Patents by Inventor Christine McAdam

Christine McAdam 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: 20110089202
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to hangers, and more particularly to hangers that are produced from biodegradable materials and that have a three-dimensionally contoured shape. One such hanger can include a body having a hook portion extending away from first and second shoulder portions. At least one of the hook portion and the first and second shoulder portions can include a cavity therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Bijan Pakzad, Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: 6210248
    Abstract: A game such as a book useable with candy or other game pieces. The book includes internal passageways configured to allow a game piece to travel freely therein. One aspect of the invention includes a book with multiple pages including internal passageways in one or more pages, and wherein an outlet form one page substantially aligns with an inlet from an adjacent page such that the game piece moves between pages. Under another aspect of the invention, the page includes an actuator such as a lever or a wheel to move the game piece between portions of the passageway. In yet another aspect of the invention, the book includes an integral game piece dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Indigo Corporation
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: 5799980
    Abstract: A bound assembly with posable projections projecting outwardly from a cover of the assembly for supporting the assembly in a selected position or for pointing to selected pages within the assembly. The projections include coverings shaped to resemble hands, feet, heads, or other appendages of people or animals to make the assemblies more attractive to youthful readers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Indigo Corporation
    Inventor: Christine A. McAdam
  • Patent number: 5518313
    Abstract: A flat wrapping container assembly adapted to be folded to form a container having a frame-like support structure disposed therein. The assembly includes a thin, flat sheet of flexible wrapping material and a foldable support structure, which has a center panel and a plurality of outer panels forming frame arms extending outward from the center panel adhered to an inside surface of the sheet. The support structure further has fold lines between the center panel and the outer panels that are adapted to allow the outer panels to pivot upward above the center panel about the fold lines. A pull cord is attached to the flexible wrapping material and to the support structure and is adapted to draw the outer panels and portions of the sheet extending therebetween upward above the center panel when opposite ends of the pull cord are pulled outward away from the center panel, thereby forming a container around an article positioned on the center panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Indigo Corporation
    Inventor: Christine A. McAdam
  • Patent number: 5137207
    Abstract: A container, such as for a floral arrangement, is formed from a unitary die-cut sheet of material. The container has a core, defined by walls and a bottom and having an open top, and decorative panels extend from the walls. The sheet contains connected wall sections and decorative panel sections, the wall sections forming the walls and the panel sections folding together in pairs to form the decorative panels. There are at least two decorative panel sections between two adjacent wall sections, such that when the panel sections are folded together, the wall sections will be adjacent in the container core, and the panel formed by the panel sections will extend outward from the core. The bottom is formed by tabs on the wall sections which fold inward. In some embodiments, the container is collapsible to a substantially planar form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Inventor: Christine A. McAdam
  • Patent number: D683214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D685629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D696514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D696515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D699563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D700510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D702546
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D703038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D707549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
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    Patent number: D716649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam
  • Patent number: D733557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Leo Paper Bags Manufacturing (1982) Limited
    Inventor: Christine McAdam