Patents by Inventor James A. Morison

James A. Morison 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: 5385228
    Abstract: The invention provides a container that is used for shipping and displaying a product. The container is convertible from a shipping configuration, where the product is encased, to a dispensing configuration, where the product may be displayed and dispensed at a retail outlet. The container includes a weakened seam that permits easy removal of a portion of the container body to define an aperture for displaying and dispensing the product. Openings are provided in the bottom surface of the container to permit attachment of a dispensing tray for receiving product dispensed through the aperture. One embodiment of the container includes a floor that slopes towards the aperture to assist the dispensing of product. In another embodiment of the container, the floor is pivoted with the assistance of tabs located on the dispensing tray. The dispensing tray includes a groove defined in its base that is adapted to cooperate with a lip protruding from a product shelf to secure the container tray to the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Gorrie Advertising Management Limited
    Inventors: Daniel P. Vidoni, James Morison
  • Patent number: 4898354
    Abstract: A bracket is disclosed for supporting a product on a display board having a number of regularly spaced passages defined therein, comprising a body with a surface to carry the product, the body having a support assembly integrally formed therewith to support the surface in position against the display board; and a first anchor portion for removable connection with the support assembly and including at least one hook element which is dimensioned to engage at least one of said passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Gorrie Advertising Management Limited
    Inventors: Paul S. Whittington, James Morison
  • Patent number: 4817900
    Abstract: A support device is disclosed for supporting a product on a display wall having a number of regularly spaced passages. The device has a body to support the product, a pair of elements for releasable attachment of the body to the display wall, including a first element for disposition in a first of the passages. The first element is arranged to inhibit removal thereof from the first passage when the body is in an operative position. A second element is provided for disposition in a second of the passages whereby, in the operative position, the second element is biased toward engagement with an edge portion of the display wall defining the second passage so as to inhibit displacement of the second element from the operative position. There is also disclosed a support device for supporting a product on a display wall, comprising a body to receive the product and an attachment means to attach the body on the display wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Gorrie Advertising Management Limited
    Inventors: Paul S. Whittington, James Morison
  • Patent number: D631678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Gorrie Marketing Services
    Inventor: James A. Morison
  • Patent number: D680350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Gorrie Marketing Services
    Inventors: Sean Peake-Atkins, James A. Morison
  • Patent number: D757385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Gorrie Marketing Services
    Inventors: Sean Peake-Atkins, James A. Morison