Patents Examined by Cassandra H. Davis
  • Patent number: 6363643
    Abstract: An adjustable sign mount and graphic for mounting to an associated display includes a spine, a mounting bracket and a graphic. The spine has an elongated dimension and is formed having a bracket channel and a graphic channel. Each the bracket channel and the graphic channel include a plurality of support walls transverse to the spine elongated dimension and a plurality of locking walls parallel to the spine elongated dimension and extending respectively from the support walls to define bracket channel and graphic channel upper and lower locking walls. The bracket channel and graphic channel upper and lower locking walls define bracket and graphic spine openings, respectively, in the bracket and graphic channels. The mounting bracket has a first end mountable to the associated display and a second end defining a mounting portion that is configured for insertion into one of the bracket spine openings and lockingly engagable with opposing upper and lower bracket locking walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Cormark, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Padiak, Paul C. Evans
  • Patent number: 6360464
    Abstract: A sales display device is formed as a thin, flat, magnetically inert panel disposed in an upright disposition. The panel has embedded therewithin a plurality of ferrous articles located at uniform intervals across the display surface of the display panel and concealed from view. Preferably, a positioning sheet is employed with positioning openings defined therethrough. The positioning sheet is located directly against the front surface of the display panel. Magnetic articles, such as magnetic ball marker attracting patches, golf divot tools bearing magnets, golf ball markers having magnets therein, and other small objects containing one or more magnets can be displayed on the display device merely by bringing the magnetic articles into contact with the display board at the positioning openings defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: John R. Tate
  • Patent number: 6357151
    Abstract: This invention deals with an ornamental display receptacle which has a transparent envelope which contains a clear fluid and a particulate such as artificial snow or leaves or the like, which is suspendable in the fluid upon agitation, thus simulating falling snow, leaves or the like, and which includes a power driven agitator which will maintain the particulate in suspension so long as the motor is in the ON. The particulate will be at rest in the display receptacle when the motor driven agitator is not operating. An ornament, such as a house or an individual or the like, will be positioned in the receptacle to enhance the simulation of activity around the ornamental object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Wang Sing Yuen
  • Patent number: 6351904
    Abstract: A light string display includes a plurality of lighted picture frames, where each picture frame includes a frame having a rear flange and a front border defining an interior viewing area. Each picture frame also includes a back plate, an electric lamp, a hanger, a stand, and a mount. The back plate is receivable in the flange for holding a display item between the frame and the back plate in the interior viewing area, and the mount is fixable to the back plate for supporting the electric lamp, and for providing electrical connection to the electric lamp. The mount selectively supports the hanger in an extended/exposed position for hanging the frame on an external support structure; the mount also selectively supports the stand in an extended position for supporting the frame in an upright orientation on a support surface. Wiring connects respective mounts of the picture frames in series and electrically connects respective electric lamps of the picture frames to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Mr. Christmas, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Hermanson
  • Patent number: 6349493
    Abstract: A wristband is specifically constructed for use in amusement parks having amusement rides or exhibits on or at which human patrons are likely to have the exteriors of their bodies come into contact with chemically treated water, to facilitate purchase of goods or services. The wristband includes a strip of waterproof paper which is tear resistant but will tear completely if subjected to a force which would jeopardize the safety of the wearer in an amusement park environment. Bar coding (e.g. base thirty-six) indicia is imaged on a first face of the strip, and a protective coating (e.g. clear varnish and a transparent matte laminate) is provided over the bar code indicia protecting it from chemically treated water. Aggressive permanent pressure sensitive adhesive is provided at a slitted first end of the strip for securely attaching the ends together so that if they are detached they are not effectively reattachable, and the detachment is clearly visible to the naked human eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Newman, Robert A. Praechter
  • Patent number: 6349494
    Abstract: A display apparatus for a display has first member with four sides. The display apparatus includes a transparent restraining member mounted centrally within the four sides of the first member. A second member having four sides and a back is rotatably interconnected with the first member such that the first member can articulate between a first position and a second position. The display apparatus includes holding devices for holding the display as the first member moves from the first to the second position and back to the first position. At least one biasing device exerts an urging pressure for urging the display against the transparent restraining member when the first member is in the first position. The biasing device is preferably a compressible material with memory. The material lies adjacent to the display, distributing the urging pressure along a continuous portion of the display, substantially from one edge to an opposing edge, while the first member is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Donna J. Haggarty-Robbins
  • Patent number: 6347472
    Abstract: A framed mirror with means for attachment of personal items including a frame member comprised of an outer periphery disposed around a hollow interior. The hollow interior has a mirror portion disposed therein. The outer periphery has a plurality of apertures therein in a spaced relationship extending around an entirety of the outer periphery. A plurality of securement strips are provided with each being adapted for securement to the outer periphery of the frame member. The securement strips each have a front surface and a back surface. The back surface has at least one protrusion extending outwardly therefrom for being received within the apertures of the outer periphery of the frame member in an engaged orientation. The front surface has securement means thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Inventor: Ana M. Dominguez
  • Patent number: 6345458
    Abstract: A rotatable outdoor public information display device is provided for displaying bus schedules, advertising and the like, adaptable for mounting on an existing pole. The device comprises dome-shaped top and bottom caps and a main cylinder and is rotatable on lock plates fixedly attached to the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Inventor: Roudolf Garibian
  • Patent number: 6345459
    Abstract: A merchandise display guard and seal system which uses a generally flat elongated flexible strip having a thickness and a pair of side edges defining a width, the width being substantially larger than the thickness. The strip includes a first fold line which is substantially parallel to one of the side edges and which provides a flexible section for dividing the strip into a sidewall section and a seal section; and a scored section, the scored section being at an angle to the first fold line and extending from one of the side edges, along the seal section towards the fold line, so that folding the strip along the first fold line and severing the scored section provides flexibility to the sidewall section, so that upon folding the sidewall section towards the seal section the sidewall section forms a concave boundary about the seal section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Martinez, Douglas Cotter
  • Patent number: 6341437
    Abstract: A memorial assembly is provided including a post, an encasement mounted on the post with a compartment therein, and a photograph mount situated in the compartment of the encasement for holding a photograph therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventors: Joyce L. Heiling, Daniel G. Heiling
  • Patent number: 6334270
    Abstract: A structure of an adornment includes a base, a disk projected upward from the base, a rotatable transparent circular container positioned in front of the disk and drove by a motor inside the disk, a clock, a microphone and a pair of swivel buttons located in front of the base and connected to a battery chamber via the electrical circuit inside the base. The container contains two kinds of liquids of different specific gravities, and a buoy in the liquids. A painting a concentrical locus and a plurality of small windows in the back of the container, thereby rotation of the container provides great fun on the sense of sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Inventor: Fu-Chung Ko
  • Patent number: 6332283
    Abstract: A price totem includes a carriage for carrying the display numbers at one or more vertical spaced number locations. The carriage has upper and lower portions which can be collapsed relative to each other enabling the construction of a large carriage which can still have its numbers changed at a single number changing station, which is accessible at ground level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Bribex Limited
    Inventor: Timothy Mark Archer
  • Patent number: 6324777
    Abstract: A static cling calendars and the like which provides an electrostatic swingable cover which will attract a sheet underlying the cover so that when the cover is swung, the underlying sheet will be picked up by the cover to expose the underside of the sheet as well as the next succeeding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventor: Chi Lung Ngan
  • Patent number: 6321474
    Abstract: A signage apparatus has a storage magazine of cartridges which may be individually displayed as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventor: Chad Pearson
  • Patent number: 6301814
    Abstract: A display for a flexible head toothbrush includes a first representation of a first bristled portion of a toothbrush head and a second representation of a second bristled portion of a toothbrush head. The first representation is interconnected with the second representation by a mechanical linkage. The mechanical linkage provides oscillatory pivotal movement of the second representation with respect to the first representation. The mechanical linkage is preferably an electromagnet motor, such as a self-starting swinging apparatus, powered by a solar cell. The second representation preferably depicts a tip end of the toothbrush head, while the first representation depicts a remaining portion of the toothbrush head. The display may also include a third representation of at least a portion of a toothbrush handle extending from the first representation. Further, the display may include a support having shelves that hold actual toothbrushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Baxter
  • Patent number: 6298592
    Abstract: A display device for displaying sheet-like materials from opposite sides of the device comprises two planar panels. Each of the panels are made of a transparent material, and the two panels are hinged together along respective, corresponding side edges thereof. The panels can thus be moved from a first position in which the panels lie substantially side-by-side to a second position in which the panels pivot about a hinge axis of the hinged sides of the panels to fan apart in a manner similar to adjacent pages of a book. Strips of hook and pile attachment materials are adhered to facing edges of the panels so that when the panels are in their first position, the strips of hook and pile attachment materials engage each other along the mutually respective side edges of the panels to firmly hold the panels in their side-by-side, overlying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Inventor: Siegfried E Baier
  • Patent number: 6298588
    Abstract: A display apparatus combines a product display container and a plurality of light controlled light sources, wherein the light sources operate to create a visual image advertising the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Kohne Ingenieur büro, GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jörg Remitz, Marcus Kohne
  • Patent number: 6295749
    Abstract: An ornamental display toy, which includes a transparent container supported on a base and filled with a chemical liquid, a magnetic stirrer mounted in the container and driven to stir up the liquid, a motor drive formed of a motor and a transmission mechanism and controlled by a control circuit to turn the magnetic stirrer on its own axis and to revolve the magnetic stirrer around the longitudinal central axis of the container, causing a variable whirlpool to be produced in the liquid inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Inventor: Yung Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 6286238
    Abstract: A security system for a license plate, vanity plate or tag includes a bracket for mounting on a vehicle in the space conventionally supporting license plates and a lockable frame interfitting therewith. The bracket has at least one slot for engaging a tab carried by the frame, and another slot for engaging a locking member extending from a lock. The frame has apertures for supporting a license plate, and the frame and license plate are readily removable as a unit for storage in a high security area to prevent theft of the license plate, as well as to deter the installation of an unauthorized license plate as often hapens when the vehicle will be stolen. The system can be mounted with the lock on the top or bottom side, and one embodiment includes an open area in the frame opposite the lock. The lock is preferably a cam lock and is positioned to deter tampering. A bracket has upper and lower planar portions which may be angled with respect to a main planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Curtis L. Harrington
  • Patent number: 6282825
    Abstract: An adjustable display panel having one or more individual sign elements slidably mounted between partitioning elements attached laterally to the frame. In one embodiment, a plurality of partitioning elements are magnetically attached to the frame using a series of apertures in the frame. The partitioning elements each include a sliding track or groove for slidably receiving one edge of the sign elements therein. A removable stop element is provided on at least one side of the frame to permit easy access to the sign elements in order to facilitate modification or replacement thereof. The sign elements of the present invention further comprise a front and rear portion, these portions being separable from one another. The front portion of the sign element, which contains graphic images or writing, may be separated from the rear portion and replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Don Godfrey, Amal Godfrey