Patents Assigned to The Merchandisers, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8016135
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul Wells
  • Publication number: 20100187386
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: MOBILE MERCHANDISERS, INC.
    Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul Wells
  • Patent number: 7374052
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
  • Patent number: 7131546
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Price, Paul S. Wells
  • Patent number: 5248036
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: The Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Radocha, Sr., Donald T. Crysdale, Larry K. Bauer
  • Patent number: 4749583
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: Innovative Food Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy W. Branch
  • Patent number: 4729296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Fast Food Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip P. Sabin
  • Patent number: 3958826
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Federated Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank E. Upton
  • Patent number: D454240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven G. Wells
  • Patent number: D477791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Mobile Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven G. Wells
  • Patent number: D322039
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Pelle International Merchandisers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jui Chen Chien