Ib Penick

50226819, Jun 11, 1991

Sep 21, 1989

7/410358

Ib Penick - Palatine IL

A63H 3338
B42D 100

281 1511

In a pop-up device for use in a magazine or other publication or for use by itself such as a mailer or the like, two display elements are hingedly connected to a front of two covers. The opening of the front cover forces the erection of the two display elements and allows the elements to stand up out of the plane thereof. A spacing tab is connected between a foreground display element and the back cover and also is connected between a background display element and the back cover. The spacing tab restrains the displays from following the front panel a full one hundred eighty degrees while allowing them each to raise to a specified distance from the back cover. The pop-up is designed for mass-production mechanical fabrication and assembly. A blank is cut to form the display elements and the spacing tabs and is scored to form lines of weakness, which allow easy folding, in the appropriate places. Adhesive is then applied and, after appropriate plowing, folding and trimming processes, the pop-up device is formed.

43366643, Jun 29, 1982

Jul 14, 1977

5/815657

Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL
John K. Volkert - Northfield IL

Compak System, Inc. - Northfield IL

G09F 712
G09F 1900
A63F 910

40594

An advertising or promotional item is made by preparing a visual advertising or promotional message and cutting it into a plurality of separate interfitting pieces, substantially all of which have the same shape and size as at least one other piece. After interchanging the locations of most of the pieces to scramble them and hide the message, the scrambled relationship visual image is printed upon sheet material and then die-cut to form the original message pieces arranged in scrambled relationship, whereby the recipient must rearrange the pieces to discover the hidden, advertising or promotional message. Preferably, the message region is divided into three or more substantially identical sections. The die-cut sheet material may be laminated with pressure-sensitive adhesive to a backing sheet having a release coating and may be applied to or formed as a part of the sidewall of a container.

39953882, Dec 7, 1976

Dec 8, 1975

5/638558

Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL
John K. Volkert - Northfield IL

Compak Systems, Inc. - Northfield IL

G09F 1900

40126A

A pop-up dimensional or specialty product which is designed for mass-production mechanical fabrication and assembly. A basepiece is formed from sheet material including a plurality of base panels, and a separate pop-up element is attached to two different base panels. Adhesive is applied to a subelement of one pop-up element, and after bringing the base panels into superposed relationship, as by folding, the subelement becomes adhesively attached to a subelement of the other pop-up element. Upon unfolding of the basepiece, the pop-up elements stand up out of the plane thereof.

43132707, Feb 2, 1982

May 28, 1980

6/153931

John K. Volkert - Northfield IL
Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL
Robert B. Volkert - Wilmette IL

Compak Systems, Inc. - Northfield IL

G09F 1900

401241

An illustrative or promotional item having front and rear relatively pivotable covers joined together along a vertical line and a die-cut panel which includes a plurality of subpanels having upper and lower extensions. The lateral edge of each extension nearest the vertical line carries a hinged tab, and the opposite lateral edge of each extension is connected to the remainder of the die-cut panel along vertical hinge line segments. A section of the remainder of the die-cut panel is adhesively attached to the interior surface of the front cover adjacent the vertical line, and an opening is preferably provided in the front cover through which the subpanels can be seen. When the item is opened by swinging the front and rear covers relative to each other, the subpanels pivot to become oriented edgewise to the rear cover. Preferably, the proportions are such that, upon opening completely, the front and rear covers lie in the same plane and the subpanels have rotated 180. degree. so that the rear surfaces of the panels are now visible and the front surfaces lie obscured adjacent the interior surface of the rear cover.

40578135, Nov 8, 1977

Nov 12, 1975

5/631062

Ib Penick - Wheeling IL

G03B 1503

354144

In a pocket sized camera wherein the top and bottom walls of the housing are closely spaced relative to the front to back dimensions thereof and to the spacing between the housing end walls there is provided a multilamp flash unit-receiving socket mounted in the housing adjacent to one of the housing end walls for rotation about a horizontal axis extending in the direction of the longitudinal dimension of the camera housing and adapted to receive a multilamp flash unit so the central axis thereof corresponds with the axis of rotation of the socket. The end wall on which the flash unit-receiving socket is mounted is the end wall spaced the greatest distance from the lens opening in the front wall of the camera housing, to eliminate or minimize "pink eye" effects. The socket is rotated in a direction so that the flash lamp section of the multilamp flash unit next to be rotated into a forward position is at the top of the flash unit, so the user can conveniently see the used or unused condition of the next flash lamp section involved to be used subsequent to the front section thereof. A flash on-off control is provided on the camera housing for rendering the flash unit selectively operable or inoperable and the flash unit-receiving socket is automatically rotated one lamp section only during the first film wind operations following a flash operation independently of the position of the flash on-off switch.

42122317, Jul 15, 1980

Aug 16, 1978

5/934202

Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL
John K. Volkert - Northfield IL

Compak Systems Inc. - Northfield IL

G09F 100

93 1F

A pop-up item for promotional purposes wherein a cover panel and a back panel, hinged to each other along a straight line, sandwich a die-cut panel in which are formed a plurality of interconnected coupons and at least two tabs. One tab is joined to the cover, and the other tab means is joined to the back. Opening of the cover causes the coupons to pop-up and attract the attention of the recipient. The items can be inexpensively mass-produced as a part of a web-press or sheet-press operation.

41925963, Mar 11, 1980

Jun 12, 1978

5/914674

Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL

Camera Plus, Inc. - Fairfield NJ

G03B 1503

354142

A simple camera adapted for taking pictures with percussion-ignitable flashlamps. A striker element is cocked by movement against a spring and is retained in this position by spring-loaded sear lock. When the trigger is pivoted downward, the withdrawal of the sear lock causes the striker element to be driven in a straight line. An ear on the striker element hits a lug on a pivoted shutterblade and causes the shutterblade to swing against the bias of a light tension return spring to open the lens opening for predetermined time period until its return. When a flashlamp is employed, the firing pin portion of the striker element first contacts the torsion bar striker of the flashlamp, thus reducing the force subsequently imparted to the shutterblade and increasing the exposure time. The shutterblade is proportioned so that the lens opening is about 75 percent unobscured at the instant the flashlamp fires.

41469836, Apr 3, 1979

Dec 1, 1976

5/746340

Ib Penick - Prospect Heights IL
John K. Volkert - Northfield IL

Compak Systems, Inc. - Northfield IL

G09F 100

401241

A pop-up item for promotional purposes wherein a cover panel and a back panel, hinged to each other along a straight line, sandwich a die-cut panel in which are formed a plurality of interconnected coupons and at least two tabs. One tab is joined to the cover, and the other tab means is joined to the back. Opening of the cover causes the coupons to pop-up and attract the attention of the recipient. The items can be inexpensively mass-produced as a part of a web-press or sheet-press operation.