Patents by Inventor Donald LeBlanc

Donald LeBlanc 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: 6786728
    Abstract: A blank intended to be first customized by allowing an intended user to color feature sections and outlines thereof and then to be used as a decorating article providing a decorative design. The blank includes a generally rigid panel defining a pair of opposed panel surfaces. Grooves are formed in one of the panel surfaces for outlining the feature sections. The grooves are configured and sized for sufficiently separating adjacent feature sections so as to facilitate the application of a coloring material on the feature sections with reduced risks of overlapping. The grooves are also designed so as to guide a coloring implement during the application of coloring material to the groove bottom surface. The blank is made out of a material that allows sanding away of unintentionally colored areas. The blank may be used individually or combined with other complementary blanks for forming a composite decoration assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventors: Donald Leblanc, Luc Desmarais
  • Publication number: 20030215772
    Abstract: A blank intended to be first customized by allowing an intended user to color feature sections and outlines thereof and then to be used as a decorating article providing a decorative design. The blank includes a generally rigid panel defining a pair of opposed panel surfaces. Grooves are formed in one of the panel surfaces for outlining the feature sections. The grooves are configured and sized for sufficiently separating adjacent feature sections so as to facilitate the application of a coloring material on the feature sections with reduced risks of overlapping. The grooves are also designed so as to guide a coloring implement during the application of coloring material to the groove bottom surface. The blank is made out of a material that allows sanding away of unintentionally colored areas. The blank may be used individually or combined with other complementary blanks for forming a composite decoration assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Donald Leblanc, Luc Desmarais
  • Patent number: 6216407
    Abstract: A miterless molding corner piece is adaptable for the formation of either rounded inside or outside corners, and may also be adapted for use with cornice, crown, baseboard or other molding types. The corner piece provides a curving segment having either an inside or an outside curve. The segment provides a surface which is sized and shaped to uniformly contact the surface of portions of the first and second wall surfaces and the rounded wall corner. The rounded wall corner may form either a square inside (90 degree) or a square outside (270 degree) corner, but may be almost any angle from less than 90 to more than 270 degrees. Opposed top and bottom surfaces are adjacent to the inside surface. In a cornice or crown application, the top surface is adjacent to the ceiling. In a baseboard molding application, the bottom surface is adjacent to the floor. In a preferred version, first and second straight segments extend from first and second ends, respectively, of the curving segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Donald LeBlanc