Patents by Inventor Neil Speed

Neil Speed 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: 20060124565
    Abstract: A display device (10) comprises an elongate strip (12) of sheet material having a plurality of product carrying pockets (14) each pocket (14) being provide with a pair of laterally spaced front sections (16, 18) in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of an adjacent rear section (20) of the elongate strip (12), each front section (16, 18) being attached to said rear section (20) at its upper edge (22, 24) respectively, by means of upper bridge portions (26, 28), further attachment between a further section (30) of the rear section (20) and the front sections (16, 18) is provided by a lower bridge portion (32) intermediate the front sections (16, 18) and which is attached adjacent the lower edges (34, 36) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Neil Speed, Alec Simpson
  • Publication number: 20060118683
    Abstract: A strip merchandiser (40) for use with an automated loading mechanism as an elongate body portion (42) having a plurality of longitudinally spaced product mounting hooks (44) capable of being raised and lowered as the strip passes through the mechanism and a header portion (46) on the body portion (42), said header portion (46) having different characteristics to those of the body portion so that it cannot readily pass through the mechanism wherein the strip merchandiser (40) at or adjacent the intersection between the header portion (46) and the body portion (42) is provided with means (50) to allow the header portion to pass above the mechanism. Said means (50) here is a neck portion created by lateral cuts (52, 54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Neil Speed, Alec Simpson
  • Patent number: 5836097
    Abstract: A shelf divider, label and sign holder system comprising an elongated universal support element formed with a relatively rigid channel-shaped shell adapted to be adhesively mounted on a vertically or horizontally extending surface. The support element includes an extended cover portion with flexible fingers co-extruded therewith and adapted to engage the mounting surface itself to removably capture therebetween portions of an item to be supported by the support element. When used as a vertical surface sign holder system, the support element is generally horizontally secured to the vertical surface, with the channel opening downwardly and a paper, cardboard or plastic indicia-containing label or sign securely held at its upper edges between the flexible fingers and the vertical mounting surface. The same support element may be adhesively secured to the undersurface of a shelf juxtapositioned to the front edge thereof, for reception of a perpendicular mounting flange of an adhesive or non-adhesive label holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: FEMC Ltd.
    Inventors: Kirk Lewis, John Gebka, Michael Brinkman, Neil Speed