Patents by Inventor Kenneth Paul Mounce

Kenneth Paul Mounce 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: 6715308
    Abstract: Techniques are described for improved line and clarity of sight for a freezer bank having multiple individual freezers. By selective angling of walls of the freezers, individual doors and the products behind those doors for two or more freezers can be more clearly seen with reduced glare. With this arrangement, more freezer doors can be as clearly seen as typical for product doors at an end of a row or an end of an aisle thereby improving the overall merchantability of a store's freezer section. Applications to a warehousing store environment are described in detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ralph Grimm, Kenneth Paul Mounce
  • Publication number: 20020189272
    Abstract: Techniques are described for improved line and clarity of sight for a freezer bank having multiple individual freezers. By selective angling of walls of the freezers, individual doors and the products behind those doors for two or more freezers can be more clearly seen with reduced glare. With this arrangement, more freezer doors can be as clearly seen as typical for product doors at an end of a row or an end of an aisle thereby improving the overall merchantability of a store's freezer section. Applications to a warehousing store environment are described in detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ralph Grimm, Kenneth Paul Mounce
  • Patent number: D471214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ralph Grimm, Kenneth Paul Mounce