Patents by Inventor Kenneth N. Gidge

Kenneth N. Gidge 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: 4550760
    Abstract: A transparent, flexible curtain with spaced access slits is provided for installation across the opening of display type, open front and open top coolers, freezers and the like of the sort used in retail food stores. The curtain is comprised of a rectangular sheet of flexible, transparent material detachably secured at one end to the top or rear edge of the cooler cabinet and extending across the cabinet opening. The upper and lower margins are reinforced by a flexible laminated scrim for improved wear at the stress points. The curtain is formed with plurality of spaced parallel slits, all extending in the same direction and all originating and terminating within the margins of the sheet with the exception of a slit along a fold line extending through the lower edge of the curtain. The curtain retains cold air within the refrigerator and allows the food products to be clearly visible to the customer. Goods are removed by the customer reaching through any slit near the product selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: BSL Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Gidge, Henry J. Richard
  • Patent number: 4420027
    Abstract: A transparent, flexible curtain with spaced access slits is provided for installation across the opening of display type, open front and open top coolers, freezers and the like of the sort used in retail food stores. The curtain is comprised of a rectangular sheet of flexible, transparent material detachably secured at one end to the top or rear edge of the cooler cabinet and extending across the cabinet opening. The upper and lower margins are reinforced by a flexible laminated scrim for improved wear at the stress points. The curtain is formed with plurality of spaced parallel slits, all extending in the same direction and all originating and terminating within the margins of the sheet with the exception of a slit along a fold line extending through the lower edge of the curtain. The curtain retains cold air within the refrigerator and allows the food products to be clearly visible to the customer. Goods are removed by the customer reaching through any slit near the product selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: BSL Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Gidge, Henry J. Richard
  • Patent number: 4392360
    Abstract: A curtain comprised of a plurality of individual separable strips is provided for use across the front or top of a display type refrigerator such as used in supermarkets or the like. A sufficient number of strips are attached along the upper edge of the cabinet opening to span the width of the opening, each strip being of a length sufficient to span the length of the opening. Each strip detachably connects to the cabinet and is also detachably connected to one another whereby one or more strips may be removed from the cabinet and attached piggy back fashion to one or several strips for loading and unloading the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: BSL Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Gidge, Henry J. Richard
  • Patent number: 4337950
    Abstract: A toy boomerang is provided in the form of a generally flat circular body having a plurality of spiral arms extending between a central hub and an outer annulus. Each spiral arm defines an airfoil providing lift to the toy when it is spun through the air. The toy is used by spinning it into the air by a swinging, snapping movement of the arm and wrist whereupon the toy will follow a rising straight trajectory to a stall point and then reverse its direction and return directly back to the thrower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Inventor: Kenneth N. Gidge
  • Patent number: 4313485
    Abstract: A transparent, flexible curtain with spaced access slits is provided for installation across the opening of display-type, open front and open top coolers, freezers and the like of the sort used in retail food stores. The curtain is comprised of a rectangular sheet of flexible, transparent material secured at one end to the top or rear edge of the cooler cabinet and extending across the cabinet opening. The curtain is formed with a plurality of spaced parallel slits, all extending in the same direction and all originating and terminating within the margins of the sheet. The curtain retains cold air within the refrigerator and allows the food products to be clearly visible to the customer. Goods are removed by the customer reaching through any slit near the product selected. The forward or lower edge of the curtain is weighted in sections to keep the curtain taut across the opening and to allow it to be folded back for loading food into the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: BSL Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Gidge, Henry J. Richard
  • Patent number: 4296792
    Abstract: A transparent, flexible curtain with spaced access points is provided for installation over the opening of a display type open refrigerator of the sort used in retail food markets. The curtain is comprised of a plurality of elongated, flexible, transparent panels secured at one end to the top or rear edge of the refrigerator cabinet and extending in overlapped relation across the cabinet opening. The edges of the panel are tubular and a colored sleeve may be added to make access points between adjacent panels more readily visible. The curtain retains cold air within the refrigerator and allows the food products to be clearly visible to the customer. Goods are removed by the customer reaching in between adjacent panels which separate easily and return to a closed position when the customer's hand is withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: BSL Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Gidge, Henry J. Richard