Patents by Inventor Frederick M. Avery

Frederick M. Avery 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: 6173844
    Abstract: A merchandise display system includes a support from which merchandise can be suspended. The support includes a rod with a hook at its free end. The rod is angled down towards its free end. A member on one side of the merchandise restricts movement of the merchandise about a first axis of the support. An additional member on another side of the merchandise restricts movement of the merchandise about the first axis of the support. The system further includes a pair of stoppers, one stopper being attached to the member near a free end of the member and the other stopper being attached to the additional member near a free end of the additional member. The stoppers restrict movement of the merchandise about a second axis of the support. The stoppers each include a pair of flexible flaps which enable merchandise to be inserted onto a support and removed from a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Gillette Canada Inc
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: 5322024
    Abstract: A modular merchandise display unit comprising an upright, substantially vertical wall having opposite sides and a pair of opposite ends. The substantially vertical wall is normally positioned along a central axis of the merchandise display unit. A base is provided for supporting the upright wall, and this base includes a pair of axially-disposed sockets and a pair of offset sockets. The display unit further includes a plurality of elongated shelves with merchandise receiving surfaces. These shelves are removably connected to and extend outwardly from the opposite sides of the upright wall. Curved shelves are securable to the merchandising display unit at opposite ends of the upright walls. These curved shelves have merchandise receiving surfaces which may or may not merge smoothly with the surfaces of a pair of elongated shelves. Each pair of elongated shelves is disposed on the opposite sides of the upright walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group
    Inventors: Frederick M. Avery, Ronald J. Macsenti
  • Patent number: 5116138
    Abstract: A container for support along a vertical surface, and comprising front and back walls, side walls, and a bottom wall, all made of a flexible plastic. The container has an open top end for the insertion and removal of goods to be displayed. The container also includes an upper rim providing support for and along the upper ends of the front, back, and side walls. A bottom rod has a pair of spaced apart ends, and circumscribes one or more of the back and side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group
    Inventors: Ronald J. Macsenti, Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: 4785947
    Abstract: A marker holder is supported within the frame and comprises a plurality of rows of marker trays extending across the width of the holder and extending in a stair-step configuration from the bottom to the top of the holder. Each tray includes a plurality of wells at the front of the tray and a plurality of first arcuate indentations at the rear of the tray mating with said wells. Substantially all of trays include a plurality of second arcuate indentations at the rear of the tray which extend above the base of the wells of the adjacent upper tray and align with the wells of the adjacent upper tray. The distance between the extremities between said first and second arcuate indentations being greater than the diameter of said well so as to provide a shelf adjacent the top of said well. There is also disclosed support means for maintaining at least one marker holder or a row of marker holders at an inclined angle when placed on a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: 4765494
    Abstract: A marker caddy for holding and displaying a plurality of markers having different cap designs which may be at both ends of the marker, different barrel diameters and heights including a base mounted on wheels, upright support members attached to said base and a frame pivotally mounted at the upper end of the support members. A marker holder is supported within the frame and comprises a plurality of rows of marker trays extending across the width of the holder and extending in a stair-step configuration from the bottom to the top of the holder. The marker is adjustably mounted to said holder so as to be positionable at any selected angle. Each tray includes a plurality of wells at the front of the tray and a plurality of first arcuate indentations at the rear of the tray mating with said wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: 4762236
    Abstract: A product dispensing apparatus includes a support having a tray system supported thereon and the tray system includes front and rear walls interconnected by side walls and having a plurality of adjustable partitions extending between the front and rear walls to produce side-by-side trays. A guide member is located in each tray and slidably supports a pusher member which is biased toward the front wall. The support defines a stop to move all of the pusher members toward the rear wall when the tray system is moved from a product dispensing position to a product restocking position on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group
    Inventors: William C. Jackle, III, Richard A. Sherwood, Frederick M. Avery, James V. Seifert
  • Patent number: 4730741
    Abstract: A dispensing unit includes a tray system including front, rear and side walls with partitions dividing the system into a plurality of trays and a support slidably supporting the tray system between a product dispensing position and a product restocking position. Each tray has a slot in its bottom between the front and rear walls with a pusher plate slidably supported in the slot and biased toward the front wall. The support has a stop which moves all of the pusher plates toward the rear wall when the tray system is moved to the restocking position and a latch mechanism holds the tray in the product dispensing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group
    Inventors: William C. Jackle, III, Richard A. Sherwood, Frederick M. Avery, James V. Seifert
  • Patent number: D301077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery
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    Patent number: D333581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Niven Marketing Group
    Inventors: Ronald J. Macsenti, Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: D413032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Gillette Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery
  • Patent number: D420532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Gillette Canada Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick M. Avery