Patents by Inventor Eric F. Henry

Eric F. Henry 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: 6357606
    Abstract: A modular merchandise display system that is adaptable to accommodate various size products and shelves on which it is implemented. The modular merchandise display system includes a plurality of product pushing assemblies that are selectively connected to each other using adjustable connection devices. The selective connection of the product pushing assemblies provides the user with the ability to vary the size and spacing between product pushing assemblies and thereby enable the accommodation of products of varying size within the same merchandise display system. A break off system is also implemented into the respective parts of the display system to enable the depth of the system to be altered to accommodate shelves of varying depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: HMG Worldwide In-Store Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric F. Henry
  • Patent number: 6129218
    Abstract: A surface mounted display device for serially stacked products, the display device including a first support member, a second support member and at least one divider member removably mounted between the two support members. The divider member has a web to which a pusher plate is movably attached. A guide arrangement is provided on the web for guiding the pusher plate. A spring biases the pusher plate toward one end of the display. Products are stacked between the pusher plate and the first support. When a product is removed, the pusher plate, being biased toward the first support member, advances the next product to the front of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Henry, Michael Senetra
  • Patent number: 6062399
    Abstract: A merchandise display system for mounting on and to virtually any merchandise display frame, and in particular an existing gondola, having at least two horizontally spaced-apart mounting stanchions each having a plurality of apertures defined therein. The display system includes a universal mount with two universal brackets that are carried by a crossbar and that are selectively movable on and along the crossbar for alignment with the stanchion apertures. Once the universal brackets are so adjusted, the universal mount may be secured to the existing display frame by engaging the universal brackets with the aligned apertures. A frame assembly including a PEGBOARD.RTM. is then removably secured to the universal mount to complete the inventive merchandise display system. The configuration of the PEGBOARD.RTM. i.e., the size, spacing, and pattern of the holes in the PEGBOARD.RTM., may be varied as desired to accommodate different merchandise display configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: HMG Worldwide In-Store Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Henry, Lazzaro Pappagallo
  • Patent number: 5794902
    Abstract: A bracket assembly for mounting a shelf having a grooved surface to a supporting structure. The bracket assembly includes a frame having a support portion which defines a slot for receiving an edge of the shelf. The frame includes at least one attachment leg for securing the frame to the supporting structure. A base plate mountable to the support portion of the frame is provided and includes a hook which seats within the groove when the shelf is inserted in the slot. An arm moveable between a first position and a second position is connected to the hook for releasing the hook from the groove when the arm is urged to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: HMG Worldwide In-Store Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric F. Henry, Jonathan D. Lewis