Display Patents (Class 217/63)
  • Patent number: 5494181
    Abstract: A roll-top cedar storage chest includes a tambor (7) supported by a beam (8) or bulkhead (18) for additional storage and top-loading capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Conestoga Wood, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon K. Denney
  • Patent number: 5277307
    Abstract: In a representative embodiment of the invention, a display for a gift and greeting card or the like comprises a rigid box having an open front with a finished perimeter. A small gift may be removably positioned within the interior of the box with lighting means positioned adjacent thereto to selectively illuminate the gift. A reversible panel is slidingly movable in grooves formed in side frame members at the box open front to conceal and reveal the gift as desired. A multi-page greeting card may be positioned forwardly of the panel in the grooves with the back page thereof including a hole through which the panel, and subsequently the gift, may be viewed upon removal of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Inventor: Sherwin Kelly
  • Patent number: 5147041
    Abstract: A generally rectangular container for the storage and protection of sports cards having a rigid Internal Enclosure (6) which is slidably insertable and completely removable from a rigid External Enclosure (8).The External Enclosure (8) incorporates two Fingergrip cutouts (8a) and (8a') located to the front and to either side of the External Enclosure (8) to permit grasping the Internal Enclosure (6) for removal. The Internal Enclosure (6) has the capacity to store a plurality of cards and permit random access of such cards by utilizing spaced Bottom Rails (6a) and (6a') which create a gap sufficient for the insertion of a finger or fingers to raise any specific card, or series of cards, up and out of the card stack. The front panel insert (10) to the Internal Enclosure (6) is transparent, thus permitting visibility of the first card in any sequential ordering of cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Inventors: Richard Lemieux, Terrence Neufeld