-tached to the prongs 18 in electrical contact with the prongs 18 to connect the LED 16 to the leads 21.
The electrical contact is achieved because the prongs, typically of metal, can conduct electricity from the leads 21 to the LED 16. In these illustrated embodiments it is desirable to insulate the body of the supports except for areas 24.

In the embodiment of Figure 1 the p~onys 18 are attached to each other but insulated from each other and the LED 16, is connected to each prong 18 to complete a circuit. Thus, there is a constant light while power is maintained.

In the embodiment of Figures 2 and 3 the prongs 18 are spaced apart from each other with the illuminated means 16 attached between the outer ends to complete the circuit.
Again a constant illumina-tion is provided while power is maintained.

~'~t7 ~ t is d~si.rable that the i.llumination means can flash.
I,ight emitting diodes that can flash are cheaply and easily available and a flashing light offer~ greater means of attracting attention. In addition to the LED 16 shown in Figure 1 an incandescent bulb can be used.

A power source is required and can be either a connection to the normal power supply of a building, for which the embodiment of Figures 2 and 3 i!3 apt, or it can be a battery pack, easily affixed to the back or front of a lQ perforate board, a photovoltaic cell, which is particularly desirable for ease of use and maintenance. The power source may be intermi-ttent to allow flashing of -the illumination means .

Figure 6 shows a ~attery pack 23. The battery pack comprises a carrier 25 to which is attached a source of power 27 in the form of a dry cell, or photovoltaic cell 27 or the like. There are openings 29 in the carrier 25 surrounding conductors 31. Leads 33 extend from the power source 27 to the conductors 31. There are uncoated conducting portions 24 on the prongs 18 to engage the conductoræ. The carrier 25 can be mounted on the front or the back of the board 10. The arrangement is simpleO The prongs 18 contact the conductors 31 and also act to locate the support in the openings 12 of the board 10. The LED 16, 36 and 46 is thus powered by the power source 27.

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The apparatus in Figures 1 to 6 operate by providiny either a constant illumination of a di~play of packages located on the prongs 18 or can be used to flash to attract atten-tion to the packages.

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate an illuminated display -that comprises a base 30 received on electrically conducting prongs 18 as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the prongs 18 are spaced apart and there are non-insulated areas 24 adjacent -the outer and inner ends.
As described above the arrangement is such that a package can slip to the lower ends, down the slope of the prongs 18 to make contact with areas 24.

In Figures 7 and 8 the base 30 has a pair of contacts 32, one to make electrical contact with an area 24 of an electrically conducting prong 18. The prongs 18 are insulated until areas 24 adjacent -their outer and inner en~s. I'here is a circuit 34 formed on the base 30 and a LED 36 on the base 30 in electrical contact with the circui-t 34. The arrangement is such that completiorl of the circui-t by the pair of contacts 32 contacting the live portions 24 of the prongs 18 lights the LED, As shown particularly in Figures 7 and 8, the base 30 is a card to which is attached the wares -to be sold, as shown in Figure 4. The card is desirably tran~lucent, or perforated/

37B9?1 particularly lf the LED is to be rnounted on the back of the card, remote from the wares. Translucency or perforation for the LED means that the illuminatiQn can then be seen at the front of the card.

In the embodiment of Figures 9 and 10 the base 40 is a small transparent sheet, which may simply be adhered -to a card, for example on an area of a larger base, as sho~n by the broken line in Figures 5 or 7. Desirably the circuit is a printed circuit due to the ease with which such circuits now can be formed. This embodiment resembles closely that of Figures 7 and 8 but the base involved is smaller in the embodiment of Figures 9 and 10. The base 40 has contact 42 to make contact with areas 24 of prongs 18. There is a circuit 44 formed on base 40 and an LED 46 (~igure 9) or -two ~Figure 10) is or are attached to base 40 in contact ~ith the circuit 44.

With the invention a package may be illuminated by a LED
or the like that forms par-t of the support as shown in Figures 1 to 4 or may be illuminated by a LED on a backing card for the package as shown in Figures 7 and 8 or by a LED
mounted on a separate base adhered to a backing card as in Fig~res 9 and 10.

Both forms of illumination may be used for one package.

Claims (21)

1. An illuminated display to be received on a perforate board to receive packages and comprising:

a support of an electrically conducting material to be received in perforations in the board;
means to connect the support to a source of electricity;
illumination means attached to the support in electrical contact with the means to connect the support to a source of electricity; and a package received on the support carrying wares to be sold.
2. A display as claimed in claim 1 in which the support comprises a pair of prongs able to extend outwardly, downwardly from the board and shaped at one end to be located in spaced openings in the board;
illumination means being attached to the distal end of the prongs.
3. A display as claimed in claim 2 including a non-conducting member attached to the prongs to abut the board, the conductors extending through the non-conducting member to be connected with the prongs as a means of connecting the prongs with source of electricity.
4. A display as claimed in claim 3 in which the prongs are attached but insulated from each other, with the illumination means connected to each prong to complete a circuit.
5. A display as claimed in claim 3 in which the prongs are spaced apart from each other with the illuminated means attached between the outer end to complete the circuit.
6. A display as claimed in claim 2 in which the prongs have electrical contact areas, located adjacent both ends.
7. A display as claimed in claim 1 in which the illumination means can flash.
8. A display as claimed in claim 7 in which the illuminated means is a light emitting diode (LED).
9. A display as claimed in claim 7 in which the illumination means is an incandescent bulb.
10. A display as claimed in claim 1 including a power source.
11. A display as claimed in claim 10 in which the power source is a battery pack.
12. A display as claimed in claim 10 in which the power source is a photovoltaic cell.
13. A display as claimed in claim 10 in which the power source is intermittent to allow flashing of the illumination means.
14. An illuminated display comprising:
a base to be received on a pair of electrically conducting members;
a pair of contacts, one to make electrical contact with each electrically conducting member;
a circuit formed on the base;
illumination means on the base in electrical contact with the circuit, whereby completion of the circuit by the pair of contacts lights the illumination means.
15. A display as claimed in claim 14 in which the base is a card to which is attached wares to be sold, the wares and card being illuminated by the illumination means.
16. A display as claimed in claim 15 in which the card is translucent.
17. A display as claimed in claim 14 in which the base is a transparent sheet to be mounted on a card carrying wares.
18. A display as claimed in claim 14 in which the circuit is a printed circuit.
19. A display as claimed in claim 14 in which the illumination means is a LED.
20. A display comprising:
a support card to be received on a pair of electrical conductors;
separate contacts on the card to make contact one with each conductor;
a circuit on the card Joining the separate contacts;
illumination means in the circuit;
whereby the separate contacts on the card can contact the conductors to complete the circuit to light the illumination means.
21. A display as claimed in claim 20 in which the illumination means is a LED.
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