Patents Assigned to Cormark, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8056736
    Abstract: A golf club holder and display adaptable to the desired configuration of the user. The display includes a support member and a cradle, with the cradle being adjustably removable relative to the support member. The support member may accept different numbers and types of cradles, and the user can select the cradles based on the desired display configuration. The golf club holder and display is also adaptable to supporting both right-handed and left-handed golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodrigo R. Dientsmann, David A. Forte, Walter R. Miranda
  • Publication number: 20110174751
    Abstract: A golf club holder and display adaptable to the desired configuration of the user. The display includes a support member and a cradle, with the cradle being adjustably removable relative to the support member. The support member may accept different numbers and types of cradles, and the user can select the cradles based on the desired display configuration. The golf club holder and display is also adaptable to supporting both right-handed and left-handed golf clubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: CORMARK, INC.
    Inventors: Rodrigo R. Dientsmann, David A. Forte, Walter R. Miranda
  • Patent number: 7938278
    Abstract: A golf club holder and display adaptable to the desired configuration of the user. The display includes a support member and a cradle, with the cradle being adjustably removable relative to the support member. The support member may accept different numbers and types of cradles, and the user can select the cradles based on the desired display configuration. The golf club holder and display is also adaptable to supporting both right-handed and left-handed golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Rodrigo D. Dientsmann, David A. Forte, Walter R. Miranda
  • Patent number: 7926214
    Abstract: A device for a two-way adjustable sign system for mounting to a shelf, the device comprising a frame having an upper rail, a lower rail, and a first and a second side bracket, the upper rail and the lower rail each having an inner and an outer rail, wherein the inner rail is slidably moveable within the outer rail, and wherein the first and second side brackets each have an inner and outer bracket wherein the inner bracket is slidably movable within the outer bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Patent number: 7854331
    Abstract: A display for a bicycle includes a mount, a support arm pivotally mounted to the mount for movement between a storage position and an access position, the support arm having a hanger thereon for hanging the bicycle therefrom, and a cylinder assembly including a dampening cylinder operably connected to the mount and to the support arm to dampen movement of the support arm and to return the support arm to the storage position. The cylinder assembly includes a locking member configured to lock the cylinder in a retracted position to maintain the support arm in the access position and to release the cylinder to permit the support arm to return to the storage position. A clamp arm is mounted to the support arm for pivoting between a securing position to secure the bicycle on the hanger when the support arm is in the storage position and a release position to allow for removing the bicycle from the hanger when the support arm is in the access position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Ouyang
  • Patent number: 7845101
    Abstract: A self-returning horizontal sign system mounts to an associated structure. The system sign includes an upper rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks and a lower rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks. A pair of panels extend between and span the upper and lower rails. Each panel has a carrier assembly mounted to an upper region thereof for cooperation with a respective front or rear track of the upper rail. The carrier assemblies have at least two rollers that are carried in the upper rail. The panels each move between an open position and a closed position. A closure formed as a pull box is associated each panel and includes a spool having a cable wrapped around it. The spool is rotatable to retract and extract the cable from about the spool. The closure includes a tension bias element operably connected to the spool to bias the spool to retract the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Thomas M. Conway, Paul C. Evans, Jeffrey C. Ouyang
  • Publication number: 20090321595
    Abstract: A shelf front mounting system mounts to the front of industry standard shelving. The shelf front mounting system holds product signage or advertising, strips or spines of merchandise product. The shelf front mounting system includes a flexible clip portion having an upper finger for contacting the shelf lower surface near the front edge of the shelf and a lower detent for engaging the shelf front at about the lower lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: CORMARK, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Fred G. Geiger
  • Publication number: 20090249668
    Abstract: A device for a two-way adjustable sign system for mounting to a shelf, the device comprising a frame having an upper rail, a lower rail, and a first and a second side bracket, the upper rail and the lower rail each having an inner and an outer rail, wherein the inner rail is slidably moveable within the outer rail, and wherein the first and second side brackets each have an inner and outer bracket wherein the inner bracket is slidably movable within the outer bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Publication number: 20090178984
    Abstract: A display for a bicycle includes a mount, a support arm pivotally mounted to the mount for movement between a storage position and an access position, the support arm having a hanger thereon for hanging the bicycle therefrom, and a cylinder assembly including a dampening cylinder operably connected to the mount and to the support arm to dampen movement of the support arm and to return the support arm to the storage position. The cylinder assembly includes a locking member configured to lock the cylinder in a retracted position to maintain the support arm in the access position and to release the cylinder to permit the support arm to return to the storage position. A clamp arm is mounted to the support arm for pivoting between a securing position to secure the bicycle on the hanger when the support arm is in the storage position and a release position to allow for removing the bicycle from the hanger when the support arm is in the access position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: CORMARK, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Ouyang
  • Patent number: 7475855
    Abstract: A mount for mounting a sign to the post of an associated structure includes a base element fixedly mounted to the post that defines a hinge region and a base plane, and a support arm having a shoulder mounted at the shoulder to the base element. The support arm is pivotable about the base element between a first position parallel to the base plane and a second position transverse to the base plane. A pair of springs extend between and connect the base element and the support arm. The base element and the support arm are engaged with one another, and are maintained engaged with one another, only by the tension of the springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans, Jeffrey C. Ouyang
  • Patent number: 7284740
    Abstract: A system for mounting a sign or graphic display to a structure allows rotation of the graphic display and provides for automatic return to the initial orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Thomas M. Conway, Paul Charle Evans, John Robert Visk
  • Publication number: 20070209252
    Abstract: A self-returning horizontal sign system mounts to an associated structure. The system sign includes an upper rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks and a lower rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks. A pair of panels extend between and span the upper and lower rails. Each panel has a carrier assembly mounted to an upper region thereof for cooperation with a respective front or rear track of the upper rail. The carrier assemblies have at least two rollers that are carried in the upper rail. The panels each move between an open position and a closed position. A closure formed as a pull box is associated each panel and includes a spool having a cable wrapped around it. The spool is rotatable to retract and extract the cable from about the spool. The closure includes a tension bias element operably connected to the spool to bias the spool to retract the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: CORMARK, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Thomas M. Conway, Paul C. Evans, Jeffrey C. Ouyang
  • Patent number: 7207542
    Abstract: A mount for securing an associated object such as a sign to a supporting structure having wall defining an opening therein and having an outer surface and an inner surface, includes a mounting element adapted to receive the object. The mounting element has a body having an opening therein that is defined by edges. The opening has a predetermined shape. The body has a pair of resilient fingers extending rearwardly from the body. The fingers define portions of the edges of the opening in the body. A wedge has a base and a pair of resilient legs depending from the base. The wedge has a predetermined shape adapted for receipt in the body opening. The legs each have a notch formed therein. The mounting element is positioned with the resilient fingers in the supporting structure wall opening with the fingers locked to the supporting structure wall and the wedge is received in the body opening to interfere with the mounting element fingers flexing inward, securing the mounting element to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Patent number: 7207536
    Abstract: A biased-assisted sign mounting system is for mounting a sign to a structure, that includes a vertical upright post having a face having a plurality of vertically extending, spaced apart openings. The mounting system includes a spine adapted to mount to the vertical post. The spine has a face portion. Upper and lower sign mount portions are mounted to the spine. At least one of the mount portions has a biasing element securing portion. Upper and lower arms are mounted to respective upper and lower sign mount portions. The arms each have a pivot defining collinear axes. One of the upper and lower arms has a biasing element securing portion. A biasing element operably connects one of the arms to its respective mount portion such that the arm is pivotal between first and second positions and is biased toward the first and second positions by the biasing element. A floating insert mounts the spine to the upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Patent number: 7191907
    Abstract: A safety net system is configured for mounting to a rack having a pair of spaced apart upstanding posts, in which the upstanding posts have open tops and holes formed in side walls thereof. The safety net system includes a pair of spaced apart uprights, upper and lower mounts operably connecting each upright to a respective rack post and an upper element extending between and mounted to the uprights at about an upper portion of the uprights. A net extends between and is mounted to the uprights and mounted to the upper element. The net is removably mounted to the uprights and to the upper elements and the uprights are variably mountable to the rack posts to vary a height of the net above the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Conway
  • Publication number: 20070028492
    Abstract: A mount for mounting a sign to the post of an associated structure includes a base element fixedly mounted to the post that defines a hinge region and a base plane, and a support arm having a shoulder mounted at the shoulder to the base element. The support arm is pivotable about the base element between a first position parallel to the base plane and a second position transverse to the base plane. A pair of springs extend between and connect the base element and the support arm. The base element and the support arm are engaged with one another, and are maintained engaged with one another, only by the tension of the springs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Applicant: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Paul Evans, Jeffrey Ouyang
  • Publication number: 20070002436
    Abstract: A system for mounting a sign or graphic display to a structure allows rotation of the graphic display and provides for automatic return to the initial orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Thomas M. Conway, Paul Charle Evans, John Robert Visk
  • Patent number: 7137606
    Abstract: An adjustable, channel-mount system for mounting a sign to a shelf includes a spring-loaded mounting bracket having a mounting portion moveably connected to a sign-holding portion and an elongated sign-holder. The sign-holding portion of the mounting bracket features at least one channel. At least one securing element configured for engagement with the at least one channel of the sign-holding portion of the mounting bracket is included on a back surface of the sign-holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Conway, Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Patent number: 7124993
    Abstract: A system for mounting a sign or graphic display to a structure allows rotation of the graphic display and provides for automatic return to the initial orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Thomas M. Conway, Paul Charle Evans, John Robert Visk
  • Patent number: 7114622
    Abstract: A display for supporting and displaying golf clubs is configured to support the golf clubs by their heads such that the club shaft is oriented downwardly. The display includes a support member and at least one cradle mounted to the support member. The cradle has first and second upwardly curving arcuate support arms separated from one another by a trough. Each of the support arms defines an uppermost portion with the trough between the support arms. The cradle is configured such that the support arms uppermost portions are non-linear relative to one another through the trough. The golf club is positioned in the cradle resting one the support arms and with the shaft extending downwardly from about the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Miranda, Mark F. Stanton, Rodrigo R. Dienstmann, Steven G. Dietrich, Fred G. Geiger, Jeffrey C. Ouyang, Mayur Patadia, Jerry J. Zablocki