Patents by Inventor Kai Beilenhoff

Kai Beilenhoff 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: 20090212064
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transport system for blister packages or the like, with a boom for mounting on a vertical wall or the like. Guided in the boom is a finite chain formed of hooks such that it is slidable by hand out of a lower groove section via a turning point into an upper groove section and vice versa, within guide grooves extending along the two groove sections and the turning point. Blister packages or the like which are suspended from the hooks can be removed by hand only in the region of the turning point. Preceding and following the turning point, there is formed between each pair of neighboring hooks a closed compartment which opens only in the region of the turning point for removal of a blister package or the like, so that only one blister package at a time can be removed from the chain. With the removal of each blister package or the like, the chain is advanced one step to the front, whereby a neat shelf profile is maintained automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kai Beilenhoff, Klaus Schmid, Oliver Stuke
  • Patent number: 7530188
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adapter (29) for attaching an electronic shelf label (26) to a cantilever (22) of a blister hook (20). The adapter (29) has a housing (30) into which the shelf label (26) is inserted, and a suspension device for pivotal mounting of the housing (30) on a cross-strut (24) provided on the free end of the cantilever (22). The suspension device is a yoke (32) that is connected to the housing (30) and has two pliable sleeves (44, 54), each with a free end that is placed around the cross-strut (24) and is snap-locked onto the yoke (32). The adapter (29) is suitable for nearly universal use on various blister hooks of different size and shape. The housing (30) is angularly adjustable relative to the yoke (32) in order to align the product and price display of the shelf label (26) in the observer's viewing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Beilenhoff, Ulrich Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20070224879
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adapter (29) for attaching an electronic shelf label (26) to a cantilever (22) of a blister hook (20). The adapter (29) has a housing (30) into which the shelf label (26) is inserted, and a suspension device for pivotal mounting of the housing (30) on a cross-strut (24) provided on the free end of the cantilever (22). The suspension device is a yoke (32) that is connected to the housing (30) and has two pliable sleeves (44, 54), each with a free end that is placed around the cross-strut (24) and is snap-locked onto the yoke (32). The adapter (29) is suitable for nearly universal use on various blister hooks of different size and shape. The housing (30) is angularly adjustable relative to the yoke (32) in order to align the product and price display of the shelf label (26) in the observer's viewing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Kai Beilenhoff, Ulrich Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20060113397
    Abstract: A pallet tag and label carrier that can be easily and releasably secured to a pallet and which includes product identification indicia, such as a UPC or EAN code, and also includes an electrically-activatable identification tag such as an EAS or RFID tag. The pallet tag and label carrier is formed of a material that allows portions thereof to yield to external forces without breaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Beilenhoff, Ulrich Schafer