Patents by Inventor Elaine Mueller

Elaine Mueller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200187424
    Abstract: A flower stem insertion device for forming flower bouquets in accordance with the present invention includes an outer portion fabricated from a relatively flexible polymer material and having a plurality of apertures disposed to ultimately configure a preselected flower bouquet when stem portions of preselected flowers are inserted through the apertures. The flower stem insertion device further includes a deformable inner portion fabricated from Floral foam configured to cooperate with the outer portion such that when the stem portions of the preselected flowers are ultimately inserted through the apertures, the stem portions penetrate the deformable inner portion a predetermined distance sufficient to maintain the position of each preselected flower relative to the outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Elaine Mueller, Robert Butta
  • Patent number: 7562492
    Abstract: A device and method 10 for arranging flowers include a flower chart 12 for determining stem lengths for primary and secondary flower 14 and 16, a flower holder 18 for securing end portions 20 of stems 22 of the primary and secondary flowers 14 and 16, and a stem template 24 for marking portions of the flower holder 18 such that the disposition of each primary and secondary flower 14 and 16 in a flower arrangement 26, is predetermined by inserting an end portion 20 of a stem 22 of each primary and secondary flower 14 and 16 into a cooperating marked portion of the flower holder 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Inventor: Elaine Mueller
  • Publication number: 20080072485
    Abstract: A device and method 10 for arranging flowers include a flower chart 12 for determining stem lengths for primary and secondary flower 14 and 16, a flower holder 18 for securing end portions 20 of stems 22 of the primary and secondary flowers 14 and 16, and a stem template 24 for marking portions of the flower holder 18 such that the disposition of each primary and secondary flower 14 and 16 in a flower arrangement 26, is predetermined by inserting an end portion 20 of a stem 22 of each primary and secondary flower 14 and 16 into a cooperating marked portion of the flower holder 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Elaine Mueller
  • Patent number: D556613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Flower Budi, Inc.
    Inventor: Elaine Mueller
  • Patent number: D893345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventors: Elaine Mueller, Robert Butta