Patents by Inventor Steven Willensky

Steven Willensky 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).

  • Greeting card display fixture
    Patent number: 8544659
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes an upper tier and a lower tier positioned below the upper tier. The upper and lower tiers include multiple rows of pockets for displaying greeting cards. Some of the pockets of the upper tier and/or the bottom tier, typically the pockets of the bottom rows, can present greeting cards in a full-facing manner to display all or substantially all of the full face of each greeting card. The upper tier can include a card highlighter, positioned along one of the rows, configured with pockets to present and highlight cards placed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Cathy Belk, Jeffrey Weiss, Thomas H. Johnston, Steven Willensky
  • Method and apparatus for marketing greeting cards in display fixtures
    Patent number: 8307998
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes an upper tier and a lower tier positioned below the upper tier. The upper and lower tiers include multiple rows of pockets for displaying greeting cards. Some of the pockets of the upper tier and the bottom tier, typically the pockets in each of the bottom rows, present greeting cards in a full-facing manner to display all or substantially all of the full face of each greeting card. The upper tier can include a card highlighter, positioned along one of the rows, configured with pockets to present and highlight cards placed therein. Shadowboxes capable of displaying a greeting card in a full-facing manner can be positioned above the upper tier on the display and are designed to attract the attention of the consumer. A display panel, designed to evoke emotions associated with greeting cards in the shadowboxes, can be positioned between one or more of the shadowboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Cathy Belk, Jeffrey Weiss, Thomas H. Johnston, Steven Willensky
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKETING GREETING CARDS IN DISPLAY FIXTURES
    Publication number: 20120205330
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes an upper tier and a lower tier positioned below the upper tier. The upper and lower tiers include multiple rows of pockets for displaying greeting cards. Some of the pockets of the upper tier and the bottom tier, typically the pockets in each of the bottom rows, present greeting cards in a full-facing manner to display all or substantially all of the full face of each greeting card. The upper tier can include a card highlighter, positioned along one of the rows, configured with pockets to present and highlight cards placed therein. Shadowboxes capable of displaying a greeting card in a full-facing manner can be positioned above the upper tier on the display and are designed to attract the attention of the consumer. A display panel, designed to evoke emotions associated with greeting cards in the shadowboxes, can be positioned between one or more of the shadowboxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Cathy Belk, Jeffrey Weiss, Thomas H. Johnston, Steven Willensky
  • Method and apparatus for marketing greeting cards in display fixtures
    Patent number: 8172093
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes an upper tier and a lower tier positioned below the upper tier. The upper and lower tiers include multiple rows of pockets for displaying greeting cards. The pockets of the upper tier typically present greeting cards in a full-facing manner to display the full face of each greeting card. The pockets of the lower tier typically present greeting cards in a partial-facing manner. The upper tier can include a card highlighter positioned along one of the rows of pockets and having pockets to present and highlight cards placed therein. Shadowboxes capable of displaying a greeting card in a full-facing manner can be positioned above the upper tier on the display and are designed to attract the attention of the consumer. A display panel, designed to evoke emotions associated with greeting cards in the shadowboxes, can be positioned between one or more of the shadowboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Cathy Belk, Jeffrey Weiss, Thomas H. Johnston, Steven Willensky
  • Method and apparatus for marketing greeting cards in display fixtures
    Patent number: 7987998
    Abstract: A greeting card display includes an upper tier and a lower tier positioned below the upper tier. The upper and lower tiers include multiple rows of pockets for displaying greeting cards. The pockets of the upper tier typically present greeting cards in a full-facing manner to display the full face of each greeting card. The pockets of the lower tier typically present greeting cards in a partial-facing manner. The upper tier can include a card highlighter positioned along one of the rows of pockets and having pockets to present and highlight cards placed therein. Shadowboxes capable of displaying a greeting card in a full-facing manner can be positioned above the upper tier on the display and are designed to attract the attention of the consumer. A display panel, designed to evoke emotions associated with greeting cards in the shadowboxes, can be positioned between one or more of the shadowboxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: American Greetings Corporation
    Inventors: Cathy Belk, Jeffrey Weiss, Thomas H. Johnston, Steven Willensky