Traex Corporation

Uniek Plastics, Inc.

Other

Uniek, Inc.

Gregory J Wenkman

Ferdinand F Salzmann

Edwin A Filipowicz

Carole L Rodgers

Harold E Blossom

Paper cards for use in three-dimensional paper sculpture, wherein the cards have perforated images thereon produced by a laser beam directed by a computer-controlled movable mirror to the back surface of the cards in a predetermined pattern. Indicia for assembly of individual image elements are burned in the back of the cards during the cutting process.

Method of laser cutting paper cards for use in paper sculpture

Photograph framing and mailing device and blank sheet for forming the device are disclosed. When assembled, the device includes panels that frame a photograph, panels that enclose a photograph for delivery purposes, and panels that support a photograph and the framing panels in a horizontal or vertical display orientation. Some of the panels can be used to include written communication and in place of other mailing packaging material.

Frame and mailer for photographs

A multilevel tray for letters or other contents is disclosed which includes two or more spaced apart bins having upwardly extending side rails and an upwardly bent backstop. Other attributes for ease of access and for installation may also be included. The multilevel tray of the present invention may be injection molded as a unitary form.

Multilevel desk paper tray

Needlepoint canvas

Floss bobbin sheet

Compact disk wall rack

Display frame

Photographic display frame

A frame (10) has an integral outer margin (24) and a back plate (26). A display item (28) such as a picture, photograph, certificate, document, or the like is front-loaded into the frame (10) by insertion of the corners of the display item (28) into slots (50). The display item (28) is thus held against the back plate (26) and bounded by the outer margin (24). A flexible transparent sheet (30) fits over the top of the display item (28) and is inserted into the slots (50) in like manner. The frame (10) has a bracket (44) such that the frame (10) may be mounted upon a horizontal surface such as a table, desk, counter or the like. The bracket may be inserted into different sockets (36), (38), (40), and (42) to change the orientation of the display item (28). The frame (10) may also be mounted upon a vertical surface such as a wall by use of either of holes (35), (37), (39), (41), depending upon the desired orientation of the display item (28) a magnet (64) or suction cup (68) may also be used for mounting upon other types of vertical surfaces.

Front-loading display frame

A photographic print and storage unit includes a frame and a tray. A stack of photographs is held within the tray and against the frame by a set of stack lifting members activated when the frame and tray are closed. The stack lifting members include a cam plate that is compressed by the closing of the frame to lift a flexible finger against the bottom of the stack pressing the stack against the inner surface of the frame regardless of the number of pictures in the stack. An integral negative tray stores the negatives and a leg, detachably molded to the tray, may be used in conjunction with a series of mounting holes to provide support to the storage unit for tabletop display. The tray and frame are molded in one piece and attached by means of a living hinge of molded material.

Storage and display unit for photographic prints

A napkin dispenser (10) is disclosed that is a self-contained unit that may be set upon a surface such as a table, counter, or the like. The napkin dispenser (10) has a front (14) and back (16) that oppose one another, each end having hinged doors (26) that may be opened for loading of napkins. The napkin dispenser (10) is symmetrical on a plane equidistant from the doors (26). The doors (26) have access windows (30) through which napkins may be extracted individually. The pressure plates (34) push the napkin against the doors (26), the pressure plates (34) being biased by a leaf spring (62). The spring (62) has a single leaf that is attached to the underside of the top (18) of the napkin dispenser (10) and to the back side of each of the pressure plates (34). The spring is positioned at an angle of 45.degree. relative to a line normal to the surface upon which the napkin dispenser (10) may be set, and the spring (62) is routred over a top (72) on the back side of the pressure plates (34). The spring angle and tab (72) provide a force profile against the napkins that allows for ease of extraction of the napkins by the user. The napkin dispenser has integral base (36) and side walls (38) against which the edges of the napkins rest and are molded in one flat piece. The napkin dispenser (10) also features an anchor clip (32) that allows for attachment and detachment of the napkin dispenser (10) from the surface on which it rests. The anchor clip (32) is fixed to the surface by adhesive foam tape (48) and has barbs (44) that extend vertically into two slots (42) in the bottom of the napkin dispenser (10). The anchor clip (32) may be detached from the remainder of the napkin dispenser (10) by accessing the barbs (44) that have been inserted into the slots (42) in the bottom (20) by opening of the doors (26) and by pinching of the barbs (44) together.

Table model napkin dispenser

Food packaging scoop

A napkin dispenser includes a drawer which slides in and out of a housing and a push plate which also slides in the housing and is spring biased to push the napkins forward. A pair of locks on the rear of the drawer in the preferred napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed so that the napkins are not pressed too tightly, even if napkins are overloaded in the drawer when it is open. Similarly, a pair of locks on the push plate apparatus in the alternative napkin dispenser push the plate forward when the drawer is open but pivot to release the push plate when the drawer is closed.

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Middleton, WI, United States of America

Gregory J Wenkman