Patents by Inventor Edward A. Maass

Edward A. Maass 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: 20110039446
    Abstract: An extension cord holder for holding an electrical extension cord. It has a base that includes a vertical component or leg, a standoff at the top of the leg, the standoff being generally horizontal. A slotted portion of the base runs from the removed end of the standoff down to the lower end of the leg of the base, where it makes a generally acute angle therewith. The slotted portion has a multiplicity of slots, each slot will engage one course of a looped or coiled extension cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Kermit Edward Maass
  • Patent number: 4112598
    Abstract: A board and plaques detachably securable thereto. The plaques are miniaturized versions of packaged merchandise as viewed from the front. The board is imprinted with two-dimensional miniaturized representations of shelves and/or partitions marking off shelf sections. The plaques are temporarily positioned on the board in a selected layout in simulation of full sized displays of the merchandise in order to facilitate stocking the shelves and/or re-arranging the shelves and/or vertical partitions. The board includes a laminar ferromagnetic panel and the plaques include magnets. Alternatively, a disruptible adhesive may be used to attach the plaques to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: Magnecorp, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Maass, William A. Stoneberg