Patents by Inventor Norbert Weig

Norbert Weig 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: 20220409989
    Abstract: A device for accommodating a puzzle including a flexible, particularly rollable surface element serving to store the puzzle, the device further comprising at least one, preferably a plurality of reinforcing elements which can be assembled together with the surface element so that the device is converted from a disassembled state with the surface element flexibly deformable to a plate-like stabilised state of the surface element, the reinforcing elements serving to stabilise the surface element in a plane, flat shape. A picture frame can present the puzzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Norbert WEIG
  • Publication number: 20220395997
    Abstract: A method for producing a puzzle including a plurality of puzzle pieces which, in an assembled state, form the puzzle, wherein, in the method, an image is laminated or printed onto a carrier plate so that the image defines an image plane on the carrier plate, and the puzzle pieces are punched out of the printed or laminated carrier plate or wherein the carrier plate is punched and an image is printed onto the punched carrier plate so that the image defines an image plane on the carrier plate, wherein the puzzle pieces are detached and separated from the punched carrier plate in a predetermined way by a controlled movement of at least one puzzle piece transverse to the image plane. A corresponding device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Norbert WEIG
  • Publication number: 20220370891
    Abstract: A sales unit of a puzzle with a puzzle which comprises a plurality of puzzle pieces which together form a picture with one or more motifs, as well as a storage container for the puzzle pieces, wherein the puzzle pieces of one picture are assembled into at least two or more groups with two or more puzzle pieces respectively, irrespective of the motif or motifs, wherein the groups of puzzle pieces are arranged separately from one another in the storage container. A method for manufacturing the puzzle as well as a system for storage of a puzzle with a storage container and two or more dimensionally stable smaller storage containers can include each smaller storage container receiving a group of puzzle pieces with two or more puzzle pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Norbert WEIG
  • Patent number: 7791757
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system or a procedure for the production of photograph albums, coffee-table books, albums and the like, with a mobile camera for recording and storing digital images, in which are integrated transmitting means for wireless remote radio transmission, an image-processing unit for manipulating and/or processing digital images with a receiver unit for receiving images transmitted by the camera and a printing device for printing out the images processed in the image-processing unit, with the image-processing unit and camera fitted out such that instructions for manipulating and/or processing the images are sent by the transmitting means of the camera to the image-processing unit directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventor: Norbert Weig
  • Publication number: 20060268341
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system or a procedure for the production of photograph albums, coffee-table books, albums and the like, with a mobile camera for recording and storing digital images, in which are integrated transmitting means for wireless remote radio transmission, an image-processing unit for manipulating and/or processing digital images with a receiver unit for receiving images transmitted by the camera and a printing device for printing out the images processed in the image-processing unit, with the image-processing unit and camera fitted out such that instructions for manipulating and/or processing the images are sent by the transmitting means of the camera to the image-processing unit directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Norbert Weig