Patents by Inventor Ferris L. Hutchins

Ferris L. Hutchins 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: 4375730
    Abstract: A display device such as is used to display automobile service station price data in which a support surface (26) provides a display area (22,23,24,25) and an adjustable information strip (39) is slideable across the support face to present different information characters (40) in the display area and a reflective surface carried by the support face to reflect light through either translucent characters on opaque background areas of the strip or through translucent background areas of the strip having opaque characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1983
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos L. Sanders, James L. Gebhardt, Ferris L. Hutchins
  • Patent number: 4369715
    Abstract: A resilient hinge assembly particularly useful in display structures for merchandising goods comprises a band of plastics material incorporating a central flexible bridge interconnecting a pair of end elements. One of the end elements attaches to a back panel of a display structure and the other end element is slotted to receive a stabilizer shelf for the structure. A leaf spring extends across the flexible bridge and is connected to the end elements for imparting the required degree of restoration force to the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Ingersoll, Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4351246
    Abstract: A temporary display stand comprising the combination of corner post units and shelf units, all the units being formed from sheet material such as pressed laminated paperboard folded to provide a double ply thickness of material, in which corner portions of each shelf unit are united with respective corner post units by integral connector arms provided by one of the units and secured by retaining sleeves formed by overlapped portions of the other of said units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4330102
    Abstract: A merchandising display comprises a base panel, a rear panel secured to the rear edge of the base panel, a pair of horizontal supports foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the base panel, a pair of upright supports foldably joined respectively to the side edges of the rear panel, a front support foldably joined to the front edge of the base panel, a first reinforcing rib interconnecting the horizontal supports, and a second reinforcing rib interconnecting the upright supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Gebhardt, Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4231299
    Abstract: A merchandising display comprising a top, a pair of side panels foldably joined respectively to the sides of the top and extending downwardly therefrom, a pair of end panels foldably joined respectively to the ends of the top and extending downwardly therefrom, a pair of V-shaped support elements disposed at each corner of the display and extending downwardly therefrom, a retention clip disposed in a locking relationship with each pair of V-shaped support elements, and a support tube joined to the side panels and disposed adjacent the underside of the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Gebhardt, Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4182244
    Abstract: A display device of modular construction which preferably is formed of heavy duty paperboard includes a plurality of shelf units (1, 2 and 3) which are adapted for stacking one atop the other and in which each shelf unit comprises a rectangular horizontal platform (4, 27, 49) to the front edges of each of which downwardly extending leg panels (5, 6, 29, 31, 51, 52) are foldably joined, each of which is provided with vertically disposed open ended slits (6, 13, 14, 36, 37, 38, 58, 59 and 60) and to the side edges of each of which upwardly extending leg panels (9, 10, 32, 34, 54, and 55) are foldably joined each of which is provided with vertically disposed open ended slits (17, 18, 19, 20, 42, 43, 44, 45, 62, and 63), apertures (25, 46, 61) being formed in the downwardly extending leg panels for receiving reinforcing bars (24) and the vertically disposed slits in the upwardly extending leg panels of each shelf unit being arranged to cooperate with the vertical slits of the downwardly extending leg panels of as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr., James L. Gebhardt
  • Patent number: D265892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Gebhardt, Ferris L. Hutchins, Jr.