Suspension Patents (Class 206/806)
  • Patent number: 7905351
    Abstract: An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Gary Konop, David Kearns
  • Patent number: 7896152
    Abstract: The accessories coordinator has three separate, essentially air-tight pockets mounted on a transparent support. Each of the pockets is formed through a supplemental film that is bonded at its pocket edges to the support. The individual pockets are each provided with respective reclosable fasteners that selectively seal or provide access to the accessories stored within the pockets. The entire structure is, moreover, formed from only two polymeric sheets, the support and the supplemental film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventor: Sheila A. Bruhl
  • Patent number: 7870956
    Abstract: A tool storage assembly has a storing mount and a protecting cover. The storing mount has a body. The body has multiple mounting recesses, a pivotal groove and a locking protrusion. The mounting recesses are formed in two outer sides of the storing mount at intervals. The pivotal groove is formed through one end of the body. The locking protrusion is formed on and protrudes from other end of the body. The protecting cover is pivotally connected to the storing mount and has a casing. The casing is pivotally connected to and mounted around the body of the storing mount and has two holding panels and a retaining board. The holding panels are respectively formed on and protrude downward from two sidewalls of the casing to mount around the mounting recesses. The retaining board is formed on and protrudes downward from the casing to mount around the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Inventor: Tzu-Chien Wang
  • Patent number: 7866477
    Abstract: An oral care kit for a defined oral care treatment cycle is provided herein. The oral care kit utilizes a substantially rectangular box having oral care packs positioned therein. The oral care packs contain oral care devices useful for administering oral care treatment during a 24 hour oral care treatment cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Sturm, Khoa Lien, Tamika Wiggins, Alan Shuman, Michael Sleva, Javier Verdura, Joe Cesa
  • Patent number: 7806259
    Abstract: A container for storing an article includes a base, a top, at least one upright, and an elastically deformable member. The top has an opening sized to permit an article to pass through the opening. The at least one upright extends between the base and the top. The elastically deformable member is shift able between a substantially undeformed position and a deformed position. The base, the top, the upright, and the elastically deformable member cooperate to form a storage cavity sized to store the article. The elastically deformable member and at least one of the uprights cooperate to form a gap sized to prevent passage of the article through the gap when the elastically deformable member is in the substantially undeformed position, and the size of the gap is expandable in response to deflection of the elastically deformable member to the deformed position to permit the article to pass through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael A. Gregory, Erik Eagleman
  • Patent number: 7806268
    Abstract: A sheet of material is divided into front and rear panels and folds over on itself to a folded position. The front panel has flaps and immediately adjacent hanger openings formed in it. When the flaps are pivoted outward, the spaces they vacated define flap openings. Hangers project from the rear panel and align with their corresponding hanger openings. To assemble the display, the flaps are pivoted outward to their open positions and the sheet is folded to the folded position. As the sheet is being folded, the hangers swingingly extend through the hanger and flap openings, which together form a single continuous opening. Once in the folded position, the flaps are then pivoted back to their closed positions with the hangers extending through and interlocked with the hanger openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Goody Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicole Marie Angelocci
  • Patent number: 7789233
    Abstract: A four-ply paper board hanging hole in a display box for hanging a display box from a support rod. This is accomplished by the use of a paper board die blank having a hanging hole in four layers of the box such that, when the box is assembled, the four hanging holes are aligned to provide a strongly reinforced hanging hole which proves quite difficult to rip. Therefore, an increased aesthetic appearance of the display box is achieved, resulting in increased sales and minimal wasting of display box products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Levy, Ken Pepper, John Chaisson, Jonathan Curts
  • Patent number: 7789236
    Abstract: A stick-on, flexible peel and seal, wet wipes package includes a flexible package body having a front surface, a rear surface and an internal space sized to contain a plurality of removable wet wipes. An elongated opening extends through the package body to the internal space for accessing and permitting dispensing of the removable wet wipes. A substantially self-closing, resealable label flap is positioned on the front surface of the package body to cover the opening formed therein. The label flap has a bottom surface provided with a sealing adhesive that creates a seal entirely around the periphery of the opening and permits repeated application and removal of the label flap relative to the package body. The label flap further has a starting tab non-adhesively positionable in contact with the front surface of the package body. An adhesive layer structure is provided on the rear surface of the package body for adhering the package body to a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Starliner, LLC
    Inventor: Mark H. Burgess
  • Patent number: 7757852
    Abstract: A package (1) for pharmaceutical, medical or similar products, particularly pesticides or plant protection products, comprising a substantially flat element (2) for supporting indications (T) prescribed for a pharmaceutical, medical or similar product, particularly a pesticide or plant protection product, a first receptacle (3) for containing a container (4) of the product which is formed in the substantially flat element (2), and first means (5) for connecting the container (4) and the substantially flat element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventor: Antonio Fontana
  • Patent number: 7743971
    Abstract: A carrier for food, beverages and other items and methods for carrying food, beverages and other items. The carrier is especially suitable for use at food and beverage concessions at sporting and entertainment venues and in fast-casual restaurants. The carrier is preferably made of paper and includes a carry tab which permits a customer to carry multiple carriers in one hand. The carry tab may include an aperture sized to accommodate the customer's thumb and fingers, providing for a sure and comfortable grip of the carrier. The carrier fits into a standard cup holder in the seating area at sporting and entertainment venues, or may hang from a hook provided in the seating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Levy (IP) Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Christopher Michael DeVine, Todd Peter Hauptmann, Carrie Pienias, Nancy Quesada, Julie Tolhurst
  • Patent number: 7743917
    Abstract: An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Gary Konop, David Kearns
  • Patent number: 7708140
    Abstract: An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Gary Konop, David Kearns
  • Patent number: 7699170
    Abstract: A product dispensing system and a method of queuing usage of products. A plurality of layers of products, each having multiple items in separate packages, each layer having a carrier with the separate packages being secured to and extending from the carrier. The layers are assembled in a stacked orientation behind a front layer with layers behind the front layer being at least partially concealed and inaccessible. Products are used one layer at a time, and when the separate packages from the front layer are removed, the packages of the next-succeeding layer are exposed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventors: Ronald T. Klein, Barbara T. Skiba, Charles Rambo, III
  • Patent number: 7681755
    Abstract: A container comprising a snap-in closure disposed between an upper part and a lower part of the container, the snap-in closure having a relatively strong holding or locking force and able to be opened relatively easily. The snap-in closure comprises a snap-in tab constructed out of the wall of one part of the container and detached along three sides, with a snap-in key disposed at the upper free end of the said snap-in closure and able to engage in a coordinated snap-in slit at the opposite container part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Roesler
  • Patent number: 7677389
    Abstract: A commodities package is provided for containing commodities, such as staples. The package includes a base container and a cover, the base container and cover having interengaging structure in order to hold them together. The base container and cover are wrapped with shrink wrap to provide a sealed package. An outer package contains a plurality of commodity packages and facilitates loading of the commodity packages onto a display structure. The outer package is manually alterable so that it supports each of the plurality of commodity packages while the display structure is received by hanger members provided on the commodity packages. Once the commodity packages are loaded onto the display structure, the outer package is pulled away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Edmund Czopor, Jr., Richard Hart, Timothy Lebeau, Susan Lapadula, Thomas Pelletier
  • Patent number: 7650992
    Abstract: A combination of a pair of gardening shears and a suspension rack includes a suspension rack, and a pair of gardening shears detachably mounted on the suspension rack. The gardening shears include two blade portions each having a distal end provided with a sharp portion. The suspension rack includes a support plate, a locking post, and a safety guard. Thus, the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears is fully hidden in and surrounded by the safety guard of the suspension rack so that the safety guard of the suspension rack provides an isolating function to prevent a consumer's hand from directly touching the sharp portion of each of the two blade portions of the gardening shears so as to protect the consumer's safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Ho Cheng Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yao-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 7648029
    Abstract: A simplified rotatable anti-theft tool rack comprises a tool rack body and an inserting body that cooperate with each other to position a tool. The tool rack body includes a limiting portion used to receive an inserting portion of the head of the tool and connected with a guiding portion. At the end of the guiding portion is disposed with a fastening portion for restricting the tool by cooperating with a fixing element. The inserting body includes a multangular engaging portion. One end of the engaging portion is disposed with a stopping flange, and the other end of the engaging portion is extended to form a neck-shaped inserting portion. At the end of the inserting portion which has inserted through the limiting portion is formed a big-diameter check portion, thus forming a simplified structure, achieving the anti-theft and rotatable effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventor: Terence Chen
  • Patent number: 7631770
    Abstract: This spice and small item storage system utilizes generally unused space directly underneath shelving (10) with elastic slings (12) sewn (20) to backing fabric (18), attached by screws through eyelets (14) to a holding surface above. In its preferred embodiment of elastic slings, the system will usually retain the containers even if shook. The system is economical to purchase, simple to install, and easy to take apart. Its small size makes it easy to install incrementally as more sections are needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventor: Vicki Lee Martin
  • Patent number: 7624865
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise a hang tag for a product having an end portion that includes at least one closed recess. The hang tag has a retaining portion which is configured to receive and retain a portion of the product in a manner that resists rotation as well as removal. The hang tag also comprises a main body that is configured to provide a label bearing surface and a configuration for hanging the hang tag on a display rod. The retaining portion also has an interior opening for receiving the product and at least one flexible prong that is located in the opening that is configured to deflect away from the product when it is inserted into the opening and engage the closed recess to prevent removal of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Melvin A. Pendergraph, Crystal Gray, Christopher R. Jahntz
  • Patent number: 7624871
    Abstract: The present invention is a security system for preventing theft of hanging merchandise. The present invention includes a security package system for a product to be placed on a hanging display, the package comprising: (a) a product package of a relatively thin plastic material and having a top portion which has a front and rear, the top portion having an aperture adapted to receive a hang support; (b) a locking member of a relatively thick plastic material and having a front and rear portion so as to removeably fit over the top portion of the product package and having apertures in the front and rear portions that are positioned so as to align with the aperture of the top portion when in position over the top portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen Sills
  • Patent number: 7621394
    Abstract: A holder for holding a plurality of blades, where one embodiment of the holder includes a base portion, a main body and an openable cover portion. The main body is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the base portion. There are a plurality of cells defined within the main body, with each cell configured and arranged to hold at least one blade on a seating portion, wherein the seating portion defines a blade seating plane. Additionally, the openable cover portion is preferably configured and arranged to be removably attached to the main body. Preferably, the base portion is separate from the main body, and these components are preferably configured to enable the holder to either be attached to a wall or seated on a horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: James E. McCambridge, Luther D. Langley
  • Patent number: 7614498
    Abstract: A package for a product includes an extended visual element having a first visual element section and a second visual element section. The first visual element section has a physically distressed edge region and the second visual element section has a graphically distressed region. A packaging portion includes the first visual element section and the second visual element section, where the physical distress and graphical distress are spatially adjacent, and where the physical distress and graphical distress are related to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Bill O'Keefe
  • Patent number: 7600641
    Abstract: A stick-on, flexible peel and seal, wet wipes package includes a flexible package body having a front surface, a rear surface and an internal space sized to contain a plurality of removable wet wipes. An elongated opening extends through the package body to the internal space for accessing and permitting dispensing of the removable wet wipes. A substantially self-closing, resealable label flap is positioned on the front surface of the package body to cover the opening formed therein. The label flap has a bottom surface provided with a sealing adhesive that creates a seal entirely around the periphery of the opening and permits repeated application and removal of the label flap relative to the package body. The label flap further has a starting tab non-adhesively positionable in contact with the front surface of the package body. An adhesive layer structure is provided on the rear surface of the package body for adhering the package body to a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventor: Mark H. Burgess
  • Patent number: 7588144
    Abstract: A display unit for combining a fabric fashion accessory such as a necktie to jewelry such as cufflinks includes a substrate having first and second panels arranged along an axis, a pair of first flaps attached to the first panel and being pivotally mounted in a direction generally parallel to the axis, a fold at the union of the first and second panels, a first hole disposed proximate to or at the fold in the substrate, a securement that holds the first and second panels to one another and a hanger seated in the first hole comprising a hook and a downwardly depending neck, and a pair of second holes extending through only one of the at least first and second panels which is sized to receive a stem of the jewelry. A method for combining jewelry and a fabric fashion is provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Peacock Apparel Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Cin Kim
  • Patent number: 7584845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved structure of wrench rack. The structure includes a rack, a sliding board and at least one lock piece. The rack has a sliding groove and a plurality of clips that are provided on both sides of the sliding groove in pairs. Every pair of clips is spaced in parallel for retaining different sizes of wrenches. Each of the clips consists of two opposite jaws, one of the jaws is equipped with an elastic piece to press on the wrench, and thus the wrench is retained between the jaws stably. The sliding board connects in sliding with the rack, and a plurality of positioning hooks are provided on one side of the sliding board in parallel, the positioning hooks can grip wrenches by sliding with the sliding board, so as to prevent the wrench from taking out. The lock piece can lock the sliding board on the rack when the positioning hook locks the wrench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Inventor: Chin-Shun Cheng
  • Patent number: 7581371
    Abstract: A package includes a pouch including a base portion having a first width, the base portion having a closed bottom; and a neck integrally connected to the base portion, the neck having a second width narrower than the first width, the neck including an end portion; and a first easy-open device adapted to remove the end portion from the neck; wherein a common wall formed by the base portion and neck has an outer and inner surface; a discrete cap in connected relationship with the outer surface of the common wall of the pouch, the cap covering the end portion of the neck, the cap including a second easy-open device adapted to remove at least part of the cap and provide access to the end portion of the neck; and a flowable product disposed in the base portion of the pouch. Methods for making a package are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Owensby, Randall Cantrell
  • Patent number: 7575119
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package for housing an automotive accessory package, comprising a front panel extending in a first plane; a rear panel extending in a second plane which is substantially parallel to the first plane when the package is in an assembled condition; and a display hanger formed in the rear panel and having a periphery a first portion of which is separable from the rear panel and a second portion of which is adapted for pivotal movement relative to the rear panel. The front panel includes a window that permits a consumer to view an automotive accessory stored within the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel Clevenger
  • Patent number: 7568577
    Abstract: A display unit for a tie and a handkerchief includes a substrate having first and second panels arranged along an axis, a pair of first flaps attached to the first panel and being pivotally mounted in a direction generally parallel to the axis, a pair of second flaps attached to the second panel and pivotal in the first direction, a hole through the substrate, a fold at the union of the first and second panels, a securement that holds the first and second panels to one another and a hanger seated in the hole comprising a hook, a downwardly depending neck, and an engagement surface which is larger than the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Peacock Apparel Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Cin Kim
  • Patent number: 7565973
    Abstract: A suspension tag for a socket wrench is disclosed which provides a measure for easy and secured hanging of the socket wrench. The suspension tag includes a tag body forming a receptacle seat defining a bore to rotatably receive therein a fitting cap. The fitting cap forms a hollow frame section to receive a drive piece of the wrench therein. The hollow frame has an elastically deformable top panel that is connected to side panels in a limited moveability manner. The top panel forms an internal projection that, when brought into contact with the drive piece of the wrench at the time the wrench is inserted into the fitting cap, forces the top panel to deform and displace upward to allow the project to reach and thus engage a hole defined in the drive piece of the wrench that retains a spring-biased sphere therein so as to secure the wrench to the fitting cap and thus the suspension tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 7537115
    Abstract: An apparatus for carrying an implement comprising a handle and a working end comprises an engagement member for releasably securing a handle to the apparatus and a receptacle positioned in substantial alignment with the engagement member. The engagement member may be a post comprising a catch or a threaded section positioned on a front surface of the apparatus. The apparatus may further include first and second receptacles for retaining at least a portion of the handle of the implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Quickie Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Jace Weaver
  • Patent number: 7527150
    Abstract: A hanging device for a ratchet wrench includes a base, and an anti-theft mechanism mounted on the base. The anti-theft mechanism includes a first member having a receiving space, a protruding limit post, a plurality of snapping hooks and a first toothed portion, and a second member having a seat portion, a second toothed portion, a catch flange and a mounting stud. Thus, the ratchet wrench is locked by and cannot be detached from the anti-theft mechanism of the hanging device so as to provide an anti-theft function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventor: Hui Lin Tong
  • Patent number: 7516843
    Abstract: An exemplary display package for an item having a loop portion includes a card having a front side and a back side, a post extending from the front side of the card, and a hasp extending from the front side of the card to define a slot. The item may be attached to the display package by positioning the loop portion of the item around the post and through the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Gary Konop, David Kearns
  • Patent number: 7513366
    Abstract: A package and method for displaying shoelaces includes a backing member to which one end of the laces are attached by a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive. The laces are wrapped about the backing member and through an opening of a triangularly-shaped hanger to form a plurality of loops. A second strip of pressure sensitive adhesive is then wrapped about the loops and backing panel securing the looped laces to the hanger. A cover wrap is inserted through the hanger and folded over the upper portion of the looped laces, backing panel and base of the hanger. An informational panel is then wrapped about the cover wrap to secure the laces and backing member therein. The informational panel contains printed indicia pertaining to the shoelaces. A display rod is inserted through the hanger to suspend the packaged laces therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Mitchellace, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven W. Keating
  • Patent number: 7513369
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a package and a method for displaying a product. The package may include a center element defining a hollow compartment enclosing a product disposed therein. The center element may include a pair of shafts extending outwardly from opposite sides of the center element, and multiple sides of the product may be visible from the exterior of the center element. The package may also include a support element including a pair of notches defined therein each corresponding to one of the shafts of the center element. The notches may receive the corresponding shafts of the center element to demountably engage the center element such that the center element is manually rotatable so that multiple sides of the product disposed within the center element may be viewable by the individual. The package may further include a package structure receiving the center element and support element therein, and including an opening for viewing the product and manually rotating the center element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Hasbro, Inc.
    Inventor: Choongseo Lee
  • Patent number: 7500559
    Abstract: A display unit for combining a first and second fabric fashion accessory such as a necktie includes a substrate having first and second panels arranged along an axis, a fold at the union of the first and second panels, a first hole disposed proximate to or at the fold in the substrate, and a securement that holds the first and second panels to one another to preserve the fold, a hanger seated in the first hole comprising a hook and a downwardly depending neck, and a flap attached to the first panel, the flap capable of extending around the entire display unit to be secured to the back of the first panel. A method for combining fabric fashions is provided as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Peacock Apparel Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Cin Kim
  • Patent number: 7490741
    Abstract: A dispensing container (10, 110) for fluent material, which container is intended to he hung vertically from a support, such as a hook, is provided. The dispensing container has a tubular body, with a bottom dispensing region that is configured to promote the collection of the fluent material and guidance of the fluent material toward the inlet aperture of a dispensing nozzle (50) that is received in the side (30, 130) of the bottom dispensing region. The dispensing container (10, 110) is preferably fabricated from corrugated paperboard or similar material, and is preferably configured to serve as the shipping container for the fluent material as well, so as to reduce or eliminate the need for a further outer shipping container. The fluent material may be contained within a separate liner structure, within the surrounding tubular body, in a ā€œbag-in-boxā€ type of container arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Rochefort, Eric Rhyner, Christophe De Carbonnieres
  • Patent number: 7487872
    Abstract: A protective cover for use on one or more saw blades. An insert can be positioned on the saw blade(s). The cover is formed from a heat shrinking material that is shrunk around the saw blade(s) to provide a thin close fitting cover that protects teeth on the saw blade(s). A tag can be attached to the cover and/or saw blade(s) and/or an insert. The tag has a security device disposed thereon. The tag can be used to hang the saw blade(s) from a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: John Curtsinger, Daniel G. Findle, Leonard R. Baublitz
  • Patent number: 7464816
    Abstract: A product dispensing system and a method of queuing usage of products. A plurality of layers of products, each having multiple items in separate packages, each layer having a carrier with the separate packages being secured to and extending from the carrier. The layers are assembled in a stacked orientation behind a front layer with layers behind the front layer being at least partially concealed and inaccessible. Products are used one layer at a time, and when the separate packages from the front layer are removed, the packages of the next-succeeding layer are exposed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Sage Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Klein, Barbara T. Skiba, Charles Rambo, III
  • Patent number: 7461742
    Abstract: The present invention discloses systems and methods for packaging multiple articles of manufacture for display at a point of sale. The packaging allows the articles of manufacture to be grasped and felt by a consumer prior to purchase, while reducing the chance of unintended or illegal removal of the articles of manufacture from the packaging. The packaging also allows the articles of manufacture to be connected to a host device and tested prior to purchase without damaging the packaging. The articles of manufacture can be made of multiple components which can be attached to the packaging during the assembly of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: SanDisk iL, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ori Or, Bill Zani
  • Patent number: 7451879
    Abstract: A convertible display package and a wallet arranged to be hung from a support. The package includes a tray and a housing. The tray has a base wall, a peripheral side wall, an open top and a hollow interior. The wallet is located within the tray's interior. The housing is similarly constructed, except that its side wall includes a gap. The tray is arranged to be located within the housing, with its sidewall adjacent the housing's sidewall and with its open top within the housing's open top so that the wallet is visible. The tray is arranged to be slid out of the housing through the gap. A pair of magnets are provided for releasably holding the tray within the housing. The housing can be reversibly disposed with respect to the tray to form a lid with the base wall of the housing closing the open top of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Reborn Products Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ford, Allan L. Ford
  • Patent number: 7445120
    Abstract: A reusable display package having a first body with a first pocket and a second body with a second pocket is provided. A hinge connects the first body to the second body to move the first body relative to the second body from an open display position to a closed carrying position. At the open display position, the first body and the second body are coplanar and the packaging is capable of displaying products. At the closed carrying position, the first body is substantially parallel to the second body. Retaining members lock the hinge at the open display position and are removable for moving the bodies to the closed carrying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Cequent Consumer Products
    Inventor: Thaddeus Brej
  • Patent number: 7424951
    Abstract: A hanger is disclosed for a wrench. The wrench includes a head and an insert connected with the head. The hanger includes a board and an aperture defined in the board for receiving the insert of the wrench. The edge of the aperture can hold the insert in position because of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 7416082
    Abstract: A hanger for drills comprises a plastic part with a tag face, wherein a hole for the penetration of a hanger hook is disposed in the upper area of the tag face, and wherein one or several holding devices enveloping the drill to be held at least partially are disposed at a distance from one another on the tag face. For the purpose of securely holding drills of various shapes, it is provided that at least one holding part is elastically deformed to envelop the drill to be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Inventor: Peter Roesler
  • Patent number: 7413080
    Abstract: An improved blister package construction is provided. The inventive blister package construction allows for different visual presentations of the packaged products that would otherwise not be achievable with conventional blister packages. The blister package of the invention has one or two thermoplastic blisters designed and positioned on a backing card such that, when the card is folded along a transverse score line, the one or two blisters will lock together and the backing card will be formed into an ā€œLā€ shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Hartz Mountain Corporation
    Inventor: Larry Van House
  • Patent number: 7395931
    Abstract: A device for extending an event time of a physical shock imparted on an electronic device. The device includes a rigid or semi-rigid frame and a resiliently elastic material coupled to the frame, the resiliently elastic material suspending an electronic device with respect to the frame. The resiliently elastic material may be in the form of a sheet, a strap, a rib, and combinations thereof. One preferred resiliently elastic material is a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Donald Ray Gillis, Norbert A. Feliss, Andrei Khurshudov
  • Patent number: 7392902
    Abstract: A suspension device which prevents a suspended tool from burglary is disclosed. The suspension device comprises a suspension plate, and a clipping seat, connected to the bottom of the suspension plate, for clipping a tool, characterized in that the clipping seat has a hollow interior which is mounted with a rim mount directly encloses the external rim of the suspended tool such that the clipping tool can be locked and secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Chi-Tsai Chang
  • Patent number: 7392906
    Abstract: A display package for a flashlight includes a shell having a transparent display surface, a sidewall and a backing that together define a package interior volume. The package volume encloses at least the light source portion of a flashlight in a preselected orientation. A reflector is affixed to the shell to receive light emission from the flashlight light source so a potential consumer can evaluate flashlight illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Sun Yu
  • Patent number: 7389868
    Abstract: The present invention consists of a jewelry storage and concealment device having rigid frame which is substantially thin and planar and which is suitable for attachment to a standard hanger, over which any ordinary article of clothing may be placed, for concealing the device between clothes in a closet. Or, it may be provided with a mirrored door on its front or a decorative picture and picture frame so that it may be hung on a wall and the device may be obscured from the view of thieves or unauthorized users. The present invention contains a plurality of square or rectangular compartments which are provided with hooks, posts or curtain walls so that the device can easily hold earrings, either pierced or clip on style, bracelets, necklaces, rings, etc. In such a manner, a highly secure jewelry organizing and storage system is shown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ashley C. Lewand, James Allen Lewand
  • Patent number: 7364039
    Abstract: In a packing member that packs an ink cartridge, the packing member is constituted as an adhesive label, a perforation is provided on a portion of the label, an ink cartridge is packed by adhering the label on the cartridge, and the ink cartridge is unpacked by peeling off a central portion of the label along the perforation. A back sheet (release coated paper) of the label is adhered on the ink cartridge in a state in which a portion of the back sheet is left. Thus, unpacking (peeling-off of the label) is facilitated, and adhesive is prevented from remaining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Goro Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 7360651
    Abstract: A display device for displaying an adjustable spanner comprises a display panel having at least one ratchet holes for receiving at least one polygonal cylinder; each polygonal cylinder serving for connecting a respective adjustable spanner; a cambered slot formed in the display panel; and a clip for clamping the adjustable spanner to a cambered slot so that the adjustable spanner moves along the ratchet hole with the ratchet hole being as a moving center. A description paper is adhered to the display panel. It is only necessary to move the adjustable spanner reciprocally, the polygonal cylinder can be tightened or released so that the spanner clamping the polygonal cylinder can be tested by buyers before buying the spanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: King Lugger Inc.
    Inventor: Teng Hsien Kuo