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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181789 | Retail packaging for transaction cards Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7938270 | Gift card presenter A gift card presenter includes a base portion folded along a fold line and having an inner and outer surface. A support portion is folded along a fold line and includes opposite ends on either side of the support portion fold line, which are secured to the inner sur... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7370447 | Display device A display device comprises a flexible body portion including an upper portion, a lower portion and a base portion. The upper and lower portions adjoin one another by a periphery adapted to permit pivoting of the upper and lower portions so as to be generally folded ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7273139 | Collapsible, wheeled security luggage Luggage that is easy to transport and easy to store is provided with security tags to enable the passenger and terminal security officers to determine the last person to seal the luggage, enabling a passenger to determine if the luggage was searched, and enabling se... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273149 | Point of purchase display case A cardboard display case for DVDs and the like has a box-like case of folded cardboard with a plurality of shelves on three sides for displaying goods. A retractable pop-up display header extends above the top face of the case near the back. There is a hollow inside... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252197 | One-piece gift box A gift box that includes a detachable gift support for insertion into a gift box after construction from a one-piece sheet of material. Gift restraints are provided for restraining the gift on the gift support. Preferably, the gift is in the shape of a card, such as... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7111736 | Package decoration with pop-up display A package decoration having a foldable panel and pop-up decoration affixed to the panel. The panel and the pop-up decoration are foldable into a flat format, the pop-up decoration folding between folded portions of the panel. The pop-up decoration configured and pri... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7008289 | Toy with openable container from which one or more objects spring out A toy including an openable container, and a non-porous, molded, hollow, elastic three-dimensional representative object arranged to be contained in a compressed condition within the container such that on opening the container the object springs out by assuming its... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004897 | Display/vending carton A carton with an improved dispensing feature at one end of the carton, which preserves the integrity of the carton, while enabling the display and enhanced access and vending of containers within the carton. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6971527 | Display system for retail packaging with included keyhole slot A display system for displaying retail products which includes a display board and at least one package One of the display board and package includes a peg engageable in a keyhole-shaped slot in the other of the display board and package. The package is formed from ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6942102 | Inverted office shipper display A container converts into a display tray, wherein the container has a base, a removable lid and a single tear line crossing the removable lid and dividing the lid into two sections of unequal size. The display tray is created by inverting the container and tearing t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938758 | Storage container for recorded media A retaining device for a disc-shaped item of recorded media includes at least one arm that projects through the central opening of the disc with a locking finger that engages the upper edge of the disc. The disc is released when the user pushes downwardly on the ret... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929133 | Display system and methods A retail display system and related methods. A plastic strut is unitarily-formed with and depends from a header. The strut has a vertical array of engagement features. A plurality of product-holding elements are each engaged to an associated feature of the engagemen... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6907986 | Recording medium disc storage case and a recording medium disc A recording medium disc storage case includes a holding plate for covering a recording side of a recording medium disc having a central hole, the holding plate having a holding portion to be removably fitted into the central hole of the disc, the holding portion hav... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6886737 | Point-of-purchase display with indicia panel An open-topped, open-fronted tray for displaying articles for purchase is provided with a reinforced, drop-down flap for bearing advertising or product information indicia or the like. The drop-down flap has an exposed outer surface, which is contiguous with the rem... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6695144 | Carton with extended panel A carton for packaging articles, having an extended panel hingedly connected to one of the side panels. The extended panel is releasably adhered to the adjacent front or rear wall panel.... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6691873 | One-piece dispenser carton This invention provides an improved one-piece displace device and folding carton. The carton can be shipped in a relatively flat configuration, but folds to a useful and interesting three-dimensional shape. The carton can dispense tissue papers, paper tow... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6386371 | Display device The present invention further provides a display having a header for advertising the product. Once an outer shipping box is removed from the display, the header is moved from its folded, storage position to its extended position. The display is provided w... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6352151 | Jewelry box having attached segmented lid member A jewelry box having a segmented lid structure and a tray structure collectively defined by bottom, front, first side, rear and second side walls. An insert for supportably mounting an article of jewelry is received within an interior space of the tray st... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6038797 | Automatically deployable, information-bearing display panel A display arrangement device for displaying information about items being offered to the public includes a generally box-shaped main body, and at least one formation secured to and extending along one of the top, bottom, and side portions of the main body... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6003664 | Foldable container having display portion acting as source indicia A foldable shipping container, having a main body and first and second side wall panels, which in an assembled configuration forms a display container, wherein a display portion is detached from the main body at a predetermined separation region to form a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5830033 | Folding scenery construction A sheet has a number of slots laterally defining elements with fold lines extending between said slots. One end of the sheet is attached to the bottom surface of a box and the other end is attached to the inner surface of a lid hinged to the box. The elem... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5791488 | Consumer product transport, storage and display system A system for transporting, storing and displaying consumer products (10) includes a shipping container (40) having a plurality of sides (42), of which at least one of the plurality of sides is a detachable display panel (32). The shipping container (40) i... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5782357 | Greeting card and retaining tray assembly A greeting card and retaining tray assembly comprised of a greeting card constructed with a pair of foldable panels and having an inner gift receiving receptacle capable of retaining a gift such as a living plant, a bottle of wine, etc. to be presented to... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5762203 | Container for shipping and displaying of product A display container is formed from a unitary sheet material and comprises a receptacle for receiving the product and a display flag. The receptacle has a floor and a plurality of upright side walls attached thereto that define a product cavity which has a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5738221 | Compact disc holder package containing a three-dimensional pop-up display A compact disc holder package is provided containing a three-dimensional pop-up display. The package includes a tray for retaining a compact disc and a pop-up display structure overlaying the tray. The display structure contains first and second panels th... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5682999 | Novelty box containing folded article A novelty box having a hinged lid and containing a foldable article secured to the interior of the box and the lid so that as the lid is opened the foldable article is unfolded by the opening action of the lid to display the foldable article in an unfolde... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5664683 | Packaging system A carton for shipping and displaying articles of merchandise includes a receptacle portion defined by a bottom, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of opposed side walls. A display panel, extends vertically from the rear wall, and includes an inner disp... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5626232 | Item having pivoting three-dimensional display Sheet material items are fabricated which have an intermediate structure in the form of one or more sheets sandwiched between front and rear covers. One such intermediate panel functions as a facade panel behind which a display panel is located. When the ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5613612 | Combination 3-D pop-up display and CD holder A combination pre-recorded disc holder and display in which the display is removably held in the disc holder. The display incorporates three-dimensional elements held between a pair of panels that are opened and closed upon opening and closing the cover o... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5586659 | Combination gift box and greeting card A combination greeting card/gift box comprising a single sheet blank which has been cut and stamped in such a manner as to present a series of interconnected panels which are connected along stamped fold lines having corner tabs attached along stamped fol... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5317823 | Three-dimensional pop-up display and method for making the same A three-dimensional pop-up display which may be made from a single generally rectangular piece of cardboard or the like and a method for forming the same are disclosed. The display includes three portions and an internal hinged support member for maintain... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4201291 | Display carton An improved display and dispensing carton comprising front and rear walls, top and bottom walls and a pair of side walls all hinged together to form a generally rectangular enclosure has a rear wall composed of a plurality of separate plies which are conn... | 05/06/1980 |