Patents Assigned to L.A. Darling Company
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Patent number: 8613365Abstract: An upright assembly for a shelving system includes a tubular upper upright section having a bottom end portion, a rail assembly and a base assembly having a top end portion and a tubular lower upright section. The base assembly is adapted to stand on a surface and the top end portion of the lower upright section of the base assembly is connected to the bottom end portion of the upper upright section. An insert blade assembly connector including a blade and an alignment plate is positioned within the tubular upper and lower upright sections. The rail assembly is connected to the upper upright section and the lower upright section of the base assembly to strengthen the connection between the upper upright section and the base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: L.A. Darling Company, LLCInventors: Taft O'Quinn, Michael Martin, Val-Jean Duchene
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Patent number: 6520353Abstract: A shelf system having a shelf and a bracket. The bracket and shelf interlock to form a snap together unit. The shelf has a channel formed along each of its lateral edges, and each channel extends from the front to the rear of the shelf. The channel is downwardly facing. A tab is lanced out of the side wall of the shelf, and positioned within the channel to form an interference member. A whole is punched in the bracket to cooperate with the tab and the webbed material between the hole and the upper edge of the bracket interferes with the tab, thereby preventing removal of the bracket from the channel after the bracket is assembled to the shelf. The side wall of the shelf is flexible to allow insertion of the bracket beyond the tab. Additionally, secondary engagement means is provided between the lower edge of each rib on the shelf and a support finger on the bracket after the brackets are inserted into the channels of the shelf, the brackets are firmly attached to the shelf.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: L.A.Darling CompanyInventor: Eric A. Fulbright
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Patent number: 6220461Abstract: A slant shelf system features a slatwall with slats separated by grooves. Each groove contains two or more channels. An adapter clip features two or more slits and a lip sized to engage the channels. A shelf features side, front and rear walls. The rear wall includes a flange attached to its upper end. Tabs extend down from the flange and are sized to engage the slits of the adapter clips. By selectively positioning the lip of the adapter clips in the channels of the slatwall and the tabs of the shelf into the slits of the adapter clip, the shelf may be mounted at various tilt angles with respect to the slatwall.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: L.A. Darling CompanyInventor: Robert P. Dickinson
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Patent number: 6216884Abstract: A portable fabric bolt hanger in the form of a substantially planar frame includes an upper portion, a body portion, and a base. The upper and body portions fit inside the hollow core tube of a fabric bolt, so that the fabric bolt is supported by the base. A handhold and a hanging hook are formed in the upper portion so that the fabric bolt hanger supporting a fabric bolt may be easily handled and may be hung from conventional display racks. Hinges are provided in the hanger allowing the hanger to be folded and its length thereby adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: L.A. Darling CompanyInventors: Larry K. Terry, D. Deane Allinson, Robert S. Old
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Patent number: D681981Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: L.A. Darling Company LLCInventors: Charles J. Sharpe, Gregory O C Ota
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Patent number: D682410Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: L.A. Darling Company LLCInventor: James Hester
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Patent number: D683160Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: L.A. Darling Company LLCInventors: Eric V. Williams, Gregory O. C. Ota
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Patent number: D701405Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: L.A Darling Company LLCInventors: Gregory R. Pace, Lance A. Engebretson
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Patent number: D706064Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: L.A. Darling CompanyInventors: Gregory O. C. Ota, Kyle Basarich, John Dealy
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Patent number: D707067Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: L.A. Darling CompanyInventors: Kyle Basarich, Gregory O. C. Ota, John Dealy
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Patent number: D713955Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: L.A. Darling CompanyInventors: James Hester, Randy R. Guthrie