Patents by Inventor Thurman Oakley

Thurman Oakley 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).

  • Hosiery packaging having integral display header and method of packaging hosiery
    Patent number: 6032793
    Abstract: A package for an article of hosiery including a card having a body and a header adjacent the body. Indicia relating to the article is disposed on the header. The body is sized and shaped to receive the article thereabout such that, when the article is mounted on the body, the article conceals the body but not the header, whereby the article is supported by the body while each of the header and at least a portion of the article are displayed. The present invention is also directed to a method of packaging an article of hosiery having an opening. The method includes the step of mounting the article on a package having a body and an indicia bearing header adjacent the body such that the article of hosiery surrounds the body and the header extends outwardly from the opening of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Thurman Oakley