Patents by Inventor Andrew G. Avinger

Andrew G. Avinger 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).

  • Patent number: 7267851
    Abstract: A rotating inflatable ornament has a main chamber, a bottom chamber, a rotating chamber, a rotating device, a joint tube and a blower. The bottom chamber is attached to a bottom of the main chamber. The rotating chamber is mounted in the main chamber and has a main air-entering tube, multiple jet tubes and multiple inflatable adornments. The main air-entering tube communicates with the bottom chamber. The rotating device is attached rotatably to the main chamber. The joint tube is attached to the main air-entering tube and is mounted rotatably in the bottom chamber. The blower is mounted in the bottom chamber and fills air into the bottom chamber. The air coming out of the jet tubes makes the rotating chamber rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Hung Hsu, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 7234671
    Abstract: An adjustable wreath hanger, preferably made of molded plastic, is disclosed herein that preferably comprises a hanger strip attachable to the top of a door or other object and a hook strip that slidably engages the hanger strip to permit selective variation of the distance between a rearwardly facing door hook and a forwardly facing wreath hook. The hanger strip preferably comprises a plurality of forwardly facing detent members into which a tooth projecting rearwardly from an engagement tab on the hook strip can be selectively engaged or disengaged to vary the relative positions of the two strips, thereby effectively elongating the length of the wreath hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Emerald Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6857608
    Abstract: An adjustable wreath hanger, preferably made of molded plastic, is disclosed herein that preferably comprises a hanger strip attachable to the top of a door or other object and a hook strip that slidably engages the hanger strip to permit selective variation of the distance between a rearwardly facing door hook and a forwardly facing wreath hook. The hanger strip preferably comprises a plurality of forwardly facing detent members into which a tooth projecting rearwardly from an engagement tab on the hook strip can be selectively engaged or disengaged to vary the relative positions of the two strips, thereby effectively elongating the length of the wreath hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Emerald Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Publication number: 20030182766
    Abstract: A flexible fastening device made of a moldable polymeric material, the device having a fastener clip attached to an elongate strand and a plurality of beads longitudinally spaced along smaller diameter strand sections, each bead being insertable through an aperture in the fastener clip when the strand is looped around a supported object to selectively adjust an area encircled by the fastening device, the fastener clip also having a second, smaller aperture that is releasably engageable with the smaller diameter strand sections between the beads, and a plurality of the beads having an attachment eye, which is an aperture transverse to the strand sections for receiving a nail, screw or other fastener for attachment of the fastening device to a supporting object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6575416
    Abstract: An adjustable length over-the-door hanger for hanging a wreath or other hanging objects on a door whose length can be adjusted to position the hanging object at the desired height. The hanger is made of two vertical supports that are held together and where the lower vertical support can slide along the upper vertical support to lengthen or shorten the overall length of the hanger. A track on one support is engaged by a finger on the other support thereby allowing the hanger to be locked into any one of a number of fixed positions corresponding to the desired height for the wreath to be hung on the door. This positioning allows the hanger to be easily adjusted while in place on the door. The hanger has a hook that allows it to hang over the top of the door and another hook at the bottom on which the hanging object can be hung.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6478448
    Abstract: A decorative lighting display system includes a first housing including areas simulating a pair of eye balls. An illumination source is disposed within the first housing for illuminating the areas simulating the pair of eye balls. A controller is disposed in the first housing and is utilized for energizing the illumination source. The system further includes a second housing including areas simulating a pair of eye balls. An illumination source is disposed within the second housing for illuminating the areas simulating the pair of eye balls. The controller energizes the illumination source disposed within the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Emerald Innovations, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6454432
    Abstract: A flip-top cover for a receptacle such as a plastic bag, the cover having a body, a flap member with a decorative face and a hinge rotatably connecting the flap member to the body, a handle attached in fixed relation to the decorative face, a power supply, an integrated circuit with light and sound generators, and a switch that activates the circuit upon rotation of the flap member relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Emerald Innovations L.LC.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Avinger, Stephen L. Fillipp
  • Publication number: 20020104937
    Abstract: An adjustable wreath hanger, preferably made of molded plastic, is disclosed herein that preferably comprises a hanger strip attachable to the top of a door or other object and a hook strip that slidably engages the hanger strip to permit selective variation of the distance between a rearwardly facing door hook and a forwardly facing wreath hook. The hanger strip preferably comprises a plurality of forwardly facing detent members into which a tooth projecting rearwardly from an engagement tab on the hook strip can be selectively engaged or disengaged to vary the relative positions of the two strips, thereby effectively elongating the length of the wreath hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Publication number: 20020105431
    Abstract: A gift tag comprising a housing that is conveniently attachable to a gift and contains electronic circuitry that can be selectively activated to play a recorded soundtrack whenever the package and tag are moved following such activation. The gift tag housing preferably comprises two switches. The first switch is accessible from outside the housing and is selectively activated by the user whenever the gift is placed in a predetermined location. The second switch is a motion-activated switch disposed inside the housing that initiates operation of a playback circuit. The playback circuit desirably includes a direct current power supply, an electronic chip comprising a digital electronic memory device, a digital-to-analog converter and a speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Keith F. McNeese, Lonnie F. Gary, Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6286804
    Abstract: A tree stand having a unitarily molded plastic body having a pentagonal reservoir with a downwardly curved buttress extending radially outward on each side of the reservoir to a peripherally extending base flange defining inwardly curving arcs between adjacent buttresses, upwardly directed retaining walls disposed along said arcs between said buttresses; and a bolt receptacle elevated above the reservoir at the top of each buttress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Avinger, Stephen L. Fillipp
  • Patent number: 6285294
    Abstract: An automated and seemingly animated door knocker is disclosed that includes a housing with a pivotably connected knocking member, the housing being releasably supported on the door by an over-the-door hanger or other similarly satisfactory attachment device, and the knocking member being reciprocated by a battery-powered, motor-driven linkage that is controlled by an integrated circuit and activated by a difference in light intensity as sensed by a photocell when someone approaches the door. A sound generator controlled from the circuit board is also desirably activated contemporaneously with the motor-driven linkage to play a prerecorded sound sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6244725
    Abstract: A decorative lighting display unit includes a housing having a shape of an eye mask including areas simulating a pair of eye balls. An illumination source is disposed within the housing for illuminating the areas simulating the pair of eye balls. A controller is utilized for energizing the display unit which may control multiple units for creating an on\off lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6234434
    Abstract: A foldable stand for supporting a cylindrical shaft, the stand being operable between a folded position and a stand support position for supporting the shaft includes first, second, third, and fourth hingedly connected legs. The first and second legs are disposed generally parallel to each other in the folded position and generally perpendicular to each other in the support position. The third and fourth legs are disposed generally parallel to each other in the folded position and generally perpendicular to each other in the support position. Each leg includes a hinge member that is pivotally connected to an adjacent leg. The second and fourth legs include a receptacle adapted to receive the shaft in the stand support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: 6139168
    Abstract: A frame for supporting lights above a surface includes a plurality of spaced apart spiral strips extending between a location above the surface and a location on the surface. The strips are adapted to receive the lights. A plurality of connectors interconnect ones of the plurality of strips at spaced apart intervals along the strips to form a unitary structure. The strips in an unassembled position are coplanar and in an assembled extend position between the location above the surface and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: D469566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Chad H. Jones, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: D469682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Andrew G. Avinger, Chad H. Jones
  • Patent number: D482489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Gemmy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie F. Gary, Chad H. Jones, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: D424419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: D424969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger
  • Patent number: D428357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Gary Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen L. Fillipp, Andrew G. Avinger