Patents by Inventor Vernon E. Lee

Vernon E. Lee 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: 4646658
    Abstract: An extendable shelf for a display rack permits the shelf to be pulled out to permit stocking and product rotation and permits it to be used in different sizes. A wire shelf is formed of inhingedly connected sections with their outermost and innermost ends connected to sheet metal side supports. The side supports are also constructed in sections which are telescopically mounted so that the side supports may be pulled out or pushed in causing the sections of the wire shelving to lie flat or hinge up to provide different depths of shelf. An upstanding member contacts product on the shelf to pull the product forward when the shelf is pulled out, thus allowing restocking of fresh product at the rear of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventor: Vernon E. Lee
  • Patent number: 4602570
    Abstract: An extendable shelf for a display rack permits the shelf to be pulled out to permit stocking and product rotation and permits it to be used in different sizes. A wire shelf is formed of hingedly connected sections with their sides connected to telescoping sheet metal side support brackets. The side support brackets are constructed and mounted so that they may be positioned to extend vertically either above or below plane of the wire shelving to selectively form side edges of the shelf. The rearmost section of the shelf when pivoted out of the plane of the shelf and held by a detent may contact product on the shelf to pull the product forward when the shelf is pulled out. This will allow restocking of fresh product at the rearmost section of the shelf when it is again pivoted down to the plane of the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventor: Vernon E. Lee
  • Patent number: 4444322
    Abstract: An adjustable display rack for retail food merchandising which is assembled upon a novel adjustable frame structure. The display rack comprises a pair of end structure assemblies and a pair of center structure assemblies, each of which includes a vertical support member attached to upper and lower horizontally extendible members. Said center structure assemblies are placed between and perpendicular to the end structure assemblies which are positioned parallel to each other. Each center structure assembly is securably attachable to its adjacent end structure assemblies. Means are provided for mounting horizontally planar shelves to each structure assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Frito-Lay, Inc.
    Inventor: Vernon E. Lee