Patents by Inventor James M. Ciesick

James M. Ciesick 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: 9038833
    Abstract: A display rack has a base which may be mounted on a wall. The base has an elongate slot having a retracted end, an extended end opposite the retracted end, a first groove and a second groove. The first groove is positioned between the retracted position and the second groove. The display rack has a tray with a fin movable within the elongate slot as the tray slides along the base between a retracted position, and an extended position. The fin may pass through the first groove, but not the second groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: James M Ciesick
  • Publication number: 20130240467
    Abstract: A display rack comprises a display rack comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a wall, wherein the base defines an elongate slot having a retracted end, an extended end opposite the retracted end, a first groove and a second groove, wherein the first groove is positioned between the retracted position and the second groove, and a tray having a fin movable with respect to the slot as the tray slides along the base between a refracted position wherein the fin is generally adjacent the retracted end and remote from the first groove, and an extended position wherein the fin is at the second groove of the elongate slot. The fin preferably extends perpendicular to the elongate slot and the tray is movable to an initial position where the fin is positioned in the first groove. The fin is preferably provided with a first flange with a first width and a second flange with a second width narrower than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventor: James M. Ciesick
  • Patent number: 8453851
    Abstract: A display rack comprises a display rack comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a wall, wherein the base defines an elongate slot having a retracted end, an extended end opposite the retracted end, a first groove and a second groove, wherein the first groove is positioned between the retracted position and the second groove, and a tray having a fin movable with respect to the slot as the tray slides along the base between a retracted position wherein the fin is generally adjacent the retracted end and remote from the first groove, and an extended position wherein the fin is at the second groove of the elongate slot. The fin preferably extends perpendicular to the elongate slot and the tray is movable to an initial position where the fin is positioned in the first groove. The fin is preferably provided with a first flange with a first width and a second flange with a second width narrower than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: James M. Ciesick
  • Publication number: 20110210086
    Abstract: A display rack comprises a display rack comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a wall, wherein the base defines an elongate slot having a retracted end, an extended end opposite the retracted end, a first groove and a second groove, wherein the first groove is positioned between the retracted position and the second groove, and a tray having a fin movable with respect to the slot as the tray slides along the base between a retracted position wherein the fin is generally adjacent the retracted end and remote from the first groove, and an extended position wherein the fin is at the second groove of the elongate slot. The fin preferably extends perpendicular to the elongate slot and the tray is movable to an initial position where the fin is positioned in the first groove. The fin is preferably provided with a first flange with a first width and a second flange with a second width narrower than the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: James M. Ciesick
  • Patent number: 6253930
    Abstract: A carton assembly for dispensing product members such as spools of wire and other rollable products having circular ends of the same diameter. The carton comprises a bottom, forward and rearward end walls, two side walls and a closable top. Within the carton each side wall has associated therewith one upper guide member, at least one intermediate guide member and a lower guide member. The guide members of one wall are mirror images of the corresponding guide members of the other side wall and are correspondingly positioned with respect to their respective side walls. The intermediate and lower guide members provide narrow sloping edges in parallel spaced relationship which maintain the product members in a row made up of zig-zag row segments, one above the other. The carton has a dispensing opening in its forward wall through which the forwardmost and lowermost product member can be extracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D. Freidus, James M. Ciesick