Patents by Inventor Annette M. White

Annette M. White 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: 20090158490
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for the display on a T-shirt, tote bag, hat, or other garment of essentially flat, decorative and/or informational materials in a removable, transparent pouch. The pouch is attached to the garment by hook-and-loop, snaps, etc, and in preferred embodiments it is sized to accept one or more pictures or printed documents with standard sizes. In some embodiments, the pouch can contain a stack of items, so that the displayed item can be changed by reordering the stack. Other embodiments include a flap or other seal to retain items and/or protect them from water, and some embodiments hold the pouch perimeter close to the garment. Other embodiments allow dry erase marking on the pouch, and still others allow washing of the garment after pouch removal without harming or loosening the hook-and-loop etc. A plurality of pouches can be included that can be preloaded and exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan D. White, Annette M. White
  • Publication number: 20090158489
    Abstract: A flexible, detachable display pouch is disclosed for display on a garment, hat, banner, mail box, or other display media item of essentially flat display materials. The pouch is detachably attached to the display media by Velcro, snaps, etc, that hold the perimeter of the pouch close to the media item. In preferred embodiments the pouch is sized to accept one or more pictures or printed documents with standard sizes, and in some embodiments it can contain a stack of items, whereby the displayed item can be changed by reordering the stack. Other embodiments include a flap or other seal to retain displayed items and/or protect them from water. Other embodiments allow dry erase marking on the pouch, and still others allow washing of the display media after pouch removal without harming or loosening the Velcro etc. A plurality of pouches can be included that can be preloaded and exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan D. White, Annette M. White