Patents by Inventor Michael Kerker

Michael Kerker 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).

  • Frameless display fixture
    Patent number: 7703225
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substantially self-supporting panel adapted to be erected and used without the use of a support frame. In one embodiment, a frameless display fixture includes first and second panels fastened to one another proximal their upper edges, recesses adapted to receive retail merchandise integrally formed along a front side of the panel, and mating portions proximal their lower edge which interlock with a substantially rigid base unit such that the lower edges of the panels are held a fixed distance from one another. The first and second panels may be substantially mutually self-supporting so as to form a frameless display fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Kerker, Brian Wegstein, Philip Davis, Craig Cayce, John VanDyke Stram
  • Frameless Display Fixture
    Publication number: 20070220787
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substantially self-supporting panel adapted to be erected and used without the use of a support frame. In one embodiment, a frameless display fixture includes first and second panels fastened to one another proximal their upper edges, recesses adapted to receive retail merchandise integrally formed along a front side of the panel, and mating portions proximal their lower edge which interlock with a substantially rigid base unit such that the lower edges of the panels are held a fixed distance from one another. The first and second panels may be substantially mutually self-supporting so as to form a frameless display fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Kerker, Brian Wegstein, Philip Davis, Craig Cayce, John Stram
  • Frameless display fixture
    Patent number: 7249430
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substantially self-supporting panel adapted to be erected and used without the use of a support frame. In one embodiment, a frameless display fixture includes first and second panels fastened to one another proximal their upper edges, recesses adapted to receive retail merchandise integrally formed along a front side of the panel, and mating portions proximal their lower edge which interlock with a substantially rigid base unit such that the lower edges of the panels are held a fixed distance from one another. The first and second panels may be substantially mutually self-supporting so as to form a frameless display fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Kerker, Brian Wegstein, Philip Davis, Craig Cayce, John Vandyke Stram
  • Frameless display fixture
    Publication number: 20040055187
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substantially self-supporting panel adapted to be erected and used without the use of a support frame. In one embodiment, a frameless display fixture includes first and second panels fastened to one another proximal their upper edges, recesses adapted to receive retail merchandise integrally formed along a front side of the panel, and mating portions proximal their lower edge which interlock with a substantially rigid base unit such that the lower edges of the panels are held a fixed distance from one another. The first and second panels may be substantially mutually self-supporting so as to form a frameless display fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Kerker, Brian Wegstein, Philip Davis, Craig Cayce, John Vandyke Stram