Patents by Inventor Barbara Meyer

Barbara Meyer 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: 6378216
    Abstract: A wallpaper cutter for cutting hung wallpaper at ceiling-to-wall and wall-to-wall joints. The apparatus includes a body having a removable cutter extending beyond the body. The wallpaper cutter body is translated along a wall or ceiling such that the cutter precisely cuts the excess wallpaper at the wall or ceiling joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Inventor: Barbara Meyer
  • Patent number: 6358321
    Abstract: A corner paint shield apparatus having at least one arm including at least one groove for collecting excess paint and an outer lip for preventing paint from seeping from the painted surface to one not intended to receive paint. The shield further includes a member attached to the arm for moving the paint shield to and from a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventors: Barbara Meyer, Helmut Richard Meyer
  • Patent number: 6163920
    Abstract: A paint brush accessory mountable on a paint brush includes a planar shield having a first edge and an opposed second end. A guide is carried on the shield adjacent the first edge for sliding engagement with a surface or edge to enable the shield to be guided in a straight line at an angle along the surface or edge. The guide is formed with an exterior surface disposed at an angle with respect to the plane of the shield to hold the shield at a constant angle from an adjoining wall when the first edge of the shield in engaged with a surface or edge. A holder is pivotally coupled to the second end of the shield to enable pivotal movement of the first end of the shield between a first position adjacent the bristles of a paint brush and a second position spaced from the bristles. The holder is releasibly mountable on the paint brush handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Frank Meyer
    Inventor: Barbara Meyer