Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Barkdoll

Patrick J. Barkdoll 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: 9138078
    Abstract: A retail merchandise hanger with mounting clip is provided. The retail merchandise hanger is mounted to a retail structure. Retail merchandise is hung from the retail merchandise hanger. Various improvements are disclosed including a continuously curved mounting clip that may be efficiently manufactured at a low cost, a structurally rigid base plate that is thicker than an elastically and resiliently positionable mounting clip, and a retaining tab that prevents unintentional dislodgement of the retail merchandise hanger from the retail structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Stanley C. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8978902
    Abstract: A folded slatwall insert is provided. A slatwall cover is illustrated anchored to a typical slatwall and covering at least one slat of the slatwall. A folded slatwall insert as disclosed prevents surface damage to a typical slatwall, allows for rapid and cost effective customization of the aesthetics of the slatwall, and can be used to mount custom graphics to the slatwall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8807353
    Abstract: A plastic molded bin that may universally mount to either of cross wires or cross bars in a retail merchandising environment as shown. The bin includes a receptacle and has hooks and retainers projecting from the back wall of the receptacle to provide for the universal mount structure. Partition walls with a mounting structure can be used to divide the merchandise holding chamber into different merchandising compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Publication number: 20140196335
    Abstract: A label holder for a retail display apparatus is provided. The label holder comprises a front panel, a sign clip, and a mounting structure for securing the label holder to the retail display apparatus. The sign clip includes a leg portion, including a gripping surface, and resiliently biases to secure a sign between the gripping surface and the front panel. In one embodiment, defined in the front panel are two sign engagement projections that interleavingly interact with the gripping surface. The sign clip is integrally connected to the front panel via an integral hinge and pivots relative to the front panel through the integral hinge between a normal state and a biased state. In the normal state, the leg portion of the clip is positioned proximate the front panel. In the biased state, the leg portion is spaced apart from the front panel and holds a secondary sign therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Stanley C. Valiulis, Nicholas C. Juric, Todd C. Westberg
  • Publication number: 20140124635
    Abstract: A label holder for a retail display apparatus is provided. The label holder comprises a front panel, a sign clip, and a shelf mount for securing the label holder to the retail display apparatus. The label holder is formed from an extruded plastic material. The sign clip includes a leg portion and resiliently biases to secure a sign between a leg portion of the sign clip and a front surface of the front panel. The sign clip is integrally connected to the front panel via an integral hinge and pivots relative to the front panel through the first integral hinge between a normal state and a biased state. In the normal state, the leg portion of the clip is positioned proximate the front panel. In the biased state, the leg portion is spaced apart from the front panel and holds a secondary sign therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Patent number: 8556092
    Abstract: A stand alone divider for a shelf is provided. The stand alone divider includes a first and a second retainer arranged to grip a first and a second edge of a shelf. The stand alone divider may be installed on and removed from a shelf without the use of tools. The stand alone divider may have an adjustable length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll, Stanley J. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8534469
    Abstract: A display lock system and display lock used therein are provided. The display lock system includes a display hook having a display lock attached thereto. The display lock includes a lock body attached to a bar of the display hook and a lock bar that surrounds a second bar of the display hook. A lock arrangement operates between the lock body and the lock bar to selectively permit and prohibit movement of the lock bar relative to the lock body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Northrup, Jr., Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8499941
    Abstract: A gravity-fed display hook for displaying retail merchandise. The gravity-fed display hook includes a metal wire having first and second bends. The metal wire includes a label-holding wire with a horizontal bar attached at one end, the horizontal bar configured to hold a product label. The metal wire includes a hang wire substantially parallel to the label-holding wire, and a bridge wire connecting the label-holding wire to the hang wire. In an embodiment, the bridge wire is substantially perpendicular to the label-holding and hang wires. A cross wire is attached to the bridge wire and has two bends that form upturned portions configured to fit into openings in a vertical support structure. In an embodiment, the label-holding and hang wires project outwardly from the vertical support structure. The cross wire is configured to position the label-holding and hang wires at a downward angle between 10 and 20 degrees from horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8439208
    Abstract: A pusher is provided. The pusher hook has a track and a pusher that is slidable thereon. The pusher biases retail merchandise situated on a merchandise hook forward towards a front stop. The pusher hook further includes a security frame that reduces or restricts entirely the ability to remove the merchandise laterally from the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Niederhuefner, Todd C. Westberg, Stanley C. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20130105418
    Abstract: A display lock system and display lock used therein are provided. The display lock system includes a display hook having a display lock attached thereto. The display lock includes a lock body attached to a bar of the display hook and a lock bar that surrounds a second bar of the display hook. A lock arrangement operates between the lock body and the lock bar to selectively permit and prohibit movement of the lock bar relative to the lock body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Northrup, JR., Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Publication number: 20130020270
    Abstract: A stand alone divider for a shelf is provided. The stand alone divider includes a first and a second retainer arranged to grip a first and a second edge of a shelf. The stand alone divider may be installed on and removed from a shelf without the use of tools. The stand alone divider may have an adjustable length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll, Stanley J. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8328027
    Abstract: A self contained retail pusher is provided. The self contained retail pusher is situated on a retail structure in a typical retail environment. The self contained retail pusher may be quickly incorporated into permanent or temporary retail structures such as retail shelves having existing adjacent dividers and a front fence without having to completely disassemble the shelf, dividers, and front fence. The self contained retail pusher also optimizes retail structure space usage by allowing the user to selectively incorporate a single self contained retail pusher or a plurality thereof in a retail structure. Due to its modularity and ability to mount separately and independently from an existing shelving divider system, the self contained retail pusher may be supplied as a stand alone unit, and without a new divider system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20120305505
    Abstract: A gravity-fed display hook for displaying retail merchandise. The gravity-fed display hook includes a metal wire having first and second bends. The metal wire includes a label-holding wire with a horizontal bar attached at one end, the horizontal bar configured to hold a product label. The metal wire includes a hang wire substantially parallel to the label-holding wire, and a bridge wire connecting the label-holding wire to the hang wire. In an embodiment, the bridge wire is substantially perpendicular to the label-holding and hang wires. A cross wire is attached to the bridge wire and has two bends that form upturned portions configured to fit into openings in a vertical support structure. In an embodiment, the label-holding and hang wires project outwardly from the vertical support structure. The cross wire is configured to position the label-holding and hang wires at a downward angle between 10 and 20 degrees from horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Publication number: 20120273434
    Abstract: A pusher hook is provided. The pusher hook has a track and a pusher that is slidable thereon. The pusher biases retail merchandise situated on a merchandise hook forward towards a front stop. The pusher hook further includes a security frame that reduces or restricts entirely the ability to remove the merchandise laterally from the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joerg Niederhuefner, Todd C. Westberg, Stanley C. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Patent number: 8286565
    Abstract: A security lock box that is mountable to a shelf. The shelf has a shelf surface for supporting merchandise thereon. The security lock box includes a cover adapted to be supported on top of the shelf and adapted to house and secure merchandise supported on the shelf therein. The cover is at least partially transparent to display merchandise when housed therein. The security lock box further includes a security device, which has a shelf mount and a lock. The shelf mount is adapted to be fastened to the shelf, and the lock releasably locks the cover to the shelf mount between a locked state, wherein the cover is locked to the shelf mount, and an unlocked state, wherein the cover is releasable from the shelf mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Valiulis, Robert Louis Northrup, Jr., Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Publication number: 20120247044
    Abstract: A folded slatwall insert is provided. A slatwall cover is illustrated anchored to a typical slatwall and covering at least one slat of the slatwall. A folded slatwall insert as disclosed prevents surface damage to a typical slatwall, allows for rapid and cost effective customization of the aesthetics of the slatwall, and can be used to mount custom graphics to the slatwall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Publication number: 20120228447
    Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for a gondola upright that includes a mounting bracket having a mounting detail and a substantially flat portion, and a wire hanger configured to be attached to the mounting bracket. In a particular embodiment, the mounting bracket assembly wherein the mounting detail is configured to fit into an opening in the gondola upright. The mounting detail is configured to secure the mounting bracket to the gondola upright. Further, the substantially flat portion is configured to position the mounting bracket and wire hanger in a desired orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Patent number: 8240486
    Abstract: A retail merchandise hook which includes a hook for hanging retail merchandise therefrom and a security frame including a front stop which is separate from and arranged in a spaced relation to the hook, wherein the security frame is designed to prevent the theft of the retail merchandise. The retail merchandise hook also includes a pusher moveable relative to the hook and operable to bias retail merchandise hanging from the hook into engagement with the front stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Niederhuefner, Todd C. Westberg, Stanley C. Valiulis, Patrick J. Barkdoll
  • Patent number: 8220648
    Abstract: A folded slatwall insert is provided. A slatwall cover is illustrated anchored to a typical slatwall and covering at least one slat of the slatwall. A folded slatwall insert as disclosed prevents surface damage to a typical slatwall, allows for rapid and cost effective customization of the aesthetics of the slatwall, and can be used to mount custom graphics to the slatwall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis
  • Patent number: D668134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Barkdoll, Thomas E. Valiulis