Patents by Inventor Robert Van Beek

Robert Van Beek 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: 5417341
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a packaging system 100 for a product 58 having an envelope 50 with a pouch 52 adapted to securely retain the product 58, the envelope 50 having a tail portion 54 extending away from the pouch 52, and a blank 10 having a leading 16 and a trailing portion 20, the blank 10 may be folded about the envelope 50 such that the tail portion 54 is trapped between the leading portion 16 and the trailing portion 20 of the blank 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Packaging Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Petriekis, John Gruber, Joe Hall, John H. Schwan, Robert A. Van Beek, James Zavodsky
  • Patent number: 5367807
    Abstract: A support apparatus (10) having a base (14) from which a sign member (16) is suspended having a flexible member (18) in which the sign member (16) is secured (20) to the flexible member (18) and in which an adjustable engagement (26) is secured to the base (14) and spaced apart from the securement of the sign member (16) to the flexible member (18) to adjustably engage the flexible member (18) to position the sign member (16) to a desired distance from the base (14), as well as a method of using the same. It further includes a flexible member (18) in which a sign member (16) is secured to flexible member (18) and providing a support (40) for the flexible member (18) at a location spaced apart from the securement of the sign member (16) in which the sign member (16) and a portion (42) of the flexible member (18) between the support (40) and the sign member (16) are displaceable relative to the support (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Academy Display, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Van Beek