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).

  • Publication number: 20150102001
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson, Christopher A. Hammond
  • Patent number: 8991781
    Abstract: A display fixture includes a fixed component including a product receiving portion and an elongated spine portion, a first adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a second adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a third adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion. The first adjustable component operates to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the fixed component and the product receiving portion of the first adjustable component, while the second adjustable component and the third adjustable component operate to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the second adjustable component and the product receiving portion of the third adjustable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel
  • Publication number: 20150076093
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Benjamin Weshler
  • Publication number: 20150068086
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Target Brand, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford, Robert M. Gray
  • Patent number: 8925745
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Benjamin Weshler
  • Publication number: 20140374556
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Jason W. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140250749
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Benjamin Weshler
  • Patent number: 8793913
    Abstract: A label holder includes a main panel having a top portion that is oriented at an angle from a substantially planar portion, a first sign sleeve and a second sign sleeve. The first sign sleeve is defined by the substantially planar portion of the main panel and a return flange coupled to the main panel at a joined end. The return flange extends upward from the joined end and terminates along and is biased against the substantially planar portion of the main panel. The second sign sleeve is defined by a front that extends from the top portion of the main panel and a back that is coupled to the front by the top portion of the main panel. The back extends from the top portion of the main panel and terminates along and is biased against the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell, Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford
  • Patent number: 8789712
    Abstract: A display fixture includes a support assembly mounted to a pair of uprights on a display unit and has a pair of arms having upper surfaces that directly attach to the uprights and a crossbar extending between proximal ends of the pair of arms. The upper surfaces are oriented at a first angle from the uprights. The display fixture also includes at least one loose item display assembly mounted to the crossbar and includes a collar and a mounting bracket. The collar has an inner diameter that defines a central opening for receiving a container. The mounting bracket is fixedly attached to a back of the collar at a proximal end and removably coupled to the crossbar of the support assembly with a distal clip. An upper surface of the collar is oriented at a second angle relative to upper surfaces of the pair of arms of the support assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Timothy J. Martell, Daniel J. Noll, Erin L. Zobel
  • Publication number: 20140021315
    Abstract: A display fixture includes a fixed component including a product receiving portion and an elongated spine portion, a first adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a second adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion, a third adjustable component insertably engaged with the elongated spine portion and including a product receiving portion and an adjustment portion. The first adjustable component operates to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the fixed component and the product receiving portion of the first adjustable component, while the second adjustable component and the third adjustable component operate to slidably adjust a distance between the product receiving portion of the second adjustable component and the product receiving portion of the third adjustable component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel
  • Patent number: D698641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, Jeffrey P. Pirro
  • Patent number: D699489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel, Peter H. Rozes, Jeffrey A. Jones
  • Bin
    Patent number: D700779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Noll, Timothy J. Martell, Jason W. Johnson, Sagoe K. Hoyle, Erin L. Zobel
  • Bin
    Patent number: D702439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Noll, Timothy J. Martell, Jason W. Johnson, Sagoe K. Hoyle, Erin L. Zobel
  • Patent number: D707066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford, Timothy J. Martell
  • Patent number: D716078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel
  • Bin
    Patent number: D716552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel
  • Patent number: D721524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, Erin L. Zobel, William Y. Stafford
  • Patent number: D725415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Johnson, Erin L. Zobel
  • Patent number: D727068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Erin L. Zobel, Timothy J. Martell