Patents by Inventor Robert H. Chich

Robert H. Chich 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: 5220739
    Abstract: A merchandise accentuator for a store shelf having a molding along the forward edge thereof, the molding forming a channel strip of uniform cross-section having flanges laterally bounding a web portion and providing mutually opposed grooves forwardly of the web portion, the accentuator including a board having a circuit on one side for electrically developing display drive signals, a display mounted on said one side of said board and being operatively connected to said circuit for providing a visual representation corresponding to said drive signals, an independent voltage source mounted on the other side of said board and being operatively connected to the circuit, the accentuator being mounted in the board in the channel in the molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: DCI Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Chich, David M. Marheine
  • Patent number: 5038970
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing a supply of cups. The dispensing device includes a magazine which is adapted to house the supply of cups and also includes a dispensing assembly having a passageway associated with the magazine. Resilient members are supported to obstruct the passage of cups through the dispensing assembly. The orientation of the resilient members can be adjusted, moved, lengthened or shortened, to vary the amount of obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: DCI Marketing
    Inventor: Robert H. Chich
  • Patent number: 4948004
    Abstract: A refuse container for positioning a replaceable bag in a predetermined operative attitude including, a sidewall defining a mouth, and a puncturing member is defined by the sidewall and disposed in close proximity to the mouth, the puncturing member operable to pierce the bag thereby securing the bag in the predetermined operative attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: DCI Marketing
    Inventor: Robert H. Chich
  • Patent number: D254498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Inventor: Robert H. Chich