Patents Examined by Jennifer E. Novosad
  • Patent number: 11871859
    Abstract: A display for displaying and positioning headwear may include a mounting plate configured to attach to a surface; a first arm extending from the mounting plate; a second arm attached to a distal end of the first arm; and a pair of fingers, each finger of the pair of fingers attached to a respective end of the second arm, wherein the second arm together with the pair of fingers is configured to support the headwear in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Everett Scott Morrison
  • Patent number: 11871858
    Abstract: The foldable shelf system comprises one or more unfolded sheets that may be folded to form a shelf system. The shelf system may be mounted on a wall and may be operable to display a publication and a token. The publication may be displayed while held in a vertical orientation. The token may be displayed while resting on a shelf. As non-limiting examples, the publication may be a comic book, a magazine such as a sports magazine, a journal, or a photograph. The token may be an action figure, autographed memorabilia such as an autographed baseball, or an award such as a trophy or a ribbon. The display of the publication and the token together on the shelf system may suggest an association between the publication and the token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Dustin Bledsoe
  • Patent number: 11871856
    Abstract: A pullout support assembly for merchandise display and dispensing modules positioned on a shelf, the pullout support assembly including a guide having two parallel guide walls adapted to attach to an underside of the shelf, the guide walls having two sets of aligned openings; two elongated guide members slidably positioned the aligned guide openings between a first position substantially entirely beneath the shelf and a second position pulled out with respect to the shelf, in which the guide members are adapted to support at least one merchandise display and dispensing module thereon; and a support connected to a front end of the guide members for moving the guide members between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Henschel-Steinau, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Luberto
  • Patent number: 11864650
    Abstract: A kit for mounting a wall-mounted bottle holder adapted to hold a plurality of bottles in display formation. The kit comprises a fascia panel (10) and a plurality of bottle holders (20). The bottle holders (20) are formed from a rigid wire or rod elongate member. The bottle holders (20) are able to be moulded, drawn or bent into a shape to support a bottle. Using a block (40), the bottle holders (20) are mounted on the fascia panel (10) so that each bottle holder (20) extends outwardly from an exposed fascia surface (10A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Francis R. Forrest
  • Patent number: 11858116
    Abstract: A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mechanic's Time Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn D. Winnard, Richard A. Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 11849839
    Abstract: A shelf storage system includes hang standards with slots arranged in rows, brackets connectable to the slots to suspend them in a cantilevered manner from the hang standards, and shelves adapted to be supported by brackets when suspended on spaced-apart hang standards. On the bottom side of a shelf are connectors at fixed locations for connecting the shelf to brackets when spaced a predetermined bracket-to-bracket distance apart. The hang standards have a plurality screw holes to connect the hang standard vertically on a vertical surface, such as a wall. The distance between at least two such screw holes corresponds to the predetermined bracket-to-bracket distance. To mark locations to install hang standards with proper spacing for brackets suspended from them to connect with the shelf, one of the hang standards is placed horizontally on the vertical surface to mark locations for the hang standards using the screw holes, thus simplifying installation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11849866
    Abstract: A display capable of being constructed from panels, shelving, racks, fixtures, endcaps, stands, or other implements. The display may include planar panels capable of being folded and assembled into a serving stadium having a tiered structure for displaying food and other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey G. Walper
  • Patent number: 11849864
    Abstract: The retail merchandise tray has a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail form a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locates the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11839316
    Abstract: A cellulosic display structure includes a plurality of sidewall panels having a central panel. The central panel has a first central surface and an opposing second central surface. The plurality of sidewall panels further includes a first sidewall panel having at least one hook feature. A cellulosic display system includes a cellulosic display. The cellulosic display has a plurality of slots. The cellulosic display system further includes at least one cellulosic display structure. The at least one cellulosic display structure has a plurality of sidewall panels. The plurality of sidewall panels includes a central panel. The central panel has a first central surface and an opposing second central surface. The plurality of sidewall panels further includes a first sidewall panel. The first sidewall panel includes at least one hook feature. The cellulosic display structure is engageable with at least one slot of the plurality of slots of the cellulosic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan M. Fenerty
  • Patent number: 11832737
    Abstract: A product divider assembly includes a rail and a divider. The rail includes a front surface having a plurality of first teeth and a rear surface formed on an opposite side of the rail from the front surface. The divider includes a base having a bottom side including plurality of second teeth facing the plurality of first teeth of the rail and one or more biasing members engaging the rear surface of the rail to bias the rail in a direction towards the plurality of first teeth. The divider is operable to be pulled in an opposite direction from the biasing force to disengage the first teeth from the second teeth to allow the divider to be translated along the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Michael Eric Liedtke, Shane Obitts, James Bacnik, William H. Walker
  • Patent number: 11832721
    Abstract: A structural system for the modular construction of shelves includes a set of elongate vertical supports, a set of frames and a set of connectors. The vertical supports have at least one axially extending row of holes, the frames have four struts, and the connectors are designed to be introduced into a hole a vertical support and secured to a mounting corner piece of a frame. The structural system is designed such that, in an assembled state, a frame of the set of frames is secured by its mounting corner pieces to four vertical supports via a relevant connector, two respective neighboring vertical supports that are connected to one another via one of the struts of the at least one frame define a support plane, and the four struts of the at least one frame lie outside the support planes defined by the four vertical supports connected to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: VISPLAY GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Jerabek, Marco Sander
  • Patent number: 11826896
    Abstract: A support rack and method of manufacture thereof are provided for retaining a power hand tool or a battery pack on a wall surface. The support rack when configured for storing a power hand tool includes a mounting panel for connection to the wall surface, a support panel that extends from the mounting panel, and at least one projecting structure that extends upwardly from the support panel. The projecting structure is customized in shape and size to releasably engage in a close frictional fit with at least one corresponding interface element (aperture or slot) provided on the power hand tool. The support rack is integrally formed as a unitary piece from a plastic material and thus includes no metallic or conductive components configured to provide power or electrical charging to the power hand tool (or battery pack), thereby providing a reliable physical support for same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Matthias Keller
  • Patent number: 11826183
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a rigid body. The rigid body may include a top portion with a holding component, a middle portion connected to the top portion, and a bottom portion connected to the top portion via the middle portion. The apparatus may include a stabilizing unit connected to the rigid body and a mounting unit connected to the rigid body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jennifer Sage Hovekamp
  • Patent number: 11806860
    Abstract: A tool hanging system. The tool hanging system includes a power tool having a mount receiving portion. A mounting attachment is engaged with the mount receiving portion. The mounting attachment includes a first portion adjacent to the power tool and an overhang portion spaced apart from and opposite the first portion. A groove is located between the first portion and the overhang portion. The mounting attachment also includes a peg board projection, the peg board projection projecting away from the power tool and past the overhang portion. The peg board projection engages with a pegboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Velderman, Daniel J. White, Gregg L. Sheddy, Michael P. Kunz, Eric D. Scherbarth
  • Patent number: 11805927
    Abstract: A jewelry display apparatus comprising a plurality of arms, each arm displaying a different piece of jewelry. The arms can be closed to provide an attractive display for showing the plurality of jewelry next to each other or spread apart from each other to allow the customer to view the jewelry in isolation. The arms are joined together at a common pivot point about which the arms rotate with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEJURI Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Carwardine, Adrienna Matzeg
  • Patent number: 11805926
    Abstract: A shelving display formed from a blank of material including a plurality of shelves formed from a first shelf component and a second shelf component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Mike Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11802366
    Abstract: A drying rack includes a base slab and elongated members having a first end and a second end. The second end is bifurcated with a first branch and a second branch. The elongated members have a stored position, with a second end of each of the elongated members inserted into a slot in the base slab with the first branch engaging a first face of the base slab, the second branch engaging a second face of the base slab and the first end of each elongated member maintained in the slot by friction. The elongated members have an operative position, with the elongated members arranged in an upright orientation relative to first face of the base slab. When the elongated members are inserted into openings in the base slab, the bifurcated second end is too large to pass through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Brett D. Bickerton
  • Patent number: 11800928
    Abstract: A product display unit is for displaying products and includes base with a body extending between the base ends and the base sides. A base further includes a first rib and a second rib each extending from the body in a first vertical direction and defining a channel defined therein. A slot vertically extends through the body and is vertically aligned with the channel. A pair of projections extend from the body in a second vertical direction opposite the first vertical direction and define a void therebetween. The projections and the void are in vertical alignment with the first rib. A divider having a bottom side and a tab extending in the second vertical direction from the bottom side is coupled to the base. The tab includes transversely extending barb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Gatto, Marty Illers, John D. Connell
  • Patent number: 11800939
    Abstract: Modular sweep detectors, systems, and methods for securing items of merchandise from theft and are provided. In one example, a modular sweep detector includes a housing configured to engage a pusher of a pusher device and a sensor configured to engage a biasing member of the pusher device. The biasing member is configured to be biased in response to movement of the pusher. The sensor is configured to detect movement of the pusher for determining if a predetermined number of items of merchandise have been removed from the pusher device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Grant, Gary A. Taylor, David N. Berglund
  • Patent number: 11793589
    Abstract: A surgical stand may include a vertical pole portion with a securing clamp junction holding a horizontal pole in a fixed position with respect to the vertical pole, and the horizontal pole includes a plate interface including a number of securing mechanisms for holding surgical instruments against the plate interface, and a number of rings disposed along the horizontal pole on both sides of the plate interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Samuel Saleeb