Patents Assigned to The Merchandisers, Inc.
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Patent number: 8016135Abstract: A display support system for supporting product for retail display from an appliance defining a magnetically attractable display surface, a door surface, and a magnetically attractable upper surface and comprising a door arranged to allow access to an interior of the appliance through the door surface. The display support system comprises an accessory, a structure comprising a front portion and a rear portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion is adapted to support the accessory such that the accessory extends from the display surface of the appliance. The rear portion rigidly is connected to the front portion and extends along and engages the upper surface of the appliance to bear downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion magnetically secures the structure relative to the appliance and inhibits movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul Wells
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Publication number: 20100187386Abstract: A display support system for supporting product for retail display from an appliance defining a magnetically attractable display surface, a door surface, and a magnetically attractable upper surface and comprising a door arranged to allow access to an interior of the appliance through the door surface. The display support system comprises an accessory, a structure comprising a front portion and a rear portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion is adapted to support the accessory such that the accessory extends from the display surface of the appliance. The rear portion rigidly is connected to the front portion and extends along and engages the upper surface of the appliance to bear downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion magnetically secures the structure relative to the appliance and inhibits movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: MOBILE MERCHANDISERS, INC.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul Wells
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Patent number: 7374052Abstract: A support system for supporting a product for retail display comprises an accessory, a rear portion, a front portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion supports the accessory and is rigidly connected to the rear portion. The magnetic portion is adapted rigidly connected to the rear portion. When the rear portion extends at least partly along a top surface of a metal structure, the front portion extends at least partly along a display surface thereof. The rear portion is supported by the top surface of the metal structure to transfer to the metal structure downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion is magnetically attracted to the top surface of the metal structure to inhibit movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2006Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
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Patent number: 7131546Abstract: A support system for supporting a product for retail display comprises an accessory, a rear portion, a front portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion supports the accessory and is rigidly connected to the rear portion. The magnetic portion is adapted rigidly connected to the rear portion. When the rear portion extends at least partly along a top surface of a metal structure, the front portion extends at least partly along a display surface thereof. The rear portion is supported by the top surface of the metal structure to transfer to the metal structure downward loads on the front portion. The magnetic portion is magnetically attracted to the top surface of the metal structure to inhibit movement of the front portion away from the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
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Patent number: 5248036Abstract: A point-of-sale display unit includes an elongate back panel and an elongate transparent front panel with a plurality of connecting strips spaced along and between the two panels for defining a plurality of channels or pockets each adapted for receiving one of a plurality of like articles. The top two connecting strips on the panels define a channel for receiving a header panel adapted for carrying identifying indicia or point-of-sale advertising. The point-of-sale display unit is adapted to be suspended from a hook, whereby a plurality of like articles are stored, displayed and dispensed from a single hook, utilizing a single header panel and minimizing the packaging requirements for each article.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1991Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Assignee: The Merchandisers, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Radocha, Sr., Donald T. Crysdale, Larry K. Bauer
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Patent number: 4749583Abstract: A process for manufacturing an edible container of processed corn by first preparing a creamy cohesive, cooked corn dough and then injecting or pumping the corn dough into a heated mold for sufficient time to bake the corn dough. The resulting molded, baked corn product is then allowed to equilibrate such that trapped moisture migrates to the surface and is then fried in cooking oil to a final moisture content of less than 2%.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1986Date of Patent: June 7, 1988Assignee: Innovative Food Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Billy W. Branch
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Patent number: 4729296Abstract: A heated platen with a downwardly-facing surface is provided with an upwardly-accessible handle, and with coordinately height-adjustable legs, the feet of which are adapted to stand on a grill as a food product such as a hamburger patty is simultaneously cooked from below by the grill and from above by the heated platen. By preference, the downwardly-facing heated surface is covered by a replaceable non-stick surface layer in the form of polytetrafluoroethylene-impregnated glass fiber cloth. The platen preferably is heated by on-board electrical resistance heating units, controlled from an off-board control panel to which it is connected by leads from an on-board temperature sensor, and an electrical power cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1986Date of Patent: March 8, 1988Assignee: Fast Food Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Philip P. Sabin
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Patent number: 3958826Abstract: A windshield has a housing and a bracket to mount the housing in transverse relation on a vehicle. A roller in the housing has a transparent sheet rollably mounted thereon. An edge portion of the transparent sheet of material is securable to a lower portion of the vehicle in extended position.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 1974Date of Patent: May 25, 1976Assignee: Federated Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Frank E. Upton
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Patent number: D454240Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2001Date of Patent: March 5, 2002Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Steven G. Wells
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Patent number: D477791Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Steven G. Wells
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Patent number: D322039Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1989Date of Patent: December 3, 1991Assignee: Pelle International Merchandisers, Inc.Inventor: Jui Chen Chien