Patents by Inventor Marion G. Babberl

Marion G. Babberl 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: 4422253
    Abstract: A display device wherein a pleated sheet is retained in a carrier defining opposed pockets receiving the opposite ends of the pleated sheet. Stops are provided at opposite sides of the carrier for engagement by opposite side portions of the pleated sheet for limiting lateral expansion of the pleated sheet. The spacing between the stops is preselected to maintain the folds of the pleated sheet suitably compressed to have a height substantially equal to the depth of the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Rapid Mounting & Finishing Company
    Inventor: Marion G. Babberl
  • Patent number: 4270291
    Abstract: A sign construction having a plurality of movably connected panels including a mounting panel and panels successively hung from the lower edge of the mounting panel. In the illustrated embodiment, the sign construction includes an upper mounting panel having structure for securing the mounting panel facially to a windowpane. The panel portions hanging from the mounting panel define selective information-conveying sign structure and, in the illustrated embodiment, include an upper panel portion and a lower panel portion which are hingedly connected to permit the lower panel portion to selectively hang downwardly from the upper panel portion or be retained between the front face of the upper panel portion and the windowpane as a result of hinged swinging of the lower panel portion upwardly from the hanging disposition. The connection of the upper edge of the upper panel portion to the lower edge of the mounting panel, in the illustrated embodiment, is provided by a hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Rapid Mounting & Finishing Company
    Inventor: Marion G. Babberl
  • Patent number: 4215840
    Abstract: A display system having a shelf rail defining a pair of vertically spaced parallel confronting channels with a display element removably mounted to the shelf rail by means of one or more mounting clips. Each clip is defined by a base wall having upper and lower edge portions received in the channels of the shelf rail and a support wall having a connecting portion projecting forwardly from the base wall of the clips and an upright portion defining with the base wall an upwardly opening channel for receiving an edge portion of the display element wall. The display element wall may be provided with an opening slightly larger than the cross section of the connecting portion of the clip so as to provide a secure removable mounting of the display element on the clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Rapid Mounting & Finishing Company
    Inventor: Marion G. Babberl