Patents by Inventor Erin L. Zobel
Erin L. Zobel 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).
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Patent number: 9697753Abstract: A main body of a label holder is made of an opaque material and includes a main panel having a top end, a bottom end and a plurality of bends that define the main panel into a plurality of sections. The sections include a first substantially vertical section having a front facing surface that is spaced behind a front facing surface of a second substantially vertical section by a depth of a substantially horizontal section. A sign sleeve is at least partially made of a transparent material and is coupled to the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section. The sign sleeve is located between the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section and a plane that is in alignment with the front facing surface of the second substantially vertical section.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Nicholas C. Juric
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Publication number: 20170103685Abstract: A main body of a label holder is made of an opaque material and includes a main panel having a top end, a bottom end and a plurality of bends that define the main panel into a plurality of sections. The sections include a first substantially vertical section having a front facing surface that is spaced behind a front facing surface of a second substantially vertical section by a depth of a substantially horizontal section. A sign sleeve is at least partially made of a transparent material and is coupled to the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section. The sign sleeve is located between the front facing surface of the first substantially vertical section and a plane that is in alignment with the front facing surface of the second substantially vertical section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Nicholas C. Juric
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Patent number: 9578961Abstract: A display includes a shelf having an elongated slot for receiving a power cord of at least one electrically powered consumer product being displayed on the shelf in front of the elongated slot. The elongated slot is defined by a portion of a free edge of a rotatable door that covers a pocket in a closed position and by a back end of a table having an upper surface for supporting the electrically powered consumer products. Remaining portions of the free edge of the rotatable door engage with a lip that protrudes from a front wall of the pocket so that a top side of the rotatable door is in alignment with the upper surface of the table when the rotatable door is in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell
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Publication number: 20170042323Abstract: A display includes a shelf having an elongated slot for receiving a power cord of at least one electrically powered consumer product being displayed on the shelf in front of the elongated slot. The elongated slot is defined by a portion of a free edge of a rotatable door that covers a pocket in a closed position and by a back end of a table having an upper surface for supporting the electrically powered consumer products. Remaining portions of the free edge of the rotatable door engage with a lip that protrudes from a front wall of the pocket so that a top side of the rotatable door is in alignment with the upper surface of the table when the rotatable door is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell
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Patent number: 9538859Abstract: A shelf unit includes a base frame having first and second shelf brackets, lengthwise supports extending from the first shelf bracket to the second shelf bracket and widthwise strips extending between the lengthwise supports. A plurality of shelf skins are spaced apart from each other and mounted to the base frame. Each shelf skin surrounds at least a portion of a top, a bottom and a front of the base frame so that a portion of each widthwise strip of the base frame is exposed between the shelf skins.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Enzo Vardaro
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Patent number: 9468316Abstract: A display fixture includes a main support frame, a table top supported by the main support frame, an underframe attached to the main support frame and located underneath the table top and at least one display hook that supports hanging products. The at least one display hook has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is removably coupled to and supported by the underframe.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Blake M. Johnson
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Patent number: 9456708Abstract: A display apparatus includes a merchandiser box and an adapter. The merchandiser box has an exterior bottom surface and an interior space defined by a back, a pair of sides, an interior bottom surface, a top and a front having a window. The interior space supports and displays merchandise. The adapter couples the back of the merchandiser box to a wall of a display fixture such that the exterior bottom surface of the merchandiser box is exposed along its entirety. The adapter includes at least one slot for receiving at least one hook located on an exterior of the back of the merchandiser box.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel
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Publication number: 20160278546Abstract: A display fixture includes a main support frame, a table top supported by the main support frame, an underframe attached to the main support frame and located underneath the table top and at least one display hook that supports hanging products. The at least one display hook has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is removably coupled to and supported by the underframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Blake M. Johnson
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Patent number: 9384684Abstract: A shelf-type display module includes a carrier tray assembly including a carrier tray having a top, a bottom, a plurality of tracks and at least one light. The plurality of tracks protrude from the top of the carrier tray and the at least one light is mounted to the bottom of the carrier tray. An insert tray includes a main body having components for holding products for display and components for mating with the plurality of tracks on the carrier tray. The components of the main body that mate with the plurality of tracks on the carrier tray slide along the plurality of tracks from a right side to a left side of the carrier tray or from the left side to the right side of the carrier tray.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Benjamin Weshler
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Patent number: 9339130Abstract: A swatch holder includes a display hook, a swivel plate and a stop pin. The display hook includes an upper stem and a lower stem. The swivel plate includes a bored extension that protrudes from a back of the swivel plate and is mounted on a free end of the upper stem. The stop pin includes an insertion end inserted through a slot in the bored extension and through an aperture in the distal end of the upper stem and an exterior end that extends into the slot. The swivel plate is rotatable about the upper stem so that when the swivel plate is in a first position the exterior end of the stop pin is located adjacent a first end of the slot and when the swivel plate is in a second position the exterior end of the stop pin is located adjacent a second end of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel
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Patent number: 9320369Abstract: A display fixture includes a cross support mounted to a display structure. The cross support includes a cross bar having a plurality of holes extending through at least a top of the cross bar. The holes are spaced apart from each other across a length of the cross bar. The display fixture also includes at least one display hook having three downwardly depending mounting members. The at least display hook is mounted to the cross bar by engaging two of the three downward depending mounting members with two holes in the cross bar.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson
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Patent number: 9245464Abstract: A hook-type display module includes a base assembly, a display hook receiving plate and at least one display hook. The base assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart side frame members having distal ends and proximal ends and a front frame member connecting the distal ends of the side frame members. The display hook receiving plate is positioned so as to extend between the spaced-apart side frame members and is located proximate to the proximal ends of the spaced-apart side frame members. The at least one display hook includes a base coupled to the display hook receiving plate and a hook extending from the base to a distal end. The distal end of the hook terminates at a location between the display hook receiving plate and the front frame member.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford
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Patent number: 9215939Abstract: A display fixture has a bin with multiple sections. A clip attached to a back panel of the bin has an aperture for receiving a fastener to fasten the bin to a peg board. A back support is mounted to the bin and has a downwardly extending leg that is sized to fit between the peg board and a back surface of a base that the display fixture is seated upon. The bin includes a lower tier of product sections defined in part by a front panel and has a lower sign support with two legs attached to the front panel and a lower label holder connected between the two legs such that there is an open space defined between the two legs and between a top of the front panel and a bottom of the lower label holder. The bin also includes an upper tier of product sections.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson, Christopher A. Hammond
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Publication number: 20150216327Abstract: A display fixture includes a cross support mounted to a display structure. The cross support includes a cross bar having a plurality of holes extending through at least a top of the cross bar. The holes are spaced apart from each other across a length of the cross bar. The display fixture also includes at least one display hook having three downwardly depending mounting members. The at least display hook is mounted to the cross bar by engaging two of the three downward depending mounting members with two holes in the cross bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20150208831Abstract: A display apparatus includes a merchandiser box and an adapter. The merchandiser box has an exterior bottom surface and an interior space defined by a back, a pair of sides, an interior bottom surface, a top and a front having a window. The interior space supports and displays merchandise. The adapter couples the back of the merchandiser box to a wall of a display fixture such that the exterior bottom surface of the merchandiser box is exposed along its entirety. The adapter includes at least one slot for receiving at least one hook located on an exterior of the back of the merchandiser box.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel
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Publication number: 20150216062Abstract: A hook-type display module includes a base assembly, a display hook receiving plate and at least one display hook. The base assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart side frame members having distal ends and proximal ends and a front frame member connecting the distal ends of the side frame members. The display hook receiving plate is positioned so as to extend between the spaced-apart side frame members and is located proximate to the proximal ends of the spaced-apart side frame members. The at least one display hook includes a base coupled to the display hook receiving plate and a hook extending from the base to a distal end. The distal end of the hook terminates at a location between the display hook receiving plate and the front frame member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford
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Patent number: 9038300Abstract: A label holder includes a base, a sign sleeve for receiving at least one printed price label and a living hinge coupling the base to the sign sleeve. The sign sleeve is defined by a main panel that is substantially planar and a return flange that is coupled to the main panel at a joined end. The return flange extends upward from the joined end and terminates at an end located along the main panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford, Robert M. Gray
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Patent number: 9033295Abstract: A display fixture includes a cross support mounted to a display structure. The cross support includes a cross bar having a plurality of holes extending through at least a top of the cross bar. The holes are spaced apart from each other across a length of the cross bar. The display fixture also includes at least one display hook having three downwardly depending mounting members. The at least display hook is mounted to the cross bar by engaging two of the three downward depending mounting members with two holes in the cross bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson
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Patent number: D735493Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell
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Patent number: D778648Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Target Brands , Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell