Patents by Inventor John Stram

John Stram 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: 20070220787
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a substantially self-supporting panel adapted to be erected and used without the use of a support frame. In one embodiment, a frameless display fixture includes first and second panels fastened to one another proximal their upper edges, recesses adapted to receive retail merchandise integrally formed along a front side of the panel, and mating portions proximal their lower edge which interlock with a substantially rigid base unit such that the lower edges of the panels are held a fixed distance from one another. The first and second panels may be substantially mutually self-supporting so as to form a frameless display fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Kerker, Brian Wegstein, Philip Davis, Craig Cayce, John Stram
  • Patent number: 4841654
    Abstract: A header for mounting on a upright column or columns of a merchandise display unit, with the header being of generally arcuate configuration, in plan, and having vertically spaced tracks thereon receiving and mounting a removable flexible strip sign or signs, such as for instance a sign having advertising or caption indicia thereon. The tracks are so constructed and arranged that the sign can be expeditiously assembled onto the header by threading the flexible sign through slots and into the tracks for mounting the sign on the header, and also providing for rapid removal or changing of the sign.The header, in certain embodiments, comprises a plurality of generally circular, in plan, sections connected together at predetermined peripheral locations thereof, with each section being adapted for mounting on a respective column of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Hodgson, John Stram
  • Patent number: D310456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Hodgson, John Stram