Trigger unit for shopping cart display
US6012244A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F21/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A shelf mounted display sign designed in particular for supermarkets having product shelves with pricing tracks, the display sign having a mechanical shelf clip connected to a vertical battery canister that has a cap with indicator lights and a vertical sign bracket with a flexible sign having a side edge engaged in the vertical sign bracket, the shelf mounted display sign also including in one embodiment the electronic circuitry and components to function as a triggering device to remotely activate a product promotion or advertisement on a display or a shopping cart proximate the triggering device.
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