Patents by Inventor Thomas O. Nagel

Thomas O. Nagel 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: 11963625
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly may have an adjustable divider. The tray assembly may have a sign adaptor for mounting a sign to the divider. The tray assembly may have an accessory clip. The tray assembly may have a pivotable front stop. The tray assembly may have sign holders mounted to a front stop. The tray assembly may include signs mounted within a sign holder that is mounted to the front stop. The divider may be powder coated while the divider mounts may be free of painting. Methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger
  • Publication number: 20240074598
    Abstract: The retail merchandise tray has a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail form a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locates the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20240057791
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20240023727
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Brent O. Ewing
  • Patent number: 11849864
    Abstract: The retail merchandise tray has a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail form a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locates the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11832738
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230337840
    Abstract: A retail merchandise pusher with a remote alarm feature is provided. The pusher includes a housing and an adaptor. The adaptor is removably coupled to the housing and slidably coupled to a track. The pusher including a shaft rotatable about its axis in a first and second direction and a gear wheel coupled to the shaft. The rotation of the gear wheel causing a first electrical contact to engage with a second electrical contact, such that the distance that the pusher moves along the track can be measured by totaling the number of times the first electrical contact engages with the second electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11793328
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray and display incorporating the same are provided. The display includes a shelf and the tray mounted to the shelf. The tray includes a pair of opposed mounting rails with at least one tray section situated between the first and second mounting rails. A support leg is mounted to the first mounting rail and elevates a back end of the retail merchandise tray relative to a front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Brent O. Ewing
  • Publication number: 20230329453
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame for supporting retail merchandise, a pusher that slides along the frame, and at least one movable divider assembly adjustable positionable relative to the frame, the divider assembly including a movable baffle plate extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11737579
    Abstract: A retail merchandise pusher with a remote alarm feature is provided. The pusher includes a housing and an adaptor. The adaptor is removably coupled to the housing and slidably coupled to a track. The pusher including a shaft rotatable about its axis in a first and second direction and a gear wheel coupled to the shaft. The rotation of the gear wheel causing a first electrical contact to engage with a second electrical contact, such that the distance that the pusher moves along the track can be measured by totaling the number of times the first electrical contact engages with the second electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11707142
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame for supporting retail merchandise, a pusher that slides along the frame, and at least one movable divider assembly adjustable positionable relative to the frame, the divider assembly including a movable baffle plate extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230200563
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray including a front stop having a product support surface is provided. The product support surface is located between mounting features that attach the front stop to the rest of the retail merchandise tray. The front stop itself is an embodiment as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230186740
    Abstract: An anti-theft device with a remote alarm feature is provided. The device is configured to attach to an item of retail merchandise and detect when a predetermined motion and light condition are met which together are indicative of a potential retail theft. Upon detection, the device is configured to generate a local alarm, and send a radio frequency to a remote device to generate an alarm at the remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230157461
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly may have an adjustable divider. The tray assembly may have a sign adaptor for mounting a sign to the divider. The tray assembly may have an accessory clip. The tray assembly may have a pivotable front stop. The tray assembly may have sign holders mounted to a front stop. The tray assembly may include signs mounted within a sign holder that is mounted to the front stop. The divider may be powder coated while the divider mounts may be free of painting. Methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger
  • Publication number: 20230157460
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame, a pusher that slides along the frame, at least one divider, and at least one baffle plate extension slidable relative to the divider and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230095417
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray may have a load bearing member formed from a rail attached to a mounting plate. The mounting plate and rail forming a downward opening notch for mounting to a tray support structure. The tray may have a locating flange that carries a locating pin that engages a tray support structure. The locating pin locating the tray along the tray support structure. The tray may have at least one divider assembly. The divider assembly includes outward extending offset projections that can prevent an adjacent tray from contacting the divider wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20230084806
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a frame for supporting retail merchandise, a pusher that slides along the frame, and at least one movable divider assembly adjustable positionable relative to the frame, the divider assembly including a movable baffle plate extension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11605276
    Abstract: A anti-theft device with a remote alarm feature is provided. The device is configured to attach to an item of retail merchandise and detect when a predetermined motion and light condition are met which together are indicative of a potential retail theft. Upon detection, the device is configured to generate a local alarm, and send a radio frequency to a remote device to generate an alarm at the remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11602229
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray including a front stop having a product support surface is provided. The product support surface is located between mounting features that attach the front stop to the rest of the retail merchandise tray. The front stop itself is an embodiment as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 11583107
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly has a frame to which a front stop hinge is mounted. In a first angular position, the front stop hinge can be mounted or removed from the frame. In a second angular position, the front stop hinge is prevented from being removed from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Kelly Ann Pickett, Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger