A jewelry display apparatus comprising a plurality of arms, each arm displaying a different piece of jewelry. The arms can be closed to provide an attractive display for showing the plurality of jewelry next to each other or spread apart from each other to allow the customer to view the jewelry in isolation. The arms are joined together at a common pivot point about which the arms rotate with respect to each other.

A tagging system for carpet or flooring samples has a lower gripping arm, an upper gripping arm, and a connecting arm connecting the lower gripping arm and the upper gripping arm. The lower gripping arm and the lower gripping arm are spaced apart by the connecting arm a distance to provide a snug fit with a typical flooring samples. Disposed on the upper gripping arm is a removeable label window connector, for connecting a transparent label window holder to the upper gripping arm. The label window connector has a plurality of notches about its substantially circular rim for connecting with the label window holder. In another embodiment, the label window connector connects the gripping arms, allowing for mounting the tagger perpendicular to the flooring sample. In another embodiment, the tagger has a body plate receiving a transparent label window, and an arcuate lip for receiving a color-coded marker.

A tagging system for carpet or flooring samples has a lower gripping arm, an upper gripping arm, and a connecting arm connecting the lower gripping arm and the upper gripping arm. The lower gripping arm and the lower gripping arm are spaced apart by the connecting arm a distance to provide a snug fit with a typical flooring samples. Disposed on the upper gripping arm is a removeable label window connector, for connecting a transparent label window holder to the upper gripping arm. The label window connector has a plurality of notches about its substantially circular rim for connecting with the label window holder. In another embodiment, the label window connector connects the gripping arms, allowing for mounting the tagger perpendicular to the flooring sample. In another embodiment, the tagger has a body plate receiving a transparent label window, and an arcuate lip for receiving a color-coded marker.

A retractable display, storage and carrying case for necklaces includes an inverted-V-shaped frame, a torsion-spring-loaded tube rotatably suspended between the frame, a rectangular cloth sheet attached along one edge to the tube, with an opposite edge wrapped around a weighted rod to form a pocket on a front surface of the sheet. A plurality of jewelry hanging hooks are secured to an upper portion of the cloth sheet. One end of a necklace is attached to a single hanging hook, while the opposite end is tucked into the pocket. Much like a roll-up blind, the cloth sheet can be extended to a desired length by tugging on the weighted rod. Another tug will cause the roll-up mechanism to release and wind up the cloth sheet around the tube.

A retractable display, storage and carrying case for necklaces includes an inverted-V-shaped frame, a torsion-spring-loaded tube rotatably suspended between the frame, a rectangular cloth sheet attached along one edge to the tube, with an opposite edge wrapped around a weighted rod to form a pocket on a front surface of the sheet. A plurality of jewelry hanging hooks are secured to an upper portion of the cloth sheet. One end of a necklace is attached to a single hanging hook, while the opposite end is tucked into the pocket. Much like a roll-up blind, the cloth sheet can be extended to a desired length by tugging on the weighted rod. Another tug will cause the roll-up mechanism to release and wind up the cloth sheet around the tube.

Paint tester and methods of testing paint using the paint tester. The paint tester having a sealed receptacle containing paint, a foam applicator, and a seal cutter. The methods comprising rotating the seal cutter with respect to the receptacle until one or more teeth will cut into and break a seal on the receptacle, applying inward pressure to an exterior surface of a receptacle wall causing paint to flow from the receptacle through a channel exit of the receptacle, through a conduit defined in the seal cutter, out a conduit exit encircled by crenulations, through pores in the applicator, and onto an exterior surface of the applicator, and touching the exterior surface of the applicator to a surface upon which paint is desired.

Paint tester and methods of testing paint using the paint tester. The paint tester having a sealed receptacle containing paint, a foam applicator, and a seal cutter. The methods comprising rotating the seal cutter with respect to the receptacle until one or more teeth will cut into and break a seal on the receptacle, applying inward pressure to an exterior surface of a receptacle wall causing paint to flow from the receptacle through a channel exit of the receptacle, through a conduit defined in the seal cutter, out a conduit exit encircled by crenulations, through pores in the applicator, and onto an exterior surface of the applicator, and touching the exterior surface of the applicator to a surface upon which paint is desired.

A method to market real estate includes providing a graphical user interface to a user for installation on a remote computer, receiving a street address at a server for a particular piece of real estate from the remote computer, and receiving digital photographs at the server of the particular piece of real estate. The server includes a microprocessor and a memory that stores user preferences for a marketing format and the street address, where the microprocessor formats the digital photographs in accordance with the user preferences and the marketing format, and generates a plurality of physical marketing items for the particular piece of real estate in accordance with the user preferences. The plurality of physical marketing items includes at least one of a door hangtag, a postcard, a thank you card, and a sign. The method also includes assembling the plurality of physical marketing items into a display box.

A method to market real estate includes providing a graphical user interface to a user for installation on a remote computer, receiving a street address at a server for a particular piece of real estate from the remote computer, and receiving digital photographs at the server of the particular piece of real estate. The server includes a microprocessor and a memory that stores user preferences for a marketing format and the street address, where the microprocessor formats the digital photographs in accordance with the user preferences and the marketing format, and generates a plurality of physical marketing items for the particular piece of real estate in accordance with the user preferences. The plurality of physical marketing items includes at least one of a door hangtag, a postcard, a thank you card, and a sign. The method also includes assembling the plurality of physical marketing items into a display box.

An enclosure for storage, transport, and display of pins for trading includes: a front and a back connected together by a first closure mechanism, such as a zipper; and a second closure mechanism such as a zipper located on an exterior of and connecting a clear cover to the front. The enclosure defines an enclosed interior space between the front and the back in which mounting surfaces are located for pins. The cover and an outwardly facing surface of the front define another enclosed interior space having an additional mounting surface for the mounting pins to be seen through the clear cover and showcased.