Permitting Limited Movement Patents (Class 40/654)
  • Patent number: 10769968
    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying information about a wiring system where said apparatus is configured for being associated with an “end-point” (such as an electrical box) and/or a device electrically associated with an end-point. The apparatus defines mechanical properties (such as a strain relief) and informational properties (such as an aluminum wiring warning).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Matthew Henderson Kirvan
  • Patent number: 8869441
    Abstract: A shelf sign is designed for use with a conventional bookend that typically includes a horizontal plate for slipping beneath a book, and a U-shaped retainer vertically extending therefrom. The sign includes a planar display member having a pair of juxtaposed pockets formed therein. A first, wide pocket receives the U-shaped retainer on the bookend and a second, narrow pocket receives any one of a plurality of identification strips to describe a particular category to be displayed on a shelf. Accordingly, when a user positions the bookend next to a group of items in a conventional fashion, the identification strip is readily visible from either end of an aisle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Ralph Raimondi, Lida Raimondi
  • Patent number: 7434343
    Abstract: A portable attachment (1) with a clip allowed to be easily fitted to a portable object by integrally holding a specified used-article such as a diverging component-contained material having a smell components or medically effective components and the clip, wherein an intermediate material (5) and a rear sheet material (6) are stacked on the rear side of a synthetic resin front sheet material (4) and the peripheral edge portion thereof is sealed to form a front storage part (7) and a rear storage part (8), and the front storage part forming an opening part (9) with a fastener (20) in the upper part thereof and partly having a ventilation part (21) stores the diverging component-contained material so as to be extracted and retrieved and the rear side storage part (8) is formed such that the one end part (3a) thereof for holding the clip (3) is inserted into clip insert storage parts (8a) separately formed on both sides thereof and the other end part (3b) thereof for holding the clip is formed to have a locking
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: NS Planning Inc.
    Inventor: Tsukasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7165349
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein provides a card holder device that can be attached to another object and hold a card therein in a fixed position relative to the object in a readily viewable position during the handling and/or processing of the object to which it is attached. The attachable card holder device comprises a generally planar face portion structured to receive and secure a card therein, the planar face portion having a first attachment leg extending from a first end of said face portion and a second attachment leg extending from a second end of said face portion, wherein the wherein said planar face portion, first and second attachment legs collectively form an overall bracket configuration. The planar face portion comprises a card receiving structure that can comprise a multi-sided frame surrounding an open central area, and a flexible back plate integrally hinged at one end, wherein the back plate is biased outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventor: Witold Bauer
  • Patent number: 7009524
    Abstract: A shelf talker for displaying short and longer term information includes a backplane including a plurality of electrical conductors; a plurality of single character display chips mounted on the backplane in electrical contact with the electrical conductors for displaying the short term information; and a graphic overlay located over the backplane bearing the longer term information and defining apertures for displaying the short term information displayed by the single character display chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Capurso, James M. Papa, John I. Kilburn
  • Patent number: 6622410
    Abstract: An adapter clip for receiving an auxiliary rail having an upper slot and a lower slot, the adapter clip being shaped to be received in a shelf edge having an upper and lower groove. The adapter clip includes an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper and lower flanges being shaped to be received in the upper and lower groove, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the shelf edge. The adapter clip further includes an upper tang and a lower tang, the upper and lower tangs being shaped to be received in the upper and lower slot, respectively, to thereby couple the adapter clip to the auxiliary rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Alan Wilkes, Thomas R. Kruer, David Kenneth Memke, Jon Charles Heisler, William H. McMahon
  • Patent number: 5020255
    Abstract: A card holder has a moulded body for holding a plurality of cards. The moulded body comprises a base wall and two spaced side walls extending from the base wall. The side walls have channels for holding cards in a spaced relationship with respect to each other. The channels have access openings at their one end for permitting insertion of cards into and removal of cards from the channels. The card holder has a resiliently displaceable retaining tab extending from the body. The retaining tab is integral with the base wall. The tab has a lug at its free end. The retaining tab is displaceable from a first position, in which the lug restricts the removal of a card held in the channels to a second position in which a card can be inserted into and removed from the channels, via the access openings. The body of the card holder also has a hole formed therein, for attaching a key ring to the card holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Inventor: Robin F. Rodel