Patents Assigned to Signature Brands LLC
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Patent number: 12011735Abstract: A material deposition device for decorating an object. The device has a housing as a structural framework, an object holder, and a container releasably coupled to the housing. The housing has an object support for supporting the object to be decorated. The container creates a volumetric enclosure with the housing. The device is configured to deposit decoration materials onto the object.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: SIGNATURE BRANDS, LLCInventors: Sean Moran, Thomas Thiemann, Charles Hodges, Joshua Gordon
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Publication number: 20230068331Abstract: An assembly for decorating a plurality of objects, such as egg-shaped objects. The assembly has a support structure; a vessel for containing decorating material, with an dispensing opening at the bottom; a tether with a first tether end attached to the support structure and a second tether end attached to the vessel; and a substrate base for supporting the plurality of objects. The vessel is configured to swing freely over the objects on the substrate base to dispense the decorating material contained therein to the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Signature Brands, LLCInventors: Charles HODGES, Joshua Gordon
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Patent number: 11585525Abstract: An illuminated display device for a hollowed-out pumpkin having face holes, the illuminated display device being installable in an inner volume of the pumpkin that is carved as a jack-o-lantern having the face holes and positioned at a front outer surface of the pumpkin, includes: a light bearing substrate; a light source emitting light substantially omnidirectionally, the light source being arranged on the light-bearing substrate; a spike configured to be releasably engageable with an inner surface of the jack-o-lantern to secure the positioning of the lighting device within the jack-o-lantern proximate one of the face holes; and a reflector to direct light from the light source through at least one face hole to provide the impression to a viewer, if the face hole is an eye cutout, that the eye of the jack-o-lantern is following a passerby.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SIGNATURE BRANDS, LLCInventor: James Egitto
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Patent number: 10415817Abstract: A novelty display for use with a housing having a light source arranged so that light from the light source emanates through the top, the display including: a support member having: an anchoring end configured to affix to the rear face of the housing; a display end to be illuminated by the light source through the top; and a middle section extending between the anchoring end and the display end. The middle section extends from the anchoring end away from the rear face and back toward the display end above the top. A first portion of the middle section is obscured when viewing the display from the front, and a second portion of the middle section not obscured by the housing or the display end is configured to minimize its visibility in the dark, to provide the illusion of the display end levitating above the open top of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SIGNATURE BRANDS LLCInventor: Robert Gregory Myracle
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Publication number: 20090214715Abstract: This invention provides a decorative icing comprising (a) sugar in an amount of between 65% and 85% by weight; (b) water in an amount of between 8% and 16% by weight; (c) corn syrup in an amount of between 1.5% and 7% by weight; and (d) a gum blend in an amount of between 0.3% and 1% by weight, the gum blend comprising, in descending order of amount, gum arabic, propylene glycol alginate and xanthan gum; wherein the icing is ready to use, flowable, protein-free, and hardens after exposure to air. This invention also provides related articles of manufacture, kits, and methods for making and using the instant icing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: Signature Brands LLCInventors: Shirley Duke, Lanier Fender, Jack Grosskopf
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Patent number: 6863721Abstract: A color decorating spray composition comprises a color lake dispersion, an oil, a humectant, an alcohol, a color carrier and drying agent, a color suspending agent, an antifoaming agent, an emulsifier and a propellant. An apparatus for dispensing the composition includes a lined aerosol container filled with the composition, and an aerosol valve assembly including a mounting cup crimped to a formed collar on the container. The valve assembly further includes a valve body fixed in a central aperture of the mounting cup, a valve stem concentrically located in the valve body and loaded against a vapor orifice thereof by a coil spring, and an actuator fitted to the top of the stem. The valve stem has a powder-capable orifice provided with a bead which causes powder to be blown away when the actuator is depressed and composition is expelled through a space between the stem and the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Signature Brands LLCInventors: Jack C. Grosskopf, Mary C. Thomson