Circular Holder Patents (Class 40/661.05)
  • Patent number: 10354562
    Abstract: A identification tag covering device for deterring catching of a covered identification tag includes a pair of rings that is selectively mutually couplable. A hinge is coupled to and extends between the rings. The rings are selectively positionable in an open configuration so that the rings are configured to insert an identification tag. The rings also are selectively positionable in a closed configuration wherein the rings are coupled to the identification tag. Indicia that are positioned on the identification tag are visible. Each of a pair of extrusions is coupled to and extends from a respective ring proximate to the hinge. The extrusions are configured to deter insertion of the rings into a narrow space, such as a gap between boards of a deck. At least one cutout, which is positioned through the pair of rings, is configured to position a coupler that is coupled to the identification tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Walker
  • Publication number: 20130205630
    Abstract: An attachable display device that promotes brand awareness is provided. The device includes a display part having a display area to display an image and a securing portion and a mounting part having an upper portion disposed and secured inside the display part and a lower portion having at least one hole defined therein. The mounting part wraps around an object such that the securing portion engages the at least one hole to secure the display device to the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Tom Augustine
  • Patent number: 8341861
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display structure in which an insertion opening, slide grooves, a first fitting portion and a ridged portion along which the display plate bends when the display plate is bent arranged in the loading sections of a support body in a suitable manner to ensure that when the display plate is inserted into or removed from the loading unit, a force is exerted on both sides of the display plate in either the direction from the display surface side to the rear surface side thereof or the direction from the rear surface side to the display surface side thereof, and a force is exerted in another direction at the center region of the display plate. As a result of configuring in this manner, the display plate deforms so that the entire display surface side comes to have a convex or concave shape, thereby allowing the display plate to be attached to or detached from the support body without forcible localized deformation of the display plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Teruaki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8336241
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for mounting a graphic holder on a display arm. The device has a body portion substantially formed of a resilient elastic material. The body portion comprises a band for securing around a display arm. As the band is resilient and elastic it can be used to mount the device on a variety of different shaped display arms. The device further comprises a neck portion attached to the body portion at a first end and having attaching means for holding the graphics holder substantially at a second end. The present invention also provides a system for displaying a graphic on a display arm comprising a device and a graphic holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Display Mode Limited
    Inventors: Simon John Rowland, Helen Johns
  • Publication number: 20120297652
    Abstract: A device and a method for attaching an ID marker to a cylindrical object further characterized by that said marker is placed into a fitting, said fitting has a cylindrical shape, said fitting fits around said cylindrical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: TRAC-ID SYSTEMS AS
    Inventor: Halvor Halvorsen
  • Patent number: 8302339
    Abstract: A display system utilizing a graphics box as a primary component is disclosed. The graphics box greatly increases the flexibility and aesthetic appeal of displayed graphics cards. The ability to mass produce the graphics box, use multiple graphics boxes to deliver displays of different size and information content and, especially, the ability to reuse the graphics boxes, means that costs of the disclosed display system are relatively low and are achievable without a decrease in the aesthetic appeal of the entire display. Structures for supporting the graphics box to further increase the flexibility of the display system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventors: Randy Pender, Van Stry Erik
  • Patent number: 8091262
    Abstract: Display tag holders in one integral part of an injection molded plastic, such as polyurethane, or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, including an essentially planar display portion, a connecting portion and a ring attachment portion, the ring attachment portion having at least one flexible resilient ring segment including a proximal end closest to the display portion and at least one distal end, the at least one flexible resilient ring segment defining a circumferential direction and a ring plane in which the at least one flexible resilient ring segment essentially extends, wherein the at least one flexible resilient ring segment is attached to the display portion by the connecting portion so that the ring plane is essentially perpendicular to the plane of the planar display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: American Gasket Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dimitris Poulokefalos
  • Patent number: 7837031
    Abstract: A coin holder is provided that includes two covers and a flap to separate the interior surfaces of the covers. Coin containers are provided on the interior surfaces of the covers. In this manner, for example, the flap protects the surfaces of the coin containers from directly interfacing (e.g., scratching) one another. The coin containers lift a coin (or at least a portion of the rim of a coin) above the interior surface of a cover such that the rim of the coin may be viewed while the coin resides in the coin container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Anderson Press, Inc.
    Inventor: Mary C. Counts
  • Patent number: 7814692
    Abstract: A signage system includes a support, a housing attached to the support, and a first sign. The support includes a substantially horizontal member having a first end and a second end; a bracket for mounting the support to an upright, the bracket being attached to the first end of the substantially horizontal member; and a shell extending from the second end of the substantially horizontal member. The housing is attached within the shell of the support and includes a first ring, a second ring connected to the first ring, a first plate, and a second plate positioned adjacent to the first plate. The first plate and the second plate are positioned between the first ring and the second ring. The first sign is releasably retained between the first ring and the first plate by frictional engagement of edges of the first sign with the first ring and the first plate. The signage system is adapted to be supported by the bracket in a cantilevered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohland Wiltfang, Erica Martin, Tracy Tonnessen, Mark Waite, Conrad M. Chin, Eric J. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20100154265
    Abstract: Display tag holders in one integral part of an injection molded plastic, such as polyurethane, or acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, including an essentially planar display portion, a connecting portion and a ring attachment portion, the ring attachment portion having at least one flexible resilient ring segment including a proximal end closest to the display portion and at least one distal end, the at least one flexible resilient ring segment defining a circumferential direction and a ring plane in which the at least one flexible resilient ring segment essentially extends, wherein the at least one flexible resilient ring segment is attached to the display portion by the connecting portion so that the ring plane is essentially perpendicular to the plane of the planar display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventor: Dimitris POULOKEFALOS
  • Patent number: 7513074
    Abstract: A universal end cap for displaying collateral on a fixture arm is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventors: Iris Glenn, Susan Cohen
  • Patent number: 7441359
    Abstract: Provided is a circular advertising frame for receiving a picture, comprising a main frame, a socket half-frame, an insert half-frame, a hanging ring, a concave-convex locking device, and a diaphragm. The circular advertising frame features convenient hanging, easy picture replacement, good stability, esthetic shape and light weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Inventor: Dehai Wang
  • Publication number: 20080108455
    Abstract: Taught herein is an identification device for golf club head covers comprising an outer shell having a front cover and a back cover; a window for displaying identifying indicia disposed on said front cover; a disk bearing a plurality of identification indicia; means for rotating the disk intermittently so that the identifying indicia are displayed through the window, one indicium at a time, the means being disposed within said outer shell; and means for connecting the identification device to a golf club head cover. Since a plurality of different identification indicia can be displayed at a push of a button, a convenient and easy to use identification device for golf club head covers is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Chiawen WU
  • Publication number: 20040255501
    Abstract: An apparatus for displaying indicia and securing an object to a support includes a body member that defines an indicia bearing surface and a resilient hoop member that normally extends around an object. The body member includes a cup segment that defines a cavity and a plug segment that extends into the cavity of the cup segment. The resilient hoop member extends between the cup member and the plug member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: MAKKA ENTERPRISE, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Andrew Lawrence, Peter Blaise Edmund Hart
  • Publication number: 20040079011
    Abstract: An assembly for exhibiting displays, such as logos, fanciful designs or messages on a clothing apparel. The assembly includes an appliqué having a flexible front layer provided with an opening and a back layer affixed to and extending across the opening of the front layer. The assembly further includes a rigid display securely positioned within the opening of the appliqué. The assembly can be attached to clothing apparel, including a cap and visor by stitching or sewing the appliqué to the clothing apparel. A headgear having an assembly exhibiting a display is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Ahead Headgear, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth A. Shwartz, Charles Lord
  • Publication number: 20040068908
    Abstract: The Invention is an item of sports memorabilia. Indicia are imprinted on a medallion using convention minting technology. An ice hockey puck has a cavity adapted to receive and to support the medallion for display. The cavity of the puck exerts a pre-selected force upon the medallion over a pre-selected area, holding the medallion in place during handling while allowing a collector to release the medallion from the puck. Alternatively, resilient or spring retaining members releasably engage the puck and the medallion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Paul Phillip Ratmansky, Joel David Ratmansky
  • Publication number: 20020157295
    Abstract: The present invention resides in an ornamental holder for holding at least one image. The holder includes a first member having an outer surface and an image retention surface with a window defined between the outer surface and the image retention surface and a second member having a mounting surface, wherein the first member is pivotally connected to the second member to permit pivotal motion of the first member and the second member along parallel planes between a first position wherein the mounting surface confronts the image retention surface to hold the image at the window and a second position wherein the mounting surface is separated from the image retention surface to release the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Bradley S. Bush
  • Patent number: 6240668
    Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate identifying a container, for example, a pharmaceutical container, includes at least one member adapted to be secured, for example, removably secured, to a container and to provide indication information effective to distinguish the container when the member is secured thereto, for example, relative to an identical container without the member. The present apparatus is particularly useful in facilitating distinguishing one pharmaceutical container from one or more other pharmaceutical containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Pharcon Corporation
    Inventors: Burrell E. Clawson, James Weigl