Ladd M Orr

US Patent:

D3337480, Mar 9, 1993

Filed:

Apr 27, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/873731

Inventors:

David C. F. Stoddard - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

US Classification:

D 6479

US Patent:

39399877, Feb 24, 1976

Filed:

May 13, 1974

Appl. No.:

5/469741

Inventors:

Rafael T. Bustos - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA

Assignee:

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated - Carthage MO

International Classification:

A47F 700

US Classification:

211134

Abstract:

An adjustable display support for soft drink bottles adjustably constructed from thick, tapered foam plastic material which may be cut to size by a saw. The foam plastic is laminated with a cover of lightweight sheet metal, plastic or any other sheet material or coated with a suitable plastic. The front of the vertical back member and the top of the bottom shelf member are inclined with respect to the respective other side thereof. The support may be installed on the permanent island or base in the supermarket and cut to size and there are strategically located double-sided adhesive tapes to hold things in place.

US Patent:

51616998, Nov 10, 1992

Filed:

Apr 13, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/868053

Inventors:

James Hanna - Athens GA
David C. F. Stoddard - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA
Jeffrey J. Jarmuz - Colgate WI
Donald R. Jones - Mequon WI
Joseph P. Schomisch - New Berlin WI

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

A47F 500

US Classification:

211132

Abstract:

A collapsible display stand which comprises a plurality of boxes and a base structure. Each box has an end wall, top and bottom walls, and a pair of side walls. These walls of each box define an internal space for accommodating products. The end wall of each box closes a first end of the box. Each box has a second end opposite the first end. The boxes are fixedly stacked one on top of another to form a stair structure wherein each box is secured at its botttom wall near the first end thereof to the top wall of the lower adjacent box near the second end of the lower adjacent box. Each box has at least one opening for permitting access to its internal space. The base structure is separably engaged with one or more of the boxes, and supports the stair structure in a tilted manner such that the first end of each box is lower than the second end.

US Patent:

50165453, May 21, 1991

Filed:

May 22, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/527540

Inventors:

J. D. Robertson - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

A47B 300

US Classification:

108111

Abstract:

For displaying items at a point of purchase, a pair of separate upright supports are arranged disjointably to engage shelf ends secured to the ends of shelves which themselves constitute a plurality of transversely severable components whereby shelf length may be reduced together with pivots for disjointably securing each shelf end to one of the upright supports so that the effective length and capacity of the shelves are rendered adaptable for particular applications.

US Patent:

51902117, Mar 2, 1993

Filed:

Apr 27, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/874375

Inventors:

David C. F. Stoddard - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

A47B 300

US Classification:

22912021

Abstract:

A snack display is formed from a unitary blank. The blank includes a plurality of parallel spaced apart cross pieces together with a pair of side pieces foldably joined to opposite ends of the cross pieces respectively. The side pieces are of arcuate cross sectional configuration and planar panels are foldably joined to edges of the side pieces which are remote from the cross pieces. Outer edges of the planar panels which are remote from the side pieces are joined together and a plurality of shelves are foldably joined respectively to the cross pieces.

US Patent:

53355938, Aug 9, 1994

Filed:

May 1, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/877658

Inventors:

David C. F. Stoddard - Atlanta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA
Alan D. Cooper - Winston Salem NC
Jeffrey J. Jarmuz - Colgate WI

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

A47B 300

US Classification:

108165

Abstract:

A corrugated paperboard display stand includes base structure, vertical corner posts supported by the base structure, a plurality of shelves supported by the corner posts, a horizontal cross section of each of the corner posts being at least in part of arcuate configuration and being arranged to support the shelves.

US Patent:

56222610, Apr 22, 1997

Filed:

Apr 19, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/424853

Inventors:

Stephen M. Mobley - Marietta GA
Ladd M. Orr - Clarkston GA
J. David Robertson - Atlanta GA

Assignee:

The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH

International Classification:

B65D 7300

US Classification:

206457

Abstract:

A merchandising display device having an upright tubular housing and a removable decorative covering is disclosed. The housing has an open top for permitting access to merchandise contained in the housing. The covering is of a deflatably air-inflated sleeve structure and is disposed around the housing so as to cover the outside surface of the housing. The covering includes an outer wall which defines the outer perimeter of the sleeve structure. The covering is formed of air-impervious flexible sheet material such that the outer wall is bulged outwardly due to internal pressure of the covering to provide a contour different from the contour of the housing.