Universal shelf divider, label and sign holder system
CA 2202001 A1 · Owner: Lewis, Kirk · Inventors: Lewis, Kirk; Gebka, John; Brinkman, Michael E.
Overview
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A shelf divider, label and sign holder system comprising an elongated universal support element formed with a relatively rigid channel-shaped shell adapted to be adhesively mounted on a vertically or horizontally extending surface. The support element includes an extended cover portion with flexible fingers co-extruded therewith and adapted to engage the mounting surface itself to removably capture therebetween portions of an item to be supported by the support element. When used as a vertical surface sign holder system, the support element is generally horizontally secured to the vertical surface, with the channel opening downwardly and a paper, cardboard or plastic indicia-containing …
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- Filed April 7, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 7, 2017.
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