Patents Examined by Cary Stone
  • Patent number: 4432151
    Abstract: A display apparatus for displaying a plurality of advertisements comprising a base, which holds condiments and comprising a plurality of condiment holding sections separated from each other by the display apparatus, support members on the base for displaying a plurality of business cards with each of the business cards facing in a different respective direction. The cards are removably mounted and the display apparatus is mounted for movement relative to the base to change the direction in which a given business card faces. A transparent cover, removably mounted to the display apparatus, protects the business cards on the display apparatus and comprises a single integral member comprising a hollow, vertically disposed tube having four walls and having a rectangular horizontal cross-section. A plurality of vertically disposed support members or sections each facing in a different respective direction are protectively covered by the transparent tube. At least one business card is mounted to each support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1984
    Inventor: Stanley Morris
  • Patent number: 4422253
    Abstract: A display device wherein a pleated sheet is retained in a carrier defining opposed pockets receiving the opposite ends of the pleated sheet. Stops are provided at opposite sides of the carrier for engagement by opposite side portions of the pleated sheet for limiting lateral expansion of the pleated sheet. The spacing between the stops is preselected to maintain the folds of the pleated sheet suitably compressed to have a height substantially equal to the depth of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Rapid Mounting & Finishing Company
    Inventor: Marion G. Babberl