Patents by Inventor Stephen Nicolopulos

Stephen Nicolopulos 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: 10123636
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a center slot and a plurality of openings. The center slot may physically connect to a support structure. The plurality of openings may be positioned around a periphery of the apparatus. Each of the openings (a) has a vertical slot and an elongated cavity and (b) removably accepts an attachment device. The elongated cavity is tapered from top to bottom. An insertion member that is tapered from a top of the attachment device to a bottom of the attachment device is accepted by one of the plurality of openings to fit in the elongated cavity. A segment of the attachment device is configured to pass through the vertical slot when the insertion member is inserted into the elongated cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KRATOS ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas A. Moeller
  • Publication number: 20180110347
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas A. Moeller
  • Patent number: 9861214
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KRATOS ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas A. Moeller
  • Publication number: 20160220041
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas A. Moeller
  • Patent number: 9345354
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Kratos Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas A. Moeller
  • Publication number: 20110253652
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas Moeller
  • Publication number: 20080061016
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for displaying merchandise. One such system includes a support structure, a receptacle physically connected to the support structure and having a plurality of openings around its periphery, and a plurality of merchandise assemblies. Each merchandise assembly, in turn, includes an item of merchandise and an attachment device fastened to the item of merchandise. The attachment device has a vertically oriented insertion member that is tapered from top to bottom and is removably inserted into one of the plurality of openings in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Nicolopulos, John Gunther, Thomas Moeller