Patents by Inventor Andrew Franzone

Andrew Franzone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200331293
    Abstract: The mount includes a base formed of a substantially planar side wall and a substantially planar bottom wall. The interior surfaces of the walls intersect at a right angle. Each of the walls has an opening. The wall openings together form a recess adapted to receive the wheel. A first notched protrusion extends from the side wall interior surface and is intended to be received in a slot adjacent a cut-out on the side wall of a container on which the mount is installed. A second protrusion, having two portions situated as an angle extends from the bottom wall interior surface of the mount and is intended to be received in a slot adjacent a cut-out on the bottom of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: ROBERT AHEARN, ERIC SEGER, ANDREW FRANZONE, JR.
  • Patent number: 10807412
    Abstract: The mount includes a base formed of a substantially planar side wall and a substantially planar bottom wall. The interior surfaces of the walls intersect at a right angle. Each of the walls has an opening. The wall openings together form a recess adapted to receive the wheel. A first notched protrusion extends from the side wall interior surface and is intended to be received in a slot adjacent a cut-out on the side wall of a container on which the mount is installed. A second protrusion, having two portions situated as an angle extends from the bottom wall interior surface of the mount and is intended to be received in a slot adjacent a cut-out on the bottom of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Ahearn, Eric Seger, Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200283204
    Abstract: Described herein is a packaging clip for releasably securing overlapping packaging panels to one another. The packaging clip includes a biasing element that helps restrain relative movement of the panels in a first configuration, and in a second configuration encourages their release and indicates such to a user. In an implementation, the biasing element is associated with a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a rigid portion that is engageable with each overlapping panel for limiting their relative movement in the first configuration. The locking mechanism is turnable or otherwise manipulateable to release the first and second panels. The biasing element can exert a biasing force that encourages exit of the locking structure, allowing the locking structure to protrude from the panels and provide a visual indication of the released state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Richard M. Estabrook, Matthew Elmer, Tso Hua Chao, Aysegul Kacar, Kyle Albert Paulus, Marc Drucker, Aaron Christopher Penn, Andrew Franzone, JR., Eric S. Seger, Robert Ahearn
  • Patent number: 10413091
    Abstract: The device is designed for use with a package having a header. The device includes a body having top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear edges. A hook extends from the top surface of the body and is adapted to engage the display. A front member extends downwardly from the front edge of the body. At least one rear member extends downwardly from the rear edge of the body. The front and rear members and the bottom surface of the body form a recess which is adapted to receive the header. A part engages the header between the front and rear members. The part extends from one member toward the header and includes an upwardly and inwardly inclined wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Ahearn, Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10377175
    Abstract: In order to form a mobile wheel base, a stem caster adapter or a wheel assembly are attached to the bottom of a platform support or a container such as a cardboard carton are provided. The adapter has a body with a cylindrical recess open at the bottom surface adapted to receive and engage the stem of the caster. In the wheel assembly, a wheel or roller is rotatably attached to the bottom of the body. Both the adapter and wheel assembly have a cylindrical member extending from the top surface of the body with oppositely extending protrusions forming a bayonet-type mount. The mount is received within an opening in the bottom of the platform support or container and then rotated to attach the adapter or wheel assembly to the platform support or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, Jr., Robert Ahearn, Eric Seger
  • Publication number: 20190150637
    Abstract: The device is designed for use with a package having a header. The device includes a body having top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear edges. A hook extends from the top surface of the body and is adapted to engage the display. A front member extends downwardly from the front edge of the body. At least one rear member extends downwardly from the rear edge of the body. The front and rear members and the bottom surface of the body form a recess which is adapted to receive the header. A part engages the header between the front and rear members. The part extends from one member toward the header and includes an upwardly and inwardly inclined wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: ROBERT AHEARN, ANDREW FRANZONE, JR.
  • Patent number: 9993094
    Abstract: A hook is provided for a merchandise display including a support wall having an opening. The hook includes a base. The base includes a first wall and a second wall. The base walls are substantially parallel to each other and spaced from each other by a distance at least as great as the thickness of the support wall. The hook extends from the first wall and is adapted to retain one or more merchandise items. The first wall has a central portion and oppositely directed, substantially coplanar sections extending from the central portion. The first wall is adapted to be inserted through the support wall opening from behind the support wall such that the support wall is situated between the first wall and the second wall. The hook is then rotated relative to the support wall to secure the base of the hook to the support wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, Jr., Robert Ahearn, Eric Seger
  • Publication number: 20180134074
    Abstract: In order to form a mobile wheel base, a stem caster adapter or a wheel assembly are attached to the bottom of a platform support or a container such as a cardboard carton are provided. The adapter has a body with a cylindrical recess open at the bottom surface adapted to receive and engage the stem of the caster. In the wheel assembly, a wheel or roller is rotatably attached to the bottom of the body. Both the adapter and wheel assembly have a cylindrical member extending from the top surface of the body with oppositely extending protrusions forming a bayonet-type mount. The mount is received within an opening in the bottom of the platform support or container and then rotated to attach the adapter or wheel assembly to the platform support or container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, JR., ROBERT AHEARN, ERIC SEGER
  • Patent number: 9839303
    Abstract: The device is designed to be suspended from a rack to display multiple packaged products. It includes an elongated flexible plastic body with multiple, uniformly spaced truncated elongated pyramid-like raised portions. The raised portions have top surfaces. An opening in each top surface is defined in part by an edge. A member with an unattached end portion extends from the edge, in alignment with the opening. The unattached edge portion of the member is spaced from the top surface. The member end is adapted to be received within an opening in a product package such that the package is supported by the device in a manner which provides easy loading of the device at the factory, efficient shipping of the loaded device to a retail establishment, easy removal of one or more packages from the device and in which at least a portion of each displayed package is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20170164722
    Abstract: The connector attaches pots to form an assembly. The connector includes a rigid part adapted to extend into the interior of a pot, a rigid exterior part adapted to extend between the pots and a moveable member, attached to the exterior part, having an unattached end spaced from the interior part. As the connector is mounted on a pot, the interior part is inserted into the pot interior and the upper portion of the pot pushes the unattached end of the moveable member away from the interior part. After the rim of the pot clears the unattached end of the moveable member, the end returns to its original position and lodges under the rim to secure the pot to the connector. A pot separating member extends downwardly between the pots and has one or more sets of outwardly extending arms which retain the pots in their upright orientation as the assembly is transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: STEVEN KUNREUTHER, ANDREW FRANZONE, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170065103
    Abstract: The device is designed to be suspended from a rack to display multiple packaged products. It includes an elongated flexible plastic body with multiple, uniformly spaced truncated elongated pyramid-like raised portions. The raised portions have top surfaces. An opening in each top surface is defined in part by an edge. A member with an unattached end portion extends from the edge, in alignment with the opening. The unattached edge portion of the member is spaced from the top surface. The member end is adapted to be received within an opening in a product package such that the package is supported by the device in a manner which provides easy loading of the device at the factory, efficient shipping of the loaded device to a retail establishment, easy removal of one or more packages from the device and in which at least a portion of each displayed package is visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Franzone, JR.
  • Patent number: 9149934
    Abstract: The connector includes a base and at least two pot engaging parts extending from the base. Each of the engaging parts has a surface adapted to face the wall of a pot, a first engaging member extending in a plane substantially parallel to, but spaced from, the engaging part surface, and two second engaging members extending in a direction opposite to the direction of the first part. The second engaging members are spaced from the first engaging member such that the wall of a pot may be situated between the first engaging member, on the one hand, and the two second engaging members, on the other hand. The second engaging members each have a pot wall contact portion. The contact portion of each of the second engaging members is inclined toward the first engaging member and away from the engaging part surface to accommodate the curvature of a pot wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AFTEX INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Steven Kunreuther, Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150108778
    Abstract: The connector includes a base and at least two pot engaging parts extending from the base. Each of the engaging parts has a surface adapted to face the wall of a pot, a first engaging member extending in a plane substantially parallel to, but spaced from, the engaging part surface, and two second engaging members extending in a direction opposite to the direction of the first part. The second engaging members are spaced from the first engaging member such that the wall of a pot may be situated between the first engaging member, on the one hand, and the two second engaging members, on the other hand. The second engaging members each have a pot wall contact portion. The contact portion of each of the second engaging members is inclined toward the first engaging member and away from the engaging part surface to accommodate the curvature of a pot wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Steven Kunreuther, Andrew Franzone, JR.
  • Patent number: 8827110
    Abstract: The handle end portions are attached to the tray by separate connectors. The tray has spaced openings to receive the connectors. Each connector has an anchor-shaped section which is received in a tray opening and a section which engages a handle end portion. The anchor-shaped section has arms which flex to permit the connector to be received in the tray opening and thereafter return to their extended position to cooperate with the tray to securely attach the connector to the tray and prevent free rotation of the connector. The handle engaging section includes a hook-shaped member which is received an opening in the handle end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Texpak, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, Jr., John Sperling
  • Publication number: 20130277381
    Abstract: The handle end portions are attached to the tray by separate connectors. The tray has spaced openings to receive the connectors. Each connector has an anchor-shaped section which is received in a tray opening and a section which engages a handle end portion. The anchor-shaped section has arms which flex to permit the connector to be received in the tray opening and thereafter return to their extended position to cooperate with the tray to securely attach the connector to the tray and prevent free rotation of the connector. The handle engaging section includes a hook-shaped member which is received an opening in the handle end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: Allen Field Company, Inc., Texpak, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, JR., John Sperling
  • Publication number: 20060161491
    Abstract: A customer receives a finance card and uses the card to purchase goods and/or services. Based on data compiled from the customer's use of the card the customer is offered an exclusive finance card and offered exclusive products or exclusive services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Franzone
  • Publication number: 20060161500
    Abstract: A customer provides funds for a banking process with sports league support. The banking process provides direct and indirect payment of funds to entities in the sports league, including a league sanctioning body, participants, non-league related recipients, owners affiliated with the league and league entities, sponsors affiliated with the league and league entities, indirect sources, and in some cases, customers and banks. The banking process also supports the linkage of indirect fund sources to the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Franzone
  • Patent number: D754529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: AFTEX INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Steven J. Kunreuther, Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Patent number: D856144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Ahearn, Andrew Franzone, Jr.
  • Patent number: D885909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ALLEN FIELD COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Franzone, Jr., Robert Ahearn, Eric Seger