Patents by Inventor Melissa Otis

Melissa Otis 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: 20240016248
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide an imitation flower bouquet system. In one implementation, an imitation flower arrangement has a decorative portion and a base portion, with the decorative portion including at least one imitation flower. An imitation vase includes a plurality of panels. The base portion of the imitation flower arrangement is mounted to the plurality of panels of the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship. The translational relationship creates a free standing imitation flower bouquet that is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the imitation flower arrangement and the imitation vase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: LOVEPOP. INC.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Walker Walker, Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: 11793255
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide an imitation flower bouquet system. In one implementation, an imitation flower arrangement has a decorative portion and a base portion, with the decorative portion including at least one imitation flower. An imitation vase includes a plurality of panels. The base portion of the imitation flower arrangement is mounted to the plurality of panels of the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship. The translational relationship creates a free standing imitation flower bouquet that is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the imitation flower arrangement and the imitation vase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LovePop, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Elana Walker, Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Publication number: 20220061440
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide an imitation flower bouquet system. In one implementation, an imitation flower arrangement has a decorative portion and a base portion, with the decorative portion including at least one imitation flower. An imitation vase includes a plurality of panels. The base portion of the imitation flower arrangement is mounted to the plurality of panels of the imitation vase at a set of one or more connections in a translational relationship. The translational relationship creates a free standing imitation flower bouquet that is moveable between a folded position and an unfolded position by translating movement between the imitation flower arrangement and the imitation vase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LovePop, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Elana Walker, Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Publication number: 20220032204
    Abstract: A decoration system includes a base and a mount. The base has a base surface. A fixed portion of the mount is mounted to the base surface, and a moveable portion of the mount is movable between a folded position and an unfolded position. A decoration is mounted to the mount. The decoration is moveable between an erected position and an unerected position as the moveable portion moves between the folded position and the unfolded position. A slit is defined in the base. The base holds the decoration in the erected position upon receipt of at least a portion of the moveable portion within the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: LovePop, Inc.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Dariush Nejad, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: D921105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LovePop, Inc.
    Inventors: Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: D924723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LOVEPOP, INC.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Dariush Nejad, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: D940585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: LOVEPOP, INC.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Elana Walker, Xinzhi Jiao, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose
  • Patent number: D967892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LOVEPOP, INC.
    Inventors: Jozef Karpiel, Dariush Nejad, Melissa Otis, Robin Rose