Patents Assigned to William R. Apel
  • Publication number: 20020030139
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately &Dgr;7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Applicant: William R. Apel
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau
  • Patent number: 6126112
    Abstract: An advertising placard (20) having a substrate (30) and coloration material (34) is utilized to provide an unobtrusive and nondistracting advertisement on internal viewing surfaces (22) in commercial aircraft passenger cabins (24). The substrate (30) is preferably thin and transparent, and the coloration material (34) preferably has substantially the same color hue as the viewing surface (22) to which it is applied. Further, the coloration material (34) preferably has a color lightness within approximately .DELTA.7 of the color lightness of the viewing surface (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: William R. Apel
    Inventors: William R. Apel, Thomas C. LeTourneau