Patents Assigned to Griffin Group, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6543166
    Abstract: A holder is made from flexible material and is held in tracks of a conventional reader board. The holder has upper and lower edges that lie in a common plane and are normally separated by a first distance. A middle region lies forward of the common plane. The middle region includes channels having downwardly converging surfaces for removably receiving a decoration with similarly converging sides in wedging engagement. At removal, a person uses a suction cup to grip the decoration. Force applied to the suction cup pushes the decoration and the holder middle region toward the reader board, causing the holder middle region to flex and increase the distance between the upper and lower edges of the holder, hence moving the edges farther into the reader board tracks. The holder lower edge is then unable to slide upwardly and come out of the reader board and fall on the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Griffin Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan G. Griffin
  • Patent number: 6216375
    Abstract: A sign decoration system enables large eye-catching decorations to be mounted in conventional display panels that typically can accommodate only relatively small alpha-numeric character plates. The sign decoration system comprises the decoration as well as a connector. The connector may comprise two components: a holder held in a display panel track, and a tab secured to the decoration. The connector tab is inserted into the connector to mount the sign decoration system to the display panel. In a modified embodiment, the decoration is permanently secured directly to a single-piece connector. In another embodiment, the connector has downwardly converging channels that interchangeably receive mating edges of different decorations. In a further modified embodiment, a large decoration spans and is held simultaneously in two tracks of the display panel without any connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Griffin Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan G. Griffin