Element Or Attachment (16) Patents (Class D11/130)
  • Patent number: 5911633
    Abstract: A rigid decorative shell (20) is provided for surrounding a display stand (22) which holds an upstanding element such as a Christmas tree (24) or display pole. The decorative shell (20) is formed of a first section (28) and a nestable second section (30). The first (28) and second (30) sections each render the general shape of a mountain village, and include a plurality of receiving areas (56) to which model structures (58) can be attached. A light bulb (70) is positioned within each model structure (58) to project light through windows and doorways. An annular shelf (50) provides an area for a model railroad track (52) and train (54). Male (82) and female (84) interlocking elements are located on the first (28) and second (30) sections for releasably connecting their left (36) and right (38) side edges together to restrain the first (28) and second (30) sections in an opposing operational relationship enshrouding the display stand (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: HMS Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Janet M. Sofy, Brian D. Wood
  • Patent number: D444411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Inventor: Larry Glaubitz
  • Patent number: D510888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: Robert A. Kovach
  • Patent number: D450620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Fred B. Simpson
  • Patent number: D520405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Joseph Prebil
  • Patent number: D520904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: EBB Sales, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Cheng
  • Patent number: D526238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Exhart Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret Weiser, Isaac Weiser
  • Patent number: D543895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Inventor: Michael Bolster
  • Patent number: D546240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventors: Joe Pacheco, Mary Pacheco
  • Patent number: D475817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Erva Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Erwin J. Heyek
  • Patent number: D477790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Inventor: Fred B. Simpson
  • Patent number: D481652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: Jerry Kamysiak
  • Patent number: D564937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Holding Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Pestrue, Robert M. Butcher
  • Patent number: D571687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: Jessica L. Spencer
  • Patent number: D572167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Inventor: Jim R. Boucher
  • Patent number: D575188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Jack-Post Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Bycraft
  • Patent number: D489641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Roman, Inc.
    Inventor: Juliane Elise Puntch
  • Patent number: D577629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Inventor: Tsung-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: D491097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventor: Mia Antrice Johnson
  • Patent number: D491839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Inventor: Barbara A. Andrews-Carter
  • Patent number: D585326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Inventor: Jessica L. Donaldson
  • Patent number: D497831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventors: Angela J. Anderson, Camille D. Walter, Jessica L. Kreager, Deborah K. Crawford
  • Patent number: D588495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Staccato Design
    Inventor: Timothy Cobb
  • Patent number: D590295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Inventors: Edgardo Clores, Hiuel J. Ceria
  • Patent number: D605073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventors: Edgardo Clores, Hiuel J. Ceria
  • Patent number: D608685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: The First Pre Lit Tree Concept
    Inventor: Dennis Krize
  • Patent number: D609602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: The First Pre Lit Tree Concept
    Inventor: Dennis Krize
  • Patent number: D616789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Art Huse
  • Patent number: D346344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Inventor: Robert C. Vincent
  • Patent number: D347207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Inventor: David A. Fussell
  • Patent number: D348857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Inventor: Kristopher D. Aldrich
  • Patent number: D349469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Mercer E. Mitchell
  • Patent number: D359463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Inventors: Michael Lindo, Susan Lindo
  • Patent number: D361733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Nihon Kenko Zoushin Kenkyukai Corporation
    Inventor: Isamu Masuda
  • Patent number: D362205
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Inventors: Erwin Eichhorn, Veronika Wentz
  • Patent number: D634668
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Keith Ksobiech
  • Patent number: D368673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Inventors: David M. Hermsdorfer, Pamela A. Hermsdorfer
  • Patent number: D369292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie Gary, Peter A. Brown
  • Patent number: D371755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Inventor: Mark A. Ditullo
  • Patent number: D379777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: M.H. Segan Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Marc H. Segan, Gary Strauss, Lori Shields
  • Patent number: D398516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventors: John P. Brown, Susan E. Brown
  • Patent number: D401529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: The Longaberger Company
    Inventors: Lynn Lippert, Durward L. Staten
  • Patent number: D404681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Porcelaines Philippe Deshoulieres-Lourioux, S.A.
    Inventor: Stephane Galerneau
  • Patent number: D406080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Inventor: Christopher Wayne Marr
  • Patent number: D406788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, William E. O'Hara, Douglas C. Stainbrook
  • Patent number: D416213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventors: Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Linda Marie Gryskiewicz, Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, III, Stacey Michelle Gryskiewicz
  • Patent number: D416514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: United Chinese Plastics Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yue Sin George Koo
  • Patent number: D423982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Santa's Best
    Inventor: Claude Nethercutt
  • Patent number: D424470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: United Chinese Plastics Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yue Sin George Koo
  • Patent number: D427541
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Yvonne Glover