Patents by Inventor Fred Howard

Fred Howard 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: 4232791
    Abstract: A carpet display assembly including a number of carpet sample clamps for receiving an edge of carpet samples, and a pair of supports disposed at an angle of greater than 90.degree. with respect to each other. The support members mount the clamps so that carpet samples received by the clamps may lay flat in a substantially horizontal plane in a first position thereof, and may be pivoted more than 90.degree. from the first position and disposed in a second, flipped-over, supported position. In this way, each sample will be displayed in a substantially horizontal position--for proper viewing--and each sample is fully visible when the overlapping sample is flipped-over, the flipped-over samples do not require holding in their flipped-over position, but rather are naturally supported in that position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Inventor: Fred Howard
  • Patent number: 4030608
    Abstract: An upright, knockdown display stand is supported for rotation about a vertical axis and includes a plurality of separable, stacked trays or shelves on which articles may be supported for display. Generally vertically extending channel members are removable connected to and carried by marginal edge portions of at least some of the shelves, and longitudinally extending indicia bearing panels are received between and removably carried by spaced, opposed pairs of the channel members for identifying articles carried by the trays or shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Wix Corporation
    Inventor: Fred Howard
  • Patent number: 3984002
    Abstract: Apparatus and manner for the display of pleated drapery samples and the like. A hanger specially adapted for supporting drapery samples by receiving the pleats thereof is provided. The hanger may be supported on a hanging rod having surface manifestations which provide for orientation of articles being displayed by the hangers at an angle of substantially less than 90.degree. with respect to the direction of elongation of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Inventor: Fred Howard
  • Patent number: D242754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Hanes Corporation
    Inventors: Fred Howard, Sydney Edson
  • Patent number: D243892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Wix Corporation
    Inventors: Roger G. Ferriter, Fred Howard
  • Patent number: D243907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Wix Corporation
    Inventors: Roger G. Ferriter, Fred Howard
  • Patent number: D258629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Andrew C. Borzner, Jr., Fred Howard