Patents by Inventor Rod Welty

Rod Welty 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).

  • Convertible shoe box and display platform
    Patent number: 6305533
    Abstract: A convertible shoe box and display platform has assembled and disassembled configurations for storing and displaying a pair of shoes. Such box assembly includes a first, container portion, a second, lid portion adapted to cover the container portion, and thereby enclose the pair of shoes within the assembled box, and tabs for positioning the disassembled box as a display platform with the pair of shoes remaining in the container portion. In such a manner, the pair of shoes is effectively displayed for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Welty, Joe Trybulec, Mark Hill, Dana Daniels
  • Convertible shoe box and display platform
    Patent number: D429085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod Welty, Joe Trybulec, Mark Hill, Dana Daniels