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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422296 | Sheet dispenser display strip A point of purchase display includes a hangable display strip having a coupon dispenser box and a plurality of mounts formed from a single sheet blank. The products can be supported from underneath by support ledges and retained by holsters hinged to the strip at on... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7367470 | Multi-posture folded towel dispenser A free-standing dispenser for inter-folded towels capable of being placed in a wide variety of postures having an opening which facilitates one handed dispensing. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7329394 | High throughput incubation devices The invention provides an efficiently automated incubation device that reduces the number of powered moving parts in the device and the amount of air transfer between environments that are internal and external to the device. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7150052 | Portable dome cover for cribs and the like A crib cover assembly includes a U-shaped central frame that includes an elongated cross bar and a pair of oppositely spaced end bars monolithically formed with the cross bar. The end bars are horizontally registered with opposed latitudinal edges of the crib and ar... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150375 | Apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular arrangement An apparatus and method for storing slides in an angular, offset or fanning arrangement. The apparatus includes a base member and two support members. At least one of the base member, the first support member, and the second support member is arranged at an angle. W... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7134571 | Absorbent sheet products dispenser having interchangeable face plates A napkin dispenser has a container body for holding a stack of napkins, and a pair of interchangeable face plates each connectable to the container body. One of the face plates has a first elongated dispensing opening exposing a bottom region of the napkin stack, fo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7063227 | Air cargo container An air cargo container includes a base, two side walls, and a rear wall. The side walls each included a curved front edge. A retractable or roll-up door is located between the side walls. The door is extendible from an open position in which the door is retracted or... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7004111 | Treat dispenser An animal reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm, the apparatus having a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least a first and second attaching straps for attaching the dispensing tube to... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6705687 | Storage and display units for cards and the like and methods of making same A storage and display unit for prepaid telephone calling cards, collectible cards, and the like which is made, at least in a major part, of a substantially transparent plastic having a reasonable amount of impact resistance to breakage, the unit being combinable wit... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6467855 | Wall hanging cassette tape organizer A wall hanging cassette tape organizer for allowing a user to keep tapes neat and organized, on a wall where they would be easily accessible and out of reach for children or pets and not take up any usable floor or table space. The wall hanging cassette t... | 10/22/2002 |
| 5979700 | Clip lift for tissue dispensing system This invention relates to a facial tissue dispensing system which includes a clip lift member. The clip lift member of the present invention is positioned beneath the stack of facial tissues placed in the carton. The clip lift comprises a bendable sheet o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5894931 | Brochure display with spring A display for displaying and dispensing brochures. The display comprises a housing and a transparent door hinged to the housing to swing forwardly when opened. A pocket is pivotally mounted to the same hinge as that pivotally supporting the door. The pock... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5470138 | Coupon display and dispenser device A device for displaying sheets of promotional material includes a frame having a rear wall, a front wall, a pair of side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall. The walls cooperate to define a sheet receiving cavity. A hinge can be provided for pivotally mo... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5456384 | Drop ceiling suspended universal display and dispenser A dispenser and display device is suspended by a ceiling element that is inserted in a drop ceiling in place of a standard drop ceiling panel. The ceiling element has a number of channels formed to run in different directions, so that the dispenser can as... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5447366 | Apparatus for dispensing discrete articles Apparatus for dispensing discrete articles such as newspapers, magazines and other publications includes two housing members which are pivoted apart to obtain access to the interiors of the housing members. Covers on the housing members must be opened bef... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5129523 | Form holder A device for holding a stack of forms in a manner such that the first form in the stack is in contact with a first surface of one side of the holding device as each form is removed therefrom. In particular, the device comprises a front portion, side porti... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4854261 | Combination seat for boats A combination seat for boats includes a housing comprising lower and upper housing sections, a seating assembly mounted on the upper housing section and a galley assembly mounted in the lower housing section, the galley assembly including a sink, a water ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4805969 | Bag holder A bag holder comprises a generally rectangular housing in which plastic shopping bags having peripheral dimensions larger than those of the housing itself can be stored. The housing has a forward opening and a pair of doors which are hinge-mounted on oppo... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4696399 | Notepaper dispensing tray A notepaper dispenser for holding and dispensing sheets singly from a pad of notepaper with the sheets held in the pad by a narrow band of adhesive on one side of each sheet and adjacent one end is disclosed which has a support surface for the pad, a clam... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4623073 | Dispenser for cards A card and pamphlet dispenser or vendor box comprising a rather flat vertically elongated box with a rearwardly sloping bottom wall spaced slightly from the rear wall of the box to define a transverse slot through which the cards or pamphlets may be withd... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4538726 | Disposable mixing palette and container A combination of multiple numbers of a prefabricated disposable palette in a container suitable for packaging, shipping, storing and displaying said palettes and dispensing said palettes individually. The said container is constucted so as to be either di... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4449643 | Knock-down vending rack A newspaper vending rack is designed to be transported and stored in a disassembled format. The rack includes four side wall members that are accommodated within channels or grooves formed in each of the top and bottom members of the rack. The top and bot... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4396237 | Package displaying dispenser A cabinet for displaying and dispensing vertical stacks of small packages, such as packs of cigarettes, is adapted to be mounted over a store's check-out counter. The shopper's side of the package displaying dispenser is transparent, so that the shopper c... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4359162 | Device for stacking board-staped articles Board-shaped articles are to be stacked in a frame in such a way that they can be introduced into the frame from the same elevation, means being provided to ensure the maintenance of the desired spacing between the individual articles. To that end the spa... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4275814 | Film containing magazine A parallelepiped film containing magazine for containing a number of film sheets in stacked state is disclosed. In the magazine, a supporting plate is disposed in that portion of a magazine casing corresponding to an opening through which the films are ta... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4254872 | Portable mail delivery tray A portable mail delivery tray (10) retains a sorted bundle of mail for quick identification and delivery by a mail carrier from his motor vehicle. The mail delivery tray (10) includes a platform (18) and upwardly extending rear support (20) for supporting... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4191306 | Stamp dispenser Disclosed herein is a dispensing clip for retaining in folded pack up a plurality of stamps and for dispensing the retained stamps one-by-one. More specifically the clip is generally conformed to include two inwardly directed free edges extending from a c... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4103980 | Wall-mounted directory A wall-mounted enclosure including means, such as cards, providing a convenient telephone directory or the like includes a wall-mounted portion and a desk portion adapted to close the wall-mounted portion. The desk portion contains means, such as rods, fo... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4049329 | Automatic device for maintaining the level of a stack of plates An automatic device for maintaining the level of a stack of plates, mainly of the storage-battery type, in feeding devices of automatic assembly machines, comprising, according to the invention, a stack-lifting mechanism in the form of a conventional pneu... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4003471 | Revolving message holder An upstanding rack which is rotatable upon a stand, the rack consisting of several tiers one upon the other, each tier having several boxes all around its outer side, each box being adaptable to have message notes being inserted thereinto, so that whereve... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3977565 | Dispenser package A container has an end wall and a stack of assemblies each composed of an adhesive film splice and a protective cover for the same, is accommodated in the container. The container has an opening in its end wall of a width which corresponds to the width of... | 08/31/1976 |