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).

  • Publication number: 20200015602
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20200015603
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 10492627
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 10470587
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20190290020
    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: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20190295390
    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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Fasteners for Retail, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent O. Ewing, Chan Chor Man, Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20190174934
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20190167011
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 10251494
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 10180017
    Abstract: A security device and its associate base are provided. The base includes a cable having a free end which is routed through the base and around an item of retail merchandise. When tension is applied to the cable, the base actuates a depressible button of an anti-theft component of the security device mounted to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Chan Chor Man
  • Patent number: 10034557
    Abstract: A retail merchandise tray is provided. The retail merchandise tray includes a pair of load bearing members, a front stop mounted to the load bearing members, a wire support structure removably attached to the front stop and load bearing members, a pusher that slides along the wire support structure, and a pair of movable divider assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20180184814
    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: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Southern Imperial LLC
    Inventors: Thomas O. Nagel, Brent Ewing
  • Patent number: 9629480
    Abstract: A merchandise pusher tray is provided. The merchandise pusher tray includes a first and second support structure. The first and second support structures provide support for a base structure. The first and second support structures couple to a support bracket. The support bracket holds the first and second support structures and the base structure in a cantilevered position when mounted to a bar or shelf. The merchandise pusher tray may include a divider. The divider can be coupled to the base structure and adjustable along a second axis relative to the base structure. The merchandise pusher tray further includes a pusher that is mounted to the base structure and capable of movement along a first axis relative to the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Alex Souhala
  • Publication number: 20170042343
    Abstract: A gravity feed tray is provided for use as a component of a display device for retail merchandise such as bottled soft drinks or water in a retail setting. The gravity feed tray includes a first and second support structure that are forwardly and downwardly inclined when coupled to a retail display bar. The first and second support structures having inwardly extending flanges that project into a merchandise channel formed by the first and second support structures. The inwardly extending flanges provide a surface to display retail merchandise. The support surfaces being disposed downwardly and forwardly along a straight line so that rows of retail merchandise, such as bottles, may be stocked in the merchandise channel and supported by the inwardly extending flanges, whereby removal of the bottle at the front end of the merchandise channel causes a void that the remaining bottles fill by sliding via gravitational force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Nathanael David Cox
  • Publication number: 20170007038
    Abstract: A merchandise pusher tray is provided. The merchandise pusher tray includes a first and second support structure. The first and second support structures provide support for a base structure. The first and second support structures couple to a support bracket. The support bracket holds the first and second support structures and the base structure in a cantilevered position when mounted to a bar or shelf. The merchandise pusher tray may include a divider. The divider can be coupled to the base structure and adjustable along a second axis relative to the base structure. The merchandise pusher tray further includes a pusher that is mounted to the base structure and capable of movement along a first axis relative to the base structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Alex Souhala
  • Publication number: 20160356064
    Abstract: A security device and its associate base are provided. The base includes a cable having a free end which is routed through the base and around an item of retail merchandise. When tension is applied to the cable, the base actuates a depressible button of an anti-theft component of the security device mounted to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent Ewing, Thomas O. Nagel, Chan Chor Man
  • Patent number: 9254049
    Abstract: A merchandise pusher tray is provided. The merchandise pusher tray includes a base structure. The base structure is configurable for bar or shelf mounting. The base structure includes a pair of load bearing members for supporting a floor of the base structure. The merchandise pusher tray also includes at least one divider mounted to and adjustable in a first direction relative to the base structure. The merchandise pusher tray includes an anti-sweeping security structure mounted to the base structure. The anti-sweeping security structure extends along a portion or the entirety of the merchandise channel and is adjustable in at least one of vertical and horizontal and is fixed rotationally over the merchandise channel. The merchandise pusher tray with the anti-sweeping structure includes a locking member pivotally attached to the reinforcement bar for securing the tray to the retail merchandise bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: 9241583
    Abstract: A pusher tray is provided. The pusher tray includes a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface. A pusher is slidably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray. The pusher has a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface. A pair of dividers are slidably mounted to the base structure. Each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that a portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Publication number: 20150257547
    Abstract: A pusher tray is provided. The pusher tray includes a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface. A pusher is slidably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray. The pusher has a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface. A pair of dividers are slidably mounted to the base structure. Each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that a portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: SOUTHERN IMPERIAL, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel
  • Patent number: D803034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Southern Imperial, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Nagel