Patents by Inventor Asa V. Brown, Jr.

Asa V. Brown, Jr. 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).

  • Automatic forward-feed shelf
    Patent number: 4239099
    Abstract: In a gravity-feed shelf having an endless flexible conveyor belt supporting a plurality of articles arranged in a column and automatically feeding the articles in said column forward in a columnwise direction when the foremost article in the column is removed, one or more frictional pads are located at a position underneath said conveyor belt and are responsive to the presence of an article on said belt and above said position, for stopping the movement of said belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Williams, Asa V. Brown, Jr.
  • Display with movable indicia
    Patent number: 4090315
    Abstract: A support for use in a movable indicia display comprises a series of at least three substantially identical panels arranged in edge-to-edge adjoining relationship in a plane, each panel having a first guide channel formed along one edge and located on one side of the plane and a second guide channel formed along the opposite edge and located on the other side of the plane, the non-adjacent guide channels of adjoining panels facing each other to provide a guide for the opposite edges of indicia-carrying means located therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: Hopeman Brothers, Inc.
    Inventors: Asa V. Brown, Jr., James Marshall Suttles