Patents by Inventor Derek Alan Wilkes

Derek Alan Wilkes 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).

  • Attachment bracket for a shelf-edge display system
    Patent number: 6622410
    Abstract: An adapter clip for receiving an auxiliary rail having an upper slot and a lower slot, the adapter clip being shaped to be received in a shelf edge having an upper and lower groove. The adapter clip includes an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper and lower flanges being shaped to be received in the upper and lower groove, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the shelf edge. The adapter clip further includes an upper tang and a lower tang, the upper and lower tangs being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the auxiliary rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Alan Wilkes, Thomas R. Kruer, David Kenneth Memke, Jon Charles Heisler, William H. McMahon
  • ATTACHMENT BRACKET FOR A SHELF-EDGE DISPLAY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020146282
    Abstract: An adapter clip for receiving an auxiliary rail having an upper slot and a lower slot, the adapter clip being shaped to be received in a shelf edge having an upper and lower groove. The adapter clip comprises an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper and lower flanges being shaped to be received in the upper and lower groove, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the shelf edge. The adapter clip further comprises an upper tang and a lower tang, the upper and lower tangs being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the auxiliary rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: DEREK ALAN WILKES, THOMAS R. KRUER, DAVID KENNETH MEMKE, JON CHARLES HEISLER, WILLIAM H. MCMAHON