Patents by Inventor Ladd M. Orr

Ladd M. Orr 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: 5622261
    Abstract: A merchandising display device having an upright tubular housing and a removable decorative covering is disclosed. The housing has an open top for permitting access to merchandise contained in the housing. The covering is of a deflatably air-inflated sleeve structure and is disposed around the housing so as to cover the outside surface of the housing. The covering includes an outer wall which defines the outer perimeter of the sleeve structure. The covering is formed of air-impervious flexible sheet material such that the outer wall is bulged outwardly due to internal pressure of the covering to provide a contour different from the contour of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen M. Mobley, Ladd M. Orr, J. David Robertson
  • Patent number: 5335593
    Abstract: A corrugated paperboard display stand includes base structure, vertical corner posts supported by the base structure, a plurality of shelves supported by the corner posts, a horizontal cross section of each of the corner posts being at least in part of arcuate configuration and being arranged to support the shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr, Alan D. Cooper, Jeffrey J. Jarmuz
  • Patent number: 5190211
    Abstract: A snack display is formed from a unitary blank. The blank includes a plurality of parallel spaced apart cross pieces together with a pair of side pieces foldably joined to opposite ends of the cross pieces respectively. The side pieces are of arcuate cross sectional configuration and planar panels are foldably joined to edges of the side pieces which are remote from the cross pieces. Outer edges of the planar panels which are remote from the side pieces are joined together and a plurality of shelves are foldably joined respectively to the cross pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr
  • Patent number: 5161699
    Abstract: A collapsible display stand which comprises a plurality of boxes and a base structure. Each box has an end wall, top and bottom walls, and a pair of side walls. These walls of each box define an internal space for accommodating products. The end wall of each box closes a first end of the box. Each box has a second end opposite the first end. The boxes are fixedly stacked one on top of another to form a stair structure wherein each box is secured at its botttom wall near the first end thereof to the top wall of the lower adjacent box near the second end of the lower adjacent box. Each box has at least one opening for permitting access to its internal space. The base structure is separably engaged with one or more of the boxes, and supports the stair structure in a tilted manner such that the first end of each box is lower than the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James Hanna, David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr, Jeffrey J. Jarmuz, Donald R. Jones, Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Patent number: 5016545
    Abstract: For displaying items at a point of purchase, a pair of separate upright supports are arranged disjointably to engage shelf ends secured to the ends of shelves which themselves constitute a plurality of transversely severable components whereby shelf length may be reduced together with pivots for disjointably securing each shelf end to one of the upright supports so that the effective length and capacity of the shelves are rendered adaptable for particular applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: J. D. Robertson, Ladd M. Orr
  • Patent number: 3939987
    Abstract: An adjustable display support for soft drink bottles adjustably constructed from thick, tapered foam plastic material which may be cut to size by a saw. The foam plastic is laminated with a cover of lightweight sheet metal, plastic or any other sheet material or coated with a suitable plastic. The front of the vertical back member and the top of the bottom shelf member are inclined with respect to the respective other side thereof. The support may be installed on the permanent island or base in the supermarket and cut to size and there are strategically located double-sided adhesive tapes to hold things in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
    Inventors: Rafael T. Bustos, Ladd M. Orr
  • Patent number: D333748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr