Steven M Frank

US Patent:

6631811, Oct 14, 2003

Filed:

Aug 31, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/945389

Inventors:

Samuel B. Komar - Crystal Lake IL
Steven B. Frank - Elgin IL

Assignee:

CTI Industries Corporation - Barrington IL

International Classification:

A47F 700

US Classification:

211 131, 211 9401, 446220

Abstract:

A display device for displaying lighter-than-air novelty balloons includes an elongated base with a rear wall and a front wall extending therefrom to form a channel for receiving and retaining balloon weights. The display device is formed from a plastic material and at least one of front or rear walls are flexible with respect to the other. A gap between the upper edge portion of the front wall and the upper edge portion of the rear wall, which has a smaller width that the base of the channel receives and retains balloon weights in a resilient manner. The outer side of the base is adapted to being attached to a display object by an adhesive, a magnetic member, or fasteners. A display rack for displaying lighter-than-air novelty balloons includes a pole for attaching a plurality of the display devices thereto in a vertical orientation. A support base provides support for the pole and maintains the pole in an upright position. Another display rack for displaying lighter-than-air novelty balloons includes a flat surface for attaching a plurality of the display devices to its edges.

US Patent:

6745904, Jun 8, 2004

Filed:

Jan 6, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/478639

Inventors:

Samuel B. Komar - Crystal Lake IL
Steven B. Frank - Elgin IL

Assignee:

CTI Industries Corporation - Barrington IL

International Classification:

A47F 501

US Classification:

211 131, 211 861, 2111811

Abstract:

A balloon rack for buoyant balloons displays balloons at approximately eye level in a neat, untangled and orderly fashion, by providing an elongated retention slot for securely receiving a balloon weight secured to the lower end of each balloons tether. The elongated retention slot can retain various types of balloon weights, including spool-shaped balloon weights, within the slot, and the rack can be mounted to a panel or flat surface. Alternately, the rack may be free-standing.