Patents by Inventor William H. Nichol, Jr.

William H. Nichol, Jr. 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 displaying device with arrayed multiplicity of hosiery attachment openings
    Patent number: 6877602
    Abstract: A hosiery displaying device comprises a main body with a hosiery attachment region defined by a multiplicity of openings in a grid-like array through the main body, each opening being configured to receive therethrough a fastener for securing a hosiery article. A hook-shaped hanger portion extends from one longitudinal side of the main body for hanging the device from a retail display fixture and a U-shaped stabilizing portion extends from the opposite longitudinal side of the main body for supporting engagement with hosiery articles secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co., Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
  • Hosiery displaying device with arrayed multiplicity of hosiery attachment openings
    Patent number: 6651810
    Abstract: A hosiery displaying device comprises a main body with a hosiery attachment region defined by a multiplicity of openings in a grid-like array through the main body, each opening being configured to receive therethrough a fastener for securing a hosiery article. A hook-shaped hanger portion extends from one longitudinal side of the main body for hanging the device from a retail display fixture and a U-shaped stabilizing portion extends from the opposite longitudinal side of the main body for supporting engagement with hosiery articles secured thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co., Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
  • Apparatus for processing socks
    Patent number: 5954244
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing socks in nested pairs includes the frame and a plurality of processing stations which may include a trimming station, a pressing station, a printing station, and a doffing station as well as a nesting station. The nesting station includes the frame, an assembly mounted to the frame for supporting and positioning a second sock to be disposed in an overlying relationship with the first sock but with both socks being an extended generally flatten condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: William H. Nichol, Jr.
    Inventors: William H. Nichol, Jr., Harold L. Stone
  • Hosiery display hanger assembly
    Patent number: 5014957
    Abstract: A hanger assembly for supporting multiple pairs of socks or other hosiery in suspended disposition from a conventional sock retailing display fixture is provided. The hanger assembly includes an elongate main body portion and a longitudinally centered fixture attachment hook-shaped portion integrally formed from plastic. The main body includes a plurality of sock attachment openings spaced along the longitudinal extent thereof in balanced relation to the hanging axis of the main body and a corresponding plurality of plastic fasteners for attaching the sock pairs to the main body at each sock attachment location for balanced suspension of the multiple sock pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
  • Hosiery display hanger
    Patent number: D321288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
  • Tread for footwear
    Patent number: D342375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Kentucky Derby Hosiery Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.
  • Tread for footwear
    Patent number: D342605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Assignee: Kentucky Derby Hosiery Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Nichol, Jr.