Patents by Inventor Emory N. Brozak, Jr.

Emory N. Brozak, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6443317
    Abstract: A flexible retail product display and storage system is adaptable to display and store a wide variety of products, so that the display remains fully stocked with seasonally appropriate merchandise to maximize the effectiveness of retail space. In a conversion tower embodiment, a receiving unit serves as a framework to support any suitable product display panel removably engageable with a frame, with the display panels having dissimilarly configured sides for supporting dissimilar types of products. This in combination with accessory panels on adjacent sides of the receiving unit which have interior volume and the ability to support complimentary products of still further dissimilar type, provides a flexible high density multi-product display and storage system. For display of eyewear products, a special spectacle support device which works in conjunction with anti-theft devices is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5853090
    Abstract: Convertible retail product display columns and related systems are described which enable different types of products to be displayed and/or stored on a single display structure. Convertible retail product display columns include a plurality of panels wherein one panel is adapted to support a product of one type, and a second panel is adapted to support a product of a different type. Convertible retail product display systems include a plurality of vertically oriented rotationally mounted display columns supported by a frame structure, whereby the multiple panels of each of the display columns can be selectively oriented to simultaneously display and store different products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5695161
    Abstract: A hinged product display clip for gripping a product for suspension from a product display structure has a front panel with a hook and a dual hinge member integrally attached along a first hinge to a lateral edge of the front panel and along a second hinge to a rear panel closeable about the hinge member relative to the front panel to form a product receiving channel and lockable with the front panel in a closed position to firmly grip a product in the channel between the front and rear panels for suspended display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5626243
    Abstract: A product merchandising system is provided which is particularly useful for supporting and displaying baseball and/or softball gloves and mitts. The merchandising system includes an upright store fixture and at least one hanger arm coupled with the upright store fixture. The hanger arm has (i) a gravity slide portion extending forwardly and angularly downward from a location on the front side of the upright store fixture, (ii) a stop member disposed on the gravity slide portion near the lower end thereof, (iii) a front portion extending forwardly from the lower end of the gravity slide portion, and (iv) a support device at the forward end of the front portion. At least one product/clip combination is suspended from the hanger arm. The product/clip combination comprises a product (e.g., a baseball or softball glove or mitt) and a clip releasably engaging a predetermined portion of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.
  • Patent number: D442796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: American Greetings Corp.
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.
  • Patent number: D454594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: American Greetings Corp.
    Inventor: Emory N. Brozak, Jr.