William D Nichol, 6829 Vanderbilt St, Commodore, PA 15729

2004008, May 6, 2004

Aug 26, 2003

10/649751

William Nichol - Hopkinsville KY, US

B65D085/18

206/297000

A hosiery displaying device comprises a main body with a hosiery attachment region defined by a multiplicity of openings in a grid-like array through the main body, each opening being configured to receive therethrough a fastener for securing a hosiery article. A hook-shaped hanger portion extends from one longitudinal side of the main body for hanging the device from a retail display fixture and a U-shaped stabilizing portion extends from the opposite longitudinal side of the main body for supporting engagement with hosiery articles secured thereto.

D342605, Dec 28, 1993

Apr 18, 1991

7/687128

William H. Nichol - Hopkinsville KY

Kentucky Derby Hosiery Company, Inc. - Hopkinsville KY

D 2946

5014957, May 14, 1991

May 23, 1989

7/355999

William H. Nichol - Hopkinsville KY

B42F 1300

248340

A hanger assembly for supporting multiple pairs of socks or other hosiery in suspended disposition from a conventional sock retailing display fixture is provided. The hanger assembly includes an elongate main body portion and a longitudinally centered fixture attachment hook-shaped portion integrally formed from plastic. The main body includes a plurality of sock attachment openings spaced along the longitudinal extent thereof in balanced relation to the hanging axis of the main body and a corresponding plurality of plastic fasteners for attaching the sock pairs to the main body at each sock attachment location for balanced suspension of the multiple sock pairs.

D342375, Dec 21, 1993

May 24, 1991

7/706116

William H. Nichol - Hopkinsville KY

Kentucky Derby Hosiery Company, Inc. - Hopkinsville KY

D 2959

D321288, Nov 5, 1991

May 3, 1989

7/347286

William H. Nichol - Hopkinsville KY

D 6315

5954244, Sep 21, 1999

Sep 9, 1998

9/150443

William H. Nichol - Hopkinsville KY
Harold L. Stone - Mount Airy NC

William H. Nichol, Jr. - Hopkinsville KY

D06C 1500

223 60

An apparatus for processing socks in nested pairs includes the frame and a plurality of processing stations which may include a trimming station, a pressing station, a printing station, and a doffing station as well as a nesting station. The nesting station includes the frame, an assembly mounted to the frame for supporting and positioning a second sock to be disposed in an overlying relationship with the first sock but with both socks being an extended generally flatten condition. The nesting assembly further includes an assembly mounted to the frame for supporting the first sock in an extended, generally flatten condition including an arrangement for retaining the first sock with the one end thereof and an open condition sufficient to receive the second sock in a generally extended and flatten condition and an assembly mounted to the frame for directing the first sock into an overlying relationship with a second sock resulting in the outer surface of the second sock being in contact with the inner surface of the first sock, thereby nesting the sock.

2002013, Oct 3, 2002

Mar 29, 2001

09/820595

William Nichol - Hopkinsville KY, US

B65D085/18

206/297000, 206/278000

A hosiery displaying device comprises a main body with a hosiery attachment region defined by a multiplicity of openings in a grid-like array through the main body, each opening being configured to receive therethrough a fastener for securing a hosiery article. A hook-shaped hanger portion extends from one longitudinal side of the main body for hanging the device from a retail display fixture and a U-shaped stabilizing portion extends from the opposite longitudinal side of the main body for supporting engagement with hosiery articles secured thereto.