Patents by Inventor Wilton M. Connor

Wilton M. Connor 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: 5836455
    Abstract: A display stand tray for displaying product for sale includes a bottom support panel to support the product for sale and a pair of upstanding end walls and a back wall integral with the bottom support panel for retaining the product in the display stand tray. The display stand tray has at least one divider tab, integral to and die-cut from the back wall, wherein the tab is movable from a first non-engageable position flush with the back wall to a second engaging position wherein the divider tab lies in a vertical plane substantially parallel to the end walls and positioned for separating rows of product on display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: 5029705
    Abstract: A package for retaining and displaying a plurality of cylindrical items in separated compartments as formed from a pair of compatibly configured plastic clam shells secured to one another. The plastic clam shells define a front package portion having a plurality of cylindrical item receptacles and a rear package portion having another plurality of cylindrical item receptacles. The front and rear package portions are interconnected to permit predetermined movement of the front and rear package portions relative to one another between a first display position in which the front and rear package portions are disposed in generally superimposed, adjacent relation to one another and a second access position in which the front and rear package portions are substantially displaced from one another to permit ready access to the cylindrical items retained in the item receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Schmidt-Conner Joint Venture Group
    Inventors: James J. Schmidt, Wilton M. Connor
  • Patent number: D389656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: D391420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: D394966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: D403537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood