Did You Know...
...In 1790, the cost to obtain a patent was between $4 and $5.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104206 | Signage retrofit kit for vending machines A holder of product identification indicia incorporated with a specifically printed illuminated sign in a beverage vending machine. The holder allows enhanced product identification relating to a separate, existing selection button panel. The holder is securely atta... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7421810 | Picture frame assembly for mounting to a cylindrical object A picture frame assembly includes a backing plate having a front surface, a rear surface, and a plurality of parallel grooves in one of the surfaces. The material and thickness of the backing plate are chosen so that the backing plate may be plastically deformed abo... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7354273 | Dry erasable board A dry erase board is provided having a body having dry erase characteristics. The body has at least one bent end. A sheet having indicia can be secured between the body and the bent end. A user can then write on the body in correlation to the indicia on the sheet. | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325345 | Sign A self supporting resilient sign is assembled as a prism form a collapsed flat transport position and comprises pair of rectangular blanks of white, exterior grade pvc joined by a series of parallel, welded seams. The seams divide the blanks into a pair of panel poc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7191951 | Price indication label and method of using the same The present invention relates to a price indication label comprising an detachable label body which has a price indication region capable of indicating a current price in an advertisement region capable of advertising information for sales promotion. In order to imp... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185802 | Collection canister system for charities A collection canister system having a front panel and a rear panel. The rear panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and forwardly extending sides. The front panel has top and bottom edges and side edges there between and rearwardly extending sid... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6899391 | Seat back with flap to hold indicia A seat back for a chair has a support panel to contact a seated person and a flap that extends from the top of that support panel to which advertising is attached. The flap folds over the back of the top of the support panel and presents the advertising to a person ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6886282 | Display holder for vehicle interior A display holder for attachment to an interior of a vehicle. The display holder is capable of slidably receiving a display. The display holder comprises a rectangular window plate comprising a front edge, rear edge, first side edge and second side edge. A first moun... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6742294 | Device for displaying information A device for displaying information, such as advertising, text, pictures or the like, comprising a wholly or partly transparent front plate (1) having an at least partly curved or bent cross section between a pair of essentially parallel side edges, and havin... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6722069 | Curved panel assemblies and methods of assembly thereof A curved panel assembly useful e.g. as a sign holder, has upper and lower elongate curved abutment members each with an elongate concave rear side, and backing sheet retainers extending rearwardly from the concave side at opposite ends of the concave side, the backi... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6446375 | Automobile window message display device A durable lightweight rigid transparent envelope that is slightly curved in shape from top to bottom and attaches to automobile windows via suction cups in order to hold and display a variety of double-sided thin flexible lightweight message sheets, which... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6216374 | Banner with improved supplement signage pocket A method and product resulting from employing radio frequency electric energy for heat-sealing a thermoplastic pouch to a thermoplastic sheet or banner to provide a banner with an improved supplemental signage pocket affixed thereto. The components of the... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5826358 | Direction-indicating sign holder and method of providing directional indication A direction-indicating holder for an informational sign for use in directing people to a location associated with information on the sign. In one embodiment the holder includes top and bottom panels secured together to form a sign-receiving envelope betwe... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5655323 | Message board A message or note board that is also a holder for mail constructed of recycled plastic material and assembled from several different types of plastic but easily disassembled with common hand tools so that after final use, the parts may be segregated for f... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5600911 | Markable table cover A cover for receiving and displaying written indicia relative to a table surface. The structure includes a cover structure for positioning over a table. A writing substrate is received between the cover and the table and can be written on to display custo... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5520326 | System for alerting mail distributors A system for alerting mail distributors to a potential message (such as that all the current mail has been forwarded) when attempting to deliver mail to a mail receptacle. A device is provided which may be entirely located within such mail receptacle, whi... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5131177 | Apparatus for displaying a sticker on any selected surface that is removable from that surface without damage thereto A portable and reversible lightweight sticker display system is disclosed for stickers and the like. Each of the various embodiments includes a display board of various configurations each defining slots for capturing a support device along each side edge... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5092066 | Removable sign A sign adapted to be attached to a rope includes a legend receiving body portion, and a rope engaging portion including an opening having a minimum dimension at least equal to the diameter of the rope, the opening communicating with the outside periphery ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4918848 | Display stand for use with water heaters A display stand for water heaters presenting information in an orientation easily read by a prospective purchaser is disclosed. The display stand is comprised of three flat panels, a top panel engaging the top of a water heater, a presentation panel, pres... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4243340 | Apparatus for the display and protection of awards Apparatus for the display and protection of awards. In a first embodiment the apparatus includes a piece of luggage having a wall containing a slit through which an award may be passed. A transparent sheet is secured to the outer surface of the wall aroun... | 01/06/1981 |
