Patents by Inventor Tom Rushing

Tom Rushing 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: 6883671
    Abstract: A system and method for shipping and displaying merchandise items includes a shipping display container having a front, back, and two side walls, a bottom, and dividers between the front and back walls for aligning merchandise items in rows. The container includes notches on both side walls adapted to engage a support frame and maintain the container in stable position. Such a system and method for provide for efficient utilization of space in both shipping and display of merchandise items and for stable positioning of shipping containers during shipping in a retail display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Tom Rushing
  • Publication number: 20030173318
    Abstract: A system and method for shipping and displaying merchandise items includes a shipping display container having a front, back, and two side walls, a bottom, and dividers between the front and back walls for aligning merchandise items in rows. The container includes notches on both side walls adapted to engage a support frame and maintain the container in stable position. Such a system and method for provide for efficient utilization of space in both shipping and display of merchandise items and for stable positioning of shipping containers during shipping in a retail display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Tom Rushing
  • Publication number: 20030173322
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying merchandise items includes stackable bins, each bin having a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, and a bottom attached to each other to form containers for receiving and displaying merchandise items. The bins include an opening in the front of the bin through which merchandise items can be easily placed and displayed in by merchants and removed from by consumers. Display bins can be short or tall. Tall bins can include an upper front door for inspecting and re-stocking inventory. Embodiments of such a system and method provide for efficient utilization of space in display of merchandise items and for improved efficiency in stocking and maintaining inventory of higher sales volume items in a retail setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Tom Rushing
  • Patent number: 5064113
    Abstract: A hollow container or carton for an article formed of a single blank which has been suitably shaped and provided with selected fold lines. The carton is provided with a bottom structure which may readily snap open to provide access to the carton. The uppermost edges of both the carton front panel and the rear panel define parabolic curves and the carton side panels include tabs having curved outer edge portions conforming to the uppermost edges of the front and rear panels for alignment therewith and securement thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Hauber, Monica Jacobs, W. Richard Davis, Tom Rushing, Robert A. Fanara, Gilbert L. Horton, Richard M. Porter
  • Patent number: 4981224
    Abstract: A modular stacking display including trays and support posts extending between the trays so as to space one tray above the other. The support posts each have an H-shaped cross-section which are friction fit into T-shaped slots in the trays so as to thereby interlock the trays. When two modular stacking display units are arranged side-by-side, at least one support post is commonly shared therebetween and sidewalls of adjacent trays are flush against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: The Howard Marlboro Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Rushing
  • Patent number: D335257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Hauber, Monica Jacobs, W. Richard Davis, Tom Rushing, Robert A. Fanara, Gilbert L. Horton, Richard M. Porter
  • Patent number: D337671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Marlboro Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Rushing
  • Patent number: D363623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: HMG Worldwide In-Store Marketing, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Rushing