Patents by Inventor David C F Stoddard

David C F Stoddard 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).

  • Patent number: 5190211
    Abstract: A snack display is formed from a unitary blank. The blank includes a plurality of parallel spaced apart cross pieces together with a pair of side pieces foldably joined to opposite ends of the cross pieces respectively. The side pieces are of arcuate cross sectional configuration and planar panels are foldably joined to edges of the side pieces which are remote from the cross pieces. Outer edges of the planar panels which are remote from the side pieces are joined together and a plurality of shelves are foldably joined respectively to the cross pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr
  • Patent number: 5161699
    Abstract: A collapsible display stand which comprises a plurality of boxes and a base structure. Each box has an end wall, top and bottom walls, and a pair of side walls. These walls of each box define an internal space for accommodating products. The end wall of each box closes a first end of the box. Each box has a second end opposite the first end. The boxes are fixedly stacked one on top of another to form a stair structure wherein each box is secured at its botttom wall near the first end thereof to the top wall of the lower adjacent box near the second end of the lower adjacent box. Each box has at least one opening for permitting access to its internal space. The base structure is separably engaged with one or more of the boxes, and supports the stair structure in a tilted manner such that the first end of each box is lower than the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James Hanna, David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr, Jeffrey J. Jarmuz, Donald R. Jones, Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Patent number: 5016527
    Abstract: For an outdoor display of items for sale and for protecting such items against environmental elements such as dust, dirt, moisture, sunlight and temperature variations and the like, a lightweight box-like structure is formed of radiation reflecting material and is provided with venting apertures and includes manually movable transparent closure means formed in at least one side wall of the enclosing structure for affording ready visibility and access to items disposed within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Spamer, J. David Robertson, David C. F. Stoddard, James L. Hanna
  • Patent number: 5016761
    Abstract: In a transportable display module for a plurality of containers, a base member supports a first layer of containers, and a plurality of layers each comprising a tier sheet alternate with a plurality of layers of containers. The tier sheets are identical, with a circumferential skirt surrounding each tier sheet. The top surface of each tier sheet includes an array of container bottom receiving recesses. The bottom surface includes an array of container top receiving recesses disposed concentric with the bottom receiving recesses. Each tier sheet has about its circumferential skirt an outwardly extending flange, and the module is surrounded by plastic film. The base member is a single piece including an upper portion having an additional one of the tier sheets, with a lower portion affixed thereto and including a plurality of supporting legs. Overlay sheets provide for loading other forms of containers, and a cap sheet enabling stacking of multiple modules is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, James D. Robertson, William S. Spamer, James Hanna, Randall E. Bailey, Dennis E. Parham
  • Patent number: 4946032
    Abstract: A display cooler for cold drinks and the like includes support stand, a bin formed of insulating material and mounted atop the support stand together with an open ended enclosure including vertical panels arranged in cross sectional configuration which is complementary to that of the bin and which is disposed about the support stand and the bin and in snug relation therewith, a decorative design on the exterior surfaces of at least some of the walls of the cooler for use in enhancing the attractiveness thereof and if desired for use for brand name identification. The enclosure is secured to the support stand and a plurality of decorative brand name identifying panels may be arranged in overlying relation with the walls of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Randall E. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4669208
    Abstract: A holder for manually adjustable self-coiling tapes is mounted on shelf moldings in retail outlets by means of a pair of gripping edges projecting from the base of the holder the space between which may be varied by means of an adapter and which are engaged by a pair of spaced gripping ledges forming integral parts of the shelf molding the space between which may vary, the adapter unit having a pair of angularly related strips and being interrelated with a holder gripping edge so as to afford an additional edge to be gripped by one gripping ledge of the shelf molding. According to one embodiment of the invention a removable yieldable insert is provided for mounting on the holder and includes projections on opposite edges thereof for engaging opposite edges of the tapes thereby to position the tapes longitudinally of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: David C. F. Stoddard
  • Patent number: 4361241
    Abstract: A hanger strip is mounted on a rectilinear tubular hanger bar and includes a series of equally spaced duplicate projections longitudinally aligned along the strip which define a series of duplicate recesses therebetween for receiving the curved hooks of hangers. The recesses are oriented parallel to one another and at an angle other than a right angle with respect to the length of the strip so that the hooks of the hangers supported in the recesses are oriented parallel to one another and skewed at an acute angle with respect to the length of the strip. When the hanger bar is oriented in an inclined attitude, the strip is positioned slightly to one side of the upper surface of the hanger bar so that the two support areas of each recess of the strip are level with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: Abrams Fixture Corporation
    Inventor: David C. F. Stoddard
  • Patent number: D247085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: Abrams Fixture Corporation
    Inventor: David C. F. Stoddard
  • Patent number: D295195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: David C. F. Stoddard
  • Patent number: D317844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Randall E. Bailey
  • Patent number: D319849
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, James D. Robertson
  • Patent number: D327097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, James D. Robertson
  • Patent number: D333748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr